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7 Feb 2024

Charlestowne North Lender Files For Foreclosure and Receivership

by Erica Johns

Residents of the troubled Charlestowne North apartment building saw their first concrete steps toward improving their living conditions last week, when they learned from Greenbelt City Manager Josué Salmerón and Mayor Emmett Jordan that lender Freddie Mac filed for foreclosure … Read More

7 Feb 2024

Council Receives an Update For Buddy Attick Park Plan

by Maurice Crawford

The Greenbelt City Council held a worksession on January 31 on the Master Plan for Buddy Attick Park. This is the third public meeting on the plan with about a dozen community members attending in person as well as members … Read More

7 Feb 2024

Recycling Centers Drowning In Rampant Illegal Dumping

by Diane Oberg

The city’s three recycling centers are being inundated with large volumes of illegal dumping ranging from nonresidential volumes of oil, hazardous materials (including hydrochloric acid), furniture, construction debris and more. This is costing the city a lot of money in … Read More

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

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