Thursday, December 20, 2012
Here's a look at the biggest news events of January, 2012, in Odenton and Severn.
- LOCAL CONNECTIONS
- Tim Lemke
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
January of 2012 was a busy month, as the County Council dealt with some serious issues and the community responded to some tragic incidents. Click on the links to read the full stories, and check back each day through Dec. 31 for a review of the top stories from each month of the year. Meade Grads Among 4 Killed in Route 50 Crash It was a challenging year for the Meade High community, as it lost several students and graduates to tragedy in 2012. Two Meade graduates, Zachary Rose and Brittany Walker, died on Jan. 28 in a head-on collision on Route 50. Pro Wrestling Student Dies in Practice A 25-year-old man died on Jan. 25 practicing moves at Gillberg’s, a pro wrestling academy in Severn. Quentin Latrell Washington from District Heights …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Two people found themselves stuck as water surrounded their car. The road was closed to traffic.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Tim Lemke
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Firefighters from Anne Arundel County assisted two people who found themselves stranded on a flooded stretch of Patuxent Road in Odenton Tuesday night. Chief Michael Cox of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department said firefighters responded at 7:41 p.m. and found two people who were stuck in their car on Patuxent Road near Bragers Road. Cox said the car was stranded in water that rose to more than three feet. The pair was helped to safety without any injuries, Cox said. Patuxent Road frequently floods during heavy rains, and was blocked to traffic Tuesday. Cox said it appeared that the two people had driven around cones and a sign marking the road as closed.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Maryland Department of the Environment will have an information session for the public regarding the rubble landfill, which would be located below Patuxent Road in Odenton.
The Maryland Department of Environment will hold a public hearing Monday afternoon to discuss an application by operators of the proposed Chesapeake Terrace rubble landfill in Odenton. National Waste Managers Inc. is seeking approval to use thousands of gallons of groundwater per day for the operation, which would be located to the south of Patuxent Road. According to a notice of the public hearing, National Waster Managers wants permission to use an average of 39,000 gallons per day of groundwater from the Upper Patapsco aquifer, and withdraw an average of 31,000 gallons of stormwater runoff. The public meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Crofton branch library. A representative from National Waste Managers is expected to be on …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
New development and traffic patterns on Maryland Route 3 have led to an increase in drivers taking a shortcut through residential areas.
- GOVERNMENT
- Tim Lemke
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
New traffic patterns and development on Maryland Route 3 have forced more drivers to use Patuxent Road and Piney Orchard Parkway as a bypass to get to state Route 175 in Odenton, residents and police said. While the roads have long been used as a cut through to get from Crofton to Odenton, the traffic has picked up in recent months as drivers seek to avoid the congestion and confusion of Route 3. “The traffic coming from Piney Orchard Parkway onto Route 175 has increased dramatically,” said Cpl. Tom Middleton, the traffic coordinator for the Anne Arundel County Police Western District. Middleton spoke on Jan. 11 at a meeting of the Police-Community Relations Council in Odenton, where dozens of areas residents expressed concern about the …
Nola Meyers
2:12 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Having lived off of this road for over 25 years I have seen so many people do this - even the locals. There are so many people who believe a road closure doesn't apply to them. I agree - they should be billed for county time, but I also believe the husbands/wives/parents/children should get a thank you note from the people who put their loved one in harms way to save a few minutes of travel. … more ›