Village Shopping Center

Police are looking for a man and a woman they believe are responsible for the armed robbery of a Rite Aid employee in Westminster yesterday afternoon.According to police, an employee of the Rite Aid in the 140 Village shopping center was driving to the bank with the store's money bag when she noticed a man in his 20s arguing with a woman on the sidewalk.The employee told police that the woman, who had blond hair and was short with a medium build, stepped off the sidewalk directly in front of her car.The man, who had long blond hair and a scar on his left cheek, opened the car door and threatened the employee with a hunting knife.

What is it that has etched the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in our collective memories? Could it have just been the presence of three soda fountains - at the old Arundel, the Tommy Tucker or the Whelan's? A fire damaged a section of the 1947 Edmondson Village Shopping Center this week, but don't count this retailing veteran out. The center has weathered enormous change.

Sketching a new vision for the historic community of Dundalk, a national team of urban designers unveils today a plan that recommends stronger infrastructure links to Baltimore and a string of marinas, parks and residential villages along a revitalized waterfront. Some projects could take months, others decades. And the long-range question of financing such an ambitious community redevelopment remains unanswered. But blue-collar Dundalk in the eastern section of Baltimore County has been re-energized by the possibilities.

Kings Contrivance Village's Crown Prints newsletter published an emergency quiz which is applicable to every household.If an emergency vehicle were called to your home:1. Would it be able to find your house?2. Is your house number clearly visible from the street?3. Is there easy access for the vehicle to get to your home?4. Are cars parked legally or would they delay an emergency team?If your home has a long driveway, consider posting your house number near the street. Guidelines are available from each village covenant adviser for house number location and the color of house numbers.

HAMPSTEAD - They don't do much shopping these days at the Hampstead Village Shopping Center.The Black Rock Road strip mall -- formerly the home of a small grocery store, a video rental shop and a pizza parlor -- has been vacant for more than year now, a year in which retail growth elsewhere in town has been steady.Fast-food restaurants, convenience stores and small businesses have been built, boosting Hampstead's property tax base and economic well-being.It is that economic growth that the Columbia-based developers of Roberts Field Shopping Center -- now taking shape less than a mile from the empty Hampstead Village -- are banking on."

Today's the last day to help the Easter Seal Society by buying a Valentine Card-Cone for your children at Dobbin Road Friendly's.It's a sweet way to help others and keep the kids happy, too.*Oakland Mills students proved their athletic prowess recently.Stevens Forest Elementary School's Elena Hekimian earned high scores on the vault (9.55), exercise bars (8.25) and uneven parallel bars (8.65) at a recent Columbia Gymnastics meet. Lindsay Derenberger, a student at Oakland Mills Middle School, placed 10th in the Ohio Buckeye Classic Gymnastics competition, where she represented Columbia Gymnastics.

Amid a cacophonous din, Angie Jessee is balancing an avalanche of orders with the steely nerves of an air traffic controller. "You get extra hots, right?" Jessee shouts to a guy mesmerized by heaps of shaved beef and sliced onions sizzling on Captain Harvey's grill in Dundalk. Another customer yells for a large order of Spudsters, deep-fried mashed potatoes. For the lady in the business suit, just lettuce and pickles - hold the hots. Phones ring, a spatula clangs, a pinball machine clatters.

Let's keep the "ho-ho-ho" in all 12 months of 1995. It was my observation that people greeted people on the streets and in stores with a cheery "hello," and contributions to charitable organizations were made without thought to a tax receipt.But people who needed our help during the past two months need food, clothing and shelter all 12 months of the year.Would "January Joy," "February Friendship," etc., entice thoughtful giving?Perhaps local civic organizations or high schools' community service projects could sponsor particular months.

Today is primary election day, so please vote!Whatever your schedule, take the time to cast your ballot. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.And vote for every office. Sometimes there is a tendency to vote for only the "name" offices.There is always the possibility that today's candidate for a local office will someday be a "name" candidate. Know your candidates and vote. It's your government!Have a question? Call the Board of Elections, (410) 313-2727.*This is the month to make a decision about adult and student arts and crafts fall classes.

It's mid-July. There's still plenty of time to experience summer. Young adults are invited to register for a weekend camping trip to Cunningham Falls in the Catoctin Mountains Aug. 5 to Aug. 7.The trip is sponsored by the Young Adult Ministry office of St. John Roman Catholic Church. For full details and registration, call 992-0715 or 964-1434.*So many things to do, but never time to do them? Artist Roberta Morgan will teach techniques for balancing your life between day-to-day responsibilities and fulfillment of personal interests.