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1. Structure and Culture Are Focus of City DEI Program (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Greenbelt's city manager and department heads recently briefed City Council on progress implementing a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion audit, including revamped HR policies, cross-department training, and police recruitment practices. Officials now face key decisions on restoring or reshaping the DEI coordinator role, creating a resident advisory committee, and adopting tools to measure how these efforts affect both city staff and the wider Greenbelt community.
2. Historic Parkdale Class of '77 Prepares for 50-year Reunion (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Greenbelt alumni from Parkdale High School's class of 1977 are organizing a 50-year reunion for September 11, 2027, after decades of shared experiences through Greenbelt Center Elementary, Greenbelt Junior High, and desegregation-era busing. Their story traces how opening Eleanor Roosevelt High in Greenbelt reshaped friendships, leaving this class the last Greenbelt cohort to graduate from Parkdale and now eager to reconnect classmates scattered across the country.
3. Court rejects argument that government breached plea agreement (valawyersweekly.com) — A federal fraud and identity theft case originating from the District of Maryland courthouse in Greenbelt has been upheld on appeal, with judges finding no breach of the defendant's plea agreement. The Fourth Circuit left in place a short conspiracy sentence plus a mandatory two‑year term for aggravated identity theft, reinforcing how strictly such plea terms are interpreted.
4. NASA's Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned (sciencedaily.com) — NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt is celebrating unexpectedly good news about the Roman Space Telescope, which now has enough fuel for at least 22 years of potential science operations. Careful planning, a precise SpaceX launch, and efficient course corrections dramatically cut fuel use, meaning Greenbelt-based mission teams could support nearly double the originally planned decade of observations.
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