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Public Works Budget Covers the whole nine yards

  • by Diane Oberg

The Greenbelt Department of Public Works is responsible for keeping the city up and running with wide-ranging duties including taking out the trash; saving energy; maintaining the city’s buildings, vehicles, streets, parks, playgrounds and fields; running the Greenbelt Connection and maintaining the city cemetery. To carry out these responsibilities, City Manager Michael McLaughlin’s proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget allocates nearly $3.3 million to the department, the third highest total behind Public Safety and Recreation. This represents a 2.4 percent increase over the Fiscal Year 2016 budget.  Click Here

Dorian Winterfeld and Vanessa Harris enjoy the drum circle, photo by Michael Reinsel
Dorian Winterfeld and Vanessa Harris enjoy the drum circle, photo by Michael Reinsel

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Amethyst Dwyer gets her groove on at Green Man, Photo by Michael Reinsel
People stand below a green canopy, setting bags of food onto white plastic tables.

USDA Cuts Will Impact Fresh Food Availability at Greenbelt Distributions

Last week, the News Review reported on sources of supplemental food available in Greenbelt for those whose budgets don’t reach

Maryland State Delegate Ashanti Martinez, wearing a blue shirt, stands amid a line of student winners who hold framed prize certificates.

Social Justice Student Awards Draw Crowd, Public Figures

Room 201 at the Community Center was buzzing with excitement as student winners with their families entered the room to

Below an orange banner with the words SENIORS SENIORS in white capital letters, is a photo of three brown-skinned students wearing band uniforms in light blue and black, with a white crossbody banner reading RAIDERS. The two students at right wear hats in black and light blue, with black feather tops.

ERHS Alum Tramell Tillman Shines in Apple TV+’s Severance

In Apple TV+’s critically acclaimed show Severance, Tramell Tillman plays Mr. Milchick, the (mostly) ever-smiling enforcer of workplace boundaries at

City Votes to Change Retirement Plan Provider, Reducing Fees

On April 14 the Greenbelt City Council voted 6 to 1 in favor of transitioning the city employee retirement plan

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