Franklin Park Faces Multiple Pandemic-Enhanced Problems
On December 16, the Greenbelt City Council had, in the words of Mayor Colin Byrd, a tough, but important discussion with representatives of the Franklin Park (FP) management office. Covid-19 has put enormous pressures on both residents and Fieldstone, owner of FP, while also exacerbating some longer standing issues. Director of Resident Services Denise Knight […]
Holiday Season Council Talks Recycling, Maglev, Cameras
The regular Greenbelt City Council meeting on December 14 had some ups and downs. For starters, the first 35 minutes appeared only for those logged into the Zoom meeting, while would-be watchers on the cable channels or streaming from the city website were instead mesmerized by excessive pondering of the city flag. One item not […]
MacGregor Christmas Tree Dedicated by Woman’s Club
– Greenbelt Cooperator, November 30, 1950 The Greenbelt Christmas Tree will be dedicated tomorrow night at the Center to the late Angus MacGregor, former landscape supervisor for Greenbelt, by the Woman’s Club. A bronze plaque set in a concrete base will be installed at the base of the tree, which reads, “In Memory of Angus […]
El ayuntamiento y Greenway Center Discuten problemas de inquilinos y Covid
Combined Properties (CP), propietario de Greenway Center, se compromete a asegurarse de que el centro comercial siga siendo un espacio en la ciudad saludable y lleno de energía, frente a los recientes desafíos económicos de la nación. El 7 de diciembre, los representantes se reunieron con el Concejo Municipal de Greenbelt para brindar una imagen […]
Council and Greenway Center Discuss Tenant Issues, Covid
Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. Combined Properties (CP), owner of Greenway Center, is committed to making sure the center remains a vibrant and healthy city stakeholder in the face of the nation’s recent economic challenges. On December 7, representatives met with the Greenbelt City Council to provide a picture […]
GHI Installs Solar Panels On Administration Complex
The Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket and the Greenbelt Baptist Church soon won’t be the only establishments in town with a roof-top solar array. Solar panels are going up at the administration complex of Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative on Hamilton Place. According to Steve Skolnik, vice president of the GHI board of directors, solar panels […]
NASA Worksession Ponders Concerns and Reassurance
In the Greenbelt City Council’s annual worksession with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), held December 9, discussions ranged widely over the mutual interests of Greenbelt and GSFC. After Center Director Dennis Andrucyk described the center’s exciting upcoming missions and initiatives in science and technology, attention focused on more earthly topics. Associate Center Director […]
Community Holiday CARE Drive Aids Tibetan Refugees
Greenbelt News Review, December 1, 1960 An unprecedented holiday gift CARE campaign sponsored by the Greenbelt community will provide food packages for Tibetan refugees who have fled the Chinese Communist invasion of their country. Presently harbored in India, their plight has been previously little publicized. Organized by Seymour Kaplan, 71-H Ridge Road, who is serving […]
The New Deal’s Paul Downs Art Show Starts December 8
In mid-November 2001, when the world was still reeling from the events of 9/11, I was at a New Deal Café board meeting along with Michael “Mike” McMullin, who was then organizing the art shows for the Café. The meeting was long, and Mike was fidgeting with a piece of paper, which happened to be […]
La exposición de arte de Paul Downs del New Deal comienza el 8 de diciembre
A mediados de noviembre de 2001, cuando el mundo aún se estaba recuperando de los acontecimientos del 11 de septiembre, yo estaba en una reunión de la junta directiva del New Deal Cafe junto con Michael “Mike” McMullin, que entonces organizaba las exposiciones de arte para el Café. La reunión fue larga y Mike estaba […]