Candidates for County Council, Congress Give Views at Forum
Donna Edwards and Glenn Ivey, Democratic candidates for U.S. Representative for Maryland Congressional District 4, participated in a forum on Sunday, June 26, at the Greenbriar Community Building in Greenbelt East. Sponsored by the Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt Democratic Club and moderated by Club President Konrad Herling, the forum presented an opportunity before the July […]
Women Played Important Roles In Shaping Life in Early Greenbelt
Household and shopping tips, recipes, introductions of new residents, society items, news of women’s activities and organizations – these were some of the things covered on the women’s page(s) in the Greenbelt Cooperator. The Mrs. Greenbelt section, which appeared in the first issue of the Cooperator (published November 24, 1937) and ran through June 20, […]
One of the FSA Photographers Lived in Greenbelt for a Time
Part 2 of 2 Greenbelt’s construction and the early years of life in the community were well documented by photographers employed by the federal government’s Resettlement Administration (RA) and the Farm Security Administration (FSA), which succeeded it. The Greenbelt photos are part of the FSA/Office of War Information (OWI) Photograph Collection, which documented American life […]
Photographers of Early Greenbelt Also Covered Poverty, War & More
Part 1 of a series Greenbelt’s construction and the early years of life in the community were well documented by photographers employed by the federal government’s Resettlement Administration (RA) and the Farm Security Administration (FSA), which succeeded it. The Greenbelt photos are part of the FSA/Office of War Information (OWI) Photograph Collection, which documented American […]
Find Your Greenbelt Roots In the GNR Digital Archive
The News Review celebrated its 84th birthday on November 24, and completion of the paper’s digital archive project was surely the highlight of the year. The last batch of newly digitized issues was uploaded to the News Review server in mid-October, and the complete set of issues can now be viewed at greenbeltnewsreview.com/archives. The Greenbelt […]
In December 1941 Greenbelt Got Ready for Christmas … and War
Eighty years ago, Greenbelters were preparing for Christmas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II. The holiday festivities went ahead as planned, but preparations were also stepped up to make Greenbelt ready in the event of an attack on the U.S. Initial Preparations The town had already started […]
Local Birders Again Take Part In Continent-wide Bird Survey
It was inching toward 4 a.m. on Sunday, June 13, and this reporter and Elaine Nakash were scrambling to get on the road. The two News Review staffers were heading to Carroll County, Maryland, to conduct a Breeding Bird Survey route and needed to be at the route’s starting point, ready to go, by 30 […]
Final EIS Released for Proposed BEP Plant to Be Built on BARC
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) facility at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) was released on June 4. The EIS, prepared by the U.S Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Baltimore District in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of […]
GHI Homes Improvement Program Is Almost Finished
For the past five years, contractors have been busy throughout the Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative, installing various components of the community-wide Homes Improvement Program (HIP). Windows, entry doors and baseboard heaters have been replaced in nearly all of the 1600 housing units, and all the frame units are sporting new siding. The work […]
GHI Installs Solar Panels On Administration Complex
The Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket and the Greenbelt Baptist Church soon won’t be the only establishments in town with a roof-top solar array. Solar panels are going up at the administration complex of Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative on Hamilton Place. According to Steve Skolnik, vice president of the GHI board of directors, solar panels […]