A Promise Fulfilled: Springhill Lake Elementary Groundbreaking
“This is not just a day that represents a new building, but it represents a new start, a new beginning and a new chapter in our school,” Springhill Lake Elementary School (SHLES) Principal Trena Wilson said on July 9, during the long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the school’s replacement building. The groundbreaking marked the beginning of […]
City Still Awaiting Return of Firefighters Expected February
As rumors circulate about the possible return of Greenbelt’s career firefighters this summer, city officials continue to push for Prince George’s County to return their career firefighters, particularly following the reassignment of the Northern EMS Duty Officer (NEMSDO), who had been positioned at Greenbelt since the end of December 2024, and the proposed cuts in […]
GHI, Co-op Consider Future
The possible acquisition by Greenbelt Homes, Inc. (GHI), most likely via its subsidiary Greenbelt Development Corporation (GDC), of the physical building at 121 Centerway that houses the Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket and Pharmacy (the Co-op) has given rise to considerable speculation and much anxiety among GHI members. In the two articles and the surrounding boxes on […]
Council Receives Update on Nearly Complete Cemeteries Master Plan
The Greenbelt City Council’s June 10 worksession covered two main topics: the draft cemeteries master plan and the budget process. This article reports on the cemeteries plan. Carolyn Gimbal, senior architectural historian with Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT), presented the latest version of the Historic Greenbelt Cemeteries Master Plan. The plan outlines a strategy […]
Greenbelt’s Beloved Ambassador, John Henry Jones, Remembered
John Henry Jones, 98, of Greenbelt, died peacefully on June 11, 2026, surrounded by family and friends. Born May 6, 1928, in the coal mining town of Houston, Penn., he was the youngest son of Hillery Hubbard Jones and Albertha Napper Jones. The generations are long in the Jones family, as John Henry’s father was […]
M-NCPPC Litigation to Impact Funding for Greenbelt Projects
On June 26, a judge for Prince George’s County Circuit Court temporarily blocked the county’s transfer of $39 million from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) to its own budget. Members of the Prince George’s County Council argue the funds are taxpayer dollars they are free to repurpose while the M-NCPPC argues the […]
Goddard’s Area 400 Transferred To U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
On Tuesday, July 7, leaders from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) convened with other officials in the area of Goddard’s campus known as Area 400 for a ceremonial transfer of the approximately 105-acre plot from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to the USFWS. Goddard’s […]
Local News Network Summit Explores Future of Journalism
On June 12, journalists, media scholars and news leaders from across the region gathered at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism on the University of Maryland (UMD) campus for the annual Local News Network Summit, a day-long event focused on the future of local journalism. Among those attending were the Greenbelt News Review’s Managing Editor […]
Council Advances Collective Bargaining for City Employees
The Greenbelt City Council met in regular session on June 22. At the meeting, council approved the first reading of an ordinance amending the city’s Labor Code chapter on Personnel to establish the procedures governing collective bargaining and labor-management relations for designated city employees (certain eligible full-time and regular part-time non-exempt, non-managerial and non-confidential employees). […]
City Celebrates Fourth of July With Traditions, New Festivities
For generations, Greenbelt’s annual Fourth of July fireworks have served as one of the city’s signature traditions, drawing thousands of residents and visitors to Greenbelt Lake for an evening of patriotic celebration, community gathering and one of Maryland’s few remaining municipal fireworks displays. While many surrounding communities have discontinued their Independence Day fireworks shows, Greenbelt […]