State Compliance Board Finds Errors In City’s Handling of Open Meetings
Judging by crowd size, the two hot topics of the March 27 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council were the swearing in of four new police officers and the opinion from the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board regarding the complaint submitted by Brian Almquist charging council with violating the provisions of the Maryland Open Meetings […]
Council Receives Food Truck Hub Request; Plus Many Petitions
Could a food truck hub be coming to Greenbelt? At its March 27 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council agreed to support a proposed hub in Capital Office Park. Council also received another bushel basket full of petitions from citizens regarding topics such as the location of a possible second dog park, cell phone antennas […]
City to Change Cherrywood Lane To a Green and Complete Street
The first half of the March 13 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council was given over to the previously reported recognition of the winners of the ACE Educator Awards and of Camille and Brian Butler in providing community education on health issues associated with carrying the sickle cell trait. During the second half, council moved […]
Early Women in Architecture Featured in Exhibit, Lecture
During April, the exhibit Early Women of Architecture in Maryland will be on display in the Community Center. As part of the Greenbelt Museum’s quarterly lecture series, a free talk will be presented on Victorine Du Pont Homsey (1900-1998), one of the women featured in the exhibit. The talk is scheduled for Thursday, April 20 […]
Two Greenbelters Join a New County Council Commission
On March 21, the Prince George’s County Council unanimously swore in the inaugural commissioners for the newly formed County Commission on Common Ownership Communities. The formation of this new commission is unique. There is only one other such commission in the nation, in Montgomery County. The commission was created by the passage of legislation in […]
Franklin Park Welcomes City Manager Nicole Ard
Residents and community leaders of Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station welcomed new Greenbelt City Manager Nicole Ard at a meet-and-greet reception on Tuesday, March 21 at the Leasing Center. Ard described her visits to a number of Greenbelt communities and her interest in understanding the priorities of those neighborhoods. Those priorities find expression in the […]
SHLES Essay Contest Winners Receive DARE Recognition
Four Springhill Hill Lake Elementary School 5th graders received books, including some autographed by the author, during the 2017 DARE culmination assembly that took place March 9 in the school’s auditorium. The culmination marks the end of the students’ 10-lesson DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) instruction. The assembly began with a music video showing the […]
City Contracts for Long-Sought Recreation & Parks Master Plan
At its meeting on February 27, the city council took steps to develop Greenbelt’s very first recreation and parks facilities master plan, a project long anticipated by recreation staff and the city’s Park and Recreation Advisory Board. Other matters included an annual presentation from the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, Inc., discussion of the city’s practice […]
ACE, City Recognize Outstanding Educators in Greenbelt Schools
The 2017 Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) Educator Awards were presented at the March 13 Greenbelt City Council meeting. Janet Mirsky, ACE treasurer, introduced the presentation and summed up selected ACE accomplishments. This year is the 22nd for ACE Educator Awards. Leta Mach, ACE’s city council liaison and Rosalind Ceasar, the city’s staff liaison to […]
Council and Beltway Plaza Plan for FBI HQ – or Not
NOTE: Just before press time, we received the news from GSA that the decision on relocation of the FBI would be delayed indefinitely. Fred Wine, president of Quantum Companies, the company that owns Beltway Plaza, assured the city council at a March 16 worksession that the mall is doing “extremely well” in spite of […]