City’s Annexation Plans Expand To Include BARC and NASA Land
At its January 12 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council took the first steps toward annexing large tracts of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) and Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), approved an ordinance establishing fines for people parked in electric vehicle charging spaces who are not charging their vehicle (electric or otherwise) and approved […]
Top Stories of 2025
This year’s end replay of Top Stories was prepared by News Review staff members: Anna Bedford-Dillow, Deanna Dawson, Carol Griffith, Erica Johns, Sandra Lange, Diane Oberg, Sandy Rodgers and Pat Scully. FBI, BARC and BEP Proposed and existing federal facilities in and near Greenbelt took major hits this year. A multi-year process led to the […]
Council to Look at Community Development, Planning Dept.
City Manager Josué Salmerón’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026), which begins July 1, allocates $1.404 million to the Department of Planning and Community Development, up from $1.393 million in FY 2025, an increase of 3.3 percent. This represents 3.5 percent of total proposed city expenditures. On April 16, the Greenbelt City Council […]
Council Approves Contract for Repair of the Indoor Pool Deck
At its January 27 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council approved contracts to repair the indoor pool, modified and deferred proposed ethics legislation until the next meeting, agreed to support a coalition seeking to improve emergency services and took positions on several pieces of proposed state legislation. Indoor Pool Council approved legislation to transfer $1.7 […]
Will Greenbelt Police Assist In Immigration Enforcement?
At its January 27 regular meeting the Greenbelt City Council discussed several aspects of the impact of the Trump administration’s increased deportation efforts, recognized Black History Month and International Holocaust Remembrance Day and heard an update on the status of the city’s animal control services. Immigration Former councilmember Judith Davis raised the immigration issue during […]
Top Stories of 2024
The News Review presents highlights from last year’s news stories. The reviews were prepared by Cathie Meetre, Erica Johns, Diane Oberg, Deanna Dawson, Pat Scully and Anna Bedford-Dillow. Greenbelt Loses Career Firefighters On June 30, Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD) removed career fire and rescue personnel from Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights, Bowie and Bunker Hill […]
Council Confronting Lingering Questions in Final Budget Review
After its final budget worksession on Wednesday, May 15, it appears that the Greenbelt City Council has two main questions to answer before it can adopt a budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 2025), which begins July 1. These are: Should they increase the Greenbelt Cinema’s annual stipend, and should they change how funds are […]
Budget Proposal Holds Line On Public Works Spending
City Manager Josué Salmerón’s budget proposal calls for a 2.7 percent increase in the Public Works budget, with expenditures increasing from $4.586 million in the adopted budget for this fiscal year to $4.711 million in FY25, which begins on July 1. A breakout of expenditures by major budget category is shown in the table on […]
City Budget Stays in Bounds; Though in FY26, Maybe Not
In presenting his budget proposal to the Greenbelt City Council on March 25, City Manager Josué Salmerón had good news. Despite earlier projections of a multimillion-dollar budget deficit in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 which begins July 1, the budget deficit has been closed without increasing the city tax rate. Council began its review of […]
Staffing Issue Gets Council Meeting Off to a Hot Start
The March 25 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council got off to a hot start with former city human resources director Mary Johnson accusing the city manager of violating city code. In addition, council approved several contracts, received an update on planned renovations to the Municipal Building and sent a letter to county officials regarding […]