Council Prepares for New Small Cell Infrastructure
The growing demand for increasing the coverage, data capacity and durability of wireless infrastructure is of high interest to the city, considering that cellphones are now many residents’ main, if not sole, avenue for communication. This fact was brought to the fore by the recent storm that debilitated city wireless accessibility for days in some […]
Labor Day Festival for 2022 Revives a Joy Thought Lost
The News Review last week gave this city the big stories of the Festival – Outstanding Citizen Maggie Cahalan and the overall spirit of the weekend. This week, and possibly in coming weeks, some of the niche elements that make the Festival an encompassing celebration will be showcased. Readers will find more photos, more awards, […]
On Losing Queen Elizabeth II: Home Thoughts from Abroad
Oddly, given that more than two-thirds of my life has been lived away from England, in the last few days people have felt compelled to offer their condolences to me on the loss of the queen. And unexpectedly, given my long voluntary exile, it means a lot to me. Perhaps this is because she is […]
Labor Day Books Generate Enthusiasm and Revenue
For the first time since 2019, the Greenbelt Elementary School (GES) Parent Teacher Association (PTA) held a full-scale book sale at the Labor Day Festival. Dozens of parents volunteered for weeks leading up to the four-day sale, collecting and sorting books donated by the community. Crowds filled the book sale tent all weekend long, with […]
Maggie Cahalan Wins Award For Environmental Stewardship
Cheered on by half a dozen young green-shirted Earth Squad volunteers waving CHEARS signs, Maggie Cahalan was recognized as Greenbelt’s 49th Outstanding Citizen. As a co-founder of CHEARS (Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society, chears.org), Cahalan promotes environmental stewardship projects protecting the health of all life in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. One prominent project of […]
Bingo: Problems, Solutions?
There’s more than one way to play bingo, according to participants in Greenbelt’s two Labor Day weekend bingo events. The “old way,” said Mary McGrew, 80, a retired procurement officer, requires colorful ink “daubers” to mark squares on paper bingo cards. The Ladies of Charity of St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church, which hosted bingo […]
City Council Debates ARPA Premium Pay for Employees
On August 29, Greenbelt City Council met for two separate sessions. The first was a special meeting to act on Premium Pay for city employees. One and a half hours and three motions later, the decision was that eligible city employees can expect to receive their American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Premium Pay checks by […]
Goldson Tells of 2022-23 Plans for County Schools
Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) began the school year on Monday, August 29 with a focus on mathematics achievement, school safety, social-emotional learning and mental health. Chief Executive Officer Dr. Monica Goldson started the first day at the new Cherokee Lane Elementary School in Adelphi, the first public school in Maryland to use a […]
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 […]
Disused Buildings on BARC Are Proposed for Demolition
On July 27, 2022, the USDA Agricultural Research Service released an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed demolition of 117 buildings at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). The EA states that the purpose of the proposed action is to “reduce long-term operational and maintenance costs and reduce BARC’s impact on the Chesapeake Bay watershed,” […]