Committee Celebrates 20 Years Of Protecting the Forest Preserve
October 27 marked the 20th anniversary of Greenbelt City Council’s passage of an ordinance to protect the remaining 225 acres of original 800-acre forested Green Belt for which the town was named. On Sunday, October 29, the Committee to Celebrate the Greenbelt Forest Preserve (Susan Barnett, Jean Newcomb and Kristi Fletcher) hosted a well-attended and […]
After 85 Years, “Old” Theatre Renamed Greenbelt Cinema
The heavy rain of Tropical Storm Ophelia did nothing to discourage Greenbelt’s glitterati from gathering to celebrate 85 years of the Old Greenbelt Theatre. With popcorn treats, Shirley Temples flowing and live music, the crowd was murmuring and excited as they awaited the evening’s entertainment and a Grand Announcement: a name change, from Old Greenbelt […]
Linda Ivy Chosen Greenbelt’s Outstanding Citizen for 2023
Linda Ivy “has personified the [Greenbelt Labor Day] Festival as its president for the past 15 years, through the sudden loss of her beloved husband and helpmate Kelly, and then through a terrible pandemic, even while continuing to serve the Greenbelt community in many other ways,” according to Bob Zugby’s introduction of the Outstanding Citizen. […]
Community Orchestra Begins Rehearsals with Diverse Group
With 55 members and counting, Greenbelt Community Orchestra has started rehearsals at the Community Center. On Thursday, July 20, 18 string players met for their first rehearsal with conductors Derek Maseloff and Seth Glabman. With one high school student and 12 members over 60, the group has a wide range of participants, and nearly half […]
Field Trips Bring Students To Old Greenbelt Theatre
The Roosevelt Center was filled with children playing and eating picnic lunches together, as the Old Greenbelt Theatre welcomed nearly 100 Greenbelt Elementary School third-graders last week. Since the pandemic, the theater has provided field trips to Greenbelt Elementary grade-level groups including third-, fourth- and fifth-graders, two Springhill Lake groups of mixed ages and a […]
Volunteers Plant 50 Trees, Bushes At French School for Earth Day
Dozens of volunteers of all ages came out to plant trees at Dora Kennedy French Immersion School (DKFI) for Greenbelt’s Earth Day celebration on Saturday morning, April 22. Greenbelt Environmental Coordinator Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll, with assistance from Greenbelt maintenance worker Gustavo Escamilla, demonstrated how to mark out a circle around the new tree in its pot, […]
Greenbelt Police Compliance With City Reform Resolution
In December, Police Chief Richard Bowers gave an update on Greenbelt Police Department’s compliance with Resolution 2096-2, passed by the Greenbelt City Council on January 10, 2022. Council’s resolution responded to public concern about police conduct, and incorporated revisions of the Fair and Just Policing Act first proposed to city council by then-mayor Colin Byrd […]
Black History Month Resilience and Resistance On View at the New Deal Café
A bustling crowd filled the New Deal Café Sunday afternoon, February 5 to meet and greet the artists behind a vibrant art show, Resistance and Resilience in the African Diaspora. The show was sponsored by the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee, chaired by Lois Rosado and Leeann Irwin, and curated by Greenbelt’s 2021 Outstanding […]
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 […]
The Library and The SPACE: A Collaboration That Works
More books, more programs and more resources are available now at The SPACE in Beltway Plaza, through collaboration with the Greenbelt Branch of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS). Shaymar Higgs, director of The SPACE, which stands for Sharing Positive Artistic and Creative Energies, works closely with librarian Rebecca Oxley, who has helped […]