Kids Celebrate Halloween in Greenbelt.
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DON’T be a TURKEY! Thanksgiving Changes News Review Deadlines
Due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24, the deadline for the News Review will have to change. Because printers are not available to print the paper Thanksgiving morning, the Thanksgiving issue is printed on Wednesday. News Review Staffers work their regular shifts one week day earlier than usual too. All deadlines are moved back a day so the […]
Council Requests Changes To County Draft Zoning Law
At its October 24 regular meeting the Greenbelt City Council approved the city’s comments on the final module of the county zoning rewrite and on the state consolidated transportation program. In addition, it received several citizen petitions including ones on gun control and cellphone radiation, as well as a request to form a new city […]
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 […]