Greenbelt Anticipates Return Of Career Firefighters in February
This month Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad will be fully staffed with career firefighters for the first time since they were pulled on June 30, 2024. City officials now anticipate Greenbelt will also celebrate the return of career firefighters, likely in February. “Fire and EMS services remain a top priority for the […]
Increased Need, Stopped SNAP Benefits, Food Cuts Hit Greenbelt
In Greenbelt, a community food distribution by the Greenbelt Assistance in Living Program (GAIL), in conjunction with the nonprofit Shabach! Ministries on October 16, had a turnout that encompassed three car lines and traffic that stretched along Crescent Road with hundreds of people. This was representative of the community’s current need, said Greenbelt resident Robert […]
NASA Warned to Halt Goddard Closures; But Building 11 Is Next
On Monday, November 10, Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), ranking Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Acting Administrator Sean Duffy demanding that NASA “halt any and all laboratory, facility and building closure and relocation activities at Goddard as well as the relocation, disposal, excessing […]
The Shutdown’s Impact on One Greenbelt Family, 41 Days In
On Monday, 41 days and two-and-a-half missed paychecks into the longest government shutdown on record, a Greenbelt resident and single mother described how the current political stalemate has been impacting her. She is a federal employee, and she asked that we withhold her name out of fear of reprisal for speaking to the press. She’s […]
Furloughed Workers Recalled To Clear Buildings at Goddard
The shutdown is supposed to pause all non-essential work by government employees but while NASA usually furloughs 80 to 90 percent of its workers, Greenbelt’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) continues to hum with activity, including executing controversial directives critics say are illegal. Clearing of buildings on the campus and “divesting” of labs and equipment […]
Frankie Fritz Elected; Rodney Roberts Ends 34 Years on Council
On Tuesday, November 4, Greenbelt elected the next city council. Challenger Frankie Fritz has earned a seat on council, knocking incumbent Rodney Roberts from the seat he has held for 34 years. Preliminary results show Fritz, who campaigned hard, garnered more votes than three incumbents: Roberts, Silke Pope and Amy Knesel. Emmett Jordan was again […]
City Council Discusses ICE, Hateful Flyers, Transportation, Art Funding
The Greenbelt City Council convened Monday, October 27 to discuss their responses to reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, anti-immigrant flyers found in Greenbelt, and Maryland’s Consolidated Transportation Plan and to approve funding for art programs in the city. ICE Activities Councilmember Jenni Pompi introduced a statement from council in […]
Consultant Presents Draft Plan For City’s Historic Cemeteries
On October 20 Carolyn Gimbal, senior architectural historian from Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) returned to a Greenbelt City Council worksession to give the results of her firm’s survey of Greenbelt’s three historic cemeteries and to present a draft Maintenance and Improvement Plan. She had presented an initial plan at the July 23 worksession, covered […]
Rodney M. Roberts
Election 2025 City Council Candidate Bios The News Review has received this biography from incumbent Rodney M. Roberts. Candidate biographies are prepared by the candidates and published in the order they are received by the paper. Rodney M. Roberts Rodney M. Roberts, 67, is a lifelong Greenbelter. A 1975 graduate of the National Technical Institute, […]
Community Shows Support For Greenbelt News Review
Thanks to the generosity of our readers, the News Review has exceeded our donation drive goal of $25,000. Last week we were on the threshold and a large donation (from someone who wishes to remain anonymous) pushed us well above our goal. The total as of October 28 is $31,206.33. The outpouring of support from […]