Forebay Dredging – Beavers Readjust to Riparian Renewal
At its meeting next Monday, February 8, the Greenbelt City Council is expected to authorize signing the documents needed to obtain permits to dredge the lake forebays to improve water quality. Council will get a chance later to specifically authorize the work after referring the plans to relevant city advisory boards. Council was briefed on […]
Where the Rubber Meets the Road – Playground Mulch
So many factors come into play with decisions on replacing surfaces and equipment on playgrounds in the 21st century that it is difficult to establish simple rules for what should be done, especially when funding is limited. On January 13 the Greenbelt City Council held a worksession to discuss what type of surfacing to […]
Fifty Years Ago – News Review Topsy Turvy
There’s a persuasive myth that everything done in our grandparents childhood was done well. Standards were higher. Streets were safer – and the News Review made fewer mistakes. Just to prove it ain’t necessarily so, take a look at this jewel culled from pressing this week’s 50-years ago button (see right navigation bar). This issue […]
News Review Photo Gallery Cranks Up
The News Review Photo Gallery has now some new pictures in it from last weekend’s snowstorm. We’re hoping to make this a regular feature. Look for the link at the bottom of this page! We’re still having some teething troubles with layout of the pictures and navigation among them but we’ll work our way through […]
FBI swap proceeds as downselect for developers heats up
On Friday, January 24, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it had issued Phase II of its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Federal Bureau of Investigations Headquarters Consolidation Project. It also announced that President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal to Congress will include funding in support of full consolidation of […]
Greenbelt Triumphs Over Snow
For once the forecasters nailed it. Snow. A lot of it – and high winds to boot. Greenbelters, after a serious raid on the coop (where would we be without the Co-0p?) mostly hunkered down and waited it out. Emerging Sunday morning to brilliant sunshine, they began the process of digging out. Meanwhile the city […]
Homing Pigeon Gets a Boost
There it was. Some kind of bird that resembled a mourning dove but it looked like it had a fluffy white cape over its shoulders. It kept pecking at the grassy area next to the phone pole on Parkway, across the street from the sign for Jane Realty Efficiency Apartments. Two men on the sidewalk […]
One shouldn’t laugh but…
This cartoon by Peter Reppert does go amazingly well with the story featured in today’s paper.. Take a peek!
House Fire on Lakeview Circle causes extensive damage.
At 5:15 on January 19, a passerby noticed that the house at 1 Lakeview Circle was on fire. No one was hurt, though there was considerable damage to the building. The passerby saw smoke coming from the roof and flames inside the second story window. Within five minutes firefighters from Greenbelt, Beltsville, Branchville and other […]
Beech Tree Puppets at the New Deal Bring Rainbow Crow to Life
On Sunday, January 24 at 2 p.m., Beech Tree Puppets bring their new show, Rainbow Crow Brings Daylight, to the New Deal Café. The show combines two American Indian creation stories from the Lenape and the Inuit tribes. Crow has been revered by many cultures throughout the ages. Follow Crow on his journey to the […]