Greenbelt West Again Leads In New Voter Registration
The Tuesday, November 5, election in Greenbelt will find more than 1,000 newly registered voters in the city. This increase is driven largely by newly registered residents in Greenbelt West. This will be the second city election since Greenbelt Station was developed along the western edge of the city (although a few residents lived there […]
Theatre’s McGrath Honored At Greenbelt Wall of Fame
In 2013, the Old Greenbelt Theatre was on the verge of collapse. Now, it thrives as the only nonprofit cinema in Prince George’s County. Much of this success can be attributed to Dr. Caitlin McGrath, the theater’s executive director, who was honored with her picture on the Greenbelt Wall of Fame at Beltway Plaza Mall […]
Beltway Plaza Development MOU Vote Splits Council
In a spirited debate during the Greenbelt City Council meeting of Tuesday, October 15, Councilmember Rodney Roberts characterized the proposed Beltway Plaza redevelopment as “a gross example of over-development.” A motion to approve an already agreed upon memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the developers of Beltway Plaza ran into hot water during discussions among council. […]
Small-scale Investments Can Build Strong Towns
On Tuesday, October 8, a coalition of Greenbelt community organizations and businesses sponsored a guest lecture and discussion with Chuck Marohn Jr., the founder of Strong Towns, a nonprofit research and educational organization based in Minnesota. A civil engineer and planner, Marohn is an expert in the sustainability and resilience of towns and cities. The […]
Un profesor de ERHS escribe un libro de texto de inglés para hispanohablantes
El profesor de Eleanor Roosevelt High School Hubert Willoughby vió la necesidad de un sistema de enseñanza de inglés a hispanohablantes que cubriera sus necesidades únicas. El resultado es su nuevo libro Inglés Americano para hispanohablantes. El libro personaliza el aprendizaje para este grupo “al enfocarse en los principales desafíos fonológicos y gramaticales que enfrentan […]
Goldberg-Strassler Named Sports Broadcaster of the Year
Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, former Greenbelter and broadcaster of Lansing Lugnuts, received the 2019 Broadcaster of the Year award. Goldberg-Strassler is the author of The Baseball Thesaurus and The Football Thesaurus and the award winner of the 2013 Midwest League Broadcaster award. In 2004, Goldberg-Strassler interviewed for several teams at the winter meetings and was hired as […]
Cub Scouts Do Their Best To Clean Up Forest Preserve
Ranging in age from the smallest Lions (kindergarten) to Webelo Arrow of Light scouts (5th grade), Greenbelt Cub Scout Pack 202 and their families showed up in force to help clean up the Forest Preserve earlier this month. On the first cool autumnal Saturday morning, October 5, Jason Martin, city environmental coordinator, provided grabbers and […]
Museum Lecture On Mapping Racism
The Greenbelt Museum will host a lecture this Thursday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 201 of the Community Center, entitled Mapping Racism. Stuart Eisenberg, executive director of the Hyattsville CDC (HCDC), will talk about that organization’s multi-faceted project which shines a light upon the historic use of racially-restrictive deed covenants in the area. […]
Foro Público anuncia los Acuerdos y desacuerdos de los candidatos
El jueves 3 de octubre, los Candidatos del Concejo Municipal hicieron una reunión introductoria, en la cual le dieron al público la oportunidad de conocer a los candidatos, mostraron alarma por el consejo sobre un posible proyecto maglev y plantearon preguntas sobre el gobierno del establecimiento. Incluyendo a los candidatos, hubo alrededor de 25 asistentes […]
Rezoning Briefing Continues Concerns, Calms Some Fears
This is part one of a two-part series about a recent worksession at which the Greenbelt City Council was briefed on the proposed Prince George’s County zoning changes which will likely be voted on in November, 2020. Rezoning and the county’s master plan have long been a source of concern for Greenbelt. In particular, zoning […]