City Concerned by County Executive’s Lack of School Board Pick and Response
At the October 12 Greenbelt City Council meeting, within its consent agenda, council approved a letter from Mayor Emmett Jordan to County Executive Aisha Braveboy regarding the continued District 2 Board of Education vacancy and related public information concerns. With an election next week, any appointee now would serve only the remainder of the term, […]
State Questions on the Ballot
In the October 8 issue we reported on the county charter amendments that voters will see on their ballot. In the October 15 issue we reported on the county bond issues. That reporting followed feedback from Greenbelt residents who were unaware there were questions to consider or who had been unable to find information about […]
Bond Questions on the Ballot
As we reported last week, there are 10 county questions on the ballot. To read about the charter amendments, see the article in the October 8 issue. Below is information on what to expect from the five remaining questions, which are all “bond issue” questions, meaning they request authorization to borrow money. These questions will […]
Election 2026: Five County Charter Amendments Among Ten Questions on Ballot
This November there will be 10 questions from the county on the ballot for voters to consider. Five are charter amendments that range from “harmful business” taxes on liquor stores and self-storage units, for example, to eliminating at-large county council members, to redistricting, purchasing and arbitration. A further five deal with bond issues and will […]
Braveboy Won’t Respond to Questions; District 2 Still Has No Representation
District 2 families, including Greenbelt, began and continue this school year without representation on the Board of Education despite an application period that was concluded even before the vacancy was announced. Board Chair Branndon Jackson requested that County Executive Aisha Braveboy initiate the process to appoint a replacement in a letter dated June 27. The […]
Reprieve for BARC Employees Just Ahead of Decommissioning
The deadline to shutter operations at Beltsville Agricultural Center (BARC) loomed large this month. On September 1, a federal judge declined to rule for an injunction on the reorganization of BARC, finding it wasn’t relevant to the initial case. However, on September 8, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), along with a coalition of […]
Greenbelt Has Day in Court Over Firefighters, with No Rebuttal
On Thursday, September 10, Sue-Ellen Ferguson, a lawyer for Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights and College Park, was in the Appellate Court of Maryland in Annapolis to present the municipalities’ grievance over the removal of Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD) career firefighters (see the September 10 issue). The hearing had been delayed as Greenbelt hoped to […]
Greenbelt Will Lose 24/7 Unit Even As Response Times Climb
Beginning no later than September 30, Greenbelt fire station will gain daytime career staffing but lose its 24/7 Advanced Life Support (ALS) unit. For the past two years, the station has been staffed with an around-the-clock paramedic unit and a second ambulance for peak hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Soon there will […]
Left on the Curb: PGCPS Hears From Parents and Bus Drivers
Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Director of Transportation Keba Baldwin stepped down following what parents across the district reported as a disastrous first week for school transportation, which also saw the crash of the county’s bus tracking app, Chipmunk, on the first day. The backdrop for much reporting on transportation issues were lines of […]
County Exec Office Stonewalls School Board Vacancy Questions
Greenbelt and other District 2 parents have begun the new school year sharing the systemwide challenges but, additionally, without a Board of Education representative. They don’t know when they can expect one. The vacancy and application process do not appear to have been advertised, which raises questions about whether the timing could bestow an incumbent […]