Local Woman Wins National Golden Gloves Championship
Amelia Moore started martial arts and karate when she was seven years old, competing in local tournaments in combat forms called sparring and kata. Now at 27 she has won her first National Golden Gloves championship at the women’s 141-pound weight class. Moore is a local who lives in Historic Greenbelt. She experienced boxing for […]
View Barbara Stevens’ Art At the New Deal Café
The last movement of many, many musical works is often called a “Retrospection” because it’s a repetition of the musical themes that have been heard before. Barbara Stevens’ latest art show at the New Deal Café could be called Retrospection because the show is a collection of works created over past years – a collection […]
Camp Encore Stages Passionate And Dynamic Romeo and Juliet
Every once in a while, if you’re a parent, you have this snapshot moment of your child’s life. One moment they’re two years old and sinking their teeth into the tender soft flab of your underarm as you carry them toward the car, and the next they’re adult-sized, striding across a shadowy stage in knee-high […]
Creative Kids Campers Delight Audience with Play
Last week, the second session of Creative Kids Camp ended a fun-filled two weeks with two performances of this summer’s production, The Cookie Caper. The show was a wonderful celebration of the various activities in the Community Center and its long history of bringing Greenbelters together. The children sang and danced beautifully to music by […]
Cheerleading Club Fundraiser Derailed, Racism Cited
A Greenbelt Boys and Girls Club fundraiser on Sunday, July 16 at Chipotle Mexican Grill on Greenbelt Road ended with angry parents, upset children, police interventions and accusations of racism. Coco Lee Tinsley explained that her team of national champion cheerleaders, girls ages 8 to 13, had planned the evening fundraiser to help pay for […]
Craze Returns for One Last Council Worksession, July 12
On the one hand, the Greenbelt City Council worksession of July 12 was a down-in-the-weeds discussion of necessary modifications to documents defining the city’s 2005-2006 annexation of property in the South Core of Greenbelt Station. Considering the scale of the original 78-acre annexation, the errors, representing less than half an acre, were relatively minor. Nonetheless, […]
It’s Over: Administration Stops FBI Headquarters Project
On Tuesday, July 11, the Trump Administration cancelled the plans for a new FBI headquarters. The three top contenders for the new campus were Greenbelt, Landover and Springfield, Va. “It is really disappointing,” said Mayor Emmett Jordan. “It is a real waste of public and private resources. Everyone has committed a lot of time and […]
Council Supports Climate Accord; Votes for RFP to Seek Solar Farm
The Greenbelt City Council meeting of June 19 started off with two rounds of good words and praise for city staff. The first, for the Police Department officer and civilian employee of the year, was reported in last week’s newspaper. Immediately following was a presentation to City Clerk Cindy Murray of an item all city […]
So Many Election Issues … So Little Time
There was a time when the Greenbelt City Council hammered out pending election-related legislation no later than the end of spring in election years, well before incumbents become candidates and election issues are likely to morph into campaign issues. This year, there may be a race against the clock. The November 7 city council election […]
New Exhibit Celebrates Parks New Exhibit Celebrates Parks
As National Park and Recreation Month, July serves to promote health in American communities through exercise and play and to recognize the personnel who maintain America’s parks and recreation centers. To achieve this goal, the Greenbelt Recreation Department has put up a display in the Community Center. Located outside Room 108 is a standard display […]