SHL Students, Staff, Celebrate African American Culture, Vote
Over 200 parents and students attended the African American history celebration at Springhill Lake Elementary School on February 27, according to Springhill Lake teacher and program coordinator Paulette Chung. More than 50 students and staff members participated in the program, which consisted of a chorus performance, a poetry reading by first-grader Marla Powe and an […]
County Approves Preliminary Plan For Beltway Plaza Redevelopment
On February 20, the Prince George’s County Planning Board voted to approve the Preliminary Plan of Subdivision (PPS) for the Beltway Plaza redevelopment proposed by GB Mall Limited Partnership. The approval was dependent upon conditions set out by the board, which focused mainly on bike and pedestrian accessibility within and around the site. The Greenbelt […]
News Review to Match Donations For V. Beauchamp Scholarship
The Greenbelt News Review will be matching all donations, up to a total of $5,000, made to the University of Maryland’s Virginia W. Beauchamp Scholarship through March, Women’s History Month. This scholarship is named in honor of University of Maryland Professor Emerita Virginia Beauchamp, who founded the university’s Department of Women’s Studies in 1975. She […]
Delegate Washington: Funding Increases Will Benefit Schools
At his first table talk of the year held in Greenbelt’s New Deal Café, Delegate Alonzo Washington discussed funding for education and House Bill 1300, which is intended to implement recommendations from the Kirwan Commission and improve Maryland’s school system. Washington, the delegate for the 22nd District and chair of the Education subcommittee, went through […]
La pregunta sobre la ciudadanía no está incluida en el Censo 2020
Al completar el Censo 2020, a los residentes no se les preguntará si ellos o alguien en su hogar son ciudadanos estadounidenses, según la Oficina del Censo de los EE.UU. En 2019, la Corte Suprema dictaminó que la decisión del Departamento de Comercio de incluir una pregunta de ciudadanía en el Censo 2020 violaba la […]
Women Led the Way to Polls: Gibbs Recalls Their Struggles
Historian C.R. Gibbs described the challenges and victories of African American suffragettes to an engaged audience at the Greenbelt Library on Tuesday, February 11. Gibbs is the author or coauthor of six books on African American history and won the 2008 Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation in Public Education from the D.C. Preservation League. […]
Students Create Clay Tiles Evoking Eleanor Roosevelt
Two hundred Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) students are working with Artist in Residence Parran Collery to create stoneware tiles that reflect their dreams for the future. These tiles, once fired and glazed, will be assembled and installed in the stairwell near the school’s main lobby. The completed installation will be three tiles high, running […]
Citizenship Question Not Included in 2020 Census
When completing the 2020 Census, residents will not be asked if they or anyone in their home is a U.S. citizen, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the Commerce Department’s decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census violated federal law. The reason for the court’s […]
Drum, Music and Dance Inspire At Black History Month Event
A chorus of drum beats could be heard echoing down the halls of Beltway Plaza Mall on Saturday afternoon, as a crowd of more than 50 community members gathered at the west end of the facility for a celebration of African American music and culture. The event – titled Wellness, Movement, Inspiration – was organized […]
City Council Critiques Revised Beltway Plaza Redevelopment
City Council voted 5-2 to support the Beltway Plaza Preliminary Plan of Subdivision (PPS) at their February 10 regular meeting. Although only Mayor Colin Byrd and Councilmember Rodney Roberts voted against supporting the current version of the PPS, the plan spent more than two hours under intense scrutiny from the council at large. The PPS […]