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1 Mar 2017

Buried Treasure Opens

This year’s Greenbelt Youth Musical is Buried Treasure, an enchanting story about three high school students who fall down a mineshaft in the abandoned Treasure Trove mine and find themselves in the mythical Underworld. The trio’s subterranean adventure forces them … Read More

1 Mar 2017

ERHS Basketball Playoff

by Bill Cornett

In the region quarterfinal on Tuesday, the Raiders opened up a big lead in the beginning, but in the second half Bowie gave it maximum effort and tied it up with less than five minutes to play. Find out what … Read More

22 Feb 2017

City Residents Ask Away!

by Diane Oberg

Petitions were the order of the day at the February 13 council meeting, with eight petitions received. As is their usual practice, council took no action on these petitions but will consider them at future meetings, if council action is … Read More

22 Feb 2017

City Council Previews North Core Infrastructure Detailed Site Plan

by Kathleen Gallagher

Q: What’s about 80 pages long on 11” x 17” paper and still needs a magnifying glass to read most of it? A: The North Core Infrastructure Detailed Site Plan (DSP) for the Greenbelt Station “town center” and Metro garage. … Read More

22 Feb 2017

Council Discusses Crime, Police Staffing, Legislation

by Diane Oberg

The recent attempted and actual break-ins at Roosevelt Center along with concerns about other crime issues and police understaffing were discussed at the February 13 meeting of the City Council. In addition, two resolutions were introduced and council took positions … Read More

22 Feb 2017

Greenbelters’ Radio Show Addresses Sight and Vision

by Matt Arbach

Greenbelters Reverend “Radio” Ray Raysor and his wife, Rene Sewell-Raysor know that getting older is accompanied by an increased risk of developing a disability. This can be a daunting and frightening prospect and one can often feel isolated and without … Read More

15 Feb 2017

Thieves Drive into Mini Mart Smash Front, Steal ATM

by Amy Hansen

Thieves stole the automatic teller machine (ATM) from the Mini Mart in Roosevelt Center at 3:59 a.m. on Thursday, February 9. Pictures from surveillance cameras revealed that “a vehicle described as a white Ford Econoline van backed into the store. … Read More

15 Feb 2017

Round Two: Pepco’s Increase Of Theater’s Electric Bills

by James Giese

Round two of the effort to resolve the problem created by Pepco’s increase of electric bills for the Greenbelt theater by more than five-fold and back-dating the increase for one year took place at the Greenbelt City Council worksession held … Read More

15 Feb 2017

County Tax Grinch Denies Credit For Police, Public Works Vehicles

by Kathleen Gallagher

New City Manager Nicole Ard had her first City Manager Update meeting with the city council on February 6. The major business items of this meeting, including the midyear financial picture and forecasts for Fiscal Year 2018, are covered in … Read More

15 Feb 2017

Council Votes to Oppose Lakeside North Proposal

by Diane Oberg

Once the item reached their agenda on February 13, the Greenbelt City Council needed no convincing to agree to oppose the Southern Management Company’s concept plan for a 25-story high rise apartment on the Lakeside North tract as presented at … Read More

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