Lore Rosenthal Recognized by Sierra Club
Greenbelt activist Lore Lyon Rosenthal is the 2016 recipient of the Prince George’s Sierra Club’s Walter “Mike” Maloney Environmental Service Award. The award is presented annually to a Prince George’s County resident for excellence in environmental leadership. Rosenthal is co-founder of the Greenbelt Climate Action Network (GCAN) with Steve Kane and is currently its program […]
Muhammed Ali Trained in Greenbelt Park in 1976
Muhammed Ali came to Greenbelt in April 1976 without fanfare and without most city residents knowing about it. But Greenbelt police officers did. They helped serve as bodyguards. On April 30, Ali fought Jimmy Young at the Capital Centre. He was approaching the end of his career but was still world champion. He defeated Young […]
High Rise Proposal Sparks Citizen Meeting
The proposed 25-story apartment building that landowner David Hillman wants to put up next to the existing Lakeside North Apartments is “inappropriate for here,” said Brian Almquist. Almquist and his wife Donna organized an information session on the proposed building at the Greenbelt Fire Station hall on June 4. Over 100 people came during the […]
ACE Awards Showcase Student Achievement
The Greenbelt Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) Awards Ceremony was a highlight of the May 23 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council. All available seats were filled for this annual event as parents, students, principals and teachers celebrated the selection of the outstanding students. ACE committee member Melinda Brady opened the presentation, mentioning that the […]
Computers, General Assembly, Trees Keep City Council Busy
Although the presentation of the 2016 Student Awards by the city’s Advisory Committee on Education (ACE)–which will be reported in a separate story–dominated the May 23 regular meeting of the Greenbelt City Council, quite a few other items were taken up on the agenda as well. Most were additional presentations, including ones from the American […]
GSA’s Increased Parking Need For FBI Dismays City Council
The city council’s regular meeting of April 11 opened with an opportunity for councilmembers and residents to recognize the work of the communications specialists of the Greenbelt Police Department. Twenty-five years ago the Congress and president of the United States designated the second week in April as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, a time to […]
Council Adjusts Proposed Budget, Final Public Hearing on May 23
On Monday, May 16, the Greenbelt City Council began its final budget worksession at which the council makes tentative final decisions on changes it wishes to make to the city manager’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, beginning July 1. The council first considered both good and bad news provided by City Manager Michael McLaughlin. […]
Public Works Budget Covers the whole nine yards
The Greenbelt Department of Public Works is responsible for keeping the city up and running with wide-ranging duties including taking out the trash; saving energy; maintaining the city’s buildings, vehicles, streets, parks, playgrounds and fields; running the Greenbelt Connection and maintaining the city cemetery. To carry out these responsibilities, City Manager Michael McLaughlin’s proposed Fiscal […]
Council Reviews Locations for Gateway Signs
The Greenbelt City Council received slightly revised entrance sign plans from Sharon Bradley of Bradley Site Design at its April 20 worksession. The more expensive and elaborate monument signs, which involve a large sign panel placed on a low stone retaining wall bearing the city logo and the words Welcome to Greenbelt, would be placed […]
Farmers Market Opens Sunday, May 8
The State Highways guys were only showing their overwhelming enthusiasm for local produce when they took down the market’s closed signs on Kenilworth Avenue and Greenbelt Road a week early. The market, nonetheless, will open Mothers Day, May 8 at 10 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. This year’s market will offer a variety of […]