Community Foundation Awards Grants to Two Local Projects
The Greenbelt Community Foundation (GCF) has announced that two local organizations have been awarded grants in its latest funding cycle. Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society (CHEARS) and S.I.T.Y. Stars Academy have received grants in support of projects that contribute to the Greenbelt community. The $5,000 grant from GCF will allow S.I.T.Y. Stars Academy to […]
Dishing the Dirt on Greenbelt’s First Mud Cloth Workshop
On Sunday, February 2, over 40 people filtered in and out of the Community Center to create a work of art using nothing but sticks and fermented mud. Artist in Residence Karen Arrington led the traditional mud cloth workshop where participants used six different colors of mud to stencil in everything from bananas to caterpillars […]
WMATA May Eliminate B30 Bus, Postpone Work on Platform
On January 22, representatives of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) were invited to a worksession of the Greenbelt City Council to address several pressing issues, principally the proposed elimination of the B30 bus route that connects the Greenbelt Metro Station and BWI Airport and the deferral of the platform reconstruction at the Greenbelt […]
Desde Literatura hasta STEM, el concejo aprueba los subsidios de ACE 2020
Imagine a los estudiantes de primer grado que exploran el ciclo de la vida de las mariposas y el concepto matemático de simetría a través de un espectáculo de títeres, luego hacen sus propios títeres para poner en práctica su nuevo aprendizaje. ¿Qué pasaría si los estudiantes de literatura de secundaria pudieran estar expuestos a […]
From Lit to STEM, Council Approves 2020 ACE Grants
Imagine first grade students who explore the butterfly life cycle and the mathematical concept of symmetry through a performance of the puppet show, then make their own puppets to put their new learning to use. What if high school literature students could be exposed to diverse authors by reading a retelling of Pride and Prejudice […]
Council Talks Black History, Bond Initiative, Legislation
The January 13 regular meeting of the Greenbelt City Council opened with the presentation of a proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King Day and the introduction of two new city staff members. Because the proclamation emphasized the service to be performed on that day, it was presented to the city’s new environmental coordinator, Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll, who […]
Greenbelt Park Superintendent Briefs Council on Upgrades
Matthew Carroll, superintendent of Greenbelt Park, presented an update to the Greenbelt City Council on January 15 on what to expect when the park facilities reopen this year as well as what is occurring with the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. There also was a discussion on the ramifications and process of some of the major transportation projects […]
Satellite Lets Greenbelters Examine Distant Worlds
By all accounts, TESS, the planet-hunting satellite, is having a banner year and in doing so is taking work from Greenbelt into distant solar systems. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is a NASA mission proposed by Principal Investigator George Ricker and a science team led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Greenbelter Padi Boyd is […]
Billy Smith muere apuñalado durante un asalto a su casa
El 17 de enero, Billy Owens Smith hizo panqueques con su hija menor Layla en su casa en Mandan Road. Layla y su hermana se fueron a la escuela. La madre, Kristina, se fue a trabajar. Eso significaba que solo Smith, de 41 años, y su hijo adolescente Kadin, un graduado de Eleanor Roosevelt High […]
Greenbelter Billy Smith Dies In Stabbing During Break-in
On January 17, Billy Owens Smith made pancakes with his youngest daughter Layla in their home on Mandan Road. Layla and her sister then left for school. Their mom, Kristina, went to work. That meant that only Smith, 41, and their teenage son Kadin, a 2018 graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS), were home […]