City Council Votes to Support Beltway Plaza’s Phase One
At the regular meeting on August 9, the Greenbelt City Council voted 5 to 1 in support of the revised Detailed Site Plan (DSP) for Phase One of the redevelopment of Beltway Plaza. The support of this iteration was contingent upon a set of recommendations and conditions, laid out by city staff, that are the […]
Delivering News Review Helps Local Student Determine Major
Asha Brown has one thing on her mind these days: college. The Washington, D.C.-born, Greenbelt-raised native is headed to Morgan State University in Baltimore this upcoming fall semester. Her intended field of study? Journalism. “Growing up I didn’t really care for the news but I did love watching the Today Show and the Oprah Winfrey […]
P.G. County Behind the Curve In Covid Statistics, Yet Again
Prince George’s County has achieved “high” status in Maryland’s ranking of counties for community transmission of the Covid-19 virus. This dubious distinction is defined as more than 100 new cases per 100K residents over the preceding week or a 10 percent or higher positivity rate. This is borne out in Greenbelt’s 20770 zip code by […]
Zach’s Road to Tokyo Goes Through the Frostburg Pool
(Second in a series) Zachary Downs Shattuck, born in Greenbelt, was diagnosed with hypochondroplasia dwarfism when he was an infant. Despite the challenges, Zach excelled at sports throughout his high school years and just before he entered college he discovered he was a rather good swimmer. This month, Zach competes in four events in the […]
Fuerte aumento en los casos locales de Covid-19 preocupa a los residentes
Mirando a su alrededor en Greenbelt, está claro que hay menos personas que usan máscaras y que el nivel de comodidad al encontrarse con otras personas ha aumentado desde que una buena parte de la comunidad se ha vacunado. Desafortunadamente, sin embargo, el número de casos nuevos en el código postal 20770 está aumentando notablemente. […]
Información sobre elegibilidad para asistencia para alquiler del condado de Prince George
El Programa de Emergencia de Asistencia para Alquiler (ERAP) del condado continúa recibiendo solicitudes de propietarios e inquilinos. El jueves 29 de julio, la subdirectora del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario Tamika Gauvin y la abogada que trabaja para Community Legal Services (CLS) Kayla Williams estuvieron presentes en una reunión virtual, organizada por la […]
Greenbelters Party During National Night Out Event
It felt like a party from a different year and not only because Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit song, Wanna Be Starting Something, played in the background. The air felt cool. The Delta variant hadn’t completely come into Greenbelt’s collective consciousness and everything was outdoors. Greenbelt’s part of the National Night Out on Tuesday, August 3 […]
Greenbelt Family Cheers Loud Enough for Tokyo to Hear
(First of a series) The Greenbelt Downs family held a reunion in West Virginia in July at the Three Otters Eco-Retreat on the shores of the Potomac River outside Paw Paw. One family member wasn’t there and the Downs family couldn’t have been happier. Zachary Downs Shattuck’s family owned the resort and he was […]
2021 Campaign for Greenbelt City Council Opens on Monday
Monday, August 16 is the first day for those intending to run for positions on the 44th Greenbelt City Council to officially begin the process of qualifying as candidates. In a short time, both incumbents and challengers will be filling out forms and circulating petitions in order to qualify as candidates and have their names […]
Sharp Rise in Local Covid-19 Cases Concerns Residents
Looking around in Greenbelt, it is clear that there are fewer people wearing masks and that the comfort level with meeting others has increased since a good fraction of the community has been vaccinated. Unfortunately, however, the number of new cases in the 20770 zip code is noticeably on the rise. The trend began a […]