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2 Feb 2017

Michael McLaughlin, Greenbelt’s Consummate Public Servant

by Jill Connor

Michael McLaughlin is known to city residents and his colleagues as a good listener, a strong leader and a stabilizing force in Greenbelt. His retirement from the position of city manager, which he has held since July, 1996, marks a … Read More

26 Jan 2017

Council Hears Lakeside North Petition, Other Citizen Requests

by Diane Oberg

The key item of interest at the January 23 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council was the presentation of a petition related to a proposed apartment building adjacent to Lakeside North Apartments. Once this item was completed, most of the … Read More

26 Jan 2017

Pepco’s Triple Whammy Jeopardizes Movie House

by James Giese

It all started in June, 2015 when Friends of the Old Greenbelt Theatre (FOGT), the newly selected operator of the cityowned movie house at Roosevelt Center, asked the Pepco electric utility to begin billing it for electricity consumption at the … Read More

26 Jan 2017

Greenbelters Hold a Sister March in Roosevelt Center

In Roosevelt Center on January 21, a “sister march” gave Greenbelters a local venue to march in solidarity with Women’s Marches around the world. Marchers circled the plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., approximately 20 altogether, solitarily and in … Read More

19 Jan 2017

Crowds Queue for Hidden Figures – Held Over another week.

by Amy Hansen

Crowds filled the Old Greenbelt Theatre on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday to see the movie Hidden Figures, theater management reported. More than 1,500 people came over the four days, creating lines that went from the theater across Roosevelt Center … Read More

19 Jan 2017

Information Technology Firm T-Rex Comes to Greenbelt

by James Giese

T-Rex has invaded Greenbelt and was warmly welcomed by the Greenbelt City Council at its January 11 worksession. Don’t be alarmed. It’s not the infamous but extinct dinosaur. This T-Rex is an information technology (IT) business that has located its … Read More

11 Jan 2017

Tutor Gets Students Speaking English During Lunch Period

by Jill Connor

In a room near the Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) cafeteria, laughter and giggles are mixed with Spanish and English as a 77-year-old volunteer and a group of sophomore girls who speak very little English try to tell each other … Read More

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

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