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 […]
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 […]