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1 Feb 2024

Council Appoints Amy Knesel

by Anna Bedford-Dillow

On January 24, during a special meeting, Greenbelt City Council voted to appoint Amy Knesel to fill the open council seat. Interviews with five candidates for the seat had been held the night before. Knesel has lived in Greenbelt since … Read More

1 Feb 2024

New Deal Café’s Precarious Financial Situation Continues

by Dana Tompkins

The New Deal Café (NDC) remains in a precarious financial situation despite the recent contract renewal with the Greenbelt Consumer Cooperative (also known as the Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket and Pharmacy) to continue as the NDC’s food and beverage vendor. As … Read More

1 Feb 2024

Plan to Move Dora Kennedy School Surprises Principal, Community

by Anna Bedford-Dillow

On January 10, the Greenbelt City Council held a worksession with Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Superintendent Millard House II and several members of his team (see article on page 6 for more on the worksession). That evening House … Read More

1 Feb 2024

New Exhibition Brings Together Quilting, Fashion and Design Artists

by Nicole DeWald

Greenbelters are invited to attend an opening reception on Sunday, February 4, 1 to 3 p.m. for the new exhibition, PIECED: Fiber Arts by Fashion Designer Venus Stanton and the Uhuru Quilters Guild at the Community Center Art Gallery. PIECED … Read More

24 Jan 2024

City Council Interviews Five Applicants for Vacant Seat

by Maurice Crawford

On Tuesday, January 23, the Greenbelt City Council interviewed the five candidates seeking to fill the seat left empty by the death of Councilmember Ric Gordon shortly after his re-election to a two-year term. The five candidates are Matthew Inzeo, … Read More

24 Jan 2024

Greenbelt Will Celebrate Black History through Arts in February

by Lois Rosado

The theme for this year’s Black History Month programs is African Americans and the Arts. Black Americans, Caribbeans and Africans have contributed to fashion, literature, spoken word, dance, visual and performing arts, painting/fine arts, architecture, music and many other artistic … Read More

24 Jan 2024

Watch Out: Valentines Day 2024 Is Coming. Get Ready!

Members of the News Review staff, far from being the hard-boiled reporters you might expect, are really a bunch of incurable romantics. Each year, we publish a special Valentines issue, tastefully embellished with hearts, puppies, roses, kittens and sometimes … Read More

24 Jan 2024

American Graffiti ’58 Chevy Brings Back ’73 Memories

by Cathie Meetre

On Thursday, January 18, when the movie American Graffiti was screened as part of Greenbelt Cinema’s Classic Movie series, something striking was outside the theater in Roosevelt Center. Parked just in front of the Cinema was a 1958 Chevy Impala … Read More

18 Jan 2024

Charlestowne North Tenants Meet With City Staff and Local Officials

by Erica Johns

Over 80 Charlestowne North tenants filled the Greenbelt Library auditorium on Saturday, January 13 to meet with city staff; city, county and state elected officials and community legal advisors. The apartment complex has been plagued with health, safety and security … Read More

18 Jan 2024

The Impact of the 1950s Red Scare On Greenbelt: Chasanow and East

by James Giese

The five-volume set of transcripts for the McCarthy hearings of 1953-1954 were kept sealed for 50 years. They are now available online at https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-and-army-mccarthy-hearings.htm. Two prominent Greenbelters, Abraham Chasanow and Sherwood East, were among the casualties of McCarthy and his … Read More

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