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22 Sep 2022

Board of Ed. Race: Joshua Thomas Withdraws, New Candidate Enters

by Anna Bedford-Dillow

Joshua Thomas, current Board of Education member for District 2 and an Eleanor Roosevelt High School graduate, has withdrawn his name from the ballot as of August 15. Thomas, who is finishing his first term and fourth year on the … Read More

22 Sep 2022

Major Repairs to City Pool May Require ARPA Readjustments

by Matthew Arbach

At the September 14 worksession, the Greenbelt City Council continued in its efforts to prioritize how the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds will finally be spent. An urgent new addition to the list was the needed infrastructure repairs to … Read More

22 Sep 2022

Springhill Lake School Has Retained Key Staff Member

by Erica Johns

Springhill Lake Elementary (SHL) has retained Special Education Coordinator Chris Wichtendahl. The News Review reported in June 2022 on the challenge the school faced to retain Wichtendahl (Springhill Lake School at Risk of Losing a Key Staff Member, June 16 … Read More

22 Sep 2022

New Police Crisis Intervention Team Off to Successful Start

by Matthew Arbach

The Greenbelt Police Department (GPD) has begun implementing its new Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) with counselor Rachel Tobin. According to Tobin, “CIT will assist with welfare checks, domestic abuse, geriatric and juvenile issues with behavioral health concerns, victim support, critical … Read More

14 Sep 2022

Council Prepares for New Small Cell Infrastructure

by Matthew Arbach

The growing demand for increasing the coverage, data capacity and durability of wireless infrastructure is of high interest to the city, considering that cellphones are now many residents’ main, if not sole, avenue for communication. This fact was brought to … Read More

14 Sep 2022

Labor Day Festival for 2022 Revives a Joy Thought Lost

by Cathie Meetre

The News Review last week gave this city the big stories of the Festival – Outstanding Citizen Maggie Cahalan and the overall spirit of the weekend. This week, and possibly in coming weeks, some of the niche elements that make … Read More

14 Sep 2022

On Losing Queen Elizabeth II: Home Thoughts from Abroad

by Cathie Meetre

Oddly, given that more than two-thirds of my life has been lived away from England, in the last few days people have felt compelled to offer their condolences to me on the loss of the queen. And unexpectedly, given my … Read More

14 Sep 2022

Labor Day Books Generate Enthusiasm and Revenue

by Brooke Kenny

For the first time since 2019, the Greenbelt Elementary School (GES) Parent Teacher Association (PTA) held a full-scale book sale at the Labor Day Festival. Dozens of parents volunteered for weeks leading up to the four-day sale, collecting and sorting … Read More

7 Sep 2022

Maggie Cahalan Wins Award For Environmental Stewardship

by Melissa Sites

Cheered on by half a dozen young green-shirted Earth Squad volunteers waving CHEARS signs, Maggie Cahalan was recognized as Greenbelt’s 49th Outstanding Citizen. As a co-founder of CHEARS (Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society, chears.org), Cahalan promotes environmental stewardship projects … Read More

7 Sep 2022

Bingo: Problems, Solutions?

by Stephanie Quinn

There’s more than one way to play bingo, according to participants in Greenbelt’s two Labor Day weekend bingo events. The “old way,” said Mary McGrew, 80, a retired procurement officer, requires colorful ink “daubers” to mark squares on paper bingo … Read More

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