Zero Waste Station Diverts Festival Waste From Landfill
The Greenbelt Zero Waste Circle in partnership with the Department of Public Works, sponsored a demonstration in the picnic table area at this year’s Labor Day Festival. The demonstration station was highlighted with a banner and included receptacles for compost, recycling and landfill trash. The station was an effort to demonstrate the inclusion of composting […]
Goddard Updates Council On Missions and Site Plans
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Acting Director George Morrow and Associate Director Ray Rubilotta presented an update to the Greenbelt City Council on August 4 of their developing missions and site/ infrastructure plans. Mayor Emmett Jordan said that GSFC has been a good friend to the city and that it is very important to work […]
Long-Delayed Work Begins On Greenbelt Lake Dam
Visitors to Buddy Attick Park saw their scenic Greenbelt Lake transformed into a construction site as workers started on repairs Friday, September 6, about two months after the expected start date due to delays in funding and approvals. “We’ve been talking about it for a long time and now it’s imminent,” said Mayor Emmett Jordan […]
Activistas por la paz y el medio ambiente son ciudadanos destacados de 2019
La multitud vitoreó positivamente cuando las festividades del Labor Day comenzaron con el Presidente del Comité de Selección de Ciudadanos Destacados, Robert Zugby, presentando a los ciudadanos destacados de Greenbelt de 2019, Lore Rosenthal y Michael Hartman. Antes de llamar a Rosenthal y Hartman al escenario, Zugby animó a la audiencia a nominar ciudadanos destacados […]
Greenbelt Labor Day Parade Draws Diverse Participants
Cheerleaders, educators, cadets, drum lines and firefighters took over the streets of Greenbelt on Monday for the 65th annual Labor Day Parade. The Greenbelt Labor Day Festival was started in 1955 as a way of raising funds to build a Youth Center. It has been held every year since by the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival […]
Table Tennis Tournament Crowns 2019 Champion
For the 37th year in a row, local ping pong hopefuls met in the Youth Center’s Multipurpose Room from 5 to 7 p.m. on August 30 to compete for the coveted title of table tennis champion. The annual Table Tennis Tournament, a Labor Day weekend staple since 1982, consisted of 19 competitors of various ages […]
GAC’s Musical, The Wild Party, Hits the Right Notes
The Wild Party is a tour de force performance of acting, singing, dancing and orchestral music, that brings the decadent 1920s to life with exuberance, pathos and heart. A steamy prohibition tale, based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 narrative poem of the same name, the musical debuted off-Broadway in 2000. The Greenbelt Arts Center (GAC) […]
Información sobre el regreso a la escuela: Horarios, Inscripción, Costos
La escuela abre para todos los estudiantes de las escuelas del condado de Prince George’s (PGCPS) el 3 de Septiembre, justo después de las festividades del Labor Day. Revisen la página web de la escuela para información sobre las horas de comienzo y finalización. Noticias e información sobre actualizaciones PGCPS proporciona noticias y actualizaciones a […]
First Stop for 2019 City Election: Registering to Vote in Greenbelt
Participating in the November 5 City Council election – whether to run for office, sign a candidate’s petition or vote – requires being registered with Prince George’s County at a residence address within the boundaries of the City of Greenbelt. For those not registered, Monday, October 7 is the deadline for registering in time to […]
Greenbelt Labor Day Festival: Unity Through Community
The Annual Greenbelt Labor Day Festival is fast approaching. The Festival begins on Friday, August 30, and continues through Monday, September 2. The Festival is a unique community celebration, one of the largest events of its kind in the State of Maryland. Many former Greenbelters return for this special weekend to attend reunions with family […]