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14 Apr 2022

Five Gubernatorial Candidates Speak, Answer Questions at Forum

by Destiny Herbers

Five Democratic candidates in Maryland’s 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election gathered in Greenbelt on Sunday, April 3 to answer questions from residents about their campaign policies. The forum, hosted by the Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt Democratic Club at the Greenbelt American … Read More

14 Apr 2022

Goddard Shares Its Future Developments with Council

by Matthew Arbach

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has had a thriving year of missions, developments and outreach programs despite the challenges of the pandemic. Associate Center Director Ray Rubilotta gave a presentation on these efforts to Greenbelt City Council on March 21. … Read More

7 Apr 2022

New Map Will Leave Greenbelt Out of Maryland’s District 5

by Haley Kerby

Governor Larry Hogan signed the new redistricting plan into law on Monday, April 4. With a new congressional map in hand, Greenbelt will leave Maryland’s 5th Congressional District and become part of Maryland’s 4th Congressional District. When the new map … Read More

7 Apr 2022

Final ARPA Discussion Session Held in Person in Greenbelt West

by Johanna Goderre

The City of Greenbelt continues to solicit feedback on how to spend the remaining $21 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to remediate effects of the Covid-19 public health emergency. Residents’ input on ARPA spending must be … Read More

7 Apr 2022

Kyla Tours Greenbriar Park

by Kyla Hanington

The good people at Greenbelt Biota have been trying to take me on a tour of Greenbriar Park, at the corner of Mandan Road and Hanover Parkway, for nearly a year now, but for one reason or another we haven’t … Read More

7 Apr 2022

Women Played Important Roles In Shaping Life in Early Greenbelt

by Deanna Dawson

Household and shopping tips, recipes, introductions of new residents, society items, news of women’s activities and organizations – these were some of the things covered on the women’s page(s) in the Greenbelt Cooperator. The Mrs. Greenbelt section, which appeared in … Read More

7 Apr 2022

Covid-19 Update for March; New Deal Café Sees Cases

by Cathie Meetre

The message of this article is simple. Anybody feeling symptoms that could be attributed to Covid should both immediately get tested and should stay isolated until they know what’s up. Covid-19 isn’t over and even with vaccinations there remains vulnerability. … Read More

30 Mar 2022

Coming up Roses with GATe Awards for Best Local Videos

by Haley Kerby

Greenbelt Access Television (GATe) announced its second annual Rose Awards on March 20 during the television station’s annual meeting. The contest showcases videos created by Greenbelt community video producers. Sally Davies took first place this year for her short painting-and-time-lapse … Read More

30 Mar 2022

ARPA Fund Spending Ideas; Deadline of April 15 Looms

by Johanna Goderre

Greenbelt’s windfall of nearly $23 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has the potential to rapidly improve services, quality of life and infrastructure across the city. To determine how to invest these funds, the city’s outreach efforts … Read More

30 Mar 2022

Food and Friendship Program B&B Delivers Meals to Seniors

by Matthew Arbach

Therapeutic Recreation Supervisor Becky Sutfin and Brian Butler, recreation coordinator at Springhill Lake Recreation Center, are the self-dubbed B & B Team and the force behind the Food and Friendship Program that provides meals by delivery to seniors. Begun as … Read More

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