Prince George’s Public Schools Will Open Monday, August 26
For the 2024-2025 school year, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) has a new student information system, Synergy. Parents are asked to create an account in Synergy’s ParentVUE portal, where they can register students for classes and access information on class schedules, test scores, attendance and transportation. Resources for learning to use ParentVUE can be […]
Kyla Finds Happiness Here
The Greenbelt News Review asked me to find the five happiest places in Greenbelt, in honor of Newsweek’s recent announcement of Maryland ranking as the second happiest state in the nation. This was kind of a big ask, in part because I haven’t been that happy recently. But I have often been told that if […]
Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Celebrates 70 Years of Fun
The Labor Day Festival is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Started in 1955 as a fundraiser to build the Youth Center, the Festival has not skipped a year since – even surviving the pandemic in a pared-down partly-online format. By 1960 sufficient funds had been raised for construction to begin, and in the following […]
Greenbelt Again Celebrates Annual National Night Out
Hundreds of Greenbelt residents, the Greenbelt Police Department and the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department gathered across the city on Tuesday, August 6 to celebrate National Night Out, an annual community event held on the first Tuesday in August. The night out is aimed at promoting “police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie,” according to the National Night […]
Council Considers Non-Citizen Voting in Greenbelt Elections
On August 7, Greenbelt City Council convened a worksession with the city’s Board of Elections (BOE) on the possibility of introducing amendments to the City Charter and City Code that would allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. In 2023, around two-thirds of the city’s registered voters supported the idea in a non-binding question. At […]
J.Ivey, M.Riker Win At-Large P.G. County Council Primary
This article has been corrected from the print version, to add the comment from Michael Riker. Democrat Jolene Ivey and Republican Michael Riker are expected to win the August 6 Prince George’s County Council special primary election for the at-large council seat vacated by former Councilmember Mel Franklin, in unofficial results provided by the County […]
In Tie-Dye Artful Afternoon Artists Find Their Colors
Vanessa Zanin folded a small T-shirt in half. “You make a rectangle,” she explained to Bode Kroll-Rosen, age 5. “Then you make triangles.” Zanin folded the shirt as one would fold a flag. After demonstrating, Zanin undid her folds, backed up and suggested that Bode and his grandmother, Aileen Kroll, try it themselves. Folding is […]
Labor Day Festival Solicits Photos, Artwork and More
The 70th annual Greenbelt Labor Day Festival will be here in just three weeks, so it is time to choose one’s best photos and artwork to enter in the Art and Photo Show, register to march in the parade, brush up a party piece to perform at the Rising Stars showcase and decide which homemade […]
Worksession Reviews Fourth Quarter Activities, Names Goals
Greenbelt City Council held a worksession on Wednesday, July 31 in order for City Manager Josué Salmerón and the heads of city departments to review their activities during Fiscal Year 2024’s fourth quarter and identify current goals. Salmerón began by noting continued efforts to improve procedures and retain records within city government. Even though Greenbelt […]
Last Chance to See Cookie Caper, Creative Kids Camp Musical
Greenbelt Recreation’s Creative Kids Camp invites community members to attend free, family-friendly performances on the last day of the Creative Kids Camp session. See campers ages 6 to 12 and select staffers perform The Cookie Caper, an original musical written and directed by Chris Cherry, Greenbelt Recreation’s performing arts coordinator. When an entire batch of […]