History Day Teacher of The Year Patch Leaves Legacy in Greenbelt
Prince George’s County Teacher of the Year for Maryland History Day, Victoria Patch, will be teaching English in Baltimore in the coming school year, but History Day will go on in Greenbelt. Patch, a ninth-grade teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS), together with 10th grade teacher Judith Barrera, brought History Day back to Greenbelt […]
Libraries, Museums Are Targets Of Trump’s Fiscal 2026 Budget
In an executive order on March 14, President Donald Trump ordered the closing of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a relatively unknown federal agency. When the executive order was challenged by lawsuits Trump completely eliminated funding for the IMLS in his proposed budget for next year. On May 2, Trump released the […]
New Deal Café: What’s New And Coming; Much to Cheer
There was much cheering and applause at the New Deal Cafe’s quarterly business meeting on November 25. Those in attendance were pleased with the changes. While the Café has been in transition since Kenny Hilliard took over as manager on November 1, he aims to have all the changes in place by January 1. The […]
Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket Holds Annual Meeting
An improving financial picture, two bylaw changes, two new board members, the awarding of the annual Jim Cassels award and suggestions from members were all part of the Greenbelt Consumer Cooperative (better known as the Co-op) annual meeting, held on November 9. Of the 122 who attended the meeting, 101 were vested members eligible to […]
Greenbelt Remembers the Service Of Veterans, Honors Heroism
On a fine fall day at Roosevelt Center, on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11 a.m., the same day and time the Armistice ended World War I (also known as the Great War), Greenbelt celebrated the service of veterans since the American Revolution. The event was sponsored by American Legion Post 136 […]
Unsatisfied Greenbelt City Council Responds to PGFD
On October 2, in an open letter to Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD) Chief Tiffany Green, Greenbelt City Council expressed their concern over fire department and EMS response times, prioritization and communication with Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department. Alan Doubleday attended the recent townhall on September 12, to represent PGFD (see the September 19 […]
Historic Town Fair Claims Permanent Festival Status
Intended to be brought back for one year in 2012, the year of Greenbelt’s 75th anniversary, the Retro Town Fair at the Greenbelt Museum was so popular that it has become an annual event. Exhibitors may show their vegetables, flowers, canned goods and needlework/sewing, but the most popular category this year was baked goods, which […]
My First Labor Day Festival
I arrived in Greenbelt just after the Labor Day Festival 2023, but I have to say I wouldn’t have appreciated the Festival as much if that had been the first of the many Festivals and events I have now attended here. I would describe the event as Greenbeltian, or perhaps the better word is Greenbelterian, […]