Committee’s Tough Decision Cancels Labor Day Festival
The Greenbelt Labor Day Festival has been a mainstay of the community and its core Festival event since 1955 when it was first started as a way to raise funds to build a youth center. This past week, the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Committee announced that it had decided it would be necessary to cancel […]
City and American Legion Offer Online Memorial Day Program
Each year on Memorial Day the Greenbelt American Legion family joins the greater Greenbelt community, political leaders and others to acknowledge the sacrifice of those veterans who died answering their nation’s call. Because of assembly and communications constraints caused by the COVID-19 virus, it appeared this year’s ceremony would not occur. As it seemed Memorial […]
City and Museum Work Out How to Manage Future Roles
At a May 20 worksession with the Greenbelt City Council, the Friends of the Greenbelt Museum (FOGM) shared the details of their upcoming budget, proposed operation changes and renovation plans for a new visitor/education center at 10-A Crescent Road. Even though the pandemic response is the overriding concern at the moment, all involved see the […]
Greenbelt Rec Offers Vibrant Virtual Summer Arts Classes
A wealth of creative art experiences will be at community members’ fingertips this summer, as popular teaching artists lead a full slate of Greenbelt Recreation classes online. In lieu of the traditional quarterly activity guide, patrons can view the Summer Arts Classes Guide available on the Greenbelt Virtual Recreation Center: greenbeltmd.gov/recreation. Summer class registration […]
City Budget Tightens Under Pressure from the Pandemic
Despite some frustration with online meetings, disagreement on the issues and an occasional undeleted expletive, the Greenbelt City Council, at its final budget worksession on May 18, informally agreed upon how to address the $3.7 million hole in the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget from the business closures resulting from the pandemic. The proposed […]
Rena Hull: Pioneer Daughter, 1999 Outstanding Citizen
Irena “Rena” Hull, daughter of pioneer Greenbelters Otto and Evelyn Voigt, died in the hospital on April 23 at the age of 78. Her death was not from COVID-19 but from complications related to a fall and to a previous surgical procedure that left her weakened. She resided in Greenbelt her entire life. After completing […]
Eleanor Roosevelt Students Perform Atmospheric Research
Launching weather balloons, programming scientific instruments and having pizza parties. This is a day in the life of a student intern at the Howard University Beltsville Research Campus (HUBC). HUBC is a place where students, professors and research scientists collaborate to study atmospheric science. This year, high school students Sara Harbison and Kofi Boateng had […]
DC Vegan y MCF se asocian para alimentar a Greenbelt
Hace unas semanas, Michael Moon, Leah Moon y Jeff Warner ni se conocían. Ahora, los tres están colaborando para alimentar a los residentes de Greenbelt durante la pandemia COVID-19. La iniciativa Feed Greenbelt (Alimentar a Greenbelt) ofrece comidas preparadas para recoger en el New Deal Café los miércoles y sábados. Las comidas no tienen costo, […]
Council Reviews Pre-pandemic Public Safety Budget of $12M
Greenbelt spends more on public safety than any other budget category. It accounts for more than a third of the expenditures in the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget proposed by City Manager Nicole Ard. Under her proposal, the city would spend $12 million for public safety, 36.4 percent of total city expenditures. Of this, $11.5 […]
DC Vegan and MCF Church Partner to Feed Greenbelt
A few weeks ago, Michael Moon, Leah Moon and Jeff Warner were strangers. Now, the three are collaborating to feed residents of Greenbelt during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Feed Greenbelt initiative offers prepared meals for pickup at the New Deal Café on Wednesdays and Saturdays. There is no cost for meals, but those interested must […]