walthersonian newsletter october 2014
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Newsletter for the Waltherson neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore City.TRANSCRIPT
WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 3622
BALTIMORE, MD 21214
www.waltherson.org
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WALTHERSON MEETS QUARTERLY; THERE IS NO MEETING IN OCTOBER NEXT WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY MEETING
When: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 @ 7:30 PM
Where: Harbel (5807 Harford Road)
Get Involved Join WIA today! With membership your vote is counted and your voice heard in the community. Receive your monthly WIA newsletter to stay on top of what is happening in your neighborhood. Please complete the form below and send with your payment to: Waltherson Improvement Association P.O. Box 3622 Baltimore, MD 21214
October 2014
Recycling every Tuesday! Trash every Thursday! Bulk Trash (Call 311 to schedule) Street Sweeping 3rd Wednesday – Even Sides 4th Wednesday – Odd Sides
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Next Meeting: November 4th, 7:30 PM at Harbel (5807 Harford Road) Agenda: Annual Elections of WIA Board
President’s Letter Hello & happy fall,
As many of you know Rob Walshe is one of our right-hand men who helps to keep WIA organized and
well informed. He is a former President & has remained on the board for many years. It is with sadness
that we offer our condolences for the loss of his Dad, who was quite young. Rob is close to his family &
lives in his great grandparent’s old family home here in Waltherson. Our thoughts go out to him & his
family.
There is a lot going on in the fall in our neighborhoods. Please come & support them when you can. The
Lauraville Fair is this Sat. from 12-6pm at Heinz Park (4200 Harford Rd at Walther Ave). Then, on Oct
23rd at 6 pm, at the Enoch Pratt Library at 5910 Harford Rd, Bill Barry, the author of The 1877 Railroad
Strike in Baltimore, will be giving a talk about his new book. This should be a great way to find out more
about our history. On Sat., Nov 1st, Waltherson will host another Block Party from 12-5 pm. We have
yet to finalize the place but will announce it in our next newsletter & on our websites. Mark your
calendars & please come out & support us & meet your neighbors.
November’s meeting will include our annual elections. Our General WIA meeting (now quarterly) will be
on the FIRST TUES in NOV (11/4) at Harbel at 7:30 pm. We have several people on the ballot who are
current Board Members; however if you are interested in running as a board member, please see Mike
Hilliard at Harbel. He is our Chair of the nominating committee. Keep in mind you must be a resident &
are current on your membership dues in order to vote.
Enjoy the fall,
Helene Quinn
President
Please Consider Volunteering for 2015
Our annual elections of the board of the Waltherson Improvement Association will be held at the next
meeting. Please consider running for a position or volunteering in some other capacity. Positions and
committees are listed on the last page of the newsletter. Those interested in a position should e-mail
Mike Hilliard, who is chairing our nominating committee at [email protected]. If you have any
other questions about what is involved or would like to contribute in some other capacity we would love
to hear from you at [email protected]
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Baltimore Broadband Coalition There is grassroots effort to bring cheaper, faster internet options to Baltimore City by motivating the deployment of fast fiberoptic technology as has already occurred in many other cities. An adequate fiber network can then allow competition for the provision of Internet services. By showing strong numbers in this campaign and by working with our elected officials, they expect to motivate interest by new fiber providers to invest in Baltimore. If you are frustrated with internet options and prices here, please consider donating $10 to their efforts at the link below: http://www.crowdfiber.com/campaigns/baltimore-broadband-coalition
Upcoming Traffic/Roadwork Projects DOT updates:
The reconfiguration of Frankford intersections at Hamilton Ave & Corse Ave have been postponed due to funding issues.
The markings of the bike lane on southbound Walther Ave at Parkside will be changing to prevent southbound traffic from utilizing the bike lane.
They are reviewing the pattern of southbound Walther Ave where the road narrows at Frankford.
They are looking into whether there is funding to resurface the 5400 block of Pembroke Ave this year
We are waiting on results from the following requests: o Traffic Calming on Holder Ave between Echodale Ave and Southern Ave o Traffic Calming on Ailsa Ave between Harford Road and Holder Ave
o Traffic Calming on Hamilton & Frankford between Harford & Walther.
In the past concerns were raised that speeding concerns still exist for Southern Ave despite the installation of Speed Humps. Traffic Studies show that speeds on the road show it still warrants calming.
o If there is interest in pursuing this or requesting traffic enforcement by the police, please let us know by e-mailing [email protected] or write us at P.O. Box 3622 Baltimore MD 21214.
Winter 2014
SC909 & SC911: Improvements to Sanitary Sewers of the Herring Run Sewershed o Rehabilitation work on sanitary gravity sewers ranging from 8-inches to 27-
inches in diameter and manhole replacements throughout neighborhood o Affected properties can be found on PDFs at this link:
http://www.cleanwaterbaltimore.org/consent-decree-projects
Summer/Fall 2015
Harford Road Herring Run Bridge Reconstruction begins o Harford Road will be closed at Herring Run for two years during reconstruction
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Upcoming Neighborhood Events: October
2nd - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road
3rd – First Friday Art Crawl o Hamilton Gallery 5502 Harford Road o Hamilton Bakery, 5414 Harford; 5-9 http://www.hamiltonbakery.com/events-and-
specials/ (free cupcakes!) o Creative Arts of Maryland 5424 Harford Road
https://www.facebook.com/creativeartsofmd o NEW: 4300 block of Harford Road and the Market Connection Space September
5th, 6-9 pm. Food, Wine, Shopping at the The Gift Cellar and Market Connection, Art Openings, "side-walk snips" a la the The Chop Shop!
o Charmed Life Gallery, 4505 Harford; 6-9 – SLIMED! Ghostbusters themed art show. http://charmedlifegallery.com/art-gallery-exhibits/
o Additional details http://www.hamiltonlauravillemainstreet.blogspot.com/
7th - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road
11th – After the Battle: A Day At Clifton 10am-3pm at Clifton Mansion 2701 St Lo Dr.
12th – Last Showing at Performance Workshop Theatre of Sea Marks
12th – Indie 900 Downhill Derby Check-in 9am / Race 10am
14th - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road
18th – Camping at Herring Run Park – Hall Springs (3800 Harford Road) 5pm
19th – Cleanup of Biddison Family Cemetery – 2pm - 3821 Forrester Ave
21th - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road
28th - Tuesday Market 4-8 PM at 4500 Harford Road & Boo Fest
November 1 – Waltherson Block Party Boo-B-Q – Details forthcoming
IN AND AROUND WALTHERSON
TreeKeepers TreeKeepers is a city-wide tree stewardship program and open to anyone interested in Baltimore's trees. TreeKeepers promotes healthy trees by educating residents and increasing
their role in the care of the City's trees. Through this training, citizens can become tree advocates and share the responsibility to plant and care for trees in their neighborhood and throughout the City.
Baltimore Orchard Project
Thousands of pounds of fruit fall to the ground each year around our neighborhoods all across Baltimore, yet many in our community go hungry or lack access to fresh healthy foods each day. The Baltimore Orchard Project wants to help change this situation and we want your
participation. We only ask that you respond to the questionnaire bellow and be willing to donate some of your fruits to the project. We'll do the rest! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RGRCGC9
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Rueckert Ave Historic Walking Tour
Chris Muldowney, from Lauraville and the Northeast Baltimore History Roundtable, was kind enough to put us in touch with Mr. Nils Rueckert to help us gather some family history surrounding
Waltherson’s Rueckert Ave. Mr Rueckert has provided us with a wealth of information on the history of the area. If you are interested in working with us to develop a walking tour of
Rueckert Ave similar to Lauraville’s Montebello Terrace tours, please contact Rob Walshe at [email protected].
Montebello Terrace Walking Tour: http://lauravillemd.wordpress.com/historic-lauraville-2/
Biddison Family Cemetery Cleanup Cedar Light Grove, who helped us in cleaning up the neglected Biddison Cemetery on Forrester Ave has contacted us to let us know they’re targeting another cleanup this month on October 19th. We’re planning to meet on 10/19 at 2 PM at the cemetery (3821 Forrester Ave). Please consider joining us to help us maintain this neglected piece of Waltherson’s history.
As noted in the November 2013 newsletter: The story of the cemetery is a sad one; the last listed owner of the cemetery is Edwin K. Gontrum who died in 1987. He is related to the
Biddisons on his mother’s side and his father is buried in the cemetery. The Biddisons owned the farm that existed in the area before the area was incorporated into the City and developed; we are told that the white house on Corse was the family’s old farmhouse. Today many of the
grave stones are damaged and the cemetery is unmaintained. This is one of two neglected cemeteries in our community, the other being the Burgan cemetery located just south of Parkwood in the 4900 block of Belair Road. We welcome any suggestions on restoring and
maintaining them. Business Spotlight Charm City Wings and Waffles – 5501 Harford Road
You may have noticed the brown
paper that went up in the windows of the former Blockbuster Building at 5501 Harford Road in the past few weeks. Coming Soon to this location
will be Charm City Wings & Waffles. This will be the third Charm City Wings & Waffles in Baltimore City
with the original location located on Washington Blvd in Pigtown.
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Upcoming Play @ Performance Workshop Theatre: Sea Marks
Coming Soon to Performance Workshop Theatre in Hamilton 5426 Harford Road September 12 - October 12
Sea Marks Directed by Marlyn G. Robinson | Staring Marc Horwitz & Katherine Lyons
A rough-hewn fisherman, living by the sea, on a remote island off the West of Ireland meets a
woman from the city of Liverpool. Can the passion that ignites them bring their two worlds together?
A play of exuberance, humor, romance, and sadness, Sea Marks is not a traditional love story but a story about what motivates people to take great risks in life to find happiness and what it means to belong to a place, to hold a way of life in your heart.
Thursdays - Saturdays - 8 PM | Sundays - 3 PM
Tickets - General Admission $25 / Senior $20 / Student $15
For tickets & information, call 410-659-7830 and visit: www.performanceworkshoptheatre.org
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Block Captains We’ve mentioned this in past newsletters & will continue to develop this concept. Since we are a small group, we need your help. If we utilize block captains as resources, we build a stronger team in all segments of the area. People would go directly to the block captains for their
concerns. These would be filtered out, utilizing the resources & contact we have. Each block captain would have a list of contacts & then report back to the entire group & to the executive board. If everyone pitches in, we can all do our part. Please, find somethi ng that is your passion.
Maybe gardening is your thing, maybe vacant houses really annoys you, maybe you want to help a neighbor whose house needs some repairs. Whatever be the case, if we all do our part, we can help each other.
Styrofoam / Polystyrene Recycling
If you want to recycle Styrofoam but cannot make it to the sanitation yard, Waltherson member
Louise Harmony has offered to drop it off. Please get in touch with Robert Walshe at a meeting or by e-mailing us at [email protected] if you are interested. You can also leave a message for us on Facebook or tweet us @WalthersonAssoc.
Note: CHECK THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER FOR A NUMBER 6. Only number 6 items are accepted. No peanuts or packing material.
NECOP – Northeast Citizens on Patrol In Northeast Baltimore we have a district wide Citizens on Patrol program called NECOP. The
reasoning behind the COP program is that regular neighborhood patrols can make criminals feel uncomfortable and drive them out of our neighborhood. Participants meet at the Northeast Police station at 1900 Argonne Drive near Morgan State and get a walkie talkie to keep them in
contact with the Police and then proceed to patrol their neighborhoods in their cars. Patrols normally go out each Thursday and Friday from about 7:30 - 10:30. For anyone interested in the Citizens on Patrol program, please contact Rob at [email protected].
Hamilton-Lauraville (HL) Sprouts
There’s a new family group in town. HL Sprouts is a parent partnership designed to allow parents of kids aged 0-12 to meet up, arrange play dates, and get to
know other parents in the area. They are a chapter of the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance. Check them out, there are several kid-friendly meet ups going on
each week in the area. https://www.facebook.com/groups/HLSprouts/
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Please visit our sponsors:
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Proud Member of:
WIA Volunteers
Officers:
President 1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Secretary Treasurer Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms
At-Large Member
Helene Quinn
Paul McCartney
Frank Will iams
Rob Walshe
Francis Beane
Lisa Hom Sue Kessel Ronisha Moore
Standing Committees and Representatives:
Housing Block Party
Traffic Schools & Child Advocacy
Block Captains
Robert Walshe, Sue Kessel, Helene Quinn, Frank Williams
Paul McCartney
Terrye Muratore
Rob Walshe, Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Harford Road CRP Rep.
Garden Sign &
Projects
Digital Outreach &
Communications
Police Liaison / NECOP
Chairman Main: Sue Kessel Alt: Rob Walshe
Ron Derr Robert Walshe Rob Walshe
Local Chapter of the
Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance