Challengers Sweep GHI Board Election in Record Turnout
With exceptionally high voter turnout at the 2021 annual Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) election, members voted for generational change on a scale the cooperative hasn’t seen in decades. None of the five members of the board of directors elected two years ago will remain in office after Thursday, May 20, when the new board is […]
El centro de Vacunación de FEMA da Su pinchazo número 100.000 el 13 de mayo
Aunque está programado para cerrar el 1 de junio, el sitio de FEMA en el Centro de Vacunación Comunitaria de Greenbelt Metro ha administrado más de 100,000 vacunas para ayudar a que el mundo se acerque a la normalidad. El jueves 13 de mayo, Ana, residente de Maryland, llegó para recibir la vacuna Johnson & […]
FEMA Vax Site at Metro Gives Its 100,000th Shot on May 13
Although the site is now scheduled to close down on Tuesday, June 1, the FEMA site at the Greenbelt Metro Community Vaccination Center has administered more than 100,000 shots to help bring the world closer to normalcy. On Thursday, May 13, Ana, a resident of Maryland, arrived for a Johnson & Johnson vaccine near the […]
Sculpture Gets a Makeover As Conservators Do a Scrub
Roosevelt Center’s Mother and Child statue got a special scrub-down last week as a team of three skilled art conservators arrived to clean and maintain Greenbelt’s beloved statue as well as the Community Center Preamble reliefs. The first step was to apply a special detergent, sodium lauryl sulfate, an anionic and non-acidic surfactant which does […]
With Three Weeks to Go, Budget Is Still Up in Air
In recent years, the Greenbelt City Council has worked out its desired changes to the city manager’s proposed budget at a final budget worksession in advance of the second public hearing on the budget so that citizens are not surprised by what is presented for adoption and have an opportunity to comment before passage. That […]
Smoothly Run Council Meeting Navigates Polarizing Agenda
The Greenbelt City Council meeting of May 10 was more to the point, more polite, less divisive and far shorter than has recently been the case, presumably as a result of discussions the week before on demeanor and process. Though still frosty, the interactions in council remained professional and relatively unmarred by discord on an […]
Greenbelt Metro Vaccine Site Changes to J & J on May 12
On Tuesday, May 11, the FEMA-operated Community Vaccination Center in Greenbelt stopped giving new first shots of the Pfizer vaccine. Beginning Wednesday, May 12, the Greenbelt center will provide Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccinations and continue to provide Pfizer second doses for the remaining weeks the center is open. The center is currently open seven […]
Public Works Tackled Covid; Looks Forward to Future
The Public Works Department has a wide-ranging set of responsibilities, including maintaining the city’s roads, buildings and vehicles; implementing environmental improvements and sustainability practices; maintaining and beautifying the city’s green spaces and outdoor recreational facilities; waste collection, and snow and ice removal, among many others. Department staff and the Greenbelt City Council met on April […]
Council Reviews Law Firm’s Analysis on Maglev DEIS
At the Greenbelt City Council meeting on May 10, Councilmember Leta Mach moved and council adopted a motion to authorize City Manager Nicole Ard to draft a letter that presents comments on the maglev Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) from the environmental law firm of Jill Grant and Associates. The letter will be presented for […]
ACE Presents 26th Annual Student Awards via Zoom
The Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) welcomed guests last Wednesday to its 26th annual Student Awards where 12 students were recognized for their outstanding academic achievements during the past school year. The event took place over Zoom at the beginning of the Greenbelt City Council worksession. Maryland State Senator Paul Pinsky was in attendance, along […]