Three District 2 Candidates Run For Board of Education Seat
Greenbelt is represented on the Prince George’s County Board of Education by the District 2 Boardmember. This is a nonpartisan position but it will appear on the primary ballot this month. Current District 2 Boardmember Jonathan Briggs is not running for reelection and three candidates are running to replace him: Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz, Terence Clegg and […]
PGCPS Reverses Decision To Cut Immersion Programs
On Friday, June 5, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) announced a reversal of their decision to cut language immersion at the middle and high school levels and in boundary programs (K-8 lottery immersion schools, including Dora Kennedy in Greenbelt, had remained unchanged under both plans). “We are pleased to share that Prince George’s County […]
Controversial BusPatrol Contract On Board of Ed Consent Agenda
Four days ahead of their June 11 Board of Education business meeting, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) released the agenda. Among items on the consent agenda is the renewal of their contract with BusPatrol, which provides cameras for stop-arm infractions on the buses. As reported in the Greenbelt News Review February 5, 2025 issue, […]
Decommissioning Begins at BARC; Reportedly to Move by September 30
On April 23 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it would begin “decommissioning” the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), relocating research programs to facilities across the country. The plan was announced last summer (see the July 24, 2025 issue). Yet in July 2025 Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said BARC would be “vacated over […]
Goddard Loses Management Of Wallops after 45 Years
On May 8, NASA announced the appointment of Brian Hughes as the agency’s senior director of launch operations, based at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. “Hughes will have direct responsibility for launch operations at NASA Kennedy, as well as the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia,” said the announcement. WFF has been […]
Violent Spree Ends in Greenbelt With Bravery from Officer Inzeo
On the afternoon of Friday, May 15, a man later identified as 68-year-old Larry James Simpson of Glen Burnie committed multiple shootings and carjackings at five locations across the northern portion of Prince George’s County. Greenbelt schools and others in the area, including University of Maryland, were placed on lockdown. Greenbelt resident and off-duty Prince George’s County Police […]
Eight Candidates for At-Large Seats Share Reasons, Priorities
This article was updated on May 28 to add responses from Sydney Harrison and Jennifer Rios which arrived after our deadline. Eight Democratic candidates are in the crowded race for two Prince George’s County Council at-large seats. Among those running are two current county councilmembers: Jolene Ivey, an incumbent who moved from the District 5 […]
At-Large Candidates and the Seats Themselves Could Be on Ballot
Greenbelters can expect to see eight Democratic candidates for two at-large county council seats on their ballot in June, and, in November, the elimination of those seats for 2030 could also be a question on the ballot. The two at-large seats have been with the council for less than a decade, though when the council […]
Intern Laura Charleston Describes White House Correspondents’ Dinner
On Saturday, April 25, Greenbelt News Review Intern Laura Charleston was among those at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Charleston, who will graduate next month with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, was there to be recognized as a recipient of the […]
Four Teens Indicted in Shooting Of 14-Year-Old Carltin Bayong
Carltin Bayong was a 14-year-old who had just begun his first year at Eleanor Roosevelt High School when he was killed in a drive-by shooting near Cherrywood Terrace and Breezewood Court in the middle of a Sunday afternoon. The shooting, which police said at the time was thought to be targeted, took place at approximately […]