Determined Council Surveys Its Maglev Protest Options
The Greenbelt City Council has been discussing the high speed train, known as the maglev, since at least October 2017, when they wrote to the Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA), opposing the project. The Federal Railroad Administration, Maryland Department of Transportation and the MTA are now preparing the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The DEIS, with […]
Election 2020: Who, What Else Is on the Ballot?
(This is the second in a series of articles about the ballot for the General Election.) While it’s true that the Donald Trump-Joe Biden race has been absorbing almost all of the oxygen, there are a number of other items on the 2020 Maryland General Election ballot this year that voters should weigh in on. […]
Quienes se postulan para Presidente ¿Además de Trump y Biden?
Esta es la primera de una serie de articulos sobre lo que está en la boleta para las Elecciones Generales de 2020. Esta semana cubrimos a los candidatos presidenciales y vicepresidenciales. Si bien es cierto que la carrera Donald Trump-Joe Biden ha absorbido casi todo el oxígeno en la carrera presidencial, hay varios otros candidatos […]
Evento anti racismo Domingo 13 de septiembre
La iglesia Greenbelt Community Church, United Church of Christ invita a la comunidad a participar en una discusión educativa contra el racismo el domingo 13 de septiembre a las 7 p.m. a través de Zoom. Durante esta reunión, la discusión se centrará en varios trabajos literarios y cinematográficos contra el racismo que incluyen Little Book […]
Anti-Racism Event Sunday, September 13
Greenbelt Community Church, United Church of Christ invites the community to participate in an anti-racism educational discussion on Sunday, September 13, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. During this meeting, the discussion will focus on various anti-racism literary and film works that include The Little Book of Racial Healing, the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Roots, the […]
Who’s Running for President Besides Trump and Biden?
This is the first in a series of stories about what’s on the ballot for the 2020 General Election. This week we cover the presidential and vice presidential candidates. While it’s true that the Donald Trump-Joe Biden race has been absorbing almost all of the oxygen in the presidential race, there are a number of […]
Council Continues to Urge County for the NCOZ Zone
On Wednesday, August 19, Mayor Colin Byrd drafted a letter to the Prince George’s County Council stating that the city is “advocating strongly for the creation of the Greenbelt Neighborhood Conservation Zone (NCOZ) as a tool for protecting existing density, height and massing within historic Greenbelt.” This was the result of a 5 to 1 […]
Royal Farms Developers Give Proposed Site Plan to Council
Representatives of RF Greenbelt RE, LLC, came before the Greenbelt City Council on Wednesday, September 2 to present their Detailed Site Plan (DSP) of a proposed Royal Farms to be constructed on the east end of the intersection of Capitol Drive and Greenbelt Road. This proposal will be coming before the Prince George’s County Planning […]
How Does This Newspaper Get to Its Gentle Readers?
The News Review has multiple ways of getting to its readers. Many read it electronically, though each week we send a bunch of paper copies out by U.S. Postal Service to folks who still have a hankering for their News Review, sometimes after decades living elsewhere. A significant number of papers get to readers via […]
Envío de regreso de la boleta de voto a distancia: Buzón, correo o en persona (ESPAÑOL)
Las solicitudes de boleta de voto a distancia, enviadas por la Junta Electoral del Condado de Prince George a todos los votantes registrados, comenzaron a llegar a los hogares en Greenbelt la semana pasada. Los votantes que no planeen votar en persona deberán enviar la solicitud lo antes posible por correo para recibir su boleta […]