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Also on today's calendar: Bryce's Treehouse Hosts Inaugural International Overdose Awareness Day Event in Bowie – Aug. 30 and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. School Year Begins with Changes, Challenges, Resourceful Parents (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Greenbelt families are navigating a new school year marked by leadership changes at Greenbelt Elementary and Greenbelt Middle, plus temporary relocations for Springhill Lake and Dora Kennedy French Immersion students. Parents are also coping with major bus delays and glitches in the new Chipmunk tracking app, turning to WhatsApp groups and their own trackers to keep tabs on children's rides.
2. City of Greenbelt Welcomes Federal Court Ruling Protecting FBI Headquarters Project (beltsvillenewstoday.com) — A federal court has cleared the way for the long-planned FBI headquarters to move forward in Greenbelt, reversing an attempt to shift the project to downtown D.C. City leaders say the ruling protects years of planning and promises major jobs and economic benefits for Greenbelt, Prince George's County, and Maryland while reaffirming the fairness of the original site selection process.
3. When a stepparent adoption meets resistance from a birth parent (thedailyrecord.com) — A Greenbelt-based family law attorney explains how stepparent adoptions in Maryland can become complex when a birth parent refuses consent, triggering a more intensive court process. The article walks readers through show-cause orders, best-interest standards, post-adoption contact agreements, and what judges look for when deciding whether to terminate a birth parent's rights.
4. With launch of Roman telescope, NASA hopes to unlock mystery of dark energy (adn.com) — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, assembled at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, is nearly ready for launch and could transform our understanding of dark energy, galaxies, and distant planets. While its mission is global in scope, Greenbelt played a central role in building the bus-sized observatory that will survey the universe from a million miles away.
5. Tax Fraud Blotter: Get your stolen checks here (accountingtoday.com) — Federal prosecutors in Greenbelt detailed how a Hyattsville woman admitted helping run a Silver Spring tax-preparation business that filed at least 120 fraudulent PPP loan applications totaling about $2.3 million. Her guilty plea underscores how pandemic-relief fraud cases are still moving through the Greenbelt federal courthouse, with sentencing yet to come.
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