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16 Jun 2016

Vigil Honors Dead, Expresses Solidarity for Tolerance, Peace

by Amy Hansen

Anger, sympathy, sadness, community and strength. With candles for the 49 victims of the Orlando, Fla., shooting, more than 100 people came together to honor the dead and seek solace at a vigil held in Roosevelt Center on June 14. … Read More

16 Jun 2016

Lore Rosenthal Recognized by Sierra Club

Greenbelt activist Lore Lyon Rosenthal is the 2016 recipient of the Prince George’s Sierra Club’s Walter “Mike” Maloney Environmental Service Award. The award is presented annually to a Prince George’s County resident for excellence in environmental leadership. Rosenthal is co-founder … Read More

9 Jun 2016

Muhammed Ali Trained in Greenbelt Park in 1976

by James Giese

Muhammed Ali came to Greenbelt in April 1976 without fanfare and without most city residents knowing about it. But Greenbelt police officers did. They helped serve as bodyguards. On April 30, Ali fought Jimmy Young at the Capital Centre. He … Read More

9 Jun 2016

High Rise Proposal Sparks Citizen Meeting

by Amy Hansen

The proposed 25-story apartment building that landowner David Hillman wants to put up next to the existing Lakeside North Apartments is “inappropriate for here,” said Brian Almquist. Almquist and his wife Donna organized an information session on the proposed building … Read More

9 Jun 2016

ACE Awards Showcase Student Achievement

by Mary Moien

The Greenbelt Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) Awards Ceremony was a highlight of the May 23 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council. All available seats were filled for this annual event as parents, students, principals and teachers celebrated the selection … Read More

1 Jun 2016

Computers, General Assembly, Trees Keep City Council Busy

by Kathleen Gallagher

Although the presentation of the 2016 Student Awards by the city’s Advisory Committee on Education (ACE)–which will be reported in a separate story–dominated the May 23 regular meeting of the Greenbelt City Council, quite a few other items were taken … Read More

25 May 2016

GSA’s Increased Parking Need For FBI Dismays City Council

by Kathleen Gallagher

The city council’s regular meeting of April 11 opened with an opportunity for councilmembers and residents to recognize the work of the communications specialists of the Greenbelt Police Department. Twenty-five years ago the Congress and president of the United States … Read More

18 May 2016

Council Adjusts Proposed Budget, Final Public Hearing on May 23

by James Giese

On Monday, May 16, the Greenbelt City Council began its final budget worksession at which the council makes tentative final decisions on changes it wishes to make to the city manager’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, beginning July … Read More

11 May 2016

Public Works Budget Covers the whole nine yards

by Diane Oberg

The Greenbelt Department of Public Works is responsible for keeping the city up and running with wide-ranging duties including taking out the trash; saving energy; maintaining the city’s buildings, vehicles, streets, parks, playgrounds and fields; running the Greenbelt Connection and … Read More

5 May 2016

Council Reviews Locations for Gateway Signs

by James Giese

The Greenbelt City Council received slightly revised entrance sign plans from Sharon Bradley of Bradley Site Design at its April 20 worksession. The more expensive and elaborate monument signs, which involve a large sign panel placed on a low stone … Read More

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