Three Sisters Volunteers Reflect on Season’s End
The Three Sisters Garden at Schrom Hills Park on Hanover Parkway is nearing the end of its season. Volunteers who have faithfully tended the garden all summer, putting in long hours watering and weeding, now reap the harvest, including a large zucchini, attractive blue-striped green beans, carrots and mouthwatering grapes. Volunteers stagger the work over […]
Healthy Food Program Was Fun, Educational and Yummy
Under the broad shady leaves of a pawpaw tree, Shaymar Higgs led a healthy food program near Springhill Lake Recreation Center, hosted by CHEARS (Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society). Founder and director of The Space Free Art for All, located at Beltway Plaza, Higgs shared a table laden with strange and exotic looking fruits. […]
Shaymar Higgs’ The Space To Expand at Beltway Plaza
The Greenbelt community is bringing culture and new experiences to parts of the community that are typically underserved. If you pass by the New Deal Café, you can see Shaymar Higgs’ artwork, including brightly painted acrylic panels and three-dimensional work, currently displayed in the windows. Higgs also has a show of embroidery appearing at the […]
Thirty-two Years Later, Palau Retires, Looks to Her Future
If Beverly Palau were writing this story, it would have a hundred photos showing the subject moving around the city. An accompanying video would interview someone, like this reporter, explaining how the subject’s work communicating the life of the city helped encourage more people to have a life in the city. And the press release […]
Sculpture Gets a Makeover As Conservators Do a Scrub
Roosevelt Center’s Mother and Child statue got a special scrub-down last week as a team of three skilled art conservators arrived to clean and maintain Greenbelt’s beloved statue as well as the Community Center Preamble reliefs. The first step was to apply a special detergent, sodium lauryl sulfate, an anionic and non-acidic surfactant which does […]
Los Greenbelters protestan contra Maglev sobre el puente peatonal Spellman
Alrededor de 70 Greenbelters se reunieron en Roosevelt Center el sábado por la tarde para manifestarse contra el tren maglev propuesto y marchar a través del puente peatonal Spellman, el cual está amenazado por las propuestas vias del tren. Los manifestantes levantaron carteles anti-maglev y redujeron la velocidad del tráfico en la Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Liderada […]
Greenbelters Protest Against Maglev on Spellman Overpass
Around 70 Greenbelters gathered in Roosevelt Center Saturday afternoon to rally against the proposed maglev train and march across the threatened Spellman Overpass. Protesters held up anti-maglev signs and slowed traffic on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Led by Kristi Fletcher, the rally included a number of elected officials, including State Senator Paul Pinsky, State Delegates Nicole […]
Mowatt Church Plans Opening Of Its New Little Free Library
Greenbelt’s newest Little Free Library will celebrate its grand opening at Mowatt Memorial United Methodist Church (MUMC) this weekend. At littlefreelibrary.org, the Mowatt site is described as “primarily a religious library … includ[ing] a variety of books, activities and periodicals.” Greenbelter Ellen Noll, lay leader at Mowatt, explained, “My motivation for opening a Little Free […]
Tim Houchens Retires from Public Works After 35 Years
Tim Houchens worked for the City of Greenbelt for 35 years during an amazing time of growth and change. With Greenbelt Public Works from 1986 to 2021, Houchens held the title of Facilities Maintenance Manager while city facilities were improved, expanded or created anew, including the Police Station, the Aquatic & Fitness Center, Schrom Hills […]
Effective Altruism Precepts Guide Engineer’s Way of Life
The last month of the year inspires many people to give money to good causes. NASA engineer Brian Ottens and his family have dedicated themselves to effective altruism, giving away a high percentage of their income. Effective altruism motivates and empowers individuals to select the cause that is most important to them and then figure […]