Falls Road

"You know when you see John Ellsberry's painted alligator at the end of the 28th Street Bridge that you're in Remington," said Kathleen C. Ambrose, who is researching and writing a history of the more than 200-year-old Baltimore neighborhood that she hopes to have published next year. She has been banging on doors, interviewing old-timers and, in a recent edition of the Remington Community Newsletter asked residents to search their closets and attics for any photographs from 1930 to 2000 that she might use for her book.

As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, Falls Road was closed near Copper Hill Road, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on I-95 southbound near I-695 in Baltimore County, Burns Crossing Road near Mount Vista Road in Severn, I-95 northbound near I-395 in Baltimore City, and Route 7 near Stepney Road in Aberdeen. The Maryland Transit Administration is advising patrons of the Metro Subway system that there will be single tracking at the Johns Hopkins Hospital station until Oct. 24 at 4 a.m., due to repair work.

My column several weeks ago on the brutal 1956 murder of Myrtle Agnes Bopst brought a flood of emails from people who vividly remembered it. One reader, Turney McKnight, recalled the murder a year later of a Baltimore socialite at the hands of her husband, a lumber executive. After attending a cocktail party June 1, Robert Jett Van Horn, 52, and his wife of two years, Bernice Ward Flynn Van Horn, 53, decided not to spend the night at Eden Hall Apartments at 3401 Greenway, but at Evergreen Farm, their second home, on Falls Road near Shawan in northern Baltimore County.

As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on the inner loop of I-695 near Falls Road, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on Reisterstown Road and Hooks Lane in Baltimore County and Route 24 near Sharon Road in Jarrettsville. Traffic was slow on I-895 near the Steel Bridge, due to construction activity. Monument Street is closed between Wolfe Street and Patterson Park Avenue in East Baltimore, due to sinkhole repairs. Maryland Transit Administration bus 35 has been diverted.

Motorists who use Falls Road in Mount Washington are being advised by city transportation officials to take alternate roads Thursday and Friday to avoid emergency utility repair work. Crews have closed lanes northbound Falls Road at Kelly Avenue and two-way traffic has been shifted to the southbound side of the roadway. Traffic will be directed by flagmen until 3 p.m., when one lane of northbound Falls Road will be reopened for through traffic. Additional lane closures and a traffic flagging operation will resume along the southbound side of Falls Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

Looking for some new places for your eating-out repertoire? We caught up with some of chefs in town to find out where they go when they're not dishing out fare at their own spots. Note: All restaurants are in Baltimore unless otherwise indicated. Ted Stelzenmuller, Jack's Bistro Favorite ethnic spot: "Without a doubt, my favorite is Joung Kak. There is no better place to go with a group of like-minded chefs. Eating great Korean barbecue and washing it all down with soju.

Each April, I look forward to the Saturday when the Grand National Steeplechase jockeys ride across a swath of unspoiled Baltimore County valley. From a vantage point atop a hill off Butler Road, just off Falls Road, I look out across the Western Run Valley and think how fortunate we are to have this setting — and the chance to visit it on a single spring afternoon. That's enough; too much traffic is not what this location needs. The countryside race, held Saturday, is over private estates and farms.

Two men in their 20s are dead after a single-vehicle accident in upper Reisterstown at 10 p.m. Saturday, officials said Sunday. Justin Stambaugh, 22, of the 3800 block of Rockdale Road, was driving a 1994 Honda Civic southbound on Falls Road at a high rate of speed when he lost control and the car left the roadway and rolled over, Baltimore County Police said. Stambaugh and his passenger, Willie Green Jr., 21, of the 19600 block of Old York Road, were both ejected and died from their injuries, police said.

Baltimore County Police are investigating a single vehicle crash that killed two people late Saturday, April 14, in the area of Falls Road at Beckleysville Road near the northwestern edge of the county. Police said the incident occurred on April 14, at 10 p.m. Police responded to the intersection of Falls Road and Beckleysville Road, west of Prettyboy Reservoir, and found a 1994 Honda Civic at the location. Investigation revealed that the vehicle was traveling southbound on Falls Road, when the driver lost control of the car, left the roadway, and rolled the vehicle.