From the Archives: Flu Spread Means No Town Santa, Epidemic Cripples Staff
The following are excerpts from an article published in the December 17, 1943 Greenbelt Cooperator, the precursor paper to the News Review. Greenbelt will not have a community Santa Claus this year, it was announced this week and the blame was laid on the flu epidemic. Acting on the advice of public health director, Dr. […]
Tree Lighting a Merry Moment To Welcome Holiday Season
Greenbelt’s annual Christmas tree lighting saw a great turnout on Friday, December 6. With cups of hot chocolate in hand, Greenbelt residents filled Roosevelt Center waiting for Santa to arrive and light up the community tree. Mayor Colin Byrd and Councilmembers Emmett Jordan, Judith Davis and Edward Putens were all welcomed with a loud round […]
Violent Crime Continues To Decline in Franklin Park
In a city council worksession on December 4 at the Franklin Park Leasing Center, Greenbelt Police Chief Richard Bowers noted that there has been a lower crime rate in the complex and his department believes that the continuing close collaboration between the police and Franklin Park is a key factor. Overall, the totals are the […]
GAC Celebrates 40 Years at Festive After-Production Party
On December 8 the Greenbelt Arts Center (GAC) celebrated its 40th anniversary with an informal gathering after a performance of The Phantom Tollbooth, attended by an audience of all ages. According to co-founder Konrad Herling, GAC was conceived as a cultural center that would promote a variety of the arts. The idea was born from […]
Un movimiento propuesto de la Oficina de Grabado y Impresión hasta el BARC, atrajo comentarios escépticos
Una discusión de puertas abiertas sobre un movimiento propuesto de una de las Oficinas de Grabado y Impresión de las dos instalaciones de producción desde Washington, D.C. hasta el Beltsville Agricultural El Centro de Investigación, ubicado a las afueras de Greenbelt, atrajo comentarios escépticos del público. El evento fue organizado por la Oficina de Grabado […]
Find Pioneer Seasonal Décor At Museum and Craft Fair
What did a Greenbelt holiday season look like in the town’s early years? The families had just moved into their shiny new government-built homes. How did they decorate? We know from our oral histories and photographs that people used whatever they had available. A quote from early resident Cassie Mae Stone Snow: “My mama would […]
Bureau of Engraving Move To BARC Draws Feedback
An open house discussion about a proposed move of one of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s two production facilities from Washington, D.C., to the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) drew skeptical comments from the public. The event was hosted by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the Army Corps of Engineers from […]
Council Looks at Legislative Agenda, Opioid Suit, Truck
The question of the evening was: Where did everybody go? At the meeting of the Greenbelt City Council two weeks earlier for the purpose of swearing in the new mayor and council, there was standing room only. But at the first regular meeting of the new council on November 25, the only audience members present […]
Greenbelt’s Gobble Wobble: A Fun Run Before the Feast
On Thanksgiving morning dozens of Greenbelt residents gathered at the Youth Center for the 14th annual Gobble Wobble. Started as a way for the community to get together and exercise before the Thanksgiving meal to come, the Gobble Wobble has grown into a tradition that some families look forward to as much as they anticipate […]
Artists in Residence Strut Their Stuff
The display case in the main lobby of the Community Center currently displays art from the artists in residence. The exhibit includes work from experienced and award-winning artists with a variety of work including ceramic art, paintings and assemblage art. The exhibit is set to change to one from the Greenbelt Museum on Monday, December […]