Water Turned Off at Pinecrest, City Council Reveals 2012 Budget, O’Malley Reads to Students

T of their last Monday. Greenbelt Officers conducted more than, warnings and repair orders. They made four driving under the influence arrests, three driving with a suspended license arrest and one for driving without a license.

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission shut off the water for residents in the area of Pinecrest Court Monday. Earlier reports stated the shut off was due to a water main break, but according to WSSC public affairs manager John White, the outage was for discoloration of the water. According to resident Bob Rudd, about half of the homes on the court received relief of the problem Tuesday, while the other half saw improvement in the water Wednesday.

Greenbelt’s city council gathered Monday night for a meeting that stretched more than two hours. City Manager Michael McLaughlin occupied a fair share of that time, presenting the council with a fiscal 2012 budget that seemed to win over much of his audience. “I don’t know how you did it,” said Councilwoman Leta Mach. “…This is a really good proposal to start with.” There will be nine work sessions to review and change the budget, which anticipates $25,723,800 in revenues. That’s about 1.8 percent more than the current fiscal 2011 year.

An opinion by the state attorney general could halt a Prince George’s County Schools proposal to charge students for busing to specialty schools because the plan raises “substantial constitutional issues.” A March 25 letter from the state attorney general’s office, could send school board officials back to the drawing board on ways to save money amid an $85 million school system deficit.

as result of a motor vehicle accident on Greenbelt Road. The accident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. at the intersection of Greenbelt Road and Southway. Officials on the scene said a car traveling westbound on Greenbelt Road ran a traffic light and struck the car driven by the woman as she was turning onto Greenbelt Road from Southway.

students received star treatment Thursday after Governor Martin O’Malley and Prince George’s County School Superintendent Dr. William Hite, Jr. read to them and presented awards for their excellence in reading. , a group of students that took up the challenge of reading for 30 minutes a day for 30 days. The Readers were organized by sixth-grade teacher Paula Davis and celebrated much success, with two students reading more than 30 books each.