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5 May 2016

Farmers Market Opens Sunday, May 8

by Cathie Meetre

The State Highways guys were only showing their overwhelming enthusiasm for local produce when they took down the market’s closed signs on Kenilworth Avenue and Greenbelt Road a week early. The market, nonetheless, will open Mothers Day, May 8 at … Read More

5 May 2016

Buddy Attick Parking Design

by James Giese

Sharon Bradley of Bradley Site Design presented the Greenbelt City Council with two alternate preliminary design concepts for reconstructing and enlarging the parking lot at Albert S. “Buddy” Attick Park at the council’s April 20 worksession. Both call for use … Read More

5 May 2016

Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair….

by Richard McMullin

If you’re going to the Center this weekend, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair for the 12th annual Green Man Festival. This year flowers and all the blooming things will be celebrated. Children will be able to … Read More

28 Apr 2016

Clinton and Hoyer Win Greenbelt, Other Races are Close

by James Giese

For each state election it becomes more difficult for News Review staff to gather Greenbelt election results. Volunteers have to go to the election precincts in the city after polls are closed. Election results are supposed to be posted on … Read More

28 Apr 2016

Farmers Market Offers Stiff Competition to France

by Cathie Meetre

France is the quintessential market-goers paradise. Traditional street markets flourish in every small town and all over Paris – with garden-fresh produce and every possible product. But why not save the travel budget because Greenbelt ain’t playing no deuxième fiddle. … Read More

28 Apr 2016

Recreation Budget, Goals Reviewed by City Council

by Diane Oberg

The recreation budget accounts for roughly 16 percent of City Manager Michael McLaughlin’s proposed budget with expenditures of $4.36 million for Fiscal Year 2017. From that budget, the department operates four recreation centers (the Youth Center, Springhill Lake Recreation Center, … Read More

28 Apr 2016

No Pulitzer for the News Review

by Cathie Meetre

In January, the Greenbelt News Review submitted an entry for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. We have no history of self-promoting behavior and can scarcely be accused of operating on a global scale, but it seemed worth a … Read More

21 Apr 2016

Synchronized Swimmers Make a Splash in Political Waters

by Kyla Hanington

A group of enthusiastic residents recently gathered to record a video encouraging viewers to “remember Bernie Sanders” while voting. Uploaded to Facebook on March 28, the footage of singing, dancing and swimming Greenbelters has been viewed nearly 40,000 times and … Read More

21 Apr 2016

Congratulations Magnolia Elementary School

Congratulations to the Magnolia Elementary School Science Bowl Team county champions. This is the second time Magnolia Magnolia Elementary School Science Bowl Team county champions: (front row) Keon Groves, Kobe Marshall, Dustin Navarrossa; second row Science Bowl Host Dave Zahren, … Read More

21 Apr 2016

Eagles and the Hotel BARC

Well, maybe these are not the same kind of eagles but the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center hosts a pair and we have a lovely photo of them for you. If you are interested in eagles you can also see the … Read More

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