2026 Fall Pumpkin Festival Is On, with Future Uncertain
Pumpkin Queen Stacy Stewart has spent the past three years coordinating the Greenbelt Pumpkin Festival. This year’s Pumpkin Festival will be her last as an organizer, and without potential coordinators to take over, the nearly four-decade-old tradition could end sooner than expected. “We’ve been looking for someone to take over; so far, no takers,” Stewart […]
Braveboy Won’t Respond to Questions; District 2 Still Has No Representation
District 2 families, including Greenbelt, began and continue this school year without representation on the Board of Education despite an application period that was concluded even before the vacancy was announced. Board Chair Branndon Jackson requested that County Executive Aisha Braveboy initiate the process to appoint a replacement in a letter dated June 27. The […]
What’s New at the New Deal? Volunteers, Menus, Hours …
The beloved New Deal Café is dealing with some changes in funding and hours since the board’s decision not to renew the last vendor’s contract, which ended in July. However, the community behind it stays strong. “It’s run by the people who actually spend money here,” said bar manager Renea, who has been with the […]
City Mulls Fire/EMS Support, Indian Creek and Annexation
The Greenbelt City Council meeting of September 14 covered a lot of ground. Extended in two increments of 30 and 5 minutes, respectively, it was still mercifully shorter than many past meetings. An article in the News Review issue of September 24 covered the topic of unionization of Public Works staff that was raised […]
Lambright-Davis Lives a Life Of Intentional Service: “Be About It”
Greenbelt’s 2026 Outstanding Citizen, Carolyn Lambright-Davis, may be small in stature, but the energy and passion she displays when talking about her life, volunteerism and love for Greenbelt seem to burst from her frame. It makes one wonder where she finds the energy to nurture the community’s young people, dig in the dirt and promote […]
Reprieve for BARC Employees Just Ahead of Decommissioning
The deadline to shutter operations at Beltsville Agricultural Center (BARC) loomed large this month. On September 1, a federal judge declined to rule for an injunction on the reorganization of BARC, finding it wasn’t relevant to the initial case. However, on September 8, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), along with a coalition of […]
Greenbelt Elementary School’s New Principal Latasha Dorsey
Latasha Dorsey was ten years old when she saw firsthand how an elementary school system unwittingly failed a special needs student. Her brother, Clements, who is one year older, had a learning disability and was held back a grade. “It broke my heart when he was held back, and I caught up to him in […]
Unionization: A Fraught Topic For All Sides at Council Session
In the September 14 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council, ongoing issues relating to the previously authorized unionization of city workers, mostly with Public Works, came into focus. The city had received notice of legal action by the union alleging illegal practices by Public Works managers aimed at dissuading workers from joining the union. A […]
Editor Anna Bedford-Dillow Brings New Level of Reporting
Our September 10 issue announced the appointment of Anna Bedford-Dillow as the Greenbelt News Review’s Editor in a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, following a motion by retiring editor Mary Lou Williamson, who remains as editor emerita. This article profiles Bedford-Dillow, who joined the paper in September 2022 as managing editor. As managing […]
Greenbelt Has Day in Court Over Firefighters, with No Rebuttal
On Thursday, September 10, Sue-Ellen Ferguson, a lawyer for Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights and College Park, was in the Appellate Court of Maryland in Annapolis to present the municipalities’ grievance over the removal of Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD) career firefighters (see the September 10 issue). The hearing had been delayed as Greenbelt hoped to […]