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11 Jan 2017

Women’s March Challenges Greenbelters to Get Downtown

by Amy Hansen

Many women (and men) from Greenbelt expect to take part in the Women’s March on January 21 in Washington, D.C. Many are using Facebook to link up and make plans to march together. People are opening their houses to friends … Read More

11 Jan 2017

Greenbelt Announces New City Manager

by Kathleen Gallagher

Monday night’s city council meeting started with the approval of lots of sets of minutes for executive sessions dealing with personnel matters. It peaked with the approval of a contract to hire a new city manager, and it ended with … Read More

8 Dec 2016

Greenbelt Lake Forebays Completed with Fanfare

by Amy S. Hansen

The engineers’ message to the stream water is clear: We’ve cleared out the forebays. So slow down. Drop your dirt. Then, and only then, enjoy your time in the lake. After about four months of dredging the bays and replanting, … Read More

27 Nov 2016

Greenbelter Solomon on Team That Takes Biology Into Space

“Terps in Space” is the fundraising title for the project Microbial Pathogenicity in Microgravity for which three University of Maryland seniors will send a Fluid Mixing Enclosure (FME) up to the International Space Station where astronauts will conduct an experiment … Read More

27 Nov 2016

Update on Worker Trapped In Ditch

by Amy Hansen

The construction worker who was trapped in a trench next to Greenbelt Lake has been released from the hospital, according to the Prince George’s County Fire Department. On November 16 at 1 p.m., firefighters and medics responded to a call … Read More

27 Nov 2016

The Greenbelt News Review Heads for the Big Eight-O

by Cathie Meetre

Looking back over the News Review’s 79th year reveals a varied and adventurous period. At the start of the year, the paper debuted its color pages. Each week since, at least four pages have been in color and the online … Read More

18 Nov 2016

Worker in Critical Condition After Being Trapped in Ditch in Lake Forebay

by Story and photo by Amy Hansen

A large number of emergency vehicles gathered at the lake Wednesday afternoon after a worker at the dam project became stuck in a trench. Mark Brady of the Prince George’s County Fire Department public information office said that fire fighters, … Read More

18 Nov 2016

Merchants Discuss Broken Pipe, Water Bills, Telecommunication

The main issues raised by representatives of the Roosevelt Center Merchants’ Association at their November 9 worksession with the Greenbelt City Council related to utilities from a broken pipe to a skyrocketing water bill to the problems of bringing modern … Read More

10 Nov 2016

Greenbelters Cast Votes, Many After Long Waits

by Lynn White

After months of being inundated with commercials, debates, controversies and political attacks, Greenbelt residents had mixed emotions about casting their ballots for the next President of the United States. Outside the Community Center, Delo – res Goodall and Mona Schlossberg, … Read More

10 Nov 2016

Springhill Lake Elementary Holds Mock Election

by Amy Hansen

Hillary Clinton won by a landslide in Springhill Lake Elementary School’s mock election on November 7. With all the students and faculty participating, Clinton took 706 votes, Donald Trump had 73, Jill Stein had 42, and Gary Johnson had just … Read More

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