Eastern Baltimore County News
The Perry Hall Improvement Association and Perry Hall White Marsh Business Association will hold the Perry Hall Community Tree Lighting on Sunday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m.
The ceremony will be held at the corner of Belair and Joppa Roads near the Perry Hall Animal Hospital.
Through a Baltimore County grant, the Perry Hall Improvement Association and Perry Hall White Marsh Business Association planted a Norway spruce at the location.
The 3rd annual Dundalk Christmas Tree Lighting will be held Saturday, Dec. 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Poplar Place Center at the corner of Wise Avenue and Merritt Boulevard.
The event is free and will have snacks, drinks, hats, gloves and toys.
Bubble blowing-fire shooting Purkey Party Pumper firetruck will lead the Parade of Santa and Mrs. Claus accompanied by Elf on the Shelf, the Grinch, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Erl Lion, and friends! Children are invited to the North Point Library for crafts from 4:30-5:30pm. Santa arrives at 5:45pm (Poplar Place), and pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus are from 6-7 p.m.
*Baltimore County Police will help attendees cross from the Library to the Shopping Center
The event is being hosted by the Eastern Regional LIONS CLUB.
For more information, go to the Dundalk Christmas Tree Lighting Facebook page.
Owls to play Mervo for state title after 40 to 6 win
–photo courtesy of Dundalk Football Twitter page-
The Dundalk High School football team is back in the state title game as the Owls defeated Arundel High 40 to 6 at home on Friday night in 4A/3A state semifinals.
There was a little controversy before the game as Arundel High retweeted out “We are going to give Dundalk a Black Friday”.
The Dundalk Football Twitter page retweeted the comment and Dundalk wrote “Black Friday” as they shared a picture of the team celebrating under the scoreboard.
The win sends the Owls to the 4A/3A Championship game. This is their first title game appearance since they lost to Damascus in 2015.
Dundalk has never won a state title in football and they have an opportunity next Thursday at 7.
The Owls will play Mervo for the championship at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis.
-by Councilman David Marks-
Make no mistake—crime is the top concern in Baltimore County right now. Around Thanksgiving weekend, our county set a record for homicides.
Crime is affecting every type of community, with shootings in places like Milford Mill, Towson, and Middle River that are scattered throughout the county. It must be addressed, and I believe in several fundamental ways.
Candidly, there is nothing more important right now than to have more police on the street. Law enforcement throughout the United States is dealing with recruitment and retention issues, and in Baltimore County, many officers who began service in the early 1990s are now retiring.
The county is aggressively working to fill dozens of Police Department vacancies.
As Councilman, I will support whatever funding is necessary to recruit and retain police officers, whether through hiring bonuses, improved health care, or other incentives.
We need to strengthen the padlock law, which gives police the power to shutter troubled businesses.
No action ever seems to be taken against long-troubled properties, such as those along the Joppa Road corridor near Loch Raven Boulevard. That needs to change.
We need to continue to expand neighborhood watch programs and work with civic groups. I am partnering with our state legislators, for example, to try to build a community center and police substation in Dunfield, as an example.
I will continue to support strategies to reduce the likelihood of crime—mental health, for example, is driving some of the most recent homicides—but believe we must be very careful not to embrace lax prosecution policies.
Baltimore County has traditionally had a strong record with many prosecutions.
I do not want this county to go the way of other jurisdictions that ignore “lesser” crimes.
I look forward to working with all our stakeholders for a better 2022, starting with reducing crime.
Here is a list of holiday events in Eastern Baltimore County. If there are any events not on the list, please email us at eastbaltco@gmail.com.
Friday, Nov. 26 to Sunday, Jan. 2
The White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company train garden
Saturday, Nov. 27 to Sunday, Jan. 2
Wise Avenue Volunteer Fire Company Train Garden
The Dundalk Patapsco Neck Historical Society Train Garden
Saturday, Nov. 27 to Thursday, Dec. 30
The Holiday Train Garden at the Fire Museum of Maryland
Saturday, Nov. 27
Middle River Lighted Boat Parade 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 4
THE AVENUE at White Marsh Holiday Parade 10 a.m.
Heritage Society to Hold Essex Tree Lighting 5 to 7 p.m.
Bear Creek Lighted Boat Parade 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Perry Hall Community Tree Lighting to be Held Sunday
Saturday, Dec. 11
Dundalk Christmas Tree Lighting Returns 4:30 p.m.
Overlea Community Tree Lighting at 7 p.m.
Santa on Fire Truck
Bowleys Quarters VFRM
Essex VFC Launches Interactive Map for Santa Visits
Middle River Fire and Rescue Santa Detail
Santa Detail Has Returned to Dundalk
Did we miss any events?
We know we had to miss something. If so, email us at eastbaltco@gmail.com
Many residents all over Baltimore County are waking up this Thanksgiving morning to a burning smell.
That is a result of a fire at a recycling plant in Halethorpe and it continues to burn.
Baltimore County Fire Department responded around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday morning and continue to extinguish the fire on Halethorpe Farm Road.
MDE and Hazmat crews are on the scene.
Fire is contained but smoke odors have been reported as far as Rosedale and Perry Hall.
The Dundalk Patapsco Neck Historical Society Train Garden returns for the holiday season on Sunday, Nov. 28 and will run until Sunday, Jan. 2.
It will open Monday to Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and will open Saturdays & Sundays from 1 to 7 p.m. The historical center is located at 4 Center Place – Opposite the Post Office- in historic Dundalk town center.
The event is free and this is the 21st year of their train garden.
For more information, call 410-284-2331 or visit their website.
The BCPS Board of Education announced at its board meeting that it has made an adjustment to its school calendar for an early dismissal.
All BCPS schools will be close early on Thursday, Dec. 23, Friday, March 18 & Friday, May 20.
The change was made to give BCPS students and staff an opportunity to take care of their social, emotional mental health and wellness.
There will be no afternoon pre-k and all after school activities will be cancelled on those days. These closures will not impacted the four inclement weather days built into the calendar.
– photo by Baltimore County Volunteer Firefighters Association-
Baltimore County Fire Department reported an underground HAZMAT fire in a Carney storm drain in the 9600 block of Harford Road at the shopping center near Joppa Road.
Crews were able to extinguish fire in the storm drains after an unknown product ignited on Tuesday morning before 10 a.m.
Hazmat & BGE crews were called to the scene.
Some businesses were evacuated but no injuries or building damages have been reported.
The roads around the area have reopen for motorists.
The Overlea Community Association will hold the 8th Annual Overlea Community Tree Lighting will be held Saturday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at Overlea Fullerton Community Center, 7209 Belair Road.
Josie Baltimore and the St. Michaels/St. Clement Choir will perform. The Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company will arrive with Santa giving out gifts for children. The Holt Park and Center for the Arts will provide activities and the Boy Scouts will have gifts for sale.
The snow date for this event is Sunday, Dec. 12.
For more information, go to overleaonline.org.
