August 2, 2022
Baltimore County is currently experiencing a rise in residential burglaries involving Asian Business owners and employees. This may be part of a regional and/or national trend and offenders may be travelling to the area from other jurisdictions to commit these offenses. These business owners are specifically targeted. The suspects in these cases are organized and work in teams to surveil their targets prior to the burglaries. Suspects learn the life patterns of these owners by following a business owner home. While the victim is at work running the business, the burglars return to the victim’s home, break in, and steal cash and valuables.
The Baltimore County Police Department offers these preventive measures:
Keep your car locked while at work and secure your registration.
Be cognizant of any cars in the neighborhood that aren’t normally there.
Be aware of anyone who might be following you home.
Give thought to how you secure your valuables in your house.
Install surveillance cameras on or around the home and business.
Consider having a home or business alarm system installed.
Sliding glass doors tend to be an easy point of entry. Special locks and bars are available to prevent lifting and prying of the active door.
All exterior doors should be equipped with deadbolt locks. If the door is equipped with a window which is less than 40” away from the lock, a double-cylinder deadbolt lock is recommended.
Arrange landscaping/plants to allow for “natural surveillance” of your property. Avoid blocking windows and entrance doors from the view of pedestrians, motorists, and police. Landscaping should be trimmed so criminals cannot use it for concealment.
Illuminate the exterior of the home at night. Position lights to avoid glare, shadows, and blind spots. Consider motion sensor (demand lighting, timers).
The door frame is often referred to as the door jamb, and it is inherently weak. In most cases the frame is the weakest component of the door assembly. Adequately anchor the strike plate to the framing of the house by using 3” long screws.
Call 911 immediately if you feel you are being followed to your home, suspicious vehicles and persons. Take an extra minute and scan your neighborhood before departing.
Security surveys are a “free” service to all Baltimore County residents and business owners. Community Outreach Team officers will emphasize “target hardening” as a crime prevention tool.
For questions, concerns or additional information contact your precincts Outreach Team, or the Baltimore County Police Department’s Community Services Section, Bryan Dietsch @ 410-887-5901
Updated: Aug 12, 2022
08/03/2022
The primary election is now over. Unfortunately, the report is that there was a very low overall voter turnout. There were some very tight races but the voters have spoken. Now those candidates, who are not unopposed, are set to begin their campaigning for the general election in November. Here are the election results for our area.
Elected Office | Democratic Primary Winners | Republic Primary Winners |
Baltimore County Council 1st District | Patrick Young Jr. | Albert Nalley |
Baltimore County Council 2nd District | Izzy Patoka | James Amos |
Baltimore County Council 4th District | Julian E. Jones Jr. | Kim Bryant |
Baltimore County Executive | John Olszewski Jr. | Pat McDonough |
Baltimore County States Attorney | Scott Shellenberger | James A. Haynes |
Baltimore County Clerk of the Circuit Court | Julie Ensor | Brian A. Campbell |
Baltimore County Register of Wills | Alexis Burrell-Rohde | Lauren Castro |
Baltimore County Sheriff | R. Jay Fisher | Andy Kuhl |
Baltimore County 1st District School Board | Robin Harvey | Nonpartisan |
Baltimore County 2nd District School Board | Jane E. Lichter | Nonpartisan |
Baltimore County 4th District School Board | Brenda Hatcher-Savoy | Nonpartisan |
MD 10th District House of Delegates | Adrienne A. Jones N. Scott Phillips Jennifer White | Patricia R. Fallon Jordan Porompyae |
MD 44A House of Delegates | Eric Ebersole | Joseph D. "Joe" Hooe |
MD 44B House of Delegates | Sheila Ruth Alethia McCaskill | Unopposed |
MD 10th District Senate | Ben Brooks | William Newton |
MD 44 District Senate | Charles E. Sydnor III | Unopposed |
MD Comptroller | Brooke Elizabeth Lierman | Barry Glassman |
MD Attorney General | Anthony G. Brown | Michael Anthony Peroutka |
MD Governor | Wes Moore and Aruna Miller | Kelly Schulz and Jeff Woolford |
U.S. Representative 2nd District | C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Nicolee Ambrose |
U.S. Representative 7th District | Kwiesi Mfume | Scott M. Collier |
U.S. Senate | Chris Van Hollen | Chris Chaffee |
Please share with family, friends, and neighbors. Encourage everyone to register to vote and vote by mail-in ballot, early voting or at the general election polling station. It is the civic duty of all of us. If you don't vote, don't complain.
To vote by mail, you must request a mail-in ballot from the State Board of Elections or your local board. Your request for a mail-in ballot for the Gubernatorial General Election must be received by November 1, 2022.
Mail-in ballots must be postmarked or placed in a designated ballot drop box by 8 pm on November 8, 2022 for the Gubernatorial General Election.
To vote in person, Marylanders can vote during early voting or on election day:
• Early voting will be held for 8 days and begin on Thursday, October 27, 2022 through Thursday, November 3, 2022 from 7 am until 8 pm for the Gubernatorial General Election. You can vote early at any early voting center in the county you live in.
• The Gubernatorial General Election Day is November 8, 2022. To vote in person on election days, vote at your assigned polling place.
08/04/2022
On Saturday, September 10, 2022 the Villa Nova Community Association (VNCA) will host a community flea market from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. The rain date will be September 17th. The flea market will be held at the Villa Nova Park located on Villa Nova and Queen Anne Road 21207.
For those interested in a vendor's spot, payments may be made in advance or on site. Space is first come, first choice. NO REFUNDS! Set-up starts at 8:15AM; Tables and chairs are not provided; Vendors must bring their own equipment to display merchandise. Shut-down is 2:00PM; All areas must be cleaned and cleared by 2:30PM.
Check-in will be done at your table. When you arrive, please set-up and a representative will come to you. Display your check-in receipt on your table. VNCA reserves the right to withhold space rental from those it decides to
be in conflict with the market's regulations. The follow regulations must be observed:
NO subletting of spaces. If original vendor leaves space, VNCA reserves the right to sell the space to another vendor.
Vendors must remove all of their own garbage and litter. Vendors are not to leave behind unsold merchandise.
Anyone found dumping will be prosecuted.
The use of loud speakers or public address systems is prohibited.
Alcohol is prohibited on market grounds. Any vendor found intoxicated may be subject to arrest for public intoxication.
VNCA reserves the right to eliminate any items from sale or swap, or the manner in which it is displayed.
Vehicles must not block vendors.
Vendor hereby agrees to indemnify and name harmless the Villa Nova Community Association and its members from:
any and all claims, causes of action, and suits arising, occurring or resulting from any damage, injury or loss of property of any nature caused by, arising out of, or in any way connected with the exercise by the vendor or VNCA and its members, of the privileges herein granted.
VNCA will not be responsible for any loss or damage of property resulting from inclement weather.
Vendor is responsible for collection and payment of any federal, state, or local taxes.
PROHIBITED SALE ITEMS
Counterfeit merchandise (imitation designer purses, shoes, clothing, and sunglasses, CDs or DVDs)
Drugs, drug paraphernalia and alcohol
Firearms and ammunition
Fireworks and explosives
Animals
Foods
Click below for vendor form, rules and regulations.
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