City Council Interviews Five Applicants for Vacant Seat
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, Amy Knesel, Kevin Lockhart, Leon Schachter and Julie Winters. The only new candidate in the […]
Greenbelt Will Celebrate Black History through Arts in February
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 forms that have influenced America and preserved cultural traditions through the arts. This year, in […]
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 bicycles made for two. The ads flit from loving hearts across Greenbelt to friends, family, […]
American Graffiti ’58 Chevy Brings Back ’73 Memories
On Thursday, January 18, when the movie American Graffiti was screened as part of Greenbelt Cinema’s Classic Movie series, something striking was outside the theater in Roosevelt Center. Parked just in front of the Cinema was a 1958 Chevy Impala – just like the one used in the 1973 movie, which was set in 1963. […]
Charlestowne North Tenants Meet With City Staff and Local Officials
Over 80 Charlestowne North tenants filled the Greenbelt Library auditorium on Saturday, January 13 to meet with city staff; city, county and state elected officials and community legal advisors. The apartment complex has been plagued with health, safety and security issues since an ownership change in January 2023 (see News Review issues for September 14, […]
The Impact of the 1950s Red Scare On Greenbelt: Chasanow and East
The five-volume set of transcripts for the McCarthy hearings of 1953-1954 were kept sealed for 50 years. They are now available online at https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-and-army-mccarthy-hearings.htm. Two prominent Greenbelters, Abraham Chasanow and Sherwood East, were among the casualties of McCarthy and his henchmen’s hearings. This is the first of a two-part series about Chasanow and East. “You […]
Council Addresses Various Topics At Its First Regular Meeting of 2024
Besides discussing how to fill its vacant seat (covered separately in the January 11 News Review), Greenbelt City Council examined and voted on several other issues during its Monday, January 8 meeting. First, Mayor Emmett Jordan requested a moment of silent reflection not only for Greenbelt residents who had died since council last met on […]
A No Longer Familiar Sight: City Wakes to 4 Inches of Snow
Fun. Back-breaking. Dangerous. Dangerous? The first substantial snow here in a couple of years can mean all these things. Snow began to fall on Monday, January 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. By 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Greenbelt had accumulated 3.9 inches. Quite a few Greenbelters were inspired to take photos of peaceful or […]
New Deadline for Applicants
The council vacancy application deadline has been extended to Thursday, January 18 by 5 p.m. For more information, visit greenbeltmd.gov/councilvacancy. For questions, contact the City Clerk at elections@greenbeltmd.gov or 301-474-8000.
Council Reopens Applications After Prior Refusals to Do So
During a worksession on Wednesday, January 3, five out of the current six members of the Greenbelt City Council (with Councilmember Rodney Roberts in opposition) came to the consensus not to reopen applications for the vacant council seat (note: no votes can be taken at worksessions). Five days later, council returned to discussing its vacant […]