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24 Mar 2016

Fifty Years Ago: Things Ain’t Always What They Seem…

Police Blotter on March 31, 1966 The police received a telephone call about a crazy man with an axe in the woods near the warehouse. Upon investigation, the crazy man turned out to be an employee of the Smithsonian Institute … Read More

24 Mar 2016

Explore Your Greenbelt Showcases Greenbelt Community Foundation and Grant Recipients

by Carol Shaw

Explore Your Greenbelt is a new initiative of the Greenbelt Community Foundation (GCF) which works with Greenbelt nonprofit and community organizations to provide grant funding for a variety of projects that contribute to the wellbeing of this community. This year … Read More

24 Mar 2016

Literacy Sparks Enthusiasm at Greenbelt Middle

The March 17 literacy event at Greenbelt Middle School (GMS) brought out an enthusiastic crowd of students and parents, eager to get up and read a poem or speak about their favorite books. After a presentation by author Steven Macalester, … Read More

24 Mar 2016

ACE Educators Feted by Council, Dignitaries

by Mary Moien

The Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) Educator Awards were presented at the Greenbelt City Council meeting on March 14. A standing-room only crowd of awardees, family members, friends, students and school associates was on hand to applaud the winners. A … Read More

24 Mar 2016

Trails to Rails In South Core Shadowed by Spectre of FBI

by James Giese

At a March 21 Greenbelt City Council worksession, Mayor Emmett Jordan was clearly upset over the information that efforts to construct a connecting trail between the South Core of Greenbelt Station, now well under development, with the Greenbelt Metro Station … Read More

12 Mar 2016

Andrew Rice Carruthers died Friday, March 11 2016

According to a police report, Andrew Carruthers, 51, shot himself in front of the Mother and Child Status in Roosevelt Center in the early hours of Friday morning, March 11. Police were investigating a report of shots being fired in … Read More

10 Mar 2016

ERHS Varsity Boys Still Standing in Basketball Tourney

Wow, it’s a close one. The ERHS varsity girls are out of the after a tough but courageous fight in the state basketball championships but the boys remain in contention despite a series of very tight and bruising games. Boys … Read More

10 Mar 2016

Orlando Furioso – Broadway Comes to Greenbelt

Quite possibly, Greenbelt has the best youth theater on the planet. Folks, you’re in the vicinity of genius. Talented kids, inspired writing and music and costumes worthy of Broadway (but on a budget of pennies) add up to a fantastic experience … Read More

25 Feb 2016

Confessions of a News Reviewaholic….

This letter was received from Marc “Kap” Kapastin General Counsel Quantum Companies, the owners of Beltway Plaza Mall. The One Hand Clapping? editorial published on February 18 prompts this letter. Consider this confession: I am addicted to the Greenbelt News Review … Read More

25 Feb 2016

Middle School Math Students Make Top Ten

by Karen Yoho

A team of students from Greenbelt Middle School (GMS) made it to the top 10 of the Potomac Chapter Mathcounts Competition, receiving honorable mention. The team was the only Prince George’s County Public Schools team to receive that honor. … Read More

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