Week in Review: Five Stories on Tap in Greenbelt
From rides, a pageant and parade to power outages and ideas for singles, it has been a busy week in our green city.
Sonja Meredith and Amethyst Dwyer at the New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, Md. (July 2011)
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LABOR DAY FESTIVAL
1) This week the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival was in the news. If you missed these stories, you may want to take a look:
- Labor Day Festival Viewfinder with highlights of the weekend
- Photos: 2011 Labor Day Festival Parade
- Sylvia Lewis is Greenbelt Citizen of the Year for 2011
- Jump Rope Champions Win 'Best in Parade'
- Photos: 2011 Miss Greenbelt
- Labor Day Festival Hoop Heroics
SINGLES, MOMS and GREAT ESCAPE
This week I want to showcase our columnists for you, if you haven’t checked them out yet, now is a good time.
2) Amy Headley cracked me up this week with her ideas on how to be a Swinging Single, some of them were way out there, but certainly entertaining.
3) Anna Socrates wrote an interesting story about how she turned the Greenbelt blackout into a Great Escape. It ended with a neighborhood cookout, where they grilled food from their warm refrigerators.
4) Dawn Mooney, delves into the meaning of labor day, as a mom returning to the workforce. One of which is a means to an end as her family of five hopes to find a larger homes.
BIKE BLOG
5) Also we had a new blogger come on board this week, Jeff Lemieux. He has a fascinating video and story about finding a good way to bike commute from Greenbelt to the District of Columbia.
