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$250 tickets for passing school bus starting Nov. 4
First published Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Starting Nov. 4, drivers who pass a stopped Baltimore County school bus with its stop sign out will pay $250, the Baltimore County Police Department announced in a Facebook post. Baltimore County Public Schools started adding cameras to its roughly 1,000 school buses to catch…
No buyer for Dundalk Village shopping center
First published Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. The results are in — and nobody won. Bidding for 19, 41 and 63 Shipping Place, as well 18 Center Place and a building on Commerce Street in Dundalk’s historic town center started on Oct. 10 at noon and was scheduled to last until Oct.…
Dundalk woman winning in one dog contest after another with rare breed
First published Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Kimberly Ballantine’s whole life is Russian salon dogs. It’s a rare dog breed all the way from the country that she and a few others across the country are working on introducing to the U.S. Rare barely captures it, though — there are only 12…
Optimists celebrate 75th anniversary
First published Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Seventy-five years ago, on Oct. 14, 1949, the Optimist Club of Dundalk was born. Back then, Harry Truman was the president, the minimum wage was 75 cents per hour and a gallon of gas cost 27 cents. The club, which sponsors everything from the local…
Activists elated, Tradepoint frustrated as Hart-Miller Island won’t receive dredged material
First published Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Hart-Miller Island will not be where Tradepoint Atlantic places the material it dredges up from deepening its harbor. Community activists cautiously celebrated the announcement last week. Two council members and the county executive expressed disappointment. Tradepoint’s Aaron Tomarchio told the Eagle he was frustrated. “While…
Don’t fall for scams targeting older adults, police warn
First published Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Scammers want your money. Now. Don’t fall for it. That was Debby Chenoweth’s message at a Precinct 12 Community-Police Alliance meeting at the North Point Library on Monday. In her roughly 40-minute presentation, the police service officer outlined common scams targeting mostly older adults, including pizza…
Crime is going down, Dundalk precinct chief says
First published Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. For the most part, crime is going down, Precinct 12 Captain Anthony DiCara said Monday. There’s been a spike in robberies, though, he said — 19 more robberies this year than there were last year. Aggravated assault, too, is up — 34 more cases this…
Backbones of Edgemere VFW recognized in pavilion dedication ceremony
First published Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. The Edgemere Wells-McComas Veterans of Foreign Wars post managed to keep it a secret from Cathy and John Gistedt. The secret: On Saturday, the post dedicated its newly built pavilion to the two long-serving members of the post and its auxiliary. Minutes after the ceremony,…
Where to trick-or-treat this Halloween
First published Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Thursday, Oct. 17 Chesapeake Terrace Elementary School 6 — 8 p.m. At 2112 Lodge Farm Road in Edgemere. Friday, Oct. 18 Bear Creek Elementary 6 — 8 p.m. At 1601 Melbourne Road in Dundalk. Saturday, Oct. 19 Battle Grove Elementary School 12 — 3 p.m.…
Edgemere woman gathers goods for Hurricane Helene victims
First published Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. It all started with Stephanie Shaffer thinking that people needed some help in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in eastern Tennessee and North Carolina. “I was helping a friend in need and I sent her 50 bucks and I was standing in Costco and I’m…