New Deal Café – Take Four? A Cooperative Point of View
There’s more to the New Deal’s new deal than meets the eye. One can, perhaps, take for granted that two cooperatives cooperating confers the square of the benefit from just one cooperative operating alone. In fact, however, the realities are, if that’s possible, even more intriguing. The new Café venture is not just a feel-good […]
Capital Bikeshare: A Test Ride
Like everyone else I have noticed Capital Bikeshare rental stations popping up around town and unlike everyone else I’ve thought, “Now there is something I will never do, rent a bike from one station and ride it jauntily through the streets to another station.” Not that I am opposed to this in any way, quite […]
Greenbelter Gets to Be Extra In Upcoming Film on Slavery
“There are three rules to being an extra in a movie,” my brother, an experienced extra, told me. “Overact in the background, look directly at the camera and get between the camera and the main action as often as possible.” I was on my way to Wilmington, N.C., where my daughter Anja, an Eleanor Roosevelt […]
El nuevo método de votación se une al antiguo Los para las elecciones de la ciudad de 2021
No es frecuente que Greenbelt adopte nuevos métodos para votar en las elecciones municipales, sin embargo el repertorio ha aumentado de forma lenta pero segura a lo largo de los años. Después de las papeletas de votación hubo un largo período de máquinas de palanca, seguido de otras máquinas. Luego, los tiempos de votación se […]
New Voting Method Joins Old Ones for 2021 City Election
It isn’t often that Greenbelt adopts new methods for voting in city elections, but the repertoire has increased slowly but surely over the years. Following paper ballots was a long period of lever machines, followed by other machines. Then voting times were expanded to make it easier for residents to vote and over the years […]
Council FOP Contract Vote Delayed by Process Shortfalls
The Greenbelt City Council meeting of July 12 resounded with complaints about administrative failures relating to the meeting and its content and interfering with the ability to complete crucial agenda items. Resident Lore Rosenthal pointed out errors in meeting links that might be preventing citizens from attending the Zoom meeting and councilmembers griped about late […]
PSAC Report to City Council Argues for Some Limited Reform
On July 12, members of the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) met with the Greenbelt City Council to present their May 5 report on Mayor Colin Byrd’s Fair and Just Policing Act. PSAC analyzed the proposed legislation, in comparison to the existing General Orders of the Greenbelt Police Department (GPD) and the recent April 2021 […]
On Bracelets and Memories: Camp Pine Tree Tradition
A cornucopia of colorful bracelets adorns the wrists of Camp Pine Tree counselor Taylor Carrion, now five years removed from her first summer as a camp intern. Each bracelet is the fruit of a time-honored camp tradition with bright beads carefully selected from seemingly infinite possibilities. It is activities like this, dodgeball, gaga ball and […]
Shaymar Higgs’ The Space To Expand at Beltway Plaza
The Greenbelt community is bringing culture and new experiences to parts of the community that are typically underserved. If you pass by the New Deal Café, you can see Shaymar Higgs’ artwork, including brightly painted acrylic panels and three-dimensional work, currently displayed in the windows. Higgs also has a show of embroidery appearing at the […]
Roosevelt Center Concrete Work Done to Stabilize Soil
Greenbelt Historic District’s Roosevelt Center is getting a spruce-up this week as workers lay down new cement slabs. The work comes in an effort to clean up soil degradation which creates cavities in the soil. The degradation has accumulated over the years due to rain and possible drainage issues. The problem was discovered as workers […]