Thursday, May 9, 2013
The weekly concert series is one of a few events aimed at bringing folks to Parkville's Main Street this weekend.
If you're looking for live music, Parkville's Main Street is a good place to start this weekend. Friday evening marks the first in a series of concerts organized by the Parkville-Carney Business Association and country/rock/blues band the Wretched Outcasts will rock Parkville's Lavender Avenue parking lot from 5-8 p.m. Business association and Parkville Main Street Committee member Chris McDermott of Signs 2 Day recently posted to the Parkville Main Street Facebook page that food and beer are available at the event as well. The concert, part of a series running weekly on Friday nights through the end of June, is only one of the events designed to draw people to the Harford Road area this weekend. Check out the full schedule of bands …
Monday, March 18, 2013
The event will take place on the front lawn of the Parkville Recreation Center on May 11.
For the second year, Parkville is going to the dogs. On May 11, from 10 to 11 a.m., Parkville Main Street is bringing back the Harford Road Pup Crawl, which starts at the front lawn of the Parkville Recreation Center, according to at flyer from the group. Participants are welcome to bring well-behaved dogs on a short leash with clean-up bags. Contests for best trick, best costume, cutest and ugliest dogs start at 10 a.m., the flyer states. The walk, from the recreation center to Taylor Avenue and back, starts at 10:30 a.m. The event will also feature Tiki's Ice Cream Truck for dogs. For more information, contact Ruth Baisden at ruthbaisden@yahoo.com.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Capt. Gordon Skinner of Parkville's precinct 9 will be the guest speaker at a Jan. 10 Greater Parkville Community Council meeting.
For Parkville residents concerned about crime in the neighborhood, a Thursday night meeting will provide an opportunity to chat with one of the men in charge. Capt. Gordon Skinner, commander of Parkville's Baltimore County Police Department precinct, will be speaking to the Greater Parkville Community Council about crime trends in the area and taking questions and concerns from those who attend. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 and is held at the Parkville Senior Center, 8601 Harford Road. "If you have any crime related or traffic concerns please plan to attend this meeting," wrote Ruth Baisden, Greater Parkville Community Council president, in a post on Facebook. Baisden wrote that other items on the agenda include an update on the …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The events will be held at Parkville Shopping Center and Carney Elementary school.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Santa Claus is coming to town, and sooner than you think. Jolly Old Saint Nick will visit Carney Elementary School for the Carney Community Tree Lighting, then ride into Parkville on a Providence Volunteer Fire Company truck for the second annual Parkville Community Tree Lighting early next month. "Like" Parkville-Overlea Patch on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and sign up for newsletters to get instant updates. The 13th annual Carney event will be held at 8 p.m. Dec. 2, and is sponsored by the Carney Improvement Association and the Carney Elementary School PTA. "Santa and Mrs. Claus will visit with children and you can take your own photos. This is the REAL Santa," wrote Carney Improvement Association president Meg O'Hare in an email. "We…
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
On Saturday you can do three of the best things at once: support Parkville's Main Street initiative while eating German food and enjoying a beer.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
If you're looking for something to do this weekend, check out the Parkville Main Street Committee's Oktoberfest event at Racer's Saturday afternoon. The event, held at Racer's Cafe from 3-7 p.m., will benefit the Parkville Main Street Committee—a subgroup of the Greater Parkville Community Council that aims to revitalize the Harford Road business district. A $10 cover at the door includes a souvenir pint glass, a platter of German style food, live entertainment—a band called the Wretched Outlaws will perform— and your first beer. Among other events, the Parkville Main Street Comittee has been responsible for hosting a Christmas tree lighting near the Lavender Avenue parking lot and organizing a dogs day out called the Main Street Pup Crawl…
Friday, April 27, 2012
Parkville's Main Street committee has organized a canine-centric Saturday, including contests for the cutest and ugliest puppies.
Think you've got the cutest dog in Parkville-Overlea? What about a puppy with a face only you could love? Why not prove it to your peers — the Saturday morning Harford Road Pup Crawl will feature a contest to determine the neighborhoods cutest and ugliest canines. The event, organized by Parkville's Main Street Committee, is open to everyone; the only thing they ask is that you bring your "well-behaved dog on a short leash, clean up bags and a smile." The event starts at 9 a.m. at the Lavender Avenue parking lot — contests for cutest and ugliest dogs, best dog trick and best costume begin at 9:30 a.m. Then the group will take their four-footed friends for a walk up to Putty Hill Avenue and back along Harford Road. As a special treat for …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
What would you like to see in this vacant commercial space?
Ever since Burke's Pharmacy closed late in 2011, there's been a hole to be filled at 8500 Harford Road, the pharmacy's former home. According to a Baltimore Sun article published last October, owner Pat Burke made the decision to close the Parkville location along with a Burke's Pharmacy in Reisterstown and Chestnut AID pharmacy in Hampden. The question now is what would you like to see take Burke's place? An online real estate listing says that the 3,000 square foot building is available for lease at a rate of $3,450 per month and that you could buy the building (including two upstairs apartments and a "garage warehouse") for $549,000. Do you miss Burke's Pharmacy? Is there a type of business missing from this part of Parkville? What do …
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Numerous business and property owners turned out alongside residents and elected officials to discuss the possibility of revitalizing the Harford Road business district in Parkville.
The Parkville community turned out in force Tuesday night in a show of soldiarity that unequivocally stated: we're ready to revitalize our neighborhood. Over 70 residents, business owners and property owners turned out for a meeting organized by the all-volunteer Parkville Main Street Committee and orchestrated by Baltimore County's Department of Planning. "This all began with a streetscape," said Main Street Committee member Andrea Messier. "Now that we have nice sidewalks to make it safe and walkable . . . The community is really ready for the second phase of the Parkville revitalization project." To Messier and the other members of the Main Street Committee, like Greater Parkville Community Council president Ruth Baisden, that second …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Parkville's Main Street Committee has organized an open meeting with the Baltimore County Department of Planning.
The good people of the Parkville Main Street Committee have organized a meeting tonight with the Baltimore County Department of Planning to talk about the future of Parkville's business district and you're invited. The meeting will be held from 7-9 p.m. at the Parkville Recreation Center. According to Andrea Messier, a Parkville Main Street Committee member, the sixth district planner for Baltimore County—Laurie Hays—is scheduled to attend the meeting. Messier said that tonight's meeting has been a long time coming—the Main Street Committee first sat down with the Planning Department back in July. "We talked about our concerns for Parkville—we had just finished the streetscape project, that was the first part of the revitalization of the …
Priscilla Russo
2:20 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
The craft stands was a wonderful idea. Love that we are helping our local businesses:) However, AGAIN, what is with every event containing alcohol? I am not against drinking but there are already 4 bars on that corner. If we are trying to create a family atmosphere and give them more to do then maybe we should stop with all the alcohol! All it Does is promote under aged drinking and driving home. more ›