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Thieves Drive into Mini Mart Smash Front, Steal ATM

  • by Amy Hansen

Thieves stole the automatic teller machine (ATM) from the Mini Mart in Roosevelt Center at 3:59 a.m. on Thursday, February 9. Pictures from surveillance cameras revealed that “a vehicle described as a white Ford Econoline van backed into the store. Three men then exited the vehicle, entered the store and removed an automatic teller machine,” said Greenbelt Police spokesperson George Mathews. The ATM was loaded onto the van and the suspects fled the scene.

Read the story in the February 16 News Review

The windows are boarded up at the Mini Mart after a break-in.
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Greenbelt Elementary Briefs Parents on School’s ATSI Status

On February 27, over 50 parents, educators, city officials and concerned residents met in Greenbelt Elementary School’s (GES) gymnasium to

Utility Bills Town Hall Skirts Soaring Energy Cost Woes

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City Ponders Solid Waste Fees; Analyzes Composting Strategy

The Greenbelt City Council held a worksession on March 3 to discuss two topics. First was the question of modifying

Probationary Federal Workers Among First Hit by Mass Firings

Greenbelt is a city brimming with federal workers and government contractors, who are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s

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