WMATA, ARPA and Auditors Plus Council’s State Priorities
June 20’s Greenbelt City Council meeting focused on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) “visionary” Better Bus Network which had been the subject of an earlier council worksession. Assistant Director of Planning Jaime Fearer interacted with council to flesh out a letter to be sent to WMATA on the city’s position. The transit plan, […]
Natolis Sell Generous Joe’s; Remembering Golden Start
This is part one of a three-part series. The orange booths in Generous Joe’s Deli were busy with families, couples, teens and kids at lunchtime on a recent Tuesday, eating pizza, sandwiches and Italian hoagies. The air was filled with chatter, laughter and music; staff talking with customers and each other; and customers’ congratulations to […]
WSSC Promotes Amnesty, Water Tower Repair Plans.
Representatives of WSSC Water (WSSC), the agency that provides water and sewer services to Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, met with the Greenbelt City Council on June 21 to discuss the agency’s Get Current amnesty program and refurbishment of the water tower on Lastner Lane. After the worksession, council briefly discussed potential issues with the […]
Greenbelt Readies for July Fourth Day of Festivities
As Greenbelt prepares to celebrate July Fourth, Public Works, especially, is busily preparing. This year the festivities at Buddy Attick Park will include a Greenbelt Museum art activity from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., a community drum circle from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., a performance from the Greenbelt Concert Band from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and […]
Basketball Star Penny Greene Revisits His Greenbelt Roots
Pennington Greene, a former Greenbelter, collegiate basketball star and national record-setter in his day, who was recruited to play for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA after college, returned to his roots on Saturday, June 24 to host a well-received panel at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). The event was sponsored by […]
Audience Learns the Origins Of the Real Texas Juneteenth
Interspersing facts and history with anecdotal personal stories, speaker Reynauld “Rey” Smith mesmerized the audience at his lecture on Tuesday, June 13 at the Community Center as he explained the origins of the real Juneteenth in Comanche Crossing, Texas. Slavery was practiced only in the agricultural eastern section of Texas; the rest of Texas was […]
CDC Graphs Show Continued Drop in Covid-19 Admissions
It has been a while since the News Review published an article on Covid-19. For most people, it feels like the emergency is over – and that’s true to some extent. In fact, death data for the U.S. in recent weeks show the lowest number of Covid-related deaths, 203, since data began to be kept […]
My Joni Mitchell Journey
I had never flown across the U.S. to attend a concert. Last weekend, I did just that, attending Joni Mitchell’s concert at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Wash., on Saturday, June 10. The 79-year-old Canadian-born singer/songwriter gave her first scheduled concert performance in 23 years. I’ve loved Joni Mitchell’s music ever since I borrowed my […]
Small City Newspaper Has Need for Big-time Support
One of the primary duties of this newspaper is to report on city council. Like it or not, city council is pivotal in the quality of residents’ lives. Its budget choices affect everything from the flower beds by the B-W Parkway ramp to dog park policy, from city facilities and policing to Buddy Attick Park. […]
Watson Meets and Greets Greenbelt’s Golden Agers
On June 16, County Councilmember Ingrid Watson, whose district includes Greenbelt, hosted a Meet and Greet luncheon with the Golden Age Club. It was a chance for senior citizens to meet Watson informally and discuss issues of importance. The wonderful buffet from Mission Barbeque was an added attraction. As some of the seniors have limited […]