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28 Aug 2024

Who Was Here Before Greenbelt?

by Melanie Iversen

Greenbelt does a good job of keeping its history alive. A stroll through the halls of the Community Center, with its photos of construction of buildings and early residents, always gives me pause. The design and development of this town … Read More

28 Aug 2024

Four Greenbelters Tackle Paris To Mont St. Michel Bike Ride

by the Bonnells, the Meetres

From mid-May to early June, two News Review couples, Jerry and Letty Bonnell and Rick and Cathie Meetre, rode rented e-bikes from Paris to Mont St. Michel along a French national cycle trail called the Véloscénie – a distance of … Read More

21 Aug 2024

Greenbelt Police Officers Honored

by Maurice Crawford

Chief Richard Bowers, during the Greenbelt City Council meeting on August 12, applauded police department employees for their actions during the April incident at Schrom Hills Park when five teens were wounded by gunfire. These employees went above and beyond … Read More

21 Aug 2024

Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Schedule for Friday, Saturday

by Tim King

At 6 p.m. on Friday, August 30, the Ferris wheel starts turning and the grills start sizzling as the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival returns to the town center. Carnival rides, bingo, fair food, sporting events, music performances, the big parade … Read More

21 Aug 2024

PGCPS Bus Transportation Update

by Matthew Neus

Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) outlined changes last week to better streamline school bus transportation ahead of the upcoming 2024-25 school year. These updates come after the many problems with bus transportation that marred the first day of … Read More

21 Aug 2024

Prince George’s Public Schools Will Open Monday, August 26

by Bonnie Schrack

For the 2024-2025 school year, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) has a new student information system, Synergy. Parents are asked to create an account in Synergy’s ParentVUE portal, where they can register students for classes and access information on … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Kyla Finds Happiness Here

by Kyla Hanington

The Greenbelt News Review asked me to find the five happiest places in Greenbelt, in honor of Newsweek’s recent announcement of Maryland ranking as the second happiest state in the nation. This was kind of a big ask, in part … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Celebrates 70 Years of Fun

by Anne Gardner

The Labor Day Festival is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Started in 1955 as a fundraiser to build the Youth Center, the Festival has not skipped a year since – even surviving the pandemic in a pared-down partly-online format. … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Greenbelt Again Celebrates Annual National Night Out

by Matthew Neus

Hundreds of Greenbelt residents, the Greenbelt Police Department and the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department gathered across the city on Tuesday, August 6 to celebrate National Night Out, an annual community event held on the first Tuesday in August. The night … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Council Considers Non-Citizen Voting in Greenbelt Elections

by Matthew Arbach

On August 7, Greenbelt City Council convened a worksession with the city’s Board of Elections (BOE) on the possibility of introducing amendments to the City Charter and City Code that would allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. In 2023, … Read More

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