Fiscal Issues Lead City to Pilot SAYT Program: Part One
Part One of this report covers the need to address city waste collection budget deficits, how the SAYT pilot and WasteZero were chosen to help address the deficit, WasteZero and city revenue sharing, and other options to reduce waste collection costs and expand revenue. Part Two, to be published next week, will cover more on […]
Public Safety Town Hall Addresses Crime Trends and Juvenile Justice
The Greenbelt Police Department held a public safety town hall meeting on Thursday, November 13 at Springhill Lake Recreation Center to discuss crime trends, juvenile justice issues and ongoing efforts to strengthen community engagement in response to the recent Franklin Park shootings in October (see the October 9 issue). Franklin Park representatives were present at […]
Protest Sounds Alarm as Federal Park Police Accused of Aiding ICE
On Saturday, November 29, dozens of Greenbelt residents gathered across the street from the U.S. Park Police Greenbelt Station for an “ICE MELT” protest. Several organizations worked together with one main goal – raising awareness of the station’s involvement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. The U.S. Park Police is a […]
Worksession Focused Beyond Quarterly Report to Rec. Dept.
The Greenbelt City Council held a worksession on October 22 dedicated to the city manager’s quarterly update for the reporting period that began on July 1. This worksession was unusual, because after a brief synopsis of his report, the city manager gave over the remainder of the evening to a “deep dive” into the Recreation […]
A Brief and Ridiculous History Of a World-Famous Utility Pole
A Greenbelt utility pole and its claim to worldwide fame has had residents scratching their heads and at times dancing with delight, posting and sighting stickers, noting the landmark on Google Maps, leaving reviews, cautioning against its worship and a myriad of things in between since March 2024. In this year’s Labor Day Parade, the […]
New City Council Conducts Its First Worksession, Legislative Planning
On November 12, the new City Council held its first worksession, focused mainly on administrative and legislative matters. Legislative Priorities On December 2, council planned to attend the third annual meeting of District 22 municipalities with the state senator and delegates. This is an opportunity to share legislative priorities and bond bill requests. Priorities like […]
Celebrating 88 Years of News
This week marks 88 years of weekly publication for this newspaper. The first issue of the paper, then called the Cooperator, was published on November 24, 1937. We have been publishing without fail ever since, becoming the Greenbelt News Review in 1954. The excerpt below from that first issue lays out in detail what the […]
Affirmation, Passion, Few Details At Goddard All-Hands Meeting
On Wednesday, November 19, an all-hands meeting was held for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) with Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Nicola Fox and Goddard’s Acting Center Director Cynthia Simmons. They spoke to their professional trajectories and backgrounds, Fox calling Goddard “home” and Simmons speaking of her 26 years at the center. […]
Dr. Jay McCarl Inducted Into PGCPS Hall of Fame
Longtime Greenbelt dentist, Dr. James “Jay” McCarl has been inducted into the Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Hall of Fame. One of eight individual awardees, all PGCPS graduates, McCarl (Parkdale High School, 1976) received the Distinguished Humanitarian award at a gala on October 24 at the MGM National Harbor Hotel. The other awardees were […]
City Public Works Staff Press Council for Unionization Action
In its meeting of November 17, Greenbelt City Council reviewed the situation relating to unionization of the Department of Public Works (DPW) employees (the remainder of the meeting will be reported in a later issue.). During the early part of the meeting, Trent Leon-Lierman of LiUNA (Laborers’ International Union of North America) reminded council that […]