Kaiser Health Plans Accepted At Doctors Hospital, October 1
Persons insured in Kaiser Permanente health plans will be accepted as patients at Doctors Community Hospital beginning in October, it was announced at the Greenbelt City Council’s stakeholder worksession with hospital representatives on August 28. Doctors will be the only hospital in Prince George’s County affiliated with Kaiser, which has 150,000 members in the county, […]
City Manager Update Provokes Council Inclusivity Tensions
At the council worksession on Wednesday, August 30, City Manager Nicole Ard’s quarterly update of goals and accomplishments focused greatly on inclusivity, but members of council had a few moments of discord that stole the show. The meeting, held at the Springhill Lake Recreation Center, included discussions about greater outreach to different segments of the […]
Labor Day Festival: Nonstop Fun, Friday through Monday
Celebrate Greenbelt and exit the summer with a bang at the Labor Day Festival from Friday, September 1 through Labor Day, September 4. Click Here for a link where you can download the program. Fun abounds for the young and the young-at-heart. Wander from art to thrill rides, rock-n-roll to used-book heaven, munching, dancing and […]
Council Election is Coming: Time to Register to Vote is Now
Participating in the November 7 city council election – by running for office, signing a candidate’s petition or voting – requires being registered with Prince George’s County at a residence address that lies within the boundaries of the City of Greenbelt. At the 2015 election, the new residential streets at Greenbelt Station marked the first […]
School Starts on September 6
The first day of school is Wednesday, September 6 for all Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS). Transition Day for all prekindergarten and kindergarten students will be Thursday, August 31. Transition Day for new students starting in sixth, seventh and ninth grade will be Tuesday, September 5. Transition Day prepares students for their new grade, […]
Volunteer to help in Greening the Labor Day Festival
Here’s the correct link for signing up to help in the Greening of Greenbelt’s Labor Day Festival. Our InDesign linkmaker sprang (sprung?) a leak because of all the punctuation in the middle of the URL and inserted an extra hyphen. We encourage Greenbelters to sign up to help. Volunteers are needed to encourage recycling and […]
Labor Day Pullout
Look inside today’s paper for the Labor Day pullout, or download it here! It contains information on all the events happening over the Labor Day Weekend. The physical paper – available on your doorstep or from outlets in Greenbelt, including the Coop Grocery Store and other locations – contains four pages of information, foldable into […]
Greenbelters Unite in Peace At Church Candlelight Vigil
In a show of solidarity against the violence at the Charlottesville protest, members of the Greenbelt Community Church held a candlelight vigil on Wednesday, August 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. The vigil was organized by Rev. Glennyce Grindstaff after numerous citizens in the community requested that one be held. The vigil served as a […]
My Point of View: Some Thoughts on Labor Day
The signs are up, the flyers are out, the bracelets are for sale and the orange barrels are starting to gather around Roosevelt Center. As someone who moved to Greenbelt a little over a year ago the Labor Day Festival was the first sense of what Greenbelt was all about to me. The Festival website […]
Solar Eclipse: Greenbelters Venture Out With Creative Contraptions
A forecast of cloudy skies and the threat of copious amounts of rain between 2 and 3 p.m. did not deter people from seeking out a place to watch Monday’s partial solar eclipse in and around Greenbelt. Despite that forecast seemingly getting worse all morning, they ventured out anyway – to Goddard Space Flight Center, […]