Council Debates Trees and Trails: Talks Trees, Roots and Leaves
The Greenbelt City Council meeting of Tuesday, March 28 (apart from the budget, which is dealt with in a separate story), was dominated by Greenbelt’s trees, which is appropriate as Greenbelt is a designated Tree City and April is the month of Arbor Day. Charles Jackman, representing the city’s volunteer Advisory Committee on Trees, thanked […]
County Executive Angela Alsobrooks Recognizes Williamson, News Review
On Thursday, March 30, the mood was celebratory and the room crowded for the 38th annual Prince George’s County Women’s History Month Luncheon, whose theme was Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories. After a hiatus during the pandemic, and a smaller version of the luncheon last year, this year saw a return to an enthusiastic […]
City Council Considers Compost, Forest Preserve Board Reports
At its March 13 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council recognized six outstanding educators (see the March 23 issue), introduced the proposed award of a compost recycling contract for first reading and accepted three Forest Preserve Advisory Board reports covering Northway trailhead erosion. Two proposed funds and recommendations to use funds from the Ecology and […]
Lessons from the MCAPS: Strengths and Struggles
At the Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) board meeting on March 23, the board of education reviewed a presentation of the data from the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), which was recently released disaggregated by district and school, and is commonly referred to as the Maryland Report Card. (For more on the county’s results […]
Residents Oppose Changing Residency Rule for Manager
The second public hearing on the proposed change to the city charter requiring residency for the city manager found scant support in the small but vocal group of online and in-person residents who attended the hearing on Saturday morning, April 1. Residents Elizabeth “Lolly” Gaines, Cathie Meetre, Greenwood Village HOA President Aisha Rice and Bill […]
Teacher Lois Rosado Impacts Her Adopted City: Greenbelt
To learn about Lois Blades Rosado is to be amazed by her many contributions and accomplishments on behalf of the citizens of Greenbelt. To talk to Rosado is to learn quickly of her genuine humility; when approached about this article for the News Review, Rosado initially demurred and offered the name of a woman she […]
Isabelle Gournay: Parisian, Architect, Iconic Greenbelter
“Greenbelt is a phenomenal enterprise.” Maybe a similar thought has run through your mind as you walk or bike our pathways, use our recreational facilities, see a movie in our historic theater or take part in activities in our Community Center? When Greenbelt resident Isabelle Gournay makes such a statement, however, many folks outside our […]
Women Pioneers of Reparations
Reparations means making amends for a wrong by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. The act of repairing something. Reparations for slavery is the application of the concept of reparations to the victims of chattel slavery and their descendants. I am LaWann Stribling, born LaWann Pendleton. I’ve been on an […]
Charter Amendment Hearing Garners Assorted Opinions
Even with a 15-minute grace period for folks stuck in traffic or unaccustomed to quick council meetings, the first public hearing on the charter amendment to allow council to waive the residency requirement for city managers was over in just 47 minutes. There will be a second hearing on Saturday, April 1 at 10 a.m. […]
Kimberly Schmidt Broadens Women’s Historical Narrative
Spotlight on Women Kimberly Schmidt, one of Greenbelt’s newer residents, has dedicated her professional career to telling the stories of marginalized women. As a retired professor of history from Eastern Mennonite University, Schmidt has focused her research on the social history of Mennonite and Amish women, as well as women’s histories of the Southern Cheyenne […]