Counselors Ensure All Campers Are Included at Summer Camp
Each summer, the Greenbelt Department of Recreation hosts summer camps for kids ages three- and-a-half to 17. Over 250 children take part in each two-week session of these programs. Part of the Department of Recreation’s mission is to make every child feel comfortable and at home in camp. Unlike some other camps in the area, Greenbelt […]
GCF Grants Help FONDCA, Archive Project, Pumpkin Fest
The Greenbelt Community Foundation (GCF) announces that three local organizations have been awarded grants in its latest funding cycle. The Greenbelt Archive Project, the Friends of the New Deal Café (FONDCA) and the Greenbelt Pumpkin Festival have all received grants ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in support of projects that contribute in some way to […]
CDCG Announces Completion Of Yearlong Greenbriar Project
The Center for Dynamic Community Governance (CDCG), a Greenbelt-based non-profit organization, recently completed a yearlong, city-funded project to help Greenbriar residents address obstacles impacting their use of Greenbelt services, particularly those offered through CARES and GAIL. CDCG employed Dynamic Community Governance (DCG) processes to help the project achieve its goals. The project was born when a Greenbriar […]
Greenbelt Welcomes Visitors Seeking Knowledge of Co-ops
Being well-known for its many cooperatives, Greenbelt frequently welcomes visitors who wish to learn more about coop businesses. On behalf of the Greenbelt Cooperative Alliance, Leta Mach recently helped arrange two such visits. On May 11, visitors came from the National Cooperative Business Association, Cooperative League of the USA (NCBA/CLUSA) and on July 9 the Bermuda […]
Vehicle Engulfed by Fire At Crescent and Lakeside
On Thursday, July 5, at around 11:30 p.m., residents of homes around the intersection of Crescent Road and Lakeside Drive thought they heard firecrackers. They didn’t find this very surprising given the recent July 4 celebrations and the tendency of firework noise to be randomly present for some days before and after the celebration. A […]
Greenbelt Native Son Pursues Baseball Broadcasting Dream
The crack of the bat. The sound of the baseball hitting the first baseman’s glove. The cheers of the crowd.These sights and sounds of the ballpark are part of the daily routine for Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, a Greenbelt native and the radio broadcaster for the Lansing Lugnuts, the Class-A minor league affiliate of the Toronto Blue […]
Greenbelters are mostly in synch with state, county voters
Ben Jealous beat County Executive Rushern Baker by an 11 percent margin statewide, even though Greenbelters voted for Baker to be the Democratic candidate for Maryland governor over Jealous by a 7 percent margin. Baker did even better in the rest of P.G. County with a 12 percent margin of support but this winning margin […]
New Franklin Park Pastor Hosts Big Block Party
When most people move to Greenbelt, they hope to be good neighbors and gradually get to know their new neighbors. But Reverend George Odom II, the new pastor of Rivers of Life AME Church, threw a block party to get to know all of his neighbors at once. Among the grilled burgers and hotdogs, Odom […]
Council Ponders Revising Green Ridge House Admission Policy
When Green Ridge House opened in 1979 the city’s primary goal was to provide a housing option for low income Greenbelt seniors since there was no other senior residence in the city. At the same time, it was designed to include 10 handicapped-accessible units among its 100 one-bedroom apartments, so the facility has always been […]
Food Forest Workdays Study How to Fight Invasive Vines
On Saturday, June 23 a Food Forest Volunteer Workday was held on the grounds behind Springhill Lake Recreation Center, co-sponsored by local nonprofit CHEARS (Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society) and Greenbelt’s Department of Public Works. Chesapeake Conservation Corps intern Maryam El-Amin, who has been working at the Department of Public Works, is conducting a […]