Meeting Focuses on Process For Defeating Maglev Train
Around 200 people attended an informational meeting on Monday, November 27, concerning the proposal to run an SCmaglev train between Baltimore and Washington, with two of the three routes under consideration tunneling under homes in Greenbelt East. Arranged by Delegate Alonzo Washington and held at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, the meeting provided more information on […]
Franklin Park’s Worksession Shows a Work in Progress
As part of its periodic stakeholders’ meetings the Greenbelt City Council met with Franklin Park management on November 29 to receive an update on what’s happening within that community. Topics discussed included crime, communications with residents, recycling conditions in the apartment complex and more. On most of these topics, council offered advice on city services […]
Lady Angels Again Play Smart, Win Big in Montreal Tourney
After a four-year hiatus from competing in an international basketball tournament in Canada, the Greenbelt Lady Angels took a new team of women to Montreal to win the championship for the fourth time this past summer. Herbert Allen founded the Lady Angels in 2009 with team captain Jeaneen White. She was playing college basketball at […]
Head Off to See the Wizard
Follow the yellow brick road to Greenbelt Arts Center to see community theater at its warm, rollicking best. A full house (over 100 by my guesstimate) on opening night for The Wizard Of Oz was enchanted by L. Frank Baum’s story, Harold Arlen’s music, E. Y. Harburg’s lyrics, Jon Gardner’s direction, Win Britt’s production, Rickie […]
Council Worksession Features Comcast Franchise Agreement
Two representatives from Comcast’s Government and Regulatory Affairs department joined the Greenbelt City Council on November 20 for its first worksession since the recent election. The status of the franchise agreement between Prince George’s County and Comcast, which has been in negotiations since 2014, was one of the first points of discussion. “We are confident […]
Greenbelters, Look Out Below! Maglev Is Coming! Or Is It?
This is the first of a series of articles about the efforts to construct a high-speed train system through Greenbelt. Is maglev the transportation mode of the future? Will it succeed as well as did railroad trains, horseless carriages and airplanes? Or will it go the way of the Stanley Steamer, the dirigible and the […]
Greenbelt News Review Deploys Boxes to Deliver Papers in Greenbelt West
Today marked the first issue of the newspaper to be deployed to delivery boxes at the metro station. The first two boxes are set outside the forecourt of the station and are now loaded with papers. More boxes will be placed next week at strategic bus stops in Greenbelt West to complement our electronic delivery system […]
Correction: Franklin Park Worksession with Council is Today, November 29 at 8 p.m. at the Community Center, 15 Crescent Road.
The What Goes On section of the paper of November 23 misstated the date and time but the city advertisement in the same paper gave the correct time and date. November 29 at 8 p.m. at the Community Center.
Greenbelt Flocks to See Utopia Defended in Speech and Film
Defending Utopia: The Greenbelt News Review at 80 opened to a sold-out crowd in the Old Greenbelt Theatre on Thursday, November 16. The film, and the speakers who preceded it, examined the role the newspaper played both in the long-term success of the town and in our nation’s understanding and application to the media of […]
Councilmembers Set Goals And Bid Farewell to Herling
After weeks of campaigning by 13 candidates, it was all over but the speeches. The councilmembers had been sworn in, the six incumbents had welcomed newly-elected Councilmember Colin Byrd to their ranks, the mayor (Emmett Jordan) and mayor pro tem (Judith Davis) had been elected and the standing room only crowd had been led in […]