Rings on Lake Park Tree Tell a Tale Spanning 140 Years
Last week, the city cut down a large, dead tree on the northeast shore of Greenbelt Lake, which had started growing about 60 years before Greenbelt was founded. If you visit the stump of this double-trunked white oak tree, you can count 140 annual growth rings. The fact that this tree is doubletrunked means that […]
Jitender Dubey is Finalist For Service to America Medal
“God is watching over me,” says Dr. Jitender Dubey, a microbiologist with the Agricultural Research Service, when considering his life of many journeys and perseverance. A resident of Greenbelt since 1982, Dubey was named a finalist in July for this year’s Samuel J. Heyman Service to America medal for his pioneering work of over 30 […]
Children Collaborative Art Involves Hundreds of Kids
One of the many art projects that the Creative Kids Camps (CKC) completed this summer is a three-dimensional gallery work called Flutter. The project, which is now on display at the Community Center, comprises hanging butterflies of the many different species found in Maryland, filling the room with color and movement. They hang at various […]
Council Votes Down, For Now, Lowering City’s Voting Age
In July 2015, the city’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) sent a report to the city council recommending that the voting age be lowered to 16 for purposes of municipal elections. The committee also conducted a survey of Greenbelt young people in which 87 percent of respondents favored lowering the age. The councils of three other […]
Mini Golf at the Community Center
Participants in the Greenbelt Recreation Department’s August 6 Community Art Drop-in created artistic obstacles for a miniature golf course. Creations included elaborately painted animals, trees made from strips of old maps, and structures with ramps and tunnels made from other recycled materials. The workshop was led by Amanda Larsen, arts education specialist, who also contributed […]
Food, Fun and Festivities At National Night Out
National Night Out (NNO) participants throughout the city went under cover on Tuesday, August 1. Collars were up, hats down and umbrellas open as people tried to keep dry amid heavy rain that broke out about an hour after evening events began. Police, people, pets, firefighters, families, friends and dozens of clubs and groups took […]
SNAP Comes to the Market And Market Matches SNAP
When the Greenbelt Farmers Market (GFM) begins accepting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards this Sunday, August 13, the market will match participants’ SNAP funds dollar for dollar up to $5. Funding permitting, the match will stay in place until the season ends the week before Thanksgiving. The SNAP match initially comes out of […]
Forest Preserve Assessment Recommends City Actions
As the July 31 city council worksession drew to a close, Mayor Emmett Jordan reminded everyone that “this is just a start.” The meeting was called to discuss the Forest Preserve Assessment conducted by A. Morton Thomas and Associates, Inc. (AMT) with Gregory Osband, the company’s director of landscape architecture and ecosystem services, Erin Josephitis, […]
Worksession on Sustainable Land Care Policy Seeks Improvement
The city council held a worksession August 2 at the Community Center to discuss the progress of the Sustainable Land Care Policy as councilmembers, members of the Greenbelt Advisory Committee on Environmental Sustainability (GreenACES) and citizens shared their concerns that the policy lacks improvement since submission of the original draft in 2007. Director of Public […]
Project PB&J Greenbelt Yields 1,700 Sandwiches
Last week Acting Police Chief Thomas Kemp took part in an effort to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for those in need, which took place at the Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Center in Greenbelt. Kemp was joined by Police Spokesman George Mathews, his daughter Hanna and about 45 volunteers from throughout the Greenbelt […]