Linthicum-Shipley Improvement Association

Online Payment System Set for Traffic Fines

If you've had the misfortune of fracturing a speed law and getting caught, then you know the painful drill that's involved.  You get your ticket, and then decide whether to pay it or take your chances in Maryland District Court.  If you opt to pay up, you cut a check, put it in the flimsy provided envelope and hope you remember to stamp it and mail it.  But now you have another option.  If you're comfortable with using a credit card online, you may now do so to pay fines for common traffic violations.

Free Flu Shot Clinics Scheduled

Never mind that it's the middle of October and it's 85 degrees outside.  Winter is coming, right? Well that's what they say, and with winter comes the flu.  To head that off the County Department of Health is offering free flu shots to county residents. Information on the clinics is available on the department’s Web site, www.aahealth.org, and on the Flu Information Phone Line, 410-222-7343.

County Will Use Inmates to Pull Illegal Signs

Tired of seeing those "singles" signs littering the corners throughout town?  Or perhaps you're weary of seeing the "we buy houses" handbill stapled to the telephone poles.  Well, there's no guarantee that you won't see any more of them, but at least now the county has the authority to yank them down.  And inmates from the Ordnance Road Correctional Center will do the yanking.

Glass Fragments Lead to Teen's Arrest

We learned from one of the owners of the break-ins near St. Philip Neri that police have apprehended a 16-year old who was positively identified as one of the two criminals who broke into the houses on Homewood and Wilben Roads. The homeowner spoke with the Northern District Police Station's Detective Paine, who said the suspect was caught after he took a bag full of coins to Shoppers Food Warehouse to convert to dollars.  Broken glass got into the change machine and ruined it, so management there became suspicious and reported it to police.  ...

'Foundations' To Host Open House

Adult day care facilities in Maryland are rare, but Linthicum recently became home to one when "Foundations" moved here from Reisterstown.  The new Linthicum-based 17,000 square foot facility is rarer still because it offers psychiatric services, making it the only such facility in the Baltimore-Washington area.  Adult day-care services provide structured programs geared toward adults who are unable to care for themselves either because of a disability or other impairment.  The building is licensed for 120 patients and has about 80 to 100 coming there on a daily basis, a 25 percent increase from its numbers in Baltimore County, according to The Capital.  Foundations will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the new location: 1025 West Nursery Road, Suite 112, Linthicum. 

President's Message - October

Our next General Membership meeting will be October10th at the Lindale Middle School Media Center at 7:30 p.m. Our speakers will be State Delegate Ted Sophocleus and Delegate Pamela Beidle to tell us about the functions of the state legislature and give us tips on how to influence new legislation.

Break-ins Start Up Again

Well it looks like the crime has started again. On the morning of Oct. 8 a woman on Gale Drive (near Homewood Road) saw two teenage boys walking down the street as she was taking her child to school. When she returned she saw the same two boys leaving the back of her house. When she entered she saw that they had broken in and stole some things. The police were notified, and we will give more details as they become available. Her morning trip took all of 11 minutes, so please be cautious.  Sadly, there was another set of incidents just the next day ...

Bill to Expand Footprint for Hotels Fails

An amendment in County Council Bill 69-07, which would have expanded the usable footprint of hotels in areas zoned W-2, Light Industrial Districts, from 25,000 feet to 75,000 feet, was defeated in County Council Oct. 1 by a vote of 3-3. (County Council bills must have a majority to pass and one council member was absent on the night of the vote)  This measure could have had a harmful impact on Linthicum and other communities in Anne Arundel's "hotel alley" by opening the door to much larger hotels than are currently permitted, including hotels that might have facilitated water parks.

Community Fair a Success

We had great weather and a great turnout and the 2007 Community Fair was one of the most successful in recent memory, especially for the LSIA. Our board member and local historian Skip Booth was honored as Mayor for 2007.  Business was hopping at our booth where we sold Vignettes, T-shirts, water and, of course, LSIA memberships.  We ended the day with a net profit of almost $250, and sent nearly $70 to the North County Emergency Outreach Network (NCEON).