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Greenbelt Closes Non-Emergency Facilities Monday as Sandy Heads North
Though normal Greenbelt facilities are closed, emergency personnel will be working.

Bailey has lived all over the United States as an Air Force brat, from Maine and Delaware to Mississippi. She also enjoyed some years in Japan eating with chopsticks. Although her initial degree was in education, Bailey went on to study visual media at The American University, which spring-boarded her career as a video producer and scriptwriter. She has also reported for the Greenbelt News Review and the Journal Newspapers. Her hobbies include reading the classics, hiking, photography and writing bad science fiction.
Though normal Greenbelt facilities are closed, emergency personnel will be working.

The university plans to provide essential power and services like dining will be available.
Pepco is preemptively increasing the number of utility workers it is bringing in from across the country, as Hurricane Sandy continues to head north.
Hurricane Sandy slowed down overnight, but picked up speed again Saturday morning.
County planners may back off plans to widen several roadways and more.
Improve balance, agility, coordination and mental acuity in a classic game with a new twist—developed by Japanese researchers.
Expanded table gaming could lead to new development at the National Harbor, reports the Washington Business Journal.
The Board of Education unanimously approved a new three-year contact with the teacher's union Tuesday that included a step increase.
Celebrate Customer Appreciation Day at the Greenbelt Co-op Supemarket Wednesday with its Seasonal and Savory cooking demo and paired wine sampling.
A pumpkin walk, zombie race and a potential goatman-sighting are in store this Saturday in Greenbelt, MD.
The pumpkin walk is an annual Greenbelt tradition that began with war.
County planners think they may be able to mitigate the intersections that Greenbelt is concerned about by other means besides widening roadways, a planning coordinator says.
Four burglaries, four drug arrests, six DWIs, possession of a concealed dangerous weapon, graffiti and another vandalism, disorderly conduct, two trespassing arrests and severn automotive crimes in the most recent Greenbelt police report.
Shell Food Mart's camera caught the incident on tape.
The suspects struck on Cherrywood Lane.
Screen two documentaries in production and give their filmmakers feedback at the Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt.
There has been a string of robberies against University of Maryland students. Police say the Greenbelt teen charged in last week's robberies was locked up when a new incident occurred.
Domino's Pizza will be moving out of its Roosevelt Center location to a spot more accessible to its customers, says a company official.
Do you know what to do when a gas main breaks, weather events threaten or hazardous materials spill? Greenbelt's Explorations Unlimited will cover how to prepare for emergencies ahead of time.
Tens of thousands of Prince George's and Montgomery county customers are scheduled for smart meter activation in October.