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 – […]
No Pulitzer for the News Review
In January, the Greenbelt News Review submitted an entry for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. We have no history of self-promoting behavior and can scarcely be accused of operating on a global scale, but it seemed worth a try. The Pulitzer folks were generous in answering our neophyte questions and even letting us […]
News Review – Once and Future
by Cathie Meetre In the November 26 issue, we looked back at a successful if turbulent year of operation. In the next year we have plans to up our game even more. We expect to maintain and improve our appeal to advertisers and to get more people to pick up the paper and open it […]
2015 – A Busy Year at the News Review
As we enter Year 79 of publication, we’ve a few surprises in store for our readers. The most obvious is that we are printing in color. Four of our pages – front, back and two in the center. A secondary benefit is that we can use more color in our online version. In fact, the […]