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.” […]
Farmers Market Reopens With New and Old Vendors
Big splashy raindrops only briefly deterred the crowds anxious to sample the delicious wares of this season’s Farmers Market before they returned to mop up fresh greens and wholesome goodies and treats. Sheltering from the sudden rain under the New Deal Café’s canopy, market shoppers conversed with friends and neighbors again encountered with the opening […]
Tortuous Recovery from Covid Triples Cinema’s Budget Ask
Mayor Emmett Jordan welcomed Greenbelt Cinema Director Caitlin McGrath and Board Chair Cathy Jones to a worksession discussion of the Greenbelt Cinema’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget. McGrath noted that they were now in the 10th year of operation since the city awarded the nonprofit group stewardship of the Old Greenbelt Theatre, recently rebranded as Greenbelt […]
Antenna-on-a-Stick to Provide Cell Coverage During Water Tower Fix
In a worksession on Tuesday, April 9, Greenbelt City Council heard how the replacement of the water tower near the intersection of Lastner Lane and Ridge Road means that the T-Mobile cellphone antenna must be temporarily relocated to continue effective cellphone and data service to Greenbelt. Tim Dwyer, a representative of the company NB+C, which […]
Planning Department Budget And Ongoing Projects Review
With very little council comment on its FY 2025 budget, the city’s Department of Planning and Community Development got the opportunity to strut its stuff and showcase its activities. The city council worksession of April 3, as well as dealing with the T-Mobile temporary antenna (story to come), introduced the draft FY 2025 Department […]
City Council Thrashes Toward Some Positions on Recycling
At the March 13 council worksession, City Environmental Coordinator Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll addressed potential funding and initiatives related to the prevention of illegal dumping at three city facilities: the recycling center at Buddy Attick Park, the area next to the Northway ballfields and a lesser-known city recycling facility on Hanover Drive (see map, p.12). The request […]
City and Franklin Park Ponder Maintenance and Finances
On February 21, the Greenbelt City Council held a worksession with Franklin Park management. Part of that meeting is described in a separate article on public safety (see the February 29 issue). In the meeting, Laurie Bonner, operations manager for Fieldstone Properties (owner of Franklin Park), and Franklin Park Manager Denise Knight fielded questions from […]
Franklin Park Worksession Tackles Public Safety Issues
In a worksession with the Greenbelt City Council on Wednesday, February 21, Franklin Park Manager Denise Knight and Laurie Bonner, vice president for operations of Fieldstone Properties (owner of Franklin Park), spoke with council about its operations in Greenbelt West. This article focuses on the public safety discussion. Bonner briefed council, stating that Franklin Park, […]
News Review Ups Its Game To Greenbelters, with Love
This week’s issue of the News Review has two special things in store for its readers. First, approximately 60 fond folks celebrated their love for family, friends and Greenbelt in rhyme and schmaltz in our Valentine’s Love Notes (pages 8, 9 and 16). Tastefully decorated with hearts, flowers, cupids and so on by our artistic […]
American Graffiti ’58 Chevy Brings Back ’73 Memories
On Thursday, January 18, when the movie American Graffiti was screened as part of Greenbelt Cinema’s Classic Movie series, something striking was outside the theater in Roosevelt Center. Parked just in front of the Cinema was a 1958 Chevy Impala – just like the one used in the 1973 movie, which was set in 1963. […]