Defending Utopia: The News Review at 80
Tickets are now available at the Old Greenbelt Theatre’s box office and online for Greenbelter Susan Gervasi’s new documentary film, Defending Utopia: The Greenbelt News Review at 80. The film uses the News Review as a focal point to weave the compelling story of a city invented to demonstrate an ideal and which has reinvented […]
SNAP Comes to the Market And Market Matches SNAP
When the Greenbelt Farmers Market (GFM) begins accepting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards this Sunday, August 13, the market will match participants’ SNAP funds dollar for dollar up to $5. Funding permitting, the match will stay in place until the season ends the week before Thanksgiving. The SNAP match initially comes out of […]
Paper Holds Firm on Ad Rates: Color Free, Nonprofits Boosted
In a bold move, this newspaper has implemented substantial changes to its advertising policies and practices. This redesign of ad policy utilizes savings from recently decreased printing costs and co-opts additional funds from the operating budget of the paper to revamp and rationalize rates. This will provide a new and sustainable advertising baseline – with […]
Carriers and Deliveries: Paper Versus Electronics
The carriers are the link between the newspaper and its recipients throughout the community. In all weathers, by themselves or with a parent, friend or sibling, the News Review carriers walk from one house or apartment building to the next and drop off papers. Not all our carriers are youngsters – indeed our oldest carrier, […]
Greenbelt News Review Has Big 80th Year Birthday Plans
November of this year will mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of this newspaper. Since 1937, every week has seen an issue – through war, through storms, through unrest and turmoil. The paper takes its role seriously as an intrinsic and essential part of the fabric of this community. Correspondents frequently note that the […]
The Greenbelt News Review Heads for the Big Eight-O
Looking back over the News Review’s 79th year reveals a varied and adventurous period. At the start of the year, the paper debuted its color pages. Each week since, at least four pages have been in color and the online paper has all the color material faithfully reproduced even where it isn’t in color in […]
News Review Open House A Crowd Pleasing Success
The News Review Open House was a new venture for the paper. Although it regularly welcomes visitors, it has never before in all its years held a planned open house like Sunday’s. Perhaps it is merely 79 years of pent-up curiosity, but over 120 Greenbelters picked up their press passes and joined the paper’s […]
Three New Interns Sought for News Review
The News Review is seeking three paid interns for the paper. The engagement will last approximately six months with flexible schedules. It is intended for individuals residing in Greenbelt who have a sense of commitment to the city and its residents and who expect to remain here in the foreseeable future. Recipients do not need […]
Farmers Market Opens Sunday, May 8
The State Highways guys were only showing their overwhelming enthusiasm for local produce when they took down the market’s closed signs on Kenilworth Avenue and Greenbelt Road a week early. The market, nonetheless, will open Mothers Day, May 8 at 10 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. This year’s market will offer a variety of […]
Farmers Market Offers Stiff Competition to France
France is the quintessential market-goers paradise. Traditional street markets flourish in every small town and all over Paris – with garden-fresh produce and every possible product. But why not save the travel budget because Greenbelt ain’t playing no deuxième fiddle. The Greenbelt Farmers Market announces its ninth year of operation starting Sunday, May 8 – […]