Merchants Discuss Broken Pipe, Water Bills, Telecommunication
The main issues raised by representatives of the Roosevelt Center Merchants’ Association at their November 9 worksession with the Greenbelt City Council related to utilities from a broken pipe to a skyrocketing water bill to the problems of bringing modern telecommunications into the nearly 80-year-old center. The most critical issue was the decision by the […]
Greenbelters Cast Votes, Many After Long Waits
After months of being inundated with commercials, debates, controversies and political attacks, Greenbelt residents had mixed emotions about casting their ballots for the next President of the United States. Outside the Community Center, Delo – res Goodall and Mona Schlossberg, who have b o t h l i v e d i n G r […]
Springhill Lake Elementary Holds Mock Election
Hillary Clinton won by a landslide in Springhill Lake Elementary School’s mock election on November 7. With all the students and faculty participating, Clinton took 706 votes, Donald Trump had 73, Jill Stein had 42, and Gary Johnson had just 16. It was an efficient election. On Monday morning, classes spent 15 minutes visiting one […]
Local Election Results
Read all about how your friends and neighbors voted. Tabulated results and precinct by precinct voting patterns in the paper. The Democratic candidates for president, U.S. senator and congressmember won easily in Greenbelt, as well as all sitting judges plus Ingrid Turner and all ballot questions including the most controversial, Question D, which was to […]
Kids Celebrate Halloween in Greenbelt.
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DON’T be a TURKEY! Thanksgiving Changes News Review Deadlines
Due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24, the deadline for the News Review will have to change. Because printers are not available to print the paper Thanksgiving morning, the Thanksgiving issue is printed on Wednesday. News Review Staffers work their regular shifts one week day earlier than usual too. All deadlines are moved back a day so the […]
Council Requests Changes To County Draft Zoning Law
At its October 24 regular meeting the Greenbelt City Council approved the city’s comments on the final module of the county zoning rewrite and on the state consolidated transportation program. In addition, it received several citizen petitions including ones on gun control and cellphone radiation, as well as a request to form a new city […]
Election 2016: Candidates for U.S. President
Tuesday, November 8, is election day for the offices of U.S. president, U.S. senator for Maryland, fifth district congressman and judges of the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County. There will also be county and state ballot questions for voters to decide. This presidential campaign has been the nastiest, most vulgar in memory and possibly […]
Questions, Bond Issues Require Voter Attention
Eight ballot questions – outnumbering by two the number of candidate races – require voter attention on the ballot of the General Election. In this high-stress election year, it may be just as well that only one of them, Question D, is high-drama. The first of the eight questions would revise the Maryland Constitution to […]
Senior Citizens Voice Concerns At Annual City Council Forum
The annual senior open forum was held on October 8 to allow senior citizens to bring issues of concern before the city council. Betty Timer, the current chair of the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (SCAC), presided over the meeting. Many committee members were present, including Phyllis Budin, Brenda Cooley, Bunny Fitzgerald, Ed Hickey and Frank […]