Planning Department Budget And Ongoing Projects Review
With very little council comment on its FY 2025 budget, the city’s Department of Planning and Community Development got the opportunity to strut its stuff and showcase its activities. The city council worksession of April 3, as well as dealing with the T-Mobile temporary antenna (story to come), introduced the draft FY 2025 Department […]
Seven of Greenbelt’s Children Share Memories of Homes
Part One of a Two-Part Story Secret passages, ladders and Lego house designs are among the memories of seven Greenbelters who live in their childhood homes. Hopi Auerbach and Heather Hart on Ridge Road, Dorothy Dobson and Eva Garin on Lakeside Drive, Marc Siegel on Maplewood Court, Lesley Kash on Woodland Way and Jonathan Murray […]
Most Greenbelters Stayed Home To View Near-Total Solar Eclipse
Light clouds on Monday, April 8, mostly dissipated in time for eclipse watchers throughout Greenbelt to clearly view the first eclipse in the area since 2017. This partial solar eclipse – with the moon blocking 89 percent of the sun, according to the Astronomical Society of Greenbelt (ASG) webpage – brought smiles and a sense […]
City Budget Stays in Bounds; Though in FY26, Maybe Not
In presenting his budget proposal to the Greenbelt City Council on March 25, City Manager Josué Salmerón had good news. Despite earlier projections of a multimillion-dollar budget deficit in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 which begins July 1, the budget deficit has been closed without increasing the city tax rate. Council began its review of […]
School Bell Time Shifts Now Clarified
On Thursday, April 4, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Superintendent Millard House II ended more than a week of confusion by announcing that the three standardized bell times for schools will include a mix of school levels at each time. “This plan will not shift all elementary schools to 7:30 a.m., nor all middle […]
Recreation Holds Learn 2 Earn Program for Greenbelt Youth
A youth workforce development program called Learn 2 Earn is in full swing through the Recreation Department. It just completed its first and second phases with a cohort of 10 students. The program was initially proposed over a decade ago by Anthony Hamm of Pathways Alternative High School, who runs a successful youth entrepreneurship and […]
Aquatic Egg Hunt Delights All
On Friday, March 29, the City of Greenbelt held its annual underwater egg hunt at the Aquatic & Fitness Center. The Egg Hunt is broken into three age groups. The first, for the youngest hunters 6 months to 5 years old, was at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m. 4- to 11-year-olds took over the wading […]
Staffing Issue Gets Council Meeting Off to a Hot Start
The March 25 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council got off to a hot start with former city human resources director Mary Johnson accusing the city manager of violating city code. In addition, council approved several contracts, received an update on planned renovations to the Municipal Building and sent a letter to county officials regarding […]
PGCPS Makes Transportation Changes to Rectify Longtime Woes
During his first 90 days, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) new superintendent, Millard House II, acknowledged persistent challenges in the area of student transportation, and called for a transportation audit. That audit was conducted September through December 2023 and the administration plans to implement changes based on its results as soon as August. For […]
City Council Thrashes Toward Some Positions on Recycling
At the March 13 council worksession, City Environmental Coordinator Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll addressed potential funding and initiatives related to the prevention of illegal dumping at three city facilities: the recycling center at Buddy Attick Park, the area next to the Northway ballfields and a lesser-known city recycling facility on Hanover Drive (see map, p.12). The request […]