Politics & Government

Greenbelt West Plans Revealed and Former County Exec Pleads Not Guilty

A look back at the week in headlines.

The Greenbelt City Council met at 8 p.m. Monday night to discuss the .

The Greenbelt Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit obtained an arrest warrant for a College Park man in connection with .

at the U.S. Courthouse in Greenbelt at 1:45 p.m. for charges stemming from a pay-to-play scandal that persisted throughout his time in office. to all eight counts against him, as federal prosecutors announced additional evidence gleaned from wiretaps would be introduced later this week.

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A citizens group in Prince George’s County that would grant in-state tuition rights at public colleges and universities to illegal immigrants, saying it would cause county residents economic hardship. The bill, House Bill 470, would provide undocumented immigrants access to public higher education at in-state or in-county tuition rates.

Springhill Lake Elementary School fifth-grade girls gathered in the butterfly-decorated gym in their nicest dresses, ready to host about 40 Greenbelt women for the annual Friday morning.

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Twenty-six teenagers that have been rehearsing for several weeks finally debuted the original piece, Saturday at the Greenbelt Community Center.


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