Council Funds ARPA $100K For Volunteer Firefighters
Much of the July 8 council meeting dealt with the departure of 24 career firefighters from the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department on June 30. “[W]e’re doing our best to re-engage the county, change their decision on this, and we welcome citizen participation and writing letters, calling county council, calling [the] executive, calling Prince George’s County […]
Construction Materials Cause Fire at Greenbelt Elementary
At approximately 10:53 p.m. on Monday, July 15 a fire was reported at Greenbelt Elementary School. Neighbors reported hearing an explosion prior to the fire. Engines from multiple fire departments responded, including Berwyn Heights and College Park. The section of Ridge Road surrounding the school was closed. The fire was put out approximately 50 minutes […]
Animal Shelter Is Down to One Officer Following Resignations
Over the last couple of weeks two of Greenbelt’s three animal control officers have resigned, including Supervisor Walter Rivas-Flores, who had worked at the shelter since 2022 and became the supervisor in January this year. Earlier this year Rivas-Flores, who personally trained every volunteer, spoke enthusiastically about his big plans for the future of the […]
Mail-in Ballots Now Available For August 6 County Primary
Prince George’s County special primary election for the seat vacated by At-Large Councilmember Mel Franklin is scheduled for Tuesday, August 6 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting will be available from Wednesday, July 31, through Monday, August 5 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., except Sunday, which will be from noon to 6 […]
12-Year-Old Fiona O’Brien Makes National Acro Team, World Alternate
Greenbelt’s Fiona O’Brien is only 12, but at the end of June she competed in a 13-19 women’s trio, an elite level, in Acrobatic Gymnastics at USA Gymnastics’ National Championships in Minneapolis. Fiona, a rising 8th grader at Dora Kennedy French Immersion, along with Juliet Hanks, of Huntington in Calvert County, a rising junior at […]
Three Cities’ TRO Against County Is Rejected; Firefighters Pulled
As Greenbelt’s City Council held a closed-door meeting, Berwyn Heights and College Park did the same. Around midnight on Thursday, June 27, the three cities filed a joint motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Prince George’s County Fire Chief Tiffany Green to prevent them from removing career firefighters […]
Fire Dept. Staffing Plan ‘Temporary’, ALS Ambulance to be at Greenbelt
Prince George’s County Fire Chief Tiffany Green recently announced a plan to reallocate all career firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff at four Prince George’s County fire departments: Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights, Bowie-Bel Air and Bunker Hill. The effective date is Sunday, June 30. Since then, the biggest development has been a guarantee of an […]
City’s Vision Zero Application Follows International Trend
A grant application to fund a Vision Zero study in Greenbelt was mentioned in the News Review’s April 18 issue in coverage of the city’s budget. At that time staff were preparing for the Vision Zero grant application, “modeled after an international effort to achieve zero fatalities and serious injuries on the roads by 2030.” […]
Career Firefighters Pulled; Response Time Will Double
Prince George’s County plans to remove career fire and rescue personnel from Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights, Bowie and Bunker Hill, starting on June 30. Impact Currently, Greenbelt has 24 career firefighters working shifts Monday through Friday and “there’s no way to fill the gap” with volunteers, of which Greenbelt currently has 15 available, said City Manager […]
New Deal Café Negotiations With New Vendor Startle Co-op
The New Deal Café is currently in talks with a new vendor, which came as a surprise to their current vendor, the Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket. Around April last year, as the Co-op continued to lose money as the Café’s vendor, they recommended the Café look for alternate vendors, which they began to do, explained outgoing […]