Big Trees in the North Woods May Be Older than Greenbelt
Greenbelt’s North Woods contains a number of trees with particularly wide trunks and several other pieces of evidence suggesting that these trees may predate Greenbelt’s founding in 1937. While exploring the area this summer, the author located several trees of great girth. For generations, Greenbelters have affectionately referred to the forest that is located east […]
The Wizard of Oz is Coming To Arts Center Next Week
We’re off to see the wizard. On stage. At the Greenbelt Arts Center. This production of The Wizard of Oz, which runs for 12 performances on weekends from November 24 (the day after Thanksgiving) through December 17, will fill the heart with the joy of the holiday season. Watch an amazing cast of 23 singersdancers-actors […]
Greenbelt’s Precincts Differ In Voting Trends, Tallies
All precincts reported a modest increase in voter turnout Tuesday morning, comparable to a reported 25 percent increase in early voting, but by mid-afternoon turnout in Greenbelt West had eclipsed most other precincts by a factor of nearly six. Tuesday’s city council election, which will seat at least one new member to the seat being […]
Colin Byrd joins six incumbents. Both questions win approval
Colin Byrd, 24, will join the six incumbent city council members for the next two years. As the results came in and the gathering did the math of who did and did not make it at the election night event at the Greenbelt Firehouse there was calm but also many disappointed faces. There were no […]
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 […]