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14 Apr 2017

Hanington Receives Recognition For Work on Turner Cemetery

by Amy Hansen

What started as an article for the News Review ended with writer Kyla Hanington receiving an award from the Prince George’s County Historical Society on April 9. At the St. George’s Day celebration, which is held annually by the historical … Read More

14 Apr 2017

City Council Begins Markup Of Proposed 2018 Budget

by Diane Oberg

City Manager Nicole Ard’s first proposed budget is set in a somewhat improving fiscal environment but with more uncertainties than usual: will federal grants be cut given the Trump administration’s desire to severely trim domestic agencies’ budgets? Will the General … Read More

14 Apr 2017

Hold the Line Budget Projected For Police Department in 2018

by James Giese

Public Safety expenditures comprise 37 percent of the Greenbelt City Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 and nearly all of that goes to funding the Police Department. The proposed police budget at $10,197,900 is essentially a “hold the line” budget, … Read More

5 Apr 2017

SafeTrack Surge #14 Closes Greenbelt Station for a Month

Metro announced that it has altered its plan for the next SafeTrack surge at the northern end of the Green Line, including the Greenbelt station. Originally planned as a longer period of continuous single tracking, Metro will instead conduct Surge … Read More

5 Apr 2017

State Compliance Board Finds Errors In City’s Handling of Open Meetings

by Diane Oberg

Judging by crowd size, the two hot topics of the March 27 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council were the swearing in of four new police officers and the opinion from the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board regarding the complaint … Read More

5 Apr 2017

Council Receives Food Truck Hub Request; Plus Many Petitions

by Diane Oberg

Could a food truck hub be coming to Greenbelt? At its March 27 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council agreed to support a proposed hub in Capital Office Park. Council also received another bushel basket full of petitions from citizens … Read More

29 Mar 2017

City to Change Cherrywood Lane To a Green and Complete Street

by Kathleen Gallagher

The first half of the March 13 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council was given over to the previously reported recognition of the winners of the ACE Educator Awards and of Camille and Brian Butler in providing community education on … Read More

29 Mar 2017

Early Women in Architecture Featured in Exhibit, Lecture

by Megan Young

During April, the exhibit Early Women of Architecture in Maryland will be on display in the Community Center. As part of the Greenbelt Museum’s quarterly lecture series, a free talk will be presented on Victorine Du Pont Homsey (1900-1998), one … Read More

29 Mar 2017

Two Greenbelters Join a New County Council Commission

by Nicole Williams

On March 21, the Prince George’s County Council unanimously swore in the inaugural commissioners for the newly formed County Commission on Common Ownership Communities. The formation of this new commission is unique. There is only one other such commission in … Read More

29 Mar 2017

Franklin Park Welcomes City Manager Nicole Ard

by Anne Wallace

Residents and community leaders of Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station welcomed new Greenbelt City Manager Nicole Ard at a meet-and-greet reception on Tuesday, March 21 at the Leasing Center. Ard described her visits to a number of Greenbelt communities and … Read More

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