First Rescue Fund Spending Plan Approved by Council
At its September 13 meeting, the Greenbelt City Council unanimously approved an initial set of relief measures to fund using federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. These include $500,000 for rental and utility assistance, $500,000 for business assistance, $500,000 for mortgage/fee assistance and $100,000 for assistance to nonprofits, including food banks, and for two contract […]
Zach’s Notes on Experiences As Swimmer in Tokyo Games
This is the third in a series of articles on Zachary Downs Shattuck and his journey to Tokyo as a 2020 Paralympian. The 2020 Paralympics flame in Tokyo is extinguished, and the first global athletic event since the pandemic began is in the record books. Zachary Downs Shattuck is driving back east from the U.S. […]
Shaymar Higgs: Greenbelt’s Outstanding Citizen of 2021
At the opening festivities of the Labor Day Festival on Friday, September 3, Shaymar Higgs was named as Greenbelt’s Outstanding Citizen to the jubilant cheers of his crowd of supporters. Bob Zugby, chair of the Outstanding Citizen Selection Committee, introduced Higgs in his trademark style, dropping teasers about who the chosen resident would be while […]
The Forest Preserve Proposes To Add a Site, Improve Trails
The Forest Preserve Advisory Board has advanced two proposals to the Greenbelt City Council to enlarge and enhance the city Forest Preserve. On Monday, August 16, the board presented their plan to include Greenbriar Park in the Forest Preserve, an idea with unanimous support from council. On Monday, August 23, the board shared its pilot […]
Tour de Greenbelt Festival Bikers Ride Around the Town
I got an invite over Facebook from Emmett Jordan to join in the Tour de Greenbelt, one of the Labor Day Festival activities. While I was pretty sure he invited everyone he knew, I started worrying he’d specifically invited me and I didn’t want to let him down, so I mentally committed myself to going […]
Council, Staff Explore Uses Of American Rescue Funds
On August 30, the Greenbelt City Council and city staff held their initial discussion on how best to spend the $22,881,666.47 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding that was provided to the city in July. In a memo presented to council, staff laid out the permitted uses and restrictions of the funds, as well […]
Healthy Food Program Was Fun, Educational and Yummy
Under the broad shady leaves of a pawpaw tree, Shaymar Higgs led a healthy food program near Springhill Lake Recreation Center, hosted by CHEARS (Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society). Founder and director of The Space Free Art for All, located at Beltway Plaza, Higgs shared a table laden with strange and exotic looking fruits. […]
Back to School Information
The Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) are open for in-person learning for the 2021-2022 academic year. The first day of school for all students is Wednesday, September 8. Students, parents and legal guardians can check the website at pgcps.org for individual school start and end times, bus stop information, individual school supply lists and […]
Enjoy a Fun and Safe Labor Day Festival
Greenbelters are encouraged to enjoy a fun and safe (abbreviated) Labor Day Festival. The schedule of events is on the back page of this issue of the News Review and on the website greenbeltlaborday.com. Due to Covid-19, the public is requested to wear masks and avoid crowding. All in-person events will be outside. There won’t […]
Out of Control Driver Smashes Hole in Building; No Injuries
No injuries and no overall structural damage were the positive takeaways from a freak accident on Sunday, August 29, evening when a car careened out of control on Lakeside Drive and plowed into an apartment building. The driver, who was headed south going toward Lakecrest Drive, picked up speed as she went downhill. “The theory […]