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 […]
The New Deal’s Paul Downs Art Show Starts December 8
In mid-November 2001, when the world was still reeling from the events of 9/11, I was at a New Deal Café board meeting along with Michael “Mike” McMullin, who was then organizing the art shows for the Café. The meeting was long, and Mike was fidgeting with a piece of paper, which happened to be […]
La exposición de arte de Paul Downs del New Deal comienza el 8 de diciembre
A mediados de noviembre de 2001, cuando el mundo aún se estaba recuperando de los acontecimientos del 11 de septiembre, yo estaba en una reunión de la junta directiva del New Deal Cafe junto con Michael “Mike” McMullin, que entonces organizaba las exposiciones de arte para el Café. La reunión fue larga y Mike estaba […]