Iconic Greenbelt Sculptures Slated for Restoration in 2019
Plans are underway to restore two iconic Greenbelt sculptures, the Preamble to the United States Constitution on the Community Center and the Mother and Child statue in Roosevelt Center. Both were sculpted by Lenore Thomas Straus while in her 20s, and both date back to the early days of the city, erected in 1937 and […]
Esculturas icónicas de Greenbelt Programadas para restauración
Hay planes en marcha para restaurar dos esculturas icónicas de Greenbelt, el Preámbulo de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos y la estatua de la Madre y el Niño. Las dos fueron esculpidas por Lenore Thomas Straus entre sus veinte y sus treinta años, y ambas datan de los primeros días de la ciudad, erigidas […]
ERHS Students Place 15th In National Japan Bowl
The end of the 2017-18 school year was a whirlwind adventure for Eleanor Roosevelt High School seniors Kainoa Sittman, Maxwell Morris and Dustin Ma. On April 12 and 13, the ERHS Japanese program sent this team to Chevy Chase to participate in the 26th Annual Japan Bowl. The team was also invited to visit Japan, […]
Zoning Rewrite Bills Advance To Fall County Council Vote
Todd Turner, vice-chair of the Prince George’s County Council, said he foresees that the impending countywide zoning rewrite will have a positive effect on Greenbelt. The goal, he said, is to provide what is best for business and residents. Turner anticipates an outcome that will maintain the character of the community. Zoning in Prince George’s […]
First Play Performed Here Returns in “Federal Theatre”
The show The Federal Theatre and Greenbelt used 11 songs and dramatic vignettes, intertwined with wry humor, grim reality and a warm sense of humanity, to show average people working to survive during the extraordinary obstacles brought on by the Great Depression. The joint production of the Greenbelt Museum and Recreation Department was performed on June 23 and 24 […]
ERHS Students Address Mental Illness and Stigmas
Eleanor Roosevelt High School students are working to bring the issue of mental illness, with all its stigmas and difficulties, out of the shadows and into the forefront for discussion and empathy. On Thursday, May 31 from 3:30 to 5 p.m., a session titled What’s On Your Mind was held in the school cafeteria. The […]
City Council Opposes P3 State Highway Widening Proposition
In order to address the area’s impending traffic build-up, a proposition, dubbed the P3 Program, is under consideration by the State of Maryland that could result in the widening of sections of I-270, I-495 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (see map on page 13). This could have negative effects on daily life in Greenbelt and on […]
GES Mosaic Mural Portrays Native Flowers and Wildlife
On Wednesday, February 28, fourth- and fifth-grade art class students at Greenbelt Elementary School (GES) began gluing down tiles on a mosaic mural depicting native flowers and the animals that pollinate them such as butterflies and hummingbirds. Based on drawings by students, local artist Valerie Theberge drew the final design and laid out the outlines […]
Earth Squad Kids Become Environmental Stewards
At the beginning of each meeting, Earth Squad members join hands in a circle and, at the count of three, shout “CHEARS!” From there, they are onto the business at hand: maintaining gardens and edifying themselves in the subjects of cultivation and healthy living, as well as making themselves into stewards of their environment and […]