Election 2016: Candidates for U.S. President
Tuesday, November 8, is election day for the offices of U.S. president, U.S. senator for Maryland, fifth district congressman and judges of the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County. There will also be county and state ballot questions for voters to decide. This presidential campaign has been the nastiest, most vulgar in memory and possibly […]
Questions, Bond Issues Require Voter Attention
Eight ballot questions – outnumbering by two the number of candidate races – require voter attention on the ballot of the General Election. In this high-stress election year, it may be just as well that only one of them, Question D, is high-drama. The first of the eight questions would revise the Maryland Constitution to […]
Senior Citizens Voice Concerns At Annual City Council Forum
The annual senior open forum was held on October 8 to allow senior citizens to bring issues of concern before the city council. Betty Timer, the current chair of the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (SCAC), presided over the meeting. Many committee members were present, including Phyllis Budin, Brenda Cooley, Bunny Fitzgerald, Ed Hickey and Frank […]
Chief James Craze Nears Retirement after 45 Years
We all thank and congratulate Chief Craze for his 45 years of service to the department, the organization and the citizens of Greenbelt. His is a record of service second to none in a community and organization where long exemplary service is something of a tradition. Chief, you have made thousands of lives better and Greenbelt has benefited greatly from your leadership. Congratulations and thank you! To read […]
Council Salutes Co-ops, Nonprofits
The Greenbelt City Council had a relatively light agenda for its October 10 regular meeting, which opened with recognition of the month of October as National Co-op Month and the week of October 10 as Nonprofit Awareness Week. Other items included contracting for the development of a Tree Master Plan, approval of guidelines for city recognition groups, bonuses for recruiting new police officers, insurance for the Greenbelt Intergenerational Volunteer […]
Greenbelter Sally Barcus Is a Gold Medal Winner
Sally Barcus did not start playing volleyball until she was almost 30, but several decades later she is the proud owner of three gold medals in the sport. The hardware comes from the Maryland Senior Olympics, at which Barcus’s team, MDAU- 24K, has taken home the top prize in the 60-year-old division for three consecutive […]
Council Reviews Site Plan For Extended Stay Hotel
Woodspring Suites at Greenbelt is a proposed 124-room, five-story extended-stay hotel to be located at 7480 Greenway Center Drive in what is now a parking area adjacent to Greenway Center, the existing Maryland Trade Center buildings, and the ramp from northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway to Greenbelt Road west. Subsequent to preliminary review by the city’s Advisory […]
County Executive Baker Discusses State of County
County Executive Rushern Baker held his biennial meeting with the city council September 19. He discussed the possibility of the FBI Headquarters moving to Greenbelt, economic development and challenges facing county schools. County Councilmember Todd Turner also attended. The city council expressed concern over the recent controversies surrounding the Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Head […]
National Public Lands Day Transforms Turner Cemetery
The historic Turner cemetery was the site of Greenbelt’s National Public Lands Day event on September 24. Staff of the Public Works Department and volunteers, including members of the Greenbelt City Council and the Community Relations Advisory Board, worked together to clear brush from the historic graves and erect a boundary marker along the perimeter […]
South Core Stream Valley Trail Has Almost All Green Lights
The regular city council meeting of September 12 opened with the presentation of two proclamations from the mayor. One, accepted by Erin Josephitis, the city’s environmental coordinator, declared September 24 to be National Public Lands Day in Greenbelt. This year the centerpiece volunteer activity was a project to improve Greenbelt’s historic Turner Family Cemetery, which […]