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Article Author: Erica Johns

Editor Anna Bedford-Dillow Brings New Level of Reporting

Our September 10 issue announced the appointment of Anna Bedford-Dillow as the Greenbelt News Review’s Editor in a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, following a motion by retiring editor Mary Lou Williamson, who remains as editor emerita. This article profiles Bedford-Dillow, who joined the paper in September 2022 as managing editor. As managing […]

Carolyn Lambright-Davis Offers Zeal As the Outstanding Citizen for 2026

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Carolyn Lambright-Davis is Greenbelt’s 2026 Outstanding Citizen, as announced at the Labor Day Festival’s Opening Ceremony on Friday, September 4. Lambright-Davis was recognized for serving as a board member of the CHesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society (CHEARS), leading the CHEARS-sponsored Earth Squad Program at Springhill Lake Recreation Center (SHLRC), contributing to the Greenbelt Pumpkin […]

Greenbelt Rotary Recognizes City’s Outstanding Citizens

Attendees packed a Community Center room to celebrate 11 past Greenbelt Outstanding Citizens on Thursday, August 13. The Greenbelt Rotary Club hosted the event to celebrate the many ways Greenbelters contribute to Greenbelt before the 2026 Outstanding Citizen is named at this year’s Labor Day Festival. Guests of honor were Sandy Lange (1987), Konrad Herling […]

Creative Kids Get the Scoop On Today’s News Review

On Thursday, July 30, the News Review hosted the Creative Kids Camp’s (CKC) six doughty Iliad teams.  From young to old, the morning brought the Myrmidons (ants who were magically transformed by Zeus into devoted and obedient servants), then the Argonauts (legendary Greek heroes who sailed in the Argo to find the Golden Fleece) and […]

Small Dogwood for News Review Giant

On Monday, April 13, members of the Greenbelt News Review and City of Greenbelt Horticulture Crew gathered to replace a memorial tree for Elaine Skolnik Nicholson, longtime News Review reporter, news editor and board president. This article is based on Sandra Lange’s 2021 obituary of Elaine (see January 21, 2021 News Review), which noted, “Perhaps no […]

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

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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 […]