Greenbelt Youth Camp Talent Show
The annual Camp Pine Tree and Camp YOGO variety show took place on Thursday, July 28, supported by the Greenbelt Recreation Department at the Greenbelt Youth Center. And what a lot of talent it was! Photos by Jill Connor
Reviving a Rite of Summer: Corner Lemonade Stand
Neighborhood friends sold freshsqueezed lemonade on Saturday, July 30. After paying “overhead” for signage, cups, straws, ice, water, lemons, sugar and workers, $2.45 was earned and will be donated to the Greenbelt Animal Shelter. What the child r e n l e a r n e d : teamwork (Isaiah Watson); how to squeeze lemons […]
BARC Director Ellen Harris Converses with City Council
On July 20 the Greenbelt City Council held a far-ranging conversation with Dr. Ellen Harris, director of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) as part of its series of stakeholder meetings. The last such meeting was held roughly two years ago with previous director Dr. Joseph Spence. Topics addressed included the center’s budget and organization, […]
Circus Camp Clowns Around
There are lots of stories and pictures in the paper about the camp and its budding performers. Here’s a short summary. Click here for more. Campers at the Recreation Department’s Circus Camp, run by Greg May, learn how to spin plates, juggle, ride unicyles and perform on the aerial silks. Community members are invited to […]
Greenbelt Hosts National League of Small Cities Council
Greenbelt City Councilmember Silke Pope and the City of Greenbelt recently hosted the Small Cities Council of the National League of Cities (NLC). The Small Cities Council is comprised of elected officials from communities across the country with a population of less than 50,000. Pope is the 2016 Chair of the Small Cities Council and […]
Greenbelt Joins National Night Out On August 2
On Tuesday August 2, the Greenbelt Police Department will spend at least some of the evening at play. They’ll be meeting with neighbors in Beltway Plaza and Franklin Park. They’ll have some food with neighbors in Greenbriar. They’ll laugh with the neighbors at Windsor Green. And they’ll enjoy a cold lemonade with neighbors at Huntington […]
Teens At Play Bring Joy To Midsummer Night’s Dream
The middle Dutch word pleien, from whence our contemporary word ‘play’ derives, means to leap for joy. Camp Encore’s recent production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream embodied that joyous playful energy, from the young players’ enthusiastic acting to the audience’s enchanted delight. Director Kate Magill Robinson took liberties with Shakespeare’s script, creating two roles […]
Assistance Devices for Deaf Patrons Supplied at Theatre
Nearly 77 years after the 1938 premiere of Little Miss Broadway, Sara Johnston finally understood why Shirley Temple appeals to audiences of all ages. Sara, a long-time Greenbelt resident, is deaf, and going to the movies wasn’t always easy. When the Old Greenbelt Theatre reopened in May 2015, Sara attended the official premiere, a captioned […]
Council OKs Police Restructuring, Considers Playground Costs
The Greenbelt City Council approved a proposed restructuring of the city police department from Police Chief James Craze at its July 11 regular meeting. Other items included dam repairs at Greenbelt Lake, playground surfacing costs and an update on the search for a replacement for retiring City Manager Michael McLaughlin. City Manager Council has been […]
County Zoning Rewrite Sets Local Beekeepers Abuzz
On July 12, Eleanor Roosevelt High School hosted one of a series of public outreach meetings regarding the Prince George’s County zoning re-write initiative. The town hall was hosted by the county’s Planning Department and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC). In his welcoming remarks, Council Chair Derrick Davis of District 6 stated, […]