Balto. Co. breaks ground for center
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Baltimore County broke ground Friday on the $4.5 million Jacksonville Community Center in Phoenix. The 14,400-square-foot facility will include the Jacksonville Senior Center, serving more than 700 seniors, as well as a gymnasium, meeting rooms, and exercise and activity areas. Plans for the 32-acre property on Sweet Air Road also call for two athletic fields, a playground and a walking trail through Sweet Air Park. The center is expected to open in August.
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Mary Gail Hare
Group collecting funds for Dundalk flood victims
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The Dundalk Renaissance Corp., a nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing its eastern Baltimore County neighborhood, has offered to collect funds to assist victims of the water main break that flooded more than 100 homes last month. Donors should note "flood victims" on their checks and mail the tax-deductible contributions to Dundalk Renaissance Corp., P.O. Box 9276, Dundalk 21222. The organization is contributing administrative services to the effort, ensuring that the entire donation goes directly to assisting flood victims. Information: 410-282-0261. The Baltimore County Office of Community is coordinating donations of all other items. Information: 410-887-3317.
- Mary Gail Hare
Two with Md. ties tapped for Obama administration
President Barack Obama announced his intention to add two more individuals with Maryland ties to his administration, the White House said Friday. Patrick A. Corvington of Baltimore's Annie E. Casey Foundation will be nominated as CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees Americorps and other public-private programs. John H. Laub, a criminologist at the University of Maryland, College Park, is Obama's choice to head the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the Justice Department.
- Paul West
Bethany Beach ends plan to widen its boardwalk
BETHANY BEACH, Del. - Bethany Beach Mayor Tony McClenny says the town won't widen the its boardwalk because only has about half of the town supports the proposal. Town officials were considering widening the boardwalk from 12-feet to 20-feet in certain areas where permits had been approved. Town Manager Cliff Graviet had said the project would cost $675,000.
- Associated Press
