The Eclipsed Beaver Moon Shines Bright, Weird and Red
Early morning on Friday, November 19, the Earth started passing between the Sun and the Moon, putting the Earth’s shadow on the moon; in other words, there was a lunar eclipse. For those watching, the slight dimming started at close to 1 a.m., but not until almost 2:30 was the shadow really definite. At 4 […]
City Council Prepares to Vote On Proposed Police Reform
On Monday, November 15, the Greenbelt City Council produced a working list of police reforms to be voted upon at the November 22 council meeting. This list was based upon a concurrence of the following sources: Councilmember Colin Byrd’s October 10 police reform proposal (itself derived from Byrd’s Fair and Just Policing Act proposal from […]
Veterans Day Ceremonies Again Held in Person at War Memorial
Greenbelt’s Veterans Day Ceremony was held on November 11 at Roosevelt Center. Mayor Emmett Jordan, members of the Greenbelt City Council, Maryland Delegate Anne Healey and American Legion Post 136 officers addressed community guests, veterans and those still serving in the military. Jordan echoed President Biden’s Veterans Day remarks, saying that on Veterans Day we […]
GHI Tree Marker Program Identifies Trees to Watch
In your recent travels around the Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative, you may have noticed coin-size metal markers attached to some trees. (This reporter has one in the holly tree in the yard at his unit.) You may have even asked the questions: 1. Are these markers condo numbers for the resident squirrels, or […]
The New Deal Café Plans For More Food, Art, Music
Those who’ve walked through Roosevelt Center on a recent Tuesday or Saturday evening may have heard something vaguely familiar: the sounds of strumming guitars, clinking glasses and laughing people, all coming from the New Deal Café. After nearly 19 months of pandemic-related shutdowns and restrictions, the Café, a member-owned Greenbelt institution for 26 years, is […]
Greenbelt’s Own Billy Smith Receives Wall of Fame Honor
On January 17, 2020, a beloved father of three, a cherished husband, friend, local youth athletic coach and mentor to many, lost his life at the age of 41 after a struggle with armed intruders during a home invasion. Billy Owens Smith has been described by many as the “embodiment of sunlight,” and since his […]
Greenbelt Police Honor Corporal Christine Peters with New Sign
The Greenbelt Police Department paid tribute to the life and service of Corporal Christine Peters on November 5 with a memorial sign on Kenilworth Avenue/Route 201, north of Cherrywood Lane. Peters died from injuries on January 14, 2021, after she was struck by a car while attending to a car crash there on January 2. […]
V.P. Kamala Harris Is Excited About Research at Goddard
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Friday, November 5 at Goddard Space Flight Center, focusing her speech on climate change and the opportunities space may have to help solve the climate crisis. “It has literally been decades since a sitting U.S. president or vice president has visited our center,” Center Director Dennis J. Andrucyk […]
Newly-elected Council Starts With a Wobbly First Meeting
Prior to the first meeting of the new council on Monday, November 8, there was a meeting of the previous council in which there was some discussion of whether this last session of the old council should be closed or open – or should include the newly-elected members. The prior councils’ members then present – […]
Co-op Annual Meeting Celebrates Complicated but Successful Year
The Greenbelt Cooperative Supermarket, familiarly and fondly known as the Co-op, held its annual meeting on Saturday, November 6 via Zoom. Nearly 60 members attended to hear about the store’s epic 2021. When all was said and done, Co-op had an excellent year and on the strength of it, Co-op members will receive a dividend […]