Board Decides: Turning Point Receives One-Year Renewal
After much deliberation, the Prince George’s County Board of Education (BOE) bestowed a one-year conditional renewal on Turning Point Academy (TPA) at their June 28 meeting. Although far from being the five-year renewal that TPA staff, students and parents were looking for, the decision at least means that a possible closure of the school has […]
Come Celebrate Our Country’s Birthday with Fun, Fireworks
Greenbelt will hold its annual Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July 4 at Buddy Attick Park. There will be festivities for family and friends of all ages, including a drum circle and a band concert, topped off by a fireworks display. The drum circle will run from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Aspiring percussionists of all ages are […]
Election Morale High Among Candidates and Constituents
The Maryland Gubernatorial Primary Election took place statewide on Tuesday, June 26 and citizens across Greenbelt headed to the polls to cast their ballots. Throughout Tuesday morning, turnout was initially slow. At times there were more people campaigning outside the polls than in the election booths themselves. At least three candidates – Lupi Grady, Alonzo Washington and Anne […]
Mayor Issues Proclamation Commemorating Juneteenth
Most of the June 18 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council involved budget housekeeping, but also included a proclamation by Mayor Emmett Jordan. The proclamation designated June as 13th Amendment Awareness Month in Greenbelt. This designation commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Texas declared that slavery had ended. […]
First Play Performed Here Returns in “Federal Theatre”
The show The Federal Theatre and Greenbelt used 11 songs and dramatic vignettes, intertwined with wry humor, grim reality and a warm sense of humanity, to show average people working to survive during the extraordinary obstacles brought on by the Great Depression. The joint production of the Greenbelt Museum and Recreation Department was performed on June 23 and 24 […]
Where Do I Vote on June 26?
The 2018 Democratic and Republican Gubernatorial Primary Elections are Tuesday, June 26. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Five county polling places serve Greenbelt voters: Greenbelt Community Center (Precinct 3) 15 Crescent Road Greenbelt Elementary School (Precinct 6) 66 Ridge Road Springhill Lake Elementary School (Precinct 8) 6060 Springhill Drive Eleanor […]
Greenbelt Cooling Centers Open to Help Citizens Cope
A power outage was reported in Old Greenbelt on Tuesday, and with temperatures in the mid-80s and the heat index in the low 90s, the City of Greenbelt designated the Community Center as a cooling center for residents to escape the heat. It is city policy to open all city buildings as places of shelter […]
Be Optimistic: Go Vote!
One of the excellent and admirable things about Greenbelt is that it has always been a place that fosters optimism. A town like ours that encourages, and in many ways was built on the cooperative ideal is, by definition, optimistic. Since its founding, that cooperative spirit has moved, and still leads, so many Greenbelters to […]
Zumba in Franklin Park
It is 9:45 a.m. A half dozen women belly up to the bar to get healthy drinks to fuel them for the Zumba workout scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. This class is designed with moms in mind. Toddlers sit on yoga mats or in strollers along the perimeter as the women grab a set […]
Magnolia Performing Arts Club Soars to Neverland
Three hundred pre-kindergarteners to third graders at Magnolia Elementary School succumbed to fairy dust Monday morning, while 30 of their talented classmates performed the play Peter Pan, Jr. Two earlier performances for the public took place May 23 and May 25. Would that every play have such an adoring audience. Any deception tickled them. When […]