CCI Health Care Agency Moves To Larger, Welcoming Space
Maryland Community Clinic Health & Wellness Services (CCI) has opened a new location at 7474 Greenway Center Drive. CCI, a nonprofit, communitybased health care agency, has operated in our area since 1996. Services available at the new clinic include medical and behavioral health services. “We took the opportunity to find a better and bigger space […]
ERHS JCL Teams Came, Saw, Conquered State Competition
Eleanor Roosevelt High School won big at the Maryland Junior Classical League (JCL) State convention held recently in Easton, Md., with the teams from ERHS sweeping the novice, intermediate and advanced levels. The mission of the National JCL (njcl.org) is “to encourage an appreciation of the language, literature, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome.” […]
El comité de Newbery incluye una bibliotecaria para niños de Greenbelt
Imagina cajas llenas de libros para niños que llegan diariamente a la puerta de tu casa. Este sueño se hizo realidad para Pam Hamlin durante el año pasado, ya que formó parte del comité de premios de Newbery. Hamlin trabaja como la especialista en alfabetización familiar en las oficinas administrativas del Sistema de Bibliotecas Conmemorativas […]
Newbery Committee Includes Greenbelt Children’s Librarian
Para leer este articulo en espanol, haga clic aqui. Imagine boxes full of children’s books arriving daily at your front door. This dream was a reality for Pam Hamlin during the past year, as she served on the Newbery Award Committee. Hamlin works as the family literacy specialist at the administrative offices of the Prince […]
Voluntarios llenan el Beltway Plaza para celebrar el día de MLK
Cerca de 400 voluntarios se presentaron en el centro comercial Beltway Plaza el lunes 21 de enero para armar y distribuir bolsas de comestibles gratis para los necesitados. El evento, llamado “A Day ON to Feed the Community”, brindó a los voluntarios la oportunidad de celebrar el día festivo federal del cumpleaños del Dr. Martin […]
Volunteers Flood Mall: Mark MLK Day Through Service
Nearly 400 volunteers showed up at Beltway Plaza on Monday, January 21 to assemble and distribute bags of free groceries to those in need. The event, called A Day ON to Feed the Community, gave volunteers the opportunity to observe the federal holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday as a day of service. […]
Mother of Hubble Telescope Inspired Greenbelt Scientists
Nancy Grace Roman, who died at age 93 on December 25, 2018, was widely regarded as the “Mother” of the Hubble Space Telescope. She became one of the first division chiefs at NASA soon after it started up in 1958, and was tasked with “formulating a program from scratch” as chief of Astronomy and Relativity […]
Participación Pesada, Pero Vale la Pena La Espera en los Centros de Votación, por Melissa Sites
Alrededor de 50 votantes se alinearon bajo una ligera llovizna para esperar a que las puertas se abrieran a las 7 am. en Springhill Lake Elementary School. Entre las 7 y las 8 am. un flujo constante de votantes continuó llegando al lugar de votación. El supervisor del edificio Morris Powell tuvo el importante trabajo […]
Greenbelters Gather in Unity At Mishkan Torah Memorial, by Melissa Sites
A standing room crowd of more than 200 Greenbelters, congregants and religious leaders from other faith traditions joined together in unity at Mishkan Torah Synagogue on Thursday evening, November 1 to remember the victims of the shootings at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Rabbi Saul Oresky led the service. The opening song, Esa Einai, […]
Los estudiantes de ERHS discuten políticas con líderes locales y estatales
Los alumnos de 11º y 12º grado de la escuela secundaria que participan activamente en el gobierno estudiantil tuvieron la oportunidad de vivir una experiencia de hacer política de gobierno en acción en una mesa redonda con el delegado estatal, Alonzo Washington, que tuvo lugar en la escuela secundaria Eleanor Roosevelt el lunes, 25 de […]