In March 2023, four robots built by students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School competed at the US Open robotics championship that was held in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Pictured below is one of these robots at the US Open and three … Read More
I started blogging back in 2005 (about the gardening world) but what prompted me to start my first VIDEO blog – a “vlog” – was living in Greenbelt. Yes, it was seeing the fun that people of all ages were … Read More
When Peter Teuben moved to Greenbelt in 2021 he saw no signs here of the sport he’d been playing all his life – badminton. Then during the Labor Day Festival he noticed a badminton event, so took the opportunity to … Read More
by Jeff Lemieux for GreenbeltNASAtrail.org On Monday August 8th, Mayor Emmett Jordan and I rode from Eleanor Roosevelt High School to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and on to Good Luck Road and DuVal HS. How did we do it? … Read More
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2021, with thanks to ride organizer Dave Whiteman, who also has an awesome app to recommend for cycling routes – Ride with GPS. Here’s some details Dave provided about it: Most popular routing app with best tools in … Read More
With the great cycling weather we’ve been having, I stopped by my bike shop of choice – Greenbelt-owned Proteus Bicycles in College Park – and discovered something new – their Proteus Brews coffee shop is now open, and Proteus has … Read More
As a regular outdoor walker for exercise and the sheer pleasure of being outdoors, I’d been frustrated in my search for walking routes around Old Greenbelt. My own attempts had resulted in deadends, stretching of walking in the street and … Read More
Hailing from Eleanor Roosevelt High School are Dem Raider Boys, the team that recently won another national championship! Watch their winning performance. Thanks to GATE’s Andy Zmidzinski for interviewing a coach and some of the steppers and filming a … Read More
Greenbelt is a great place for cyclists! Here are some Greenbelters’ favorite routes, groups and more. (Got another route to suggest? Email editor@greenbeltonline.com) Routes from Old Greenbelt Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) is a favorite with Greenbelters, with its 6,600 acres … Read More
by John Campanile As I write this, outside is a bright and balmy 55 degrees, with a forecast high of 70. In the dead of February, no less. A nice day to do practically anything outside, including a bike ride. … Read More
by John Campanile Being relatively new to Greenbelt – having moved to Our Fair City in December 2016 – I have explored both on- and off-street trails and roads in and around Greenbelt. From what I’ve seen, there are quite … Read More
Greenbelters are discovering and even commuting to work via the bike path from Bladensburg Waterfront Park into D.C. or farther south along the river, thanks to the section south of Bladensburg that opened in October of 2016. It’s the much-anticipated … Read More
Meet Mike Maxson, a Master Level Volunteer at Greenbelt Park, shown here helping man the park’s booth at Greenbelt’s Labor Day information event this year. Mike retired six years ago at the age of 60, after careers in the Marines, in manufacturing, for … Read More
No, this isn’t a scene from the outskirts of Rio. These are local racers, but that doesn’t mean they’re not serious about the sport, or so I gathered from watching and talking with family members and other race-followers and supporters. … Read More
How about a new feature here on the old blog – fun day trips from Greenbelt! Guest blog stories welcome – just leave a comment. So I’ll start, with a place I began exploring last summer and returned to recently … Read More
