Goddard Shares Its Future Developments with Council
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has had a thriving year of missions, developments and outreach programs despite the challenges of the pandemic. Associate Center Director Ray Rubilotta gave a presentation on these efforts to Greenbelt City Council on March 21. Both council and Rubilotta agreed on the vital and proud relationship between the city and […]
New Map Will Leave Greenbelt Out of Maryland’s District 5
Governor Larry Hogan signed the new redistricting plan into law on Monday, April 4. With a new congressional map in hand, Greenbelt will leave Maryland’s 5th Congressional District and become part of Maryland’s 4th Congressional District. When the new map goes into effect in January 2023 at the beginning of the 117th Congress, Greenbelt will […]
Final ARPA Discussion Session Held in Person in Greenbelt West
The City of Greenbelt continues to solicit feedback on how to spend the remaining $21 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to remediate effects of the Covid-19 public health emergency. Residents’ input on ARPA spending must be submitted by April 15 to the city website at engagegreenbelt.org so that city staff can […]
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 […]