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.

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.

'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. 

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).