Several Greenbelters Discuss Youth Delinquency Concerns
Like most communities, Greenbelt works toward identifying the issue of youth delinquencies and finding solutions. Here are some thoughts from an activist, our police chief and state legislator as interviewed by the reporter. Greenbelt resident and activist LaWann Stribling suggests that adults have often failed to comprehend the needs of youth. Today’s youth, she believes, […]
Outstanding Citizen Cahalan Talks about her Experience
Maggie Cahalan, Greenbelt’s 2022 Outstanding Citizen, thought she was meeting Springhill Lake Elementary students from the Earth Squad when she headed to the opening night of the Labor Day Festival. However, she and her family have been attending the Friday night festivities for many years. “I usually check out the food booths to see what […]
Jade Eaton Focuses on Equal Justice as a Court Watcher
Jade Eaton was born in Allentown, Penn., and moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1972. After marriage, she lived in College Park for 35 years, where her three children were raised. Two of her children attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Eaton has lived in Greenbelt for the past 10 years. She spent her career […]
New Hire Tyra Smith to Lead Change and Understanding
Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer Tyra Smith began work January 17. She is the first DEI officer for the City of Greenbelt. Smith defines diversity as everything that makes a person who they are. Our knowledge and sense of ourselves was developed through lived experiences in different environments, she says, from the clothes we wear, […]
Women’s History Spotlight on Rachel Zephir
Women’s History Month In observance of Women’s History Month, the News Review will run articles about Greenbelt women of significant accomplishments whose stories are not well known. The series is being coordinated by Anna Bedford-Dillow. Rachel Zephir has been the director of bands at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) since 2015. She is a […]
Black History Month: Celebrate with Art, Exhibits, Dance, Movie and a Health Bus
Each year the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee organizes programs to acknowledge the contributions, commemorate the sacrifices and illuminate the achievements of Black Americans. This year’s theme is Black Resistance and Resilience in the African Diaspora, as determined by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, founded by Carter G. […]
A Look Back at 2022
The News Review presents highlights from last year’s news stories. The reviews were prepared by Anna Bedford-Dillow, Deb Daniel, Jon Gardner, Amy Hansen, Cathie Meetre, Diane Oberg, Lois Rosado, Melissa Sites and Gloria Walters-Flowers. Covid Infections Increase, Impacts Decline Covid-19 in the U.S. was about 22 months old as 2022 began. Remarkably, by then, vaccines […]
Piscataway People of Maryland: The Original Greenbelters?
The Piscataway People settled in various parts of Prince George’s County. Piscataway means “the people where the river bends.” Their ancestors arrived in Maryland more than 10,000 years ago. Their lands spread from southern Maryland and included Baltimore, Montgomery and Anne Arundel counties and the Washington, D.C., areas. Piscataway tribes speak an Algonquin dialect of […]
Greenbelt to Commemorate Maryland Emancipation Day
The Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee invites the community to hear a presentation given by Dr. Frank Smith, executive director of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C., and the auxiliary group, the Female Re-Enactors of Distinction. The presentation will be held Saturday, November 5 at 2 p.m. in the Community Center […]
Celebrate Juneteenth 2022 With Films, Art and Words
The first Emancipation Day celebration – once the Emancipation Proclamation was decreed on January 1, 1863 – took place in Port Royal, S.C. Some 250,000 enslaved African people living in Texas did not learn of their liberation until June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Many reasons have been […]