Proposal for New Townhomes Presented to the City Council
The July 24 Greenbelt City Council worksession was to have been a brainstorming session about what to do next in light of the General Services Administration’s decision to cancel the project to build a new FBI facility, possibly at the Greenbelt Metro Station. However, two other items had to be added to the meeting, leaving […]
Campaign Season Starts Aug. 21 Who’s Running? Not Running?
Ready to start talking about the November election? No, no, not THAT November election. The Greenbelt City Council election, which happens every two years. Although pre-election buzz has been more noticeable this year than in 2015, it’s been long on gossip and short on facts. That will start to change soon. In a little more […]
ERHS STEM Infusion Program Seeks to Drive Student Success
This summer, Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) offered a summer bridge program for incoming ninth graders. The program, STEM Infusion, is designed to help prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. STEM Infusion is a partnership between ERHS and Davis Engineering and Consulting. Principal Reginald McNeill proposed the partnership after working with […]
Zoning Rewrite, Rights-of-Way, WSSC Occupy Board, Council
On July 17 the Greenbelt City Council held its annual stakeholder meeting with the board of directors of Greenbelt Homes, Inc. (GHI). All councilmembers except Leta Mach were present. Six members of the GHI Board were present: Stefan Brodd, Chuck Hess, Diana McFadden, Ed James, Stephen Holland and Linda Seely. New Zoning Concerns Much of […]
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, […]