Year in Review: May 2011

We're going through the Parkville-Overlea Patch archives, month by month, to pick out some of the most important moments in 2011.

What were the biggest moments for you? How did they change your neighborhood? Tell us in the comments.

May was a huge month in news — it started off with the death of Osama Bin Laden, which was announced by President Barack Obama on May 1. Soon thereafter, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, the ranking Democratic member of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (which oversees the NSA and CIA), addressed residents at Oak Crest Retirement community.

An attempt to serve a warrant led police to a two-hour-long standoff, when the man they were attempting to arrest barricaded himself inside a home on Perring Terrace. He was evenutally arrested, and no one was harmed in the incident.

Late in May the weather became unseasonably hot, causing schools to close due to heat and humidity — it was a relief when it was announced that Harford Hills Elementary school would have air conditioning installed in the near future.

At a Baltimore County Revenue Authority board meeting, the decision was finally made to sell Parkville's Lavender Avenue parking lot. The board voted 2-1 to sell to Towson-based DMS Development for a total of $530,000. The developer planned to build a Walgreens on the site.