David W. Lange Dies at 90; Began Projects at Work, Home
David William Lange, age 90, died March 6, 2026; he battled aspiration pneumonia for 10 years following radiation treatment for throat cancer. David was born on December 5, 1935 in Minneapolis, Minn. He was the middle son of Frederick and Leila Benedict Lange. He studied mathematics. David was employed by the National Security Agency (NSA) […]
Goddard Library Closure Paused As Lawsuit Fights to Keep It
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) was home to NASA’s largest research library. Then its services and operations were paused on December 9 for a 60-day review and less than half-way into that period, on January 2, the agency announced the library’s closure, shuttering the physical space (see the January 8 issue). The library closure is […]
Springhill Lake School Plans Shared at Town Hall Meeting
On Thursday, March 12, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) officials and project designers shared updated plans for replacing Springhill Lake Elementary School (SHLES), an $82 million construction project expected to be completed in 2028. The new school will replace the current building with a two-story facility on the same ground. It will feature accessibility […]
Residents Press Carriers on Cell Service Gaps at City Town Hall
On Tuesday, March 10, frustrated residents pressed wireless carriers and city officials for answers about persistent cellular coverage problems during a meeting focused on improving service across Greenbelt, particularly in the Ridge Road and Plateau Place areas where many residents say signals are unreliable. Representatives from T-Mobile and Verizon met with roughly 30 residents and […]
Longtime Resident Sylvia Lewis Reflects on Her Time in Greenbelt
For more than six decades, Sylvia Lewis has called Greenbelt home. Now, as she prepares to move closer to family in upstate New York, she is reflecting on the community that shaped much of her life. Lewis moved to Greenbelt in the 1960s with her husband, Robert Lewis, who was studying at the Catholic University […]
Greenbelt Celebrates $1.8 Million In Funding for Youth Recreation
Federal officials joined Maryland and county politicians as well as local leaders in Greenbelt on Monday, March 9 to announce more than $1.8 million in federal funding for youth recreation projects, including repairs to the Greenbelt Youth Center and improvements to the Springhill Lake Recreation Center. The funding, secured through congressionally directed spending, will support […]
What’s the Deal with Data Centers?
A recently proposed data center in Landover sparked protests and a desire by local communities to learn more about what data centers are, why they are important and the potential effects they can have, including on the communities where they’re built. It’s a topic currently debated by Prince George’s County Council, one that will likely […]
City Council Revisits Collective Bargaining for All City Employees
On March 2, the Greenbelt City Council continued its deliberations at a worksession on expanding collective bargaining rights to the entirety of its non-managerial and non-classified workforce. Currently, the city has a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The Public Works department (PW) is in the midst of its selection […]
City Master Plan for Indian Creek Park Nearly Final; Multi-use in Small Space
The city held a community meeting for public review and input for the Indian Creek Park concept plan at the Springhill Lake Recreation Center on Tuesday, February 17. The city- contracted Mahan Rykiel Associates landscape architecture firm reviewed the plan they updated based on community feedback from a November 2025 meeting and resident emails since […]
Collective Bargaining, Flooding And a New School Occupy Council
The focus of the February 23 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council appeared to be on communicating as council gave guidance to the lawyers working on the changes needed to expand collective bargaining rights to all city employees, heard a status report on development of a flood resiliency plan for parts of the city and […]