NEWS
By Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun | November 16, 2010
Skateworks, the roller rink in Woodlawn that has long struggled with allegations of violence and rowdiness, has closed. The business, which opened two years ago in an industrial park off Whitehead Road, is tied up in bankruptcy proceedings, with more than $575,000 in debt, and linked to accusations that a 12-year-old girl was gang-raped there Aug. 14. The closure follows the revocation of Skateworks' two operating licenses, a result of the arrests...
NEWS
October 28, 2007
As reported Oct. 29, 1989, in The Howard Sun: The price tag on the Columbia Association's proposed sports complex has been set at $6.4 million, and residents so far have agreed that the high cost of recreation is quite acceptable. In what for months came down to a minor controversy over whether the new facility would feature a roller rink or a pool, Columbia representatives are offering a simple solution: have both - along with several other luxury options. The plan proposed by Columbia Association management calls for purchasing the Skateland roller-skating rink and a renovation of the Supreme Court athletic facility.
NEWS
By SANDY ALEXANDER and SANDY ALEXANDER,SUN REPORTER | November 7, 2005
Inside a nondescript building in the corner of a strip mall tucked off Joppa Road in Towson, the hip-hop music is thumping on Friday nights, the lights are low and the teenagers are showing off their moves. They just happen to be doing their socializing on wheels, roller-skating in endless circles around the floor at Skateland Orchard, where the decades-old pastime has attracted a new generation of fans. The 23-year-old roller rink draws about 300 skaters on a typical Friday, when it is open until after midnight and attracts the most young people.
NEWS
By Gerard Shields and Gerard Shields,SUN STAFF | October 4, 2001
Call it the Roller Derby in Randallstown. A group of 40 community organizations around the Liberty Road corridor is opposing a Baltimore County woman's plans to open a skating rink on Liberty Road. The organizations, known as the Liberty Road Community Council, met last week and voted to oppose the skating rink proposed by Karen Donaldson. Donaldson, a 34-year-old resident of the Milford Mill neighborhood, works with special-needs children at Kennedy Krieger Institute and has said she wants to provide a recreational outlet for Randallstown teen-agers.
NEWS
August 18, 2000
BLAMING SKATELAND for Monday night's high-speed car crash into a Carney bar would be unfair. But mere mention of the roller rink in the Loch Raven-Baynesville community produces groans from residents and business owners, and with good reason. Skateland needs to review its security policies, and tighten where necessary to help prevent these kinds of problems. For years, Skateland has attracted packs of teen-agers to its Friday night public skating sessions. Youths up to age 19 can skate until about 12:30 a.m. After closing, they flood the parking lot and nearby streets.
NEWS
By Jay Apperson and Jay Apperson,SUN STAFF | August 16, 2000
For a decade, residents and business owners near the Skateland roller rink in Towson have complained about unruly crowds that besiege the area after closing time. The rink operators responded by changing their operating hours, installing a metal detector to scan for weapons and, most recently, hiring off-duty police officers to guard the door and patrol the parking lot. "It just seems as though they had it in hand," said Sgt. Wayne Howard of the Baltimore County Police Department's Towson Precinct.