Thursday, May 24, 2012
A Maryland senator said colleagues were sidetracked by same-sex marriage issues throughout the session.
Maryland Sen. John C. Astle (D-30th District) called the recent general assembly the worst he’s ever been involved in, blaming the marriage equality bill for sidetracking other discussions. Astle, of Annapolis, spoke to a crowd of about a dozen at the monthly Arnold Preservation Council meeting on Wednesday at Asbury United Methodist Church. "Of the 30 sessions I've been through, this was probably the worst one,” Astle said. “The outcome was not good, the entire general assembly looked pretty bad to the rest of the state." Astle is a military veteran who has been involved in the state senate since 1995, and before that was in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983-1995. He said the state's fiscal year 2013 budget predicated on cuts and …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The next meeting of the Arnold Preservation Council will give Sen. John C. Astle a chance to speak on this year's session.
Do you have a question about this year's senate session? Sen. John C. Astle (D-30th District) will give community leaders an overview of the recently concluded senate session and the special budget session that ended Wednesday. Astle's recap will be featured at the next Arnold Preservation Council (APC) meeting at 7:30 p.m. May 23 at Asbury United Methodist Church in Arnold. "After a brief business meeting, Senator John Astle, 30th Legislative District, Finance Committee Vice Chairman, Maryland State Legislature, will recap this years session and recent special budget session," according to a release from the APC. Patch interviewed many members of the APC in a February series on Arnold's identity crisis. More information about the group …
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Monday, April 30, 2012
The APC met Saturday to clean up the trail.
Volunteers from the Arnold Preservation Council (APC) helped tidy up the Baltimore Annapolis Trail on Saturday. The volunteers began at Chesapeake Academy in Arnold and were divided into four teams to spread out their cleanup efforts north up to Jones Station Road. Along the way, they found discarded tires along a ravine and bags of trash. "Despite the threat of rain and low participation, we collected a lot of trash and 16 tires," said APC President Elizabeth Rosborg. The APC meets monthly in various places around town. Their mission is to unite the community of Arnold, preserve its rural heritage, and enhance its environment by advocating responsible growth, linked neighborhoods, local businesses and excellent schools, according to a …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Two area citizens groups are promoting a composting tool for sale on Earth Day in April.
The Earth Machine looks like a fancy, upside-down trash can. But it's a useful tool for creating your own organic mulch from composting materials, according to one Arnold resident. The Arnold Preservation Council (APC), in conjunction with the Greater Severna Park Watershed Action Group, is putting out the word for the composting tool, which can be preordered now and made available for pickup on Earth Day, April 21. Sage Mumma, the vice president of the APC, has been using an Earth Machine in her backyard garden for years. She said it’s made composting easier. “A lot of people don’t like composting because of the smell, but with this, they’re not smelly if properly kept,” Mumma said. “It helps break down the materials. What you end up with…
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Arnold Preservation Council handed a donation check to the Arnold Volunteer Fire Department on Monday.
History buffs were treated to a lecture about the beginning of the Arnold Community Center of yore at Monday night's Arnold Preservation Council meeting, held at the Arnold Volunteer Fire Department. The council's Monday meeting was the first presided over by its new president, Elizabeth Rosborg, who assumed her duties in January from former president Lucy Iliff. Monday's meeting was also the first time the council has met in the Arnold Volunteer Fire Department, once known as the Arnold Community Center. The council has no set location for its meetings, and so it travels between a few different buildings in Arnold for each monthly meeting. "We don't have a home right now, but we want to expose as many places within Arnold as we can," …
Friday, March 2, 2012
The secretary for the Arnold Preservation Council said the group has a long-term plan for the area.
Editor's note: This is part four in an ongoing series about Arnold's identity crisis, and what's being done about it. Some have said Arnold is facing an identity crisis, but not all agree. Arnold Preservation Council (APC) Vice President Sage Mumma said she thinks Arnold is just beginning to form its identity. And the council has been working on a visioning project that would help solidify that identity. “I don’t think (Arnold) is in crisis," Mumma said. "It hasn’t really made a name of itself yet. But I do agree that it’s threatened. It used to be that people would say, ‘Oh, there’s no such place as Arnold.’ But Arnold was a place before a lot of other places around here had names.” Mumma said she believes the coming threat to Arnold is …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Elizabeth Rosborg said Arnold needs a sign.
Thousands of people travel down Ritchie Highway through Arnold each day. But where does it begin and end? There's a little green sign on the side of the highway as you exit Severna Park. You have to look pretty hard, but it's there. That's Arnold. Elizabeth Rosborg is the newest president of the Arnold Preservation Council (APC). She said she recognizes that Arnold is facing an identity crisis and that one of her main goals is to make Arnold feel more distinct. “We don’t even have a sign,” Rosborg said. “Well, there’s a small green sign on the side of the state highway. But that's all. And we hope to change that.” Arnold can't be called a town. It’s a community of neighborhoods. That multiplicity is part of what makes Arnold special, …
Friday, February 24, 2012
The area's historian speaks out on how Arnold was shaped into a bedroom community.
Editorial note: This is the second in a series covering Arnold's identity crisis and what is being done about it. “It’s not a town—don’t call it a town. It’s a zip code.” That’s how Alberta Stornetta started our interview on Arnold’s identity when I asked her what makes it unique as a town. “It’s mostly a place where people live,” she added. Stornetta has lived in Arnold with her husband since 1965, nestled in a neighborhood between Chase and Cool Spring creeks. For the past few years, she’s been putting together a history of Arnold—the first of its kind—based on documented records, photos and personal accounts. Acting as its historian, Stornetta has become one of the key members of the Arnold Preservation Council. Since 2006 the council…
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Help gather images that represent Arnold by snapping a photo of what you think represents the town.
This is the first in a series covering Arnold's identity crisis. "Close your eyes. Think about Arnold in your head. What images come to mind?" This is a question I've asked several people the past few weeks as I gather information for a series of stories on Arnold's identity. For some, the answer to the question is the people they know here. For others, it's their home. But for many, it's difficult to pick out one landmark or solid visual that captures the area. Some say Arnold is facing an identity crisis. Arnold historian Alberta Stornetta says: "It's not a town. It's a ZIP code." Throughout this week, I'll be featuring stories that tackle the issue. To supplement that, I'm asking readers to post the pictures they think of when they …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Two area citizens' groups met to discuss the future of the Broadneck peninsula.
Broadneck officials aren't happy with a new legislative redistricting map, but it's unlikely a change can be made. The two citizens' groups that oversee planning and growth in Broadneck met last week at a joint meeting to look into the past year, and ahead into what's coming in 2012. The Arnold Preservation Council and the Broadneck Council of Communities were joined on Thursday by County Councilman Dick Ladd and Bill Nevel, a member of the county’s transportation master plan committee. With these two officials in attendance, the meeting was a chance for the citizens to let officials know the issues they’re concerned the most about. Those key issues included: Redistricting In December, Gov. Martin O'Malley unveiled a new state …
Jim McLaughlin
12:32 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
In addition to being on the wrong side of the marriage equality issue, he is also on the wrong side of the death penalty isssue - having announced this past week his intention of voting to eliminate the death penalty completely. I am a Democrat - a strong Democrat, but I will have difficulty voting for Senator Astle in the next election. I hope he does not run again. more ›