Volunteers Protect Trees On MLK Day of Service
On Monday, January 15, tree protection in Buddy Attick Park was the main focus of Greenbelt’s Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service. The Co-Existing with Beavers volunteer workday, jointly sponsored by the City of Greenbelt Department of Public Works and local environmental non-profit CHEARS (Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society), helped community members […]
Senator Paul Pinsky Reports Commission Goals, Progress
State Senator Paul Pinsky spoke to about 30 school employees, parents and other stakeholders at Eleanor Roosevelt High School on Thursday, January 11. Pinsky described the work to date and the areas on which the Kirwan Commission will focus. This group of 25 state legislators was tasked with reviewing the findings of the Study on […]
Fancying the Frozen Lake
Greenbelt Lake is frozen, as are the rivers, streams and ponds of our town. They’re not frozen six-feet thick, or frozen only to be clear in the spring, but frozen over with crinkly ice that makes its own winter groans and clicking sounds. Walking and skating on the ice are prohibited by City Code 12-66, […]
2017 Saw Surge of Information About Proposed Maglev Train
This is the fourth and final of a series of articles providing information about a proposal to build a high-speed railway through Greenbelt that would tunnel under existing homes and Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt East and possibly emerge from its tunnel in the city’s forest preserve. The first article described the proposed alternate […]
Council Amends City Charter To Lower the Voting Age Here
It was a cold, dark, icy night when the city council met in Greenbelt on January 8. Although both audience and councilmembers were in somewhat short supply, members of the Youth Advisory Committee made yet another trek to yet another meeting to support their petition, initiated in July 2015, to lower the minimum voting age […]
Long-time Editor Steps Down
This issue brings good wishes for the new year to you our readers from all of us at the newspaper. This issue also brings the announcement of my stepping down from the position of editor after 45 years of continuous service, plus a couple of short stints earlier. One could say I have had a […]
City Zoning Rewrite Meeting Covers NCO, Legacy Zones
Prince George’s County launched the major undertaking of rewriting its aged Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations more than three years ago. Many countywide meetings and presentations later, it is not yet near the finish line but the focus is narrowing. It will be turned over to the county council fairly soon and it is beginning […]
Christmas Bird Count Keeps The 118-Year Tradition Alive
On a frigid January 1, 13 volunteers over the course of the day, equipped with binoculars and tally sheets, gathered at Buddy Attick Park, Lake Artemesia, Greenbelt Homes, Inc. and Greenbelt Park to participate in this year’s Christmas Bird Count. They worked until sunset and afterward converged at TJ Elliot’s in Bowie for the tally […]
Greenbelt Shop with a Cop Sends Shoppers on Spree
Imagine being given a $200 gift card to buy Christmas presents for your family. This really did happen on December 16 when 25 kids from Springhill Lake Elementary School participated in Shop with a Cop at the Greenbelt Target store. Sponsored by the Greenbelt Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #32, the annual event, now in […]
Maglev Group May Prefer The Greenbelt Alignment
Kisha Brown, community and external affairs director for Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR), told the Prince George’s County Council at a transportation briefing on October 17 that her group felt that the so-called Baltimore-Washington Parkway West maglev route would have the least impact upon Prince George’s County because it is primarily underground. She also indicated […]