„Menschen sollen leben dürfen, wie sie sind“
Zuerst am 31.10.2025 in der Stuttgarter Zeitung erschienen. Ayrin Benu Beck ist nicht-binär und hat den Geschlechtseintrag unter dem Selbstbestimmungsgesetz ändern lassen. Beck ist 42 Jahre alt und lebt im Kreis Ludwigsburg. In diesem Gespräche spricht Beck mit der Transfrau Janka Kluge, 66, die in Stuttgart lebt. Kluge hat ihre Transition unter dem Transsexuellengesetz 1984 durchgemacht. Janka, wie…
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…
Tickets for passing school buses to be issued come November
First published Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. A month ago, Baltimore County Public Schools started adding cameras to its roughly 1,000 school buses to catch drivers who failed to stop when the buses extended their stop signs. On the first day of school in late August, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough…
The curious case of the condemned house that still hasn’t been demolished
First published Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. The house at 3617 Bay Drive in Middle River has seen better days. The wood panels are falling off, the stones that make up the house are crumbling and trees are growing inside the house. It’s barely visible from the road — a tree has…
Plan to dredge Hart-Miller Island moving forward
First published Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Despite some community opposition, the plan to put dredged material from the bottom of Tradepoint Atlantic’s harbor on Hart-Miller Island seems to be moving full steam ahead. On Monday, at a meeting of the Hart-Miller Island Community Benefit Agreement Steering Committee, the conversation seemed to…
Fundraiser for Dundalk house fire reaches goal
First published Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Less than two weeks after an early-morning fire raged in a Dundalk house, killing an eight-year-old and nine cats, a fundraiser started for the Mars family has already exceeded its $30,000 goal. On Tuesday afternoon, over $31,000 had been raised for the family. Neighbor Zack Richardson has…
Child dies after Dundalk house fire
First published Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. As neighbor Zack Richardson tells it, it was eerily quiet for such a dramatic night. Fire trucks lined Dunleer Road in the early hours of Wednesday, Sept. 4, but didn’t turn on their sirens. Had he not gotten up to feed his newborn, he said,…
Man facing charges for yelling at police officer
First published Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. An Essex man is facing a 60-day prison stint and/or a $500 fine for yelling at police officers repeatedly. A police officer identified only as T. Kent in court documents stopped a gray Honda in Essex after not using a left turn signal when turning…
Is crime on the rise in Dundalk?
First published Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Take a look at the police blotter and it’s easy to feel like crime is everywhere. It feels like there’s burglary after burglary after assault after robbery. “You might want to reconsider moving here,” one Facebook user warned in the comments of a recent Dundalk…
Dundalk’s American Legion running out of money and people
First published Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. Some see the American Legion, an organization for veterans, as nothing more than a place for old people to get together, drink and tell war stories. “That’s the furthest thing from us,” said Mark Phoebus, the bar and lounge manager at Dundalk’s American Legion branch.…
