Eastern Baltimore County News
-photo courtesy of North Point Edgemere Volunteer Fire Department-
The North Point Edgemere Volunteer Fire Company reported fire crews responded to a garage fire in Edgemere on Thursday, Oct. 14 around 4 p.m.
Units arrived to the scene in the 7300 block of Waldman Avenue to find a two- car garage fully involved.
There was no reported injuries.
Baltimore County Hazmat crews are on the scene of a large fuel spill in Middle River on Wednesday night.
It was reported a tanker truck leaked 350 to 500 gallons of diesel fuel at the corner of Pulaski Highway and Middle River Road after 6 p.m.
Fuel was leaking into storm drain. MDE has been called to the location.
Storm drain has been secured. Two lanes on Route 40 are still closed.
Article by Emily Vetri of CCBC Essex
Knights cross country traveled Oct. 2 to its fourth meet of the season, the Don Cathcart Invitational, hosted by Salisbury University, as both teams featured runners shattering their personal best times.
“Both the men and women had big personal bests today and ran great races on the super flat and fast course” said head coach Noah Hutton.
Freshman Madison Magaha (Patapsco) led the ladies with a time of 27:49 in the women’s 6K, finishing #7 overall. This moved her into the seventh fastest time at Essex for the women’s side.
Natalia Johnson (Sparrows Point) ran a swift 31:04 in the women’s 6K, moving her to the 14th fastest time at Essex.
Both Magaha and Johnson ran the first 5K of the race faster than any other 5K time this year, with Johnson (Sparrows Point) cutting almost two minutes off her 5K best.
On the men’s side, freshman Braden Berkey (Loch Raven) led the men with the third fastest freshman time and the sixth fastest 8K time in school history, finishing at 29:30.
Berkey now sits within 25 seconds of the third fastest 8K time at Essex.
Sam Smith (Eastern Tech) ran a 30:53 in the 8K, shattering his personal best by nearly two and a half minutes. He has moved up to the 13th fastest 8K in school history.
Patrick Bennett (Patapsco) ran a 35:04 and knocked eight seconds off his personal best. With this time Bennett moved up to the 20th in school history.
Isaiah Halley (Overlea) dropped 40 seconds off his personal best with 35:09 in the 8K.
“Hopefully the fast times will help to build confidence and provide extra energy to finish the season strong” Hutton said.
Both men’s and women’s cross country will finish out the regular season at the Hood Invitational on October 16th, before heading to the Region 20 and Maryland JUCO Championships at the end of the month.
The Maryland Lottery reported two $10,000 scratch-off winners in Eastern Baltimore County.
Here are the local winners from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10
$10,000 Prizes Scratch Off Winners
$10,000 Lucky, Quick Mart, 300 Trappe Road, Dundalk
$100 Loaded, Weis Markets #123, 4126 East Joppa Road, Nottingham
Baltimore County Police are investigating a double murder that occurred in Rosedale.
Officers from the White Marsh precinct responded to the 7400 block of Plainview Road to investigate a shooting on Monday, Oct. 11 at 9:30 p.m. Upon arrival, officers located two adult males inside the location suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
55 year-old Christopher Walker and his son, 24 year-old Justin Walker were both pronounced deceased on scene.
Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department’s Homicide Unit request anyone with information to contact 410-307-2020.
A Parkville Middle student and her father were both winners in Baltimore County Public Library’s Tales of the Dead Short Horror Story Contest.
Polly Sloan, a Grade 7 student at Parkville Middle School, won first place for “The Letters from No One,” in the under 21 category about a man receiving mysterious and terrifying letters predicting his imminent death.
The contest began in August when Baltimore County Public Library challenged writers of all ages to
write original horror stories with a “Ghosts in the Graveyard” theme.
The contest was split into two categories: “over 21” and “under 21.” First-, second-, and third-place
winners in both categories were selected by a panel of judges including Baltimore County Public Library’s Director Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, librarians and published authors.
Criteria for judging included originality, fear factor, and quality of writing.
As the panel of judges calculated scores and began to notify winners, they quickly realized something unprecedented in the history of the contest: the first-place winners in each category are father and daughter.
Polly Sloan’s father, David Sloan, took first place in the “over 21” category for “A Hole at the Edge of the Woods,” a story about a young fox whose curiosity gets the better of him on Halloween night.
“My daughter and I really enjoyed this challenge and had fun trying our best to out-write and out-scare each other,” said winner David Sloan.
“Storytelling is an important part of our family identity, so we look
forward to more challenges like this to inspire our creativity.”
The Tales of the Dead Short Horror Story Contest started in 2016, inspired by a 1816 ghost story challenge that led to the creation of Frankenstein’s monster and the first modern vampire story.
The contest is held in conjunction with A Toast Among Ghosts.
The young winners will receive a prize package including a 2021 “A Toast Among Ghosts” T-shirt and gift card.
“Over 21” winners received VIP tickets to A Toast Among Ghosts, the Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library’s annual Poe-themed outdoor festival.
They are invited to read their winning stories next to the fire pit at the October 16 festival, which will take place at the Reisterstown Branch.
All winning stories will be published on the Foundation for Baltimore County
Public Library’s website.
Members of the BCPS community are invited to attend the third meeting of the Northeast Area Elementary Boundary Study Committee on Wednesday, October 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. The meeting will be held online.
This committee is in charge of creating attendance boundaries for the new northeast elementary school and a new, larger Red House Run Elementary School.
This committee was formed last spring to make plans for the new 700-seat school currently under construction along Rossville Boulevard near Gum Spring and Ridge roads. The school is scheduled to open in August 2022.
In addition, Red House Run Elementary School is also being expanded, which will impact attendance lines in many of the same northeastern communities affected by the new elementary school.
With the new Red House Run Elementary scheduled to open in August 2023, both schools will relieve overcrowding at other schools in the northeast. Eight elementary schools have been identified as being part of the committee’s study: Elmwood, Fullerton, Joppa View, McCormick, Perry Hall, Red House Run, Shady Spring and Vincent Farm elementary schools.
In addition to six committee meetings, where members will consider boundary options to accommodate the new school construction as well as all other participating schools, the public also is invited to a virtual public information session scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 3, from 7-8 p.m.
Members of the public may learn about the boundary process and participate through an online survey (to be available Nov. 3 – 17) conducted to gather feedback from the community on draft boundary line options.
Following the meetings and public information session, a recommendation will be presented to the Board of Education for a decision in March 2022. More information, including the dates and times of all committee meetings and information about how to join the meetings virtually, may be found at the boundary study website.
–photo courtesy of Providence Volunteer Fire Company of Towson-
The Baltimore County Fire Department was on the scene of a fire in the 2100 block of Joppa Road in Parkville.
Heavy smoke was seen from the building around 8:37 a.m. on Sunday, Oct.10.
It was reported by the Baltimore County Volunteer Fireman’s Association that the McDonald’s was the building on fire.
The fire was contained around 9 a.m. and there were no reports of injury.
Baltimore County detectives continue to investigate a shooting that happened in Essex on Oct. 7 around 9:15 p.m.
The incident occurred in the 600 block of Delaware Avenue. When officers arrived they found an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body.
Medics transported the victim to a local hospital.
Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit request anyone with information to contact 410-307-2020.
Baltimore County Government announced that a portion of Ebenezer Road in Perry Hall will be closed from Perry Hall Middle School to Perry Hall High School on Friday, Oct. 8 between approximately 4:15 and 4:45 p.m.
The road closure is for the annual Perry Hall High School Homecoming Parade.
Baltimore County Public Schools said this closure may impact buses.
Please anticipate delays on Friday.
