Todo Greenbelt está invitado [ESPAÑOL]
Para celebrar la historia afroamericana de Lois Rosado y Leeann Irwin Unity-Umoja: Unificando nuestra comunidad mientras fortalecemos nuestra ciudad. Este año, el Comité de Historia y Cultura Afroamericana de Greenbelt tiene una gran variedad de programas virtuales y una exhibición de artefactos afroamericanos en un museo emergente. Su tema es Umoja, tomado del idioma […]
Childs to Step Down After Three Years at GNR Helm
After three years at the helm of the Greenbelt News Review, Editor Gary Childs is moving on to pursue other life objectives. Editor Emerita Mary Lou Williamson has graciously agreed to step back into the editor role until the newspaper completes its search for a new long-term editor. This search, due to the pandemic, is […]
All of Greenbelt Is Invited To Celebrate Black History
[Black History ] Lois Rosado and Leeann Irwin Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. Unity-Umoja: Unifying our community as we strengthen our city. This year the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee has an exciting array of virtual programs and one Popup Museum Exhibit of Black Artifacts. Their theme is […]
County Still Behind the Curve But Locals Start to Get Shots
Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. Despite delivering more doses in the last week than previously and getting over the 25,000-shot barrier for first vaccinations, Prince George’s County still lags well behind any other county in Maryland as a percentage – though it’s rising fast. Using the county’s updated numbers […]
ACE Grants Fund Programs And Food at Local Schools
At the Greenbelt City Council meeting on Monday, January 25, council approved 17 Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) grants to four local schools, for a total of $8,049.47. Council also approved ACE’s recommendation to allocate an additional $3,600 to address food insecurity issues at the six schools that serve Greenbelt students. ACE grants are available […]
El condado reconsidera la vacunación Lanzamiento, retrasos en las estadísticas estatales
El sábado 16 de enero, la ejecutiva del condado de Prince George, Angela Alsobrooks, envió por correo electrónico invitaciones a las personas de la clase de elegibilidad 1B para que se inscribieran en el lanzamiento de la distribución de vacunas para la clase 1B a partir del lunes 18 de enero, según lo anunció el […]
County Rethinks Vaccination Rollout, Lags in State Stats
On Saturday, January 16, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks emailed invitations to individuals in the 1B eligibility class to register for the 1B rollout starting Monday, January 18 – as announced by Governor Larry Hogan – despite ongoing concerns about vaccine supplies. Category 1B includes individuals 75 and over as well as certain essential […]
Corporal Christine Peters Dies from On-Duty Injuries
The City of Greenbelt Police Department announced the death of Corporal Christine Peters. Corporal Peters died on Thursday, January 14, 2021, from injuries she sustained while on duty on Saturday, January 2. Corporal Peters was injured while investigating a vehicle crash on Edmonston Road near Sunnyside Avenue. While Corporal Peters was on foot, she was […]
Elaine Skolnik Nicholson Dies
Friends of the Greenbelt News Review were saddened to learn of the death last week, on January 15, of their colleague, long-time reporter, news editor and former board president Elaine Skolnik. Perhaps no single Greenbelt figure has been as influential in the News Review’s history over more than six decades than Elaine Ruth Skolnik Nicholson. […]
ERHS Students Talk About New Midday Wellness Break
Only a week into 2021, students and staff at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) have gotten a new Wellness Break in the middle of the school day to take a break and disconnect from all technology. The Covid-19 pandemic cancelled in-person school in early March 2020. Junior Odalis Arias-Flores notes that early in the pandemic […]