Covid-19 Vaccination Stats For Prince George’s County
Prince George’s County is beginning to ramp up the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered, but seems to be behind most Maryland counties in the numbers of residents vaccinated, even bearing in mind possible reporting delays. The first few county vaccinations were given on December 16 and, as of January 12, the total vaccinated out of […]
El condado ofrece escasas noticias Sobre la disponibilidad de vacunas
El Departamento de Salud del Condado de Prince George está comenzando a implementar el programa de vacunación contra el Covid-19. Al anunciar que se encontraba actualmente en la fase 1A de distribución (trabajadores de salud y esenciales), el condado señaló que pasaría a la siguiente categoría de destinatarios a medida que lo permitan los suministros […]
Master Patrol Officer Chris Peters Critically Injured
On Saturday, January 2, at approximately 10 p.m., a Greenbelt police officer sustained serious injuries as a result of being struck by a vehicle while on foot assisting the U.S. Park Police with a traffic accident on Edmonston Road north of Cherrywood Lane. The officer was transported by helicopter to MedStar Washington Hospital Center for […]
P.G. County Offers Little News On Covid Vaccine Availability
Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. The Prince George’s County Health Department is beginning to roll out Covid-19 vaccinations. Announcing that it was currently in the 1A phase of distribution (health and essential workers), the county noted that it would move to the next category of recipients as supplies of […]
NASA Worksession Ponders Concerns and Reassurance
In the Greenbelt City Council’s annual worksession with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), held December 9, discussions ranged widely over the mutual interests of Greenbelt and GSFC. After Center Director Dennis Andrucyk described the center’s exciting upcoming missions and initiatives in science and technology, attention focused on more earthly topics. Associate Center Director […]
Alsobrooks Discusses Maglev, Beltway Widening with Council
This is the second of three parts of a report on the November 30 worksession between Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and the Greenbelt City Council. Council addressed a number of city- and county-related issues in which transportation played a significant role in the discussion, both during and beyond the pandemic. The discussion on […]
Workshop with County Exec Alsobrooks Addresses Covid
On Monday, November 30, the Greenbelt City Council met with Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and her staff for a two-hour worksession. After a welcome by Mayor Colin Byrd, Alsobrooks emphasized that the county was the hardest hit in the region by Covid-19, with over 39,000 cases to date and current high rates of […]
Co-op FY20 AGM’s Good News Tempered by Pandemic Realities
At the Annual General Meeting of Greenbelt Consumer Co-operative on November 7, approximately 60 members heard the good news that Co-op, for the first time in three years, had posted a profit. Manager Dan Gillotte was also happy to state that the store had not, through the day of the meeting, had a positive Covid-19 […]
Greenbelt Mask Makers Win Community Partner Award
Although unable to attend the ceremony in Rockville, the Greenbelt Mask Makers felt privileged to win the Montgomery County Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) Community Partner of the Year award. Early in the pandemic – in fact before COVID-19 received pandemic status – ARC staffer Kimberley Njowusi requested masks from the Greenbelt Police Station, the […]
Royal Farms Loses Council Vote But Wins Carte Blanche
In its regular meeting on Monday, October 5, the Greenbelt City Council voted to oppose the Royal Farms application to the county to build a gas station, a convenience store and an additional commercial building at the intersection of Greenbelt Road and Capitol Drive, near Capitol Cadillac. A four-to-three majority of council voted to oppose […]