Friday, May 17, 2013
A sketch plan for a new townhome community is proposed off Joyce Lane.
A new townhouse community planned for East Joyce Lane could bring 50 townhomes to the Arnold area, according to a developer’s proposal. A community meeting is scheduled for May 28 at the Severna Park Library for the public to hear details on the proposed sketch plan for an unnamed development at the intersection of Ritchie Highway and Joyce Lane, according to a notice from the county’s Office of Planning and Zoning. The community would be situated next to Admiral’s Ridge in Arnold. The project, currently referred to as the Hawk/Webb property, comes from Elm Street Development on three consolidated parcels of land totaling 15.3 acres, according to a real property search. The purpose of the May 28 meeting will be for the developer to present…
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Executive Laura Neuman will speak at the Arnold campus on May 22.
Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman is scheduled to speak at Anne Arundel Community College in a joint event hosted by several local citizens groups. Local residents are invited to attend a speech by Neuman at AACC on May 22 in Arnold where the executive will lay out her priorities for the next fiscal year. Neuman will also host a question and answer session after her presentation. The event is being hosted by the Broadneck Council of Communities, the Arnold Preservation Council and the Greater Severna Park Council, and will take place at 7 p.m. May 22 in the Florestano Building lecture hall at AACC's Arnold campus. Neuman became the county's executive in February after being chosen by the Anne Arundel County Council to serve out …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Mumma helps organize the annual Earth Day Festivals in Severna Park.
The Arnold Preservation Council's vice president, Sage Mumma, was a recent recipient of the ASPIRE award for her volunteer work with the Watershed Action Group. The award was given out by the Greater Severna Park Council, of which Mumma is also a member. The council issued the following statement regarding Mumma's work: The Greater Severna Park Watershed Action Group is proud to nominate Sage Mumma for the 2013 ASPIRE Leadership Award. She and her husband, Michael, have two grown children and five grandsons. She majored in chemistry and worked in the field of biophysics and microbiology. She later earned a Masters in Education and taught mathematics at Broadneck High School for fifteen years. Sage was a founding member of the Arnold …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
A tree was planted in honor of Lucy Iliff, the Arnold Preservation Council's former president.
The current president and former president of the Arnold Preservation Council met on the Baltimore Annapolis Trail recently to plant a tree. Lucy Iliff, the former president, was bestowed a plaque and tree along the trail by Elizabeth Rosborg, the current president. Iliff was one of the founding members of the Arnold Preservation Council, a group of local residents who seek to preserve the area's rural heritage from encroaching development. When the groundwork of the county's General Development Plan was underway in 1998, Iliff and a neighbor began charting the areas that they felt should be protected from commercial development. Their ideas were seconded by dozens of others in a petition, which made its way to Broadneck's Small Area Plan…
Monday, December 24, 2012
What's on your Christmas list for Broadneck?
If you could ask Santa for something that would benefit everyone in Broadneck, what would it be? Here are a few ideas that I came up with. Flying Cars This was the first thing that popped into my head, and I think pretty much everyone that lives in Arnold could get behind this notion without any second thoughts. Barring that, I'd love for Santa to use his vast powers and elves to create a solution to traffic congestion along Route 50 and College Parkway. These days I tend not to leave the house between 4 to 6 p.m. just to avoid getting caught in traffic. More Restaurants I think Broadneck may also benefit from some more restaurants. There are some great ones here, but my wife and I hit the same ones so often that more local variety would …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Phase 1 also includes an entrance to the trail from the parking lot of the Broadneck Library.
Construction crews are working hard in cold weather to finish up the first phase of the Broadneck Peninsula Trail, which will stretch from Green Holly Drive to Old Cape St. Claire Road. The ultimate goal of the trail is to create a path for walkers and bikers in Broadneck that connects from Cape St. Claire all the way to the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail. Anne Arundel County Government spokesman Dave Abrams said Friday that the trail's first phase should be completed by January. Abrams also said that residents shouldn't worry about the vegetation that has been displaced during the construction work. "There will be significant replanting, so people can rest assured that once the trail is complete, it will look much better," Abrams said. "…
Friday, August 17, 2012
An area historian is answering that question along with many others in a new book.
Arnold is a place everyone on the Broadneck peninsula frequents, whether we're simply passing through, or visiting local shops. But did you ever ask yourself where the name "Arnold" came from? Broadneck historian Alberta Stornetta is chronicling the area's rich story in a book titled Arnold, MD and Neighbors on the Broadneck, and is aiming for a release by the end of the year. Stornetta has said it is going to be the book that "puts Arnold on the map," but it also will contain the histories of the Providence and Cape St. Claire areas of the peninsula. A sampling of the book's opening sections is available for review on the Arnold Preservation Council's website. The first section of the book deals with the origin behind Arnold's naming. The…
Friday, August 3, 2012
The first phase of the trail's construction should be completed by early 2013.
County officials formally plunged golden shovels into the dirt at the site of a new, 6.6-mile trail in Broadneck on Thursday. The crowd gathered for The Broadneck Peninsula Trail's groundbreaking ceremony was a shortlist for local parks and trails enthusiasts. Members of the Arnold Preservation Council, Broadneck Council of Communities and the Friends of Anne Arundel County Trails all wore smiles, despite the heat. The trail will span the peninsula from west to east, linking Sandy Point State Park to the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail in Arnold. Phase 1 of the project includes the construction of a trail along College Parkway from Green Holly Drive to Cape St. Claire Road and the Walnut Ridge community (see attached .PDF). Phases of the …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The first phase of the trail will link Green Holly Drive to Cape St. Claire Road.
The Broadneck Peninsula Trail—a 6.6-mile trail that will link Sandy Point State Park to the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail in Arnold, is scheduled to break ground on Thursday. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, and is open to the public. Phase 1 of the project includes the construction of a trail along College Parkway from Green Holly Drive to Cape St. Claire Road and the Walnut Ridge community. The full scope of the trail will utilize right-of-way property along College Parkway and provide access to Anne Arundel Community College, local elementary and middle schools, Broadneck High, Broadneck Library and several community parks. The landmark public trail, which will also benefit area bikers, has been in the …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
The new CVS Pharmacy won't begin construction until at least 2013, developers said.
A community meeting for a proposed CVS Pharmacy in Arnold drew a standing-room only crowd on Wednesday. The business would be built at 1500 Ritchie Highway, where the Furniture Solution is currently located. The developer for the CVS proposal, JC BAR Properties Inc., said the Furniture Solution's 30,000-square-foot building would be demolished, and a 13,200-square-foot CVS would be built in its place. The developers also plan to add trees and shrubbery to the parking lot and surroundings, and move the entrance on Arnold Road back a few feet to help ease traffic congestion in the area. But that wasn't enough to assuage the concerns of most people in the audience. "A lot of people get trapped coming out of Arnold Station trying to turn left…
John Norville
4:52 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
Congratulations Sage on your well-deserved Award for your contributions to Broadneck, Arnold, the PAB, GSPC, etc.! John Norville [PAB, GSPC, ASPIRE Award 2010] Correction to the above article: The Awards are by the ASPIRE = Association for Severna Park Improvement, Renewal, and Enhancement, Inc., NOT the GSPC = Greater Severna Park Council, which Sage was a valued member. more ›