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 […]
U.S. Military Veterans Are Honored For Courage, Dedication, Sacrifice
On November 11, Americans pause to honor the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Veterans Day stands as a solemn reminder of the courage, dedication and sacrifice of those who have defended the nation in times of war and peace. Each year Greenbelt City Council and the Greenbelt American […]
A New Voice on Council: How Fritz Hopes to Shape Greenbelt’s Future
For a newcomer, Frankie Fritz became a familiar face quickly. He was attending housing meetings, council meetings and voting-rights efforts within months of moving to Greenbelt. That steady involvement is part of what carried the 30-year-old organizer into his first term on the Greenbelt City Council. Raised in New Jersey by his grandparents, a postal […]
What to Know About the City’s Save As You Throw Program
This article addresses Greenbelters’ practical questions about the Save As You Throw (SAYT, “say it”) trash program, for which a yearlong pilot begins January 1, 2026, for residents who use the city trash service. Watch greenbeltmd.gov/sayt and check page 5 of the News Review for updates. Why? City Council adopted the mandatory pilot to incentivize […]
GSFC Leaders Deny Lost Capabilities While Union Attempts to Document
On November 6 we reported that federal workers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) were being recalled during a government shutdown to clear offices. On November 13 we reported that Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), ranking Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, sent a letter on Monday, November 10, ordering a halt to […]