The paper, published by the Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc., was established in 1937 shortly after the construction of Greenbelt, one of The New Deal Green Towns. It has been published weekly without interruption since that time and is delivered free to most Greenbelt residents.
Early morning on Friday, November 19, the Earth started passing between the Sun and the Moon, putting the Earth’s shadow on the moon; in other words, there was a lunar eclipse. For those watching, the slight dimming started at close … Read More
On Monday, November 15, the Greenbelt City Council produced a working list of police reforms to be voted upon at the November 22 council meeting. This list was based upon a concurrence of the following sources: Councilmember Colin Byrd’s October … Read More
Greenbelt’s Veterans Day Ceremony was held on November 11 at Roosevelt Center. Mayor Emmett Jordan, members of the Greenbelt City Council, Maryland Delegate Anne Healey and American Legion Post 136 officers addressed community guests, veterans and those still serving in … Read More
In your recent travels around the Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative, you may have noticed coin-size metal markers attached to some trees. (This reporter has one in the holly tree in the yard at his unit.) You may have … Read More
Those who’ve walked through Roosevelt Center on a recent Tuesday or Saturday evening may have heard something vaguely familiar: the sounds of strumming guitars, clinking glasses and laughing people, all coming from the New Deal Café. After nearly 19 months … Read More
On January 17, 2020, a beloved father of three, a cherished husband, friend, local youth athletic coach and mentor to many, lost his life at the age of 41 after a struggle with armed intruders during a home invasion. Billy … Read More
The Greenbelt Police Department paid tribute to the life and service of Corporal Christine Peters on November 5 with a memorial sign on Kenilworth Avenue/Route 201, north of Cherrywood Lane. Peters died from injuries on January 14, 2021, after she … Read More
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Friday, November 5 at Goddard Space Flight Center, focusing her speech on climate change and the opportunities space may have to help solve the climate crisis. “It has literally been decades since a … Read More
Prior to the first meeting of the new council on Monday, November 8, there was a meeting of the previous council in which there was some discussion of whether this last session of the old council should be closed or … Read More
The Greenbelt Cooperative Supermarket, familiarly and fondly known as the Co-op, held its annual meeting on Saturday, November 6 via Zoom. Nearly 60 members attended to hear about the store’s epic 2021. When all was said and done, Co-op had … Read More
