Governor Orders the Closure Of Non-essential Businesses
On March 23, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced the closure of all non-essential businesses in Maryland to slow the spread of coronavirus. According to the City of Greenbelt website, essential businesses include grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies; farmers markets, farms and other links in the food supply chain; plumbers, electricians, HVAC service; cable, phone […]
Reporter, Advocate, Friend: Beauchamp’s Legacy Lives
Quiet, demure and tough are three words that longtime editor and current Greenbelt News Review staff member Mary Lou Williamson used to describe Dr. Virginia Beauchamp, a proud Greenbelter, avid supporter of women’s rights and journalist and sometime editor for the News Review for more than 60 years. Beauchamp copy-edited the News Review every Tuesday […]
Council: Cell Towers Debated, First Coronavirus Steps Taken
The March 11 Greenbelt City Council meeting was a wide-ranging discussion on the issues of deploying small cell facilities throughout the city, the creation of a memorial wall honoring historic doers for Greenbelt and the quickly changing coronavirus pandemic. The meeting began with the virus and how the city could best adapt to these uncertain […]
Greenbelt urge cancelaciones, y limpieza durante la pandemia
El alcalde Colin Byrd presentó un plan de siete partes para la respuesta de la Ciudad de Greenbelt a la pandemia de COVID-19 en un video publicado el viernes. “Es realmente simple”, dijo Byrd, “informar, limpiar, proteger, preparar, cancelar, colaborar, unir”. Byrd dijo que los casos recientemente confirmados de COVID-19, un nuevo coronavirus con un […]
Hanover Parkway Bikeway Feasibility Study Discussed
On March 2, Sabra & Associates (SA), represented by transportation planner and project manager Bryon White, shared with the Greenbelt City Council the findings of their feasibility study concerning a bikeway along Hanover Parkway. They presented options A and B to council. The area studied was the Hanover Parkway corridor between Mandan Road and Good […]
CHEARS Open Seed Quest Awarded Grant by Foundation
On March 7, CHEARS (the Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society) held its first workshop after receiving a Greenbelt Community Foundation (GCF) grant for its most recent project, the Chesapeake Intergenerational Open Seed Quest. CHEARS received the GCF grant and a Chesapeake Bay Trust mini-grant with its partner in the Seed Quest, the School of […]
Greenbelt Urges Cancellations, Cleanliness During Pandemic
Mayor Colin Byrd laid out a seven-part plan for the City of Greenbelt’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a video released on Friday. “It’s really simple,” Byrd said, “inform, clean, protect, prepare, cancel, collaborate, unite.” Byrd said newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, a novel coronavirus with an incubation period of 2 to 14 days, […]
Greenbelters y Coronavirus: Información para residentes de la ciudad
Nota: Este artículo se basa en fuentes confiables, como el CDC (Centro de Control de Enfermedades) y el sitio web de la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, que a su vez hace referencia a la Organización Mundial de la Salud y fuentes oficiales de información en una variedad de países. La información […]
Musical A-Mazes Audience With Music, Myth, Comedy
Theseus and the Monster in the Maze is a musical “about defending democracy,” said writer, composer and director Chris Cherry, told through the vehicle of a play within a play. Combining the Greek myth of Theseus and a grim not-too-distant future, Cherry and his company presented a spirited performance of epic adventure and song on […]
Greenbelters and Coronavirus: Information for City Residents
Note: This article draws from reliable sources, including the CDC and the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering website, which in turn references the World Health Organization and official sources of information in a variety of countries. The information contained in this article should not be construed as medical advice and each individual is urged […]