School Year Begins with Changes, Challenges, Resourceful Parents
The new school year began with changes for many Greenbelt students. At Greenbelt Elementary School they welcomed the new year with a new principal, Latasha Dorsey (see the August 13 issue). Greenbelt Middle School is still engaged in a search for their next principal to replace the beloved Marcellus Clement and begins the year with […]
Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Schedule for Friday, Saturday
At 6 p.m. on Friday, September 4, the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival returns to the town center. Here’s a quick guide to getting the most out of this beloved summer-ending Festival. This issue covers the events for Friday and Saturday; next week’s issue will focus on events for Sunday and Monday. Friday, September 4 The […]
City Council Discusses Greenbelt Cinema’s Fiscal Needs, Outlook
At a worksession on August 12, Greenbelt City Council discussed the funding of Greenbelt Cinema. Caitlin McGrath was present in her role as its executive director. McGrath stated that while the Cinema has made a healthy financial recovery from the pandemic, it still faces serious uncertainty as it deals with both inflation and the vicissitudes […]
Roman Telescope to Launch Sunday, Will Provide a Long-lasting Legacy
If all goes well, a not so little piece of Greenbelt will be launched into space on Sunday. The Roman telescope, built at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch from Kennedy Space Center after a June nighttime journey by boat from Baltimore to Florida. GSFC personnel coordinated the work of many partners across the […]
Greenbelt Rotary Recognizes City’s Outstanding Citizens
Attendees packed a Community Center room to celebrate 11 past Greenbelt Outstanding Citizens on Thursday, August 13. The Greenbelt Rotary Club hosted the event to celebrate the many ways Greenbelters contribute to Greenbelt before the 2026 Outstanding Citizen is named at this year’s Labor Day Festival. Guests of honor were Sandy Lange (1987), Konrad Herling […]
Local Venture Crew Completes Epic Maine Wilderness Expedition
After months of preparation and nearly two weeks in the wilderness of northern Maine, members of the Venture Crew 746 scouting group have returned home. The crew’s summer adventure included an attempted ascent of Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak, and a 100-mile canoe journey through the historic Allagash Wilderness Waterway, one of the Northeast’s premier […]
Too Late to Matter: The Failures Behind the Specimen Ballot Delay
This is the second of a two-part series of articles looking at the absence of specimen ballots in Greenbelt in time for the primary election on June 23. This article investigates what caused the delayed mailing. Specimen ballots should have been mailed to voters by June 4 at the latest according to Maryland election law, […]
Greenbelt Back as FBI Home; Court Rejects “Unlawful” Plan
A federal district judge in Maryland Monday overturned Trump administration plans to build the next FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., restoring Greenbelt as the likely next home for the agency. The 47-page ruling and two-page order by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang said the abrupt decision last year by the FBI and the General Services […]
Summer Bridge for S&T Students Cancelled, PGCPS Savings Unclear
Facing a multi-million-dollar shortfall for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) many budget cuts included the end of a long-running summer preparatory program for incoming Science and Technology (S&T) students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS). However, ERHS teachers and students volunteered for two days in mid-July to provide incoming S&T […]
Special Exception Application Hearing For a Taco Bell in Greenway Center
A pre-application hearing regarding a proposed Taco Bell in Greenway Center was held on Tuesday, August 4 with 10 members of the public attending. The new Taco Bell would cover half an acre and include a drive-through window. Although the area is in the Commercial, General and Office Zone, the presence of a drivethrough triggered […]