Kyla Tours Greenbriar Park
The good people at Greenbelt Biota have been trying to take me on a tour of Greenbriar Park, at the corner of Mandan Road and Hanover Parkway, for nearly a year now, but for one reason or another we haven’t quite managed to put it together. I finally met Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll, environmental coordinator for the […]
Women Played Important Roles In Shaping Life in Early Greenbelt
Household and shopping tips, recipes, introductions of new residents, society items, news of women’s activities and organizations – these were some of the things covered on the women’s page(s) in the Greenbelt Cooperator. The Mrs. Greenbelt section, which appeared in the first issue of the Cooperator (published November 24, 1937) and ran through June 20, […]
Covid-19 Update for March; New Deal Café Sees Cases
The message of this article is simple. Anybody feeling symptoms that could be attributed to Covid should both immediately get tested and should stay isolated until they know what’s up. Covid-19 isn’t over and even with vaccinations there remains vulnerability. The story began on Friday, March 25, when an individual started feeling unwell. On Saturday, […]
Coming up Roses with GATe Awards for Best Local Videos
Greenbelt Access Television (GATe) announced its second annual Rose Awards on March 20 during the television station’s annual meeting. The contest showcases videos created by Greenbelt community video producers. Sally Davies took first place this year for her short painting-and-time-lapse film From Georgia to Greenbelt. Second place was awarded to Tanya Nordberg and Ian Blackwell […]
ARPA Fund Spending Ideas; Deadline of April 15 Looms
Greenbelt’s windfall of nearly $23 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has the potential to rapidly improve services, quality of life and infrastructure across the city. To determine how to invest these funds, the city’s outreach efforts include a survey, online at engagegreenbelt.org and printed on page 12. The survey closes Friday, […]
Food and Friendship Program B&B Delivers Meals to Seniors
Therapeutic Recreation Supervisor Becky Sutfin and Brian Butler, recreation coordinator at Springhill Lake Recreation Center, are the self-dubbed B & B Team and the force behind the Food and Friendship Program that provides meals by delivery to seniors. Begun as an on-site service, meals are now delivered to participants’ homes due to the pandemic. The […]
Greenbelt Holds First Food Truck Festival on Cold Day
Greenbelters enjoyed a delicious afternoon at Schrom Hills Park catered by dining on wheels. The first annual Greenbelt Food Truck Festival was held Saturday, March 26, bringing the community together in celebration with food and activities for all ages. Organized by the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Committee in partnership with Greenbelt Recreation, the festival featured […]
Artists Damen, Kornett, Phillips Present the Human Condition
The new exhibition at the Community Center Art Gallery brings together the work of three distinguished Maryland artists: painters Jessica Damen and Pamela Phillips and sculptor and printmaker Judith Kornett. Entitled Oh, Heart, Here Is Your Healing, the show reflects on the longing for healing and our mixed successes in achieving it. The show recognizes […]
World-class Swimmer Z. Shattuck Trains in Greenbelt for Next Event
Nearly every day, Zachary Shattuck is at the Greenbelt Aquatic & Fitness Center. He does laps in the pool, over and over: crawl, breast stroke, butterfly, back stroke, all classic strokes. When watching him, it appears he has taken the name of the stroke as a command. He flies through the water. Greenbelt’s pool is […]
ACE Educator Awards 2022 Return to In-person Ceremony by Melinda Brady
Greenbelt’s Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) held their 27th ACE Educator Awards on Monday, March 14. Melinda Brady, the chair of ACE, welcomed the audience and city council back to the in-person event, saying, “We would like to thank Mayor Jordan and the city council for their continued sponsorship of the Awards. ACE, formed in […]