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Springhill Lake School Plans Shared at Town Hall Meeting

On Thursday, March 12, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) officials and project designers shared updated plans for replacing Springhill Lake Elementary School (SHLES), an $82 million construction project expected to be completed in 2028. The new school will replace the current building with a two-story facility on the same ground. It will feature accessibility […]

Residents Press Carriers on Cell Service Gaps at City Town Hall

On Tuesday, March 10, frustrated residents pressed wireless carriers and city officials for answers about persistent cellular coverage problems during a meeting focused on improving service across Greenbelt, particularly in the Ridge Road and Plateau Place areas where many residents say signals are unreliable. Representatives from T-Mobile and Verizon met with roughly 30 residents and […]

Longtime Resident Sylvia Lewis Reflects on Her Time in Greenbelt

Sylvia Lewis, a light-skinned woman with gray hair, smiles while seated in an armchair in her home.

For more than six decades, Sylvia Lewis has called Greenbelt home. Now, as she prepares to move closer to family in upstate New York, she is reflecting on the community that shaped much of her life. Lewis moved to Greenbelt in the 1960s with her husband, Robert Lewis, who was studying at the Catholic University […]

Greenbelt Celebrates $1.8 Million In Funding for Youth Recreation

A group of children stand around and in front of adults holding a large presentation check. About half the children wear orange T-shirts, and half wear dark blue T-shirts.

Federal officials joined Maryland and county politicians as well as local leaders in Greenbelt on Monday, March 9 to announce more than $1.8 million in federal funding for youth recreation projects, including repairs to the Greenbelt Youth Center and improvements to the Springhill Lake Recreation Center. The funding, secured through congressionally directed spending, will support […]

What’s the Deal with Data Centers?

A crowd of people outdoors, on a sidewalk and in the street by the curb. Some hold umbrellas.

A recently proposed data center in Landover sparked protests and a desire by local communities to learn more about what data centers are, why they are important and the potential effects they can have, including on the communities where they’re built. It’s a topic currently debated by Prince George’s County Council, one that will likely […]

City Council Revisits Collective Bargaining for All City Employees

On March 2, the Greenbelt City Council continued its deliberations at a worksession on expanding collective bargaining rights to the entirety of its non-managerial and non-classified workforce.  Currently, the city has a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).  The Public Works department (PW) is in the midst of its selection […]

City Master Plan for Indian Creek Park Nearly Final; Multi-use in Small Space

The city held a community meeting for public review and input for the Indian Creek Park concept plan at the Springhill Lake Recreation Center on Tuesday, February 17. The city- contracted Mahan Rykiel Associates landscape architecture firm reviewed the plan they updated based on community feedback from a November 2025 meeting and resident emails since […]

Collective Bargaining, Flooding And a New School Occupy Council

The focus of the February 23 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council appeared to be on communicating as council gave guidance to the lawyers working on the changes needed to expand collective bargaining rights to all city employees, heard a status report on development of a flood resiliency plan for parts of the city and […]

March 10 Town Hall on Cell Service Follows 8 Years of Cell Tower Debate

A map of Greenbelt, with Greenbelt Road represented by a heavy dark-blue line. Green circles surround each of the three neighborhoods: West, Historic, and East. Beltway Plaza is labeled within West, Roosevelt Center is labeled within Historic, and Greenway Shopping Center is labeled within East. Inside the West circle are many red dots and a few yellow dots, scattered throughout the neighborhood. Inside the East circle are about four yellow dots and about six red dots: mostly at the west side of the circle, with two at the south side. The Historic circle has one yellow dot at the northern side and one red dot at the southern side. In the lower left of the image, the caption is repeated in black text.

In Greenbelt, the debate over cellphone infrastructure has shifted over the past eight years. What began in 2017 with opposition to a proposed cell tower near Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) has evolved into broader concerns about service reliability and coverage gaps across the city. 2017: ERHS Tower Proposal The modern debate intensified in spring […]

For the First Time in 30 Years Greenbelters Can Adopt Pit Bulls

When Doreen Clower comes home and calls out “puppy love,” Milo races down from the top of the steps to greet her. Other times he climbs onto the edge of her bed, lifts his paws around her neck and rests his head on her shoulder. “That just makes me feel like he knows that I’m […]