Eastern Baltimore County News
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The Baltimore County Public Library will hold a Community Shredding Day on Saturday, July 17 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the North Point Library, 1716 Merritt Blvd. in Dundalk.
There is a three box limit per car. Business or commercial shredding is not permitted at this event. It is for personal/residential users.
Independence Day events are back after many were canceled in 2020.
Here is a list of parades, fireworks and festivals in eastern Baltimore County over this weekend. If we missed any, please email us at eastbaltco@gmail.com
Friday, July 2 to Sunday, July 4
Dundalk Heritage Fair
Heritage Park
2717 Playfield Street, Dundalk MD, 21222
The Heritage Fair will include music, food, beer garden, rides, games and arts and crafts. Tickets are $10 per person and children under 12 are free.
Time: Friday, July 2, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, July 3 noon to 10 p.m.
Sunday, July 4 noon to 10 p.m.
Saturday, July 3
PARADE-Dundalk Independence Day Parade
The 87th Annual Parade will start in the Logan Village Shopping Center to the Dundalk Shopping Center and End on Liberty Parkway.
Time: 8:15 p.m.
PARADE-Kingsville, Maryland Independence Day Parade
The Kingsville Parade begins at Kingsville Volunteer Fire Department, processing down Bradshaw Rd to Jerusalem Rd, ending at St Paul’s Lutheran Church
Time: 10:50 a.m.
FIREWORKS-Wilson Point
On a barge off of Wilson Point
Middle River, Maryland 21220
Time: 9:10 p.m.
Rain date: None
Monday, July 5
FIREWORKS-Dundalk—Grange Elementary School
2000 Church Road
Dundalk, Maryland 21222
Time: 9:15 p.m.
Rain date: July 6
The Fullerton Fireworks were canceled for the second year in a row but the committee is hopeful for a 2022 return.
The Dundalk Heritage Association announced that the ride vendor scheduled for this weekend’s Heritage Fair will not be able to attend as a result of COVID-19. Alternative entertainment will be provided. Here is a statement they released:
“Due to repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Heritage Fair amusement ride vendor will not be able to participate in the 2021 Heritage Fair. However, we have secured two inflatable obstacle courses for the kids from Astro Jump: a 45 ft. Adrenaline Rush Next Generation Obstacle Course and a 70 ft. Vertical Rush Extreme Nuclear Obstacle Challenge”
Baltimore County Police originally reported a shooting on Stansbury Road in Dundalk on June 26.
After further investigation, detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department have determined the victim in this case was not shot, as earlier reported.
This incident has been downgraded from a non-fatal shooting to a firearms discharge.
The original report had a 22-year-old man injured just before 3 a.m. on Saturday morning during a incident in the 7000 block of Stansbury Road in Dundalk.
Officers found the man outside suffering from a minor injury to his upper body.
A 22-year-old man was injured just before 3 a.m. Saturday morning during a shooting in the 7000 block of Stansbury Road in Dundalk.
Officers found the man outside suffering from a minor injury to his upper body.
Detectives from the Baltimore County Violent Crimes Unit are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding this shooting.
Anyone who may have information about the incident or the individuals who committed the crime is asked to contact police by calling 410-307-2020. Callers may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward when submitting tips through Metro Crime Stoppers.
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will begin milling and resurfacing MD 695A (Broening Highway) at Belclare Road in the Dundalk area of Baltimore County starting on Thursday, June 24. Crews will work overnight weeknights through the morning of Friday, July 2.
Each night, Belclare Road at Broening Highway will be closed and detoured between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. the next morning. Crews will use temporary digital message boards, traffic signs, barrels and cones to direct traffic using a detour route via Dundalk Avenue and Dunhill Road.
Broening Highway will remain open to traffic at night with a temporary single lane closure. All other side-street access along Broening Highway will be open during the overnight work hours.
In case of inclement weather, the overnight daytime intersection work and detour will take place the next possible day. MDOT SHA’s contractor, P. Flanigan and Sons, Inc. of Baltimore, is performing the work.
The pavement milling and resurfacing work is part of an ongoing $3 million MDOT SHA project to improve 1.3 miles of Broening Highway, in coordination with MDOT Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA). The project began fall 2020 and will be complete late summer 2021, weather permitting.
MDOT SHA works hard to maintain safe traffic mobility in work zones for our crews as well as our customers. Drivers need to stay alert, focus on driving and, look for reduced speed limits, as well as other driving pattern changes. Drive like you work here and slow down in construction zones.
Baltimore County Police reported 24-year-old, Jesus Zuniga Gallegos of the 6900 block of Bank Street of Dundalk died early Wednesday morning at Sinai Hospital after he was involved in a motor vehicle crash in the 600 block of Reisterstown Road in Pikesville.
Gallegos was driving a 2019 Suzuki motorcycle northbound on Reisterstown Road approaching Irving Place when he struck a 2017 Jeep Cherokee. The driver of the Jeep remained at the scene.
The Baltimore County Police Crash Team is continuing its investigation to determine the factors involved in this fatal crash.
The US National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington has issued a Severe Thunderstorm WARNING for Towson, Overlea, Dundalk, Essex, and Perry Hall until 10:15 p.m.
As the storm moves east, winds up to 60 mph could cause tree damage. Shelter inside away from windows.
Baltimore County Police were called to the Peninsula Expressway Bridge in Dundalk after a fisherman discovered what he believed to be two partial human remains in the water on Sunday evening June 13.
Responding officers made the same observation, retrieved the remains and transported them to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Homicide Detectives are investigating this case and believe this discovery is related to the May 4, 2021 incident where partial human remains were also located.
If you have any information on the identity of the victim or the circumstances surrounding their death, please call Baltimore County Police at 410-307-2020.
He was known in Hollywood as Ernie Lively
The Facebook group Patapsco Unauthorized Unabashed Yearly Reunion, which reports on alumni news for Patapsco High School in Dundalk, informed the group that Class of 1966 alum and movie star Ernie Brown passed away on Thursday, June 3 at the age of 74.
After high school and before Hollywood, Brown was a marine that served in the Vietnam War.
The entertainment site Hollywood Reporter said that Brown changed his name to Ernie Lively when he went to Hollywood.
According to the site, Lively was in many roles such as Passenger 57, Turner and Hooch, the Dukes of Hazzard and many other films and TV shows
Multiple sites reported that Lively died in Los Angeles of cardiac complications with members of his family by his side.
