Greenbelt Station HOA Talks Crime, Recreation and Rental
The Greenbelt City Council held a stakeholder worksession with the Greenbelt Station Homeowners Association (HOA) on Monday, August 28. Greenbelt Station was represented by Roseana Gilmore of the Greenbelt Station Master Association and Cornell Lynch of the Greenbelt Station HOA. Greenbelt Station is a nine-year-old community composed of 505 units, including townhouses and condominiums. During […]
County Schools Introduce Metal Detectors and Clear Backpacks
Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) will be introducing new security measures in middle and high schools for the 2023-2024 school year. Weapon detection systems and clear backpack policies are the county’s effort to provide a more secure learning environment for its students and a safer workplace for teachers and staff in the wake of […]
Change Now Contemplated By New Deal Café and Co-op
The quarterly open board meeting of the New Deal Café on August 28 was attended by a crowd that filled much of the available seating in the Café’s back room. It was a lively group, not slow to voice its opinions or to ask questions. Much of the meeting revolved around the possibility that […]
Bands, Booths, Bikes, Bingo, Burgers: It Must be Labor Day
The Parade itself arrives on Labor Day Monday morning. It sashays down Crescent Road from Greenhill to Southway, spits and polishes off with the police color guard, scoops up a pipe and drum corps, flourishes a frenzy of fire trucks, screams some sirens and projects a perfect perambulation of politicians – it’s all a hometown […]
Ric Gordon Files for Council
Incumbent Councilmember Ric Gordon is once again the first to file for the Greenbelt City Council. His nomination form has been certified by City Clerk Bonita Anderson. Candidate biographies are prepared by the candidates and will be published as they are received by the paper from certified candidates. Ric Gordon Ric Gordon was born Brandon […]
City Requests Public Input On Buddy Attick Master Plan
The city welcomed public input to plan for the future of Buddy Attick Park in a community meeting at the Municipal Building last Thursday evening, ahead of the launch this week of an online public survey. The output of the process will be an updated master plan for the park. “This will be a roadmap […]
Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Kicks Off Friday, September 1
This year’s Labor Day Festival features most of the Greenbelt favorites, from the Outstanding Citizen award to carnival rides, booths, Bingo and more. Come for the spectacle, the community, the fun and the food. Here are highlights of the Festival for the first two days. Friday Happenings The Festival opens Friday, September 1 at 6 […]
Prince George’s County Schools Will Open Monday, August 28
Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) has a back-to-school guide available online at pgcps.org/about-pgcps/back-to-school. What follows is a collation of available information relevant to Greenbelt families. New Superintendent Millard House II was appointed superintendent of PGCPS, effective July 1, by Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. (The position was recently renamed superintendent at the end […]
Stronger Summer Storms Highlight Grid Vulnerability
Tornado warnings on August 7 led to early closures of federal offices, the University of Maryland and other workplaces in the metro area. But it was a series of summer storms the weekend of July 28 and 29 that interrupted moviegoers, swimmers and the postal service in Greenbelt. Pepco posted on July 30 on the […]
Council Election Is Coming: Time to Register to Vote Is Now
Any resident of Greenbelt, age 16 and over, can participate in the November City Council election ‒ by signing a candidate’s petition or voting, or running for office if over 18. But doing any of those things requires being registered to vote at a residence address that lies within the boundaries of the City of […]