City Requests Public Input On Buddy Attick Master Plan
The city welcomed public input to plan for the future of Buddy Attick Park in a community meeting at the Municipal Building last Thursday evening, ahead of the launch this week of an online public survey. The output of the process will be an updated master plan for the park. “This will be a roadmap […]
Stronger Summer Storms Highlight Grid Vulnerability
Tornado warnings on August 7 led to early closures of federal offices, the University of Maryland and other workplaces in the metro area. But it was a series of summer storms the weekend of July 28 and 29 that interrupted moviegoers, swimmers and the postal service in Greenbelt. Pepco posted on July 30 on the […]
Three Finalists for Greenbelt City Manager Meet Residents
The three finalists for Greenbelt’s open city manager position met with residents at the Municipal Building last Thursday evening. Cohesion across Greenbelt’s diverse communities, budgeting and a recent charter amendment allowing city council to waive the residency requirement for city manager pervaded discussions, as residents talked with finalists in small groups. College Park Assistant City […]
Cannabis Legalization Sparks Hope, Curiosity, Questions
“You just have to understand your why,” said LaWann Stribling, the founder of Stribble District, LLC, selling baked goods and herbal products at the July 2 Greenbelt Farmers Market. Cannabis use, approached with that knowledge, has broad potential for healing, according to Stribling, 46, of Greenbelt. “That’s the most important part is knowing why you […]
Ralph, GHI General Manager, Will Retire after Over a Decade
Eldon Ralph, the general manager of Greenbelt Homes, Inc., (GHI), will retire at the end of July with over 26 years of service to Greenbelt Homes – 11 years in his current position, almost 16 years on the GHI staff and after a career of more than 30 years in engineering and facilities management. James […]
Fishing at Greenbelt Lake: Relaxation, Natural Beauty
Felix Castillo has fished with all six of his children, but last week at Greenbelt Lake in Buddy Attick Park he was fishing with his youngest three. In the warm weather months, the shores of Greenbelt Lake are dotted with people fishing to relax, enjoy nature and spend time with friends and family. The first […]
Amid Violent Crime Spike Police Saturation Nets Guns
The Greenbelt Police Department seized seven illegal firearms during its December crime suppression operation in Franklin Park, an area of Greenbelt where the annual number of aggravated assaults confirmed by police has almost tripled over the past decade. The 52 aggravated assaults that the department reported to the FBI for the area over the course […]
Fearless Greenbelter Lambert Shares Regular Folks’ Wants
Lying on the padded floor of a modified Boeing 727, Greenbelter Denna Lambert began to float as the plane crested the apex of its parabola and the effects of gravity receded. Lambert said she was always a “fangirl” when it came to spaceflight, from the time she was growing up in Little Rock, Ark., and […]
Annual Public Safety Awards Honor Greenbelters’ Services
Family, friends and colleagues gathered Friday evening in Greenbelt American Legion Post 136 to recognize the service and sacrifice of police, firefighters, public works employees and those who support them. Post 136 Commander Greg Gigliotti welcomed attendees to the banquet and awards ceremony in Samuel M. Hofberg Hall, and a police color guard presented the […]
Celebration of Public Lands Day Brings an Awareness of Nature
Volunteers celebrating National Public Lands Day at Springhill Lake Recreation Center Saturday cleared Greenbelt’s Food Forest of pandemic overgrowth and damage from summer storms. Uprooting invasive stilt grass, they revealed native ferns. With gloves and shears, they freed trees of choking vines. “Look, I have dreams about porcelain berries strangling me,” said Carolyn Lambright-Davis, convener […]