County Tax Grinch Denies Credit For Police, Public Works Vehicles
New City Manager Nicole Ard had her first City Manager Update meeting with the city council on February 6. The major business items of this meeting, including the midyear financial picture and forecasts for Fiscal Year 2018, are covered in a separate article. Surprisingly, one of the most remarkable pieces of financial news does not […]
Council Votes to Oppose Lakeside North Proposal
Once the item reached their agenda on February 13, the Greenbelt City Council needed no convincing to agree to oppose the Southern Management Company’s concept plan for a 25-story high rise apartment on the Lakeside North tract as presented at an April 4, 2016 worksession. Council unanimously approved two motions related to the project. The […]
Dying Willow Oak Felled Near Library: Greenbelters Mourn
The willow oak in front of the Library was dying and there was nothing the city consultants could do about it. On February 7, the tree was cut down by city contractors. It was necessary, said Horticultural Supervisor Brian Townsend, to protect the pedestrians who walk under and around the tree. At least four people […]
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Straus Film at Museum
The Greenbelt Museum is creating a short film (approximately 10 minutes) to accompany the current exhibition, The Knowing Hands That Carve This Stone: The New Deal Art of Lenore Thomas Straus. As part of the film, the Museum is seeking input from the community. What are the first five words that come to mind when […]
Book Signing for Local Author and Illustrator
Author David Cooper and illustrator Lucy Dirksen will be having a book signing for their self-published novel A Glimpse Through the Mists, as well as an exhibition of Dirksen’s artwork, on Sunday, February 26 at 2 to 4 p.m. at the New Deal Café. Both are long-time Greenbelt residents. The product of 10 years of […]
Book Teaches Self-Esteem
Pearl Buck once wrote, “Love cannot be forced. Love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven unasked and unsought.” Greenbelter Cassandra Hetzel has written The Bow and The Butterfly. Hetzel is a member of the Greenbelt Spontaneous Writers group and has been living in Greenbelt for over 10 years, participating in talent […]
Greenbelt News Review Has Big 80th Year Birthday Plans
November of this year will mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of this newspaper. Since 1937, every week has seen an issue – through war, through storms, through unrest and turmoil. The paper takes its role seriously as an intrinsic and essential part of the fabric of this community. Correspondents frequently note that the […]
Moving with the Stars
Rather than using a science textbook to teach astronomy to second graders at Greenbelt Elementary School (GES), students became the Perseus constellation. For the past few weeks, local dancer Angella Foster and her alight dance theater led “movement labs” as part of the school’s commitment to arts integration, visiting each second grade classroom three times. […]
Michael McLaughlin, Greenbelt’s Consummate Public Servant
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 period of the city’s history during which there was expansion of city services, improvement to […]