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Article Author: Erica Johns

City Master Plan for Indian Creek Park Nearly Final; Multi-use in Small Space

The city held a community meeting for public review and input for the Indian Creek Park concept plan at the Springhill Lake Recreation Center on Tuesday, February 17. The city- contracted Mahan Rykiel Associates landscape architecture firm reviewed the plan they updated based on community feedback from a November 2025 meeting and resident emails since […]

Remembering the Greenbelt Fair Housing Struggle During the 1960s: Part One

Three white-haired women in colorful clothes sit on an outdoor bench. Behind them stand four women with brown or blond hair.

Part one of a two-part story. Note: Both Black and white workers built Greenbelt in the 1930s, but only white families were accepted to live in the new town. This article does not discuss all persons, activities and letters related to 1960s Greenbelt fair housing efforts, instead providing a representative sampling. When speaking of that […]

County Executive Aisha Braveboy Talks All Things with Residents

A brown-skinned woman with long brown hair, in a blue dress with a white grid pattern, and black boots. She stands at a wooden lectern with upraised hands and wide-spread arms. Behind her is a flag of Israel draping down from an indoor pole-stand, in front of a gray stone wall.

Greenbelt’s Mishkan Torah Synagogue hosted Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy for a community discussion on Sunday, February 8, with about 75 attendees from Greenbelt and beyond. It being the first time in 20 years a county executive visited Mishkan Torah, the audience was welcoming, though several substantive questions arose. The event included Braveboy’s prepared […]

GHI Court Liaisons Gather To Prepare for SAYT Pilot

A receptive crowd of approximately 40 Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) court liaisons and others gathered at Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant on the evening of Tuesday, December 30 to prepare for the Save As You Throw trash collection pilot which began Monday, January 5. Greenbelt Advisory Committee on Environmental Sustainability (Green ACES) Chair John Lippert said the […]

Top Stories of 2025

A yard sign with large all-caps black text reading "SAVE BARC FOR SCIENCE." Next to the words, a cartoon black hand and wrist, upraised, with an ear of corn in its fist. At the bottom of the sign, a yellow banner with the words "Beltsville Agricultural Research Center" in small black text.

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 […]

Fiscal Issues Lead to Pilot SAYT Program: Part Two

A 3-tiered cardboard rack holding rows of purple bag bundle rolls, each wrapped in a white label. A purple sign at the top of the rack gives the prices.

This article covers the city waste collection budget deficit and the planned use of SAYT revenue. Part One of this report covered the need to address city waste collection budget deficits, how the SAYT pilot and WasteZero were chosen to help address the deficit, WasteZero and city revenue sharing, and other options to reduce waste collection […]

Fiscal Issues Lead City to Pilot SAYT Program: Part One

A chart titled Revenue Sharing between City and WasteZero. Column headers: Bag or Sticker; Retail Price for Case of 200 Bags (Set by City); City Receives; WasteZero Retains Data Rows: Small; $160; $120.05; $39.95 (24.5%) Medium; $250; $192.75; $57.25 (22.9%) Large; $400; $315.50; $84.50 (21.12%) Max Trash Sticker; $70 plus $4.88 for WasteZero to print, handle & ship stickers; $70; $4.88

Part One of this report covers the need to address city waste collection budget deficits, how the SAYT pilot and WasteZero were chosen to help address the deficit, WasteZero and city revenue sharing, and other options to reduce waste collection costs and expand revenue. Part Two, to be published next week, will cover more on […]

What to Know About the City’s Save As You Throw Program

Three trash bags - large blue, medium purple and small green - are pinned up flat against a wall. A ruler is on the floor in front of the medium bag, which is wider than the ruler.

This article addresses Greenbelters’ practical questions about the Save As You Throw (SAYT, “say it”) trash program, for which a yearlong pilot begins January 1, 2026, for residents who use the city trash service. Watch greenbeltmd.gov/sayt and check page 5 of the News Review for updates. Why? City Council adopted the mandatory pilot to incentivize […]

City Seeks Community Input For Flood Resiliency Planning

The forebay, a brown bridge with railing, connects two green areas. Behind it are orange caution barrels. A flood of brown water flows beneath it.

The City of Greenbelt has engaged water engineering firm LimnoTech to develop flood mitigation strategies and a Community Flood Resiliency Plan to adapt to storms that drop large volumes of rain in a short time, overwhelm stormwater infrastructure and cause flooding and erosion. Greenbelt Environmental Coordinator Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll asked Greenbelt residents to help identify areas […]

Greenbelt Museum to Expand In Space, Hours and Offerings

A squared-off white 2-story building, with a lower white addition that has a canopied entryway. Roof detailing and rainpipes are brown. The building is surrounded by a hedge, then a sidewalk, then a lawn.

The Greenbelt Museum will expand to colocate all visitor programs and museum operations by creating a new Education and Visitor Center at the museum, with work expected to begin within the next 18 months. Museum staff hope to open the facility by Greenbelt’s 90th anniversary in 2027. Museum Director Megan Searing Young spoke about the […]

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