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 […]
Back to School 2020: Distance Learning Enabled by Technology
On August 31, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS), which includes Greenbelt schools, began the 2020-2021 school year with online distance learning. Not only is this required because of the ongoing pandemic, but it is also part of the district shift toward one-to-one personalized technology-based instruction. “With the onset of distance learning, we have an […]
Greenbelt’s 66th Annual Labor Day Festival: Schedule of Events
In any of the past 65 years of the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival, by this time during the week before the actual event, the community would be all a-buzz with activity. The midway, booths and main stage would be in various stages of setup. Sound systems would be checked and re-checked. From food vendors to […]
City, County Council Discuss COVID, Maglev, Economy, Housing
Prince George’s County Council Chair Todd Turner and Councilmembers Mel Franklin and Calvin Hawkins met with the Greenbelt City Council on August 28, to inform the council about the county’s efforts in this difficult time and air issues that are of concern to Greenbelt. Councilmember Judith Davis began by commemorating the 100th anniversary of the […]
Returning the Absentee Ballot: Drop Box, Mail or In Person
Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. Absentee ballot requests, sent out by the Prince George’s County Board of Elections to all registered voters, began arriving at homes in Greenbelt last week. Voters who do not plan to vote in person will want to return the request as soon as possible […]
Byrd Presents Policing Act, Asks for Draft Ordinance
The regular meeting of the Greenbelt City Council on August 10 ran for nearly six hours, with many items on the agenda. The longest of these, which lasted more than an hour, was a presentation by Mayor Colin Byrd of a proposal of his own to potentially be developed into an ordinance titled Greenbelt Fair […]
Meeting Will Address Forest Preserve Trails Stewardship
The Forest Preserve Advisory Board (FPAB) is holding a public Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 12 at 10 a.m. to discuss the Master Trails Plan. To prepare for the meeting, FPAB invites Greenbelt residents to peruse excerpts from Chapter 3.1 of the Forest Preserve Stewardship Guidelines that discuss the existing informal trails. The Master Trails […]
Refinancing of Two Bonds Saves $700,000; GSFC Environmental Plan Raises Concerns
At its August 10 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council gave final approval to a proposed refinancing of two prior bond issues. In addition, it received a briefing on the environmental assessment of the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Refinancing As reported in Matt Arbach’s story in the August 13 News Review, the current extremely […]