Last Forum Asks Candidates Thought-provoking Questions
Once it got revved, the Candidate Forum for a Progressive Greenbelt at the Community Center on October 22 rolled on like a well-oiled machine. With one emcee (resident Lois Rosado), two moderators (June White Dillard, former president of the NAACP of Prince George’s County, and Patrick McGann, director of strategy and planning for the D.C. […]
Pumpkin Festival Brings Fun And Protects Forest Preserve
The 29th annual Pumpkin Festival on Friday and Saturday, October 27 and 28 was a special event for the community. The festival, which featured pumpkin painting, pumpkin carving, a magic show act and balloon animals, live music from local bands and a lighted forest pumpkin walk, offered tons of fun and Halloween-themed activities. “It’s a […]
New Deal Chef Carrie’s Cool Culinary Creation: The Croak
The New Deal Café’s recently hired executive chef, Carrie Megginson, was only installed a few weeks ago but she’s already making an impact. She is keen to retool the Café’s restaurant business so that it becomes the neighborhood go-to place for a delicious, informal meal. Megginson is aiming for conscientious cooking, quick friendly service, quality […]
Defending Utopia: Movie Night Speakers Cover The News Review Waterfront
The new movie, Defending Utopia: The News Review at 80, premieres at the Old Greenbelt Theatre on Thursday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. (advance tickets available at the box office and online). Prior to the film (and after dessert) the program includes three speakers with very different stories to tell. Megan Searing Young The first […]
GAC’s Beau Jest: A Hilarious And Tangled Web, Indeed
What happens when a good Jewish girl is too intimidated to bring home an inappropriate boyfriend (non-Jewish and black to boot) to her loving but rigid and controlling parents? Why she simply rents a beau from the Heaven Sent Escort Agency to temporarily placate them. But what a tangled web Sarah Goldman weaves when she […]
Greenbelt Community Gardeners Reap a Bounty in Fall Harvests
The golden glow of a setting October sun passes its energy to sunflowers towering over the garden plots on the periphery of Old Greenbelt. Are they waving good-bye to summer? Not so fast. There’s still plenty of action down below, from pinto beans drying on their vines and five-foot okra plants still in flower to […]
FBI? Amazon? Tech Transfers? Greenbelt Possibilities Heard
The Greenbelt City Council listened to a panel of experts discuss the development opportunities possible for Greenbelt in coming years and how they might be achieved at its October 18 worksession. Participating in the session were David Iannucci, assistant deputy chief administrative officer for Economic Development and Public Infrastructure for Prince George’s County; Jim Coleman, […]
Defending Utopia: The News Review at 80
Tickets are now available at the Old Greenbelt Theatre’s box office and online for Greenbelter Susan Gervasi’s new documentary film, Defending Utopia: The Greenbelt News Review at 80. The film uses the News Review as a focal point to weave the compelling story of a city invented to demonstrate an ideal and which has reinvented […]
McCarl Group Dentist Duarte Saves Floating, Lifeless Man
“ Today we are planning Kevin’s rehab and not a funeral, thanks to the quick actions of Dr. Duarte and two nurses,” wrote James Powers in a September 25 email to McCarl Dental Group. Powers was speaking for and about his brother-in-law, Kevin. It was September 21, the last day of summer, around 5 p.m. The […]
Council Asks for Draft County Zoning Regulation Release
The Greenbelt City Council marched fairly quickly through a varied agenda at its October 9 regular meeting, clearing a variety of issues from its plate including responding to Aileen Kroll’s petition regarding how to protect old Greenbelt under the proposed new zoning law, finalizing a letter presenting the city’s proposals regarding changes to Metrobus routes […]