T. Rex Joins Many Runners And Walkers in Rafael’s Race
Cloudy skies did not deter the enthusiastic runners and walkers gathered for Rafael’s Race. Mayor Emmett Jordan led the countdown for both the 1k and 5k racers, including a crowd of young people and one T. Rex. After a beautiful fall run around the lake (or around the block), racers gathered for awards, fellowship and […]
Beauty and the Beast at MAD
The Music and Drama club (MAD) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) presents their fall production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, a story of a prince who is cursed for his vanity and selfishness and a clever and perceptive village girl who teaches him to love again. Fairy tales change over time, with each […]
Golden Age Club
The Golden Age Club wishes to thank all who supported their successful bake sale at the Labor Day Festival. Proceeds from this annual sale are donated by the club to the scholarship fund for the recreation department’s summer camps. The club has hosted interesting speakers in the past two months. In September, retired professor Harriette […]
Residentes de Greenbelt traducen noticias para los hispano-hablantes locales
A lo largo de los años, el News Review de Greenbelt ha querido incluir el idioma español en el periódico. Según datos censales recientes, el 15,6 por ciento de la población de Greenbelt es hispana. En un esfuerzo para que al menos algo de su contenido esté disponible para los hispano-hablantes residentes de Greenbelt, el […]
YAC y la Liga ayudan a los estudiantes de ERHS a registrarse para votar
Un esfuerzo entusiasta el 12 de octubre registró a 34 estudiantes de Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) mayores de 16 años para votar. Arsalan Siddiqui, estudiante de grado 12 de ERHS, presidente del Comité Asesor Juvenil de Greenbelt (YAC, por sus siglas en inglés), junto con Deborah Mitchell y Juanita Watts, copresidenta y encargada de […]
Greenbelt Youth Celebrate Justice, Social Responsibility
On September 23 and 24, youth from the local Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist group joined 119,000 other young members and guests at the Lions of Justice Festival in the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The festival’s purpose, according to its website, was to gather 50,000 youth from all backgrounds in nine cities across the […]
Ballot Features Candidates, A Baker’s Dozen of Questions
It takes 2.6 times as long to read through the ballot questions on the ballot for the November 6 election as it does to read through all the candidates for all the races. Registered voters should have received their sample ballots by now and could try it. Constitutional Amendments The first two ballot questions address […]
Council Meeting Discusses Greenbelt Station and Wi-Fi
At its October 8 regular meeting the Greenbelt City Council scheduled a public hearing for Monday, October 22, to discuss authorizing the city to issue bonds to fulfill their obligation to provide financing for the construction of Greenbelt Station Parkway. Council also discussed several internet-related proposals and set the price for use of the electric […]
YAC and League Help ERHS Students Register to Vote
An enthusiastic effort on October 12 registered 34 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) students age 16 and above to vote. ERHS senior Arsalan Siddiqui, chair of the Greenbelt Youth Advisory Committee (YAC), along with Deborah Mitchell and Juanita Watts, co-president and membership chair from the Prince George’s County branch of the League of Women Voters, […]
¡Solo queda una semana para registrarse para votar!
Estamos a menos de un mes del día de las elecciones en Maryland. El martes, 6 de noviembre, los votantes irán a los centros de votación a votar en las elecciones de mitad del mandato de 2018. Los que no se hayan registrado para votar solo tienen una semana más para hacerlo. Para votar el […]