Once Upon a Time, Dinosaurs Played in Your Backyard
A bit more than 110 million years ago, dinosaurs skipped through your backyard. They traipsed in the swampy woods and ran across what is now Greenbelt Road. Maybe you already knew that. Six years ago, Berwyn Heights dinosaur hunter extraordinaire Ray Stanford discovered a nodosaur footprint – “think of them as a four-footed tank,” Stanford […]
GES Second Grade Teacher Pilots Green School Program
Students and staff at Greenbelt Elementary School (GES) are getting hands-on with sustainability practices to become a Green School within the Maryland Green Schools (MDGS) Award Program in March, a process which began in 2016. The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) established the MDGS in 1999 to increase sustainability awareness in schools, […]
Council’s Letter to Baker In Opposition to SCMaglev
January 29, 2018 The Honorable Rushern L. Baker Prince George’s County Executive County Administration Building Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772 Dear County Executive Baker, On behalf of the citizens of Greenbelt, we urge you to oppose the proposed Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev Project. Two of the three alignments (J & J-1) for this train currently being considered, […]
Council Approves Audiovisual Upgrade Proposals Amendment
At its January 22 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council approved two proposals to improve the broadcasting/streaming of meetings in the council chambers, introduced an amendment to the city charter to correct an error in the original annexation of Greenbelt Station, and approved letters to the city’s and neighboring state delegations urging opposition to the […]
Boxwood Water Shutdown Solved With New 16- and 20-inch Mains
After years of discussion as to what should be done, it appears a solution has been reached on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s (WSSC) efforts to provide new water mains to its water standpipe on Ridge Road near Lastner Lane. Boxwood Village residents on Lastner Lane, White Birch and Julian Courts will no longer have […]
SCMaglev Issue Brings Forth Many Meetings, Set Opinions
Greenbelters attended three meetings this week about the proposed SCMaglev (superconducting magnetic levitation) train project. Citizens asked questions of the project developer, Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR), on Friday, January 19 at the New Deal Café. At the Greenbelt Firehouse on January 20 community organizations and elected leaders gathered while people signed letters of concern […]
Greenbelters Stressed as Fed Faced Monday Shutdown
While the federal government is up and running, at least for a few weeks, many Greenbelters felt the stress of preparing for a shutdown. While Greenbelt is not a federally-owned city anymore, many residents work, intern or otherwise interact with the federal government. For example, several dozen students from Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) who […]
ACE Grants Given to Enrich Programs at Greenbelt Schools
At the Greenbelt City Council meeting on Monday, January 22, the council approved 24 Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) grants totaling $11,757.62 to six local schools. The council approved the grants by a 5 to 1 vote, with Colin Byrd the only dissenting vote. Mayor Emmett Jordan was not present. The ACE grants are available […]
Middle School Choir Director Changes Lives Through Music
After several years with no choir program at Greenbelt Middle School (GMS), 27 students from the school sang on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center on December 17. They performed with students from Largo High School, Kenmoor Elementary, Kenmoor Middle and Capitol Heights Elementary Schools. The event was part of an official CD release […]
City Council, Election Board Discuss the 2017 Election
The Greenbelt City Council and the city’s Board of Elections met on January 3 to discuss how the November 7 city election went and to consider possible future changes. Chair Pamela Gregory and members Jean Cook, Patricia Evans, Steven Gilbert and Judy Ott were present. Mayor Emmett Jordan thanked the board for their work in […]