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 […]
Cable Casting Options for the City
City residents could see higher quality broadcasts of city meetings and more meetings could be broadcast if council approves moving forward with a proposal discussed at its January 4 worksession. The proposal will be considered for action at a future council meeting. The city hired Design and Integration, of Baltimore, to develop a proposal to […]
Delegate Washington Conducts Conversation
State Delegate Alonzo Washington (District 22) came prepared with questions for the panel he was moderating on January 7. With the broad topic of color and class in Prince George’s County, he started the evening off by introducing his expert panel and then asking them to comment on a letter from the Baltimore Sun that […]
New Concept for South Core Phase III
The December 7 Greenbelt City Council worksession was scheduled to consider the Detailed Site Plan (DSP) for Phase III of the South Core of Greenbelt Station and a new concept plan. However, issues relating to the DSP were satisfactorily resolved, leaving the council to concentrate on the concept plan. The mood was at times rather […]
City Sends Letter to GSA on FBI HQ
At a January 4 special meeting the Greenbelt City Council approved sending a letter to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) supporting the building of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters on what is now the parking lot of the Greenbelt Metro station. The letter, a response to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), […]