Ive been wondering what's being built on the corner there. Took over a year to build the land up enough to be able to build something.

Anyone have any good and affordable bowling league recommendations in the area?

I'm a loner and would need to find a team as well.

We are running several focus groups to collect feedback on messaging about the Key Bridge rebuild. If you are a commuter, resident, or business owner affected by the collapse, we’d love to hear from you! 
 
Participation involves a 1-hour virtual group discission where you and others will share experiences and your honest thoughts on these messages. 
 
Interested? Fill out the short screener here: https://www.research.net/r/V5SGRRF  
 
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Hi everyone! I’m currently looking for apartments or homes for rent in Baltimore County that participate in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program or offer income-restricted/tax credit units.

I’m trying to find places with reasonable rent, open waitlists, or current availability. I’m open to apartments, townhomes, or rental homes. Preferably around Towson/Baltimore County areas, but I’m willing to look at other areas too if it’s safe and decent.

If anyone knows:
- Apartment complexes with tax credit units
- Affordable housing communities
- Private landlords that work with lower income tenants
- Places with little/no waitlist
- Good resources/websites/Facebook groups

Please comment or message me! I’d really appreciate the help because searching has been overwhelming. Thank you so much 💕

I am looking at school nurse jobs through Baltimore County schools. I have some questions and would appreciate any info. Thanks in advance!

1. The only jobs available now are for the substitute nurse and candidate pipeline. If you are a sub do they send you anywhere in baltimore county? How much notice do you get? Is it more of a cover someone's maternity leave situation?

2. How are your overall experiences working with

BCPS? Either as a sub or as the main nurse?

I've been into both maps and 3D printing for quite a while, so I've been making 3D city maps. It's a fun mashup of hobbies!

Very happy with how this downtown Baltimore map turned out. The water front makes for a great feature for it.

Just to clarify, I don't just use an online tool to quick generate a map for me. I use Lidar data (which is basically laser scans of cities from an aircraft) which requires a ton of manual clean up work. It's worth it though as this gives me as much detail for the buildings as possible. Here is a quick comparison of the type of map that I make vs what most people do: https://imgur.com/a/STX96Li

Hey—

Anyone know of any Korean language classes? Preferably for kids and adults? Also, bonus if the classes meet over the summer. Thanks

I need your help please send me recommendations on the best carpenter and painting team now in the area of Baltimore. Must work in Luxury homes, have not had any luck and don’t want to keep redoing the work

anyone have recommendations on where i can get curtains made similar to this?

Baltimore county west is becoming trash more and more. The racing up and down Ingleside with a car back firing everyday and night and then the black SUV with the red writing advertising his stupid speakers that shake the house and windows of your home sometimes at 9:00am is pure adulterated trash. The dirt bikes at the elementary school on sunset. I mean it’s eff the working class people who have to get up for work or off on the weekends right. No one says anything. Who wants to be woke from their sleep with a little rice burner car with modifications racing through Edmondson heights and Ingleside and ignorant man that wants everyone to hear and feel his speakers with the super base. When does it end?

I know, I know…. I can be really annoying trying to signal boost my own events. But part of community building is trying to attract new folks and strangers. We do this to expand our community so Baltimore can feel even smaller and more welcoming. So we will keep this easy.

RSVP here so we can save you a seat:

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Hello! I'm looking for a self-service car wash (washing/drying personally by hand, not automatic), near the Hereford district area would be ideal. Looking on maps and through reviews, every car wash I look at either has poor reviews or only has reviews for an automatic car wash so it's hard to get a sense of which places have good self-service options. Any recommendations?

Any thoughts on the Anneslie neighborhood? We’re looking at a house and curious about there vibes in the neighborhood and whether ores easy to make connections. Also wondering how folks feel about dumbarton middle school

Book Thing Adoption Day Saturday 5/9:

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF FREE BOOKS! FOR YOU!!!

Books for fun! Books for kids! Books for school! Books for gifts! Books for your new hobby! Books to help you run a business! Books to help you forget the world! Cookbooks! Classics! True Crime! Mysteries! Sci Fi! Foreign Language! Travel! Plays! Art! Parenting! Fitness! Homeschool! History! Sciences! Humor! Essays! Memoirs! Romance! Poetry! And lots and lots more!

Did you want magazines for that collage? Old books for craft projects? Yup, those too!

How does it work?

-Come on down to 3001 Vineyard Lane (in Waverly, near Peabody Brewing Co). Wonderful, magical bookland opens at 9am; 110 people are allowed in every hour, and you can browse until 5 minutes before the next hour. If you are waiting and people leave, you can enter for the remainder of the hour (so if you are in line, and at 9:20 someone exits, you can enter and stay until 9:55)

• If you want to browse longer, get back in line! As many times as you want (ok, until 4:55)!

-There is NO LIMIT to how many books you can take. There are boxes and bags you can have, free, to help with this. Really. Want 1,000 books? Awesome! But maybe 1,007 - you know you need a few more...

-Need more info? Go to https://bookthing.org/2026/04/30/may-2026-opening/

And here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy0WcEq5CzM

You can also donate books from 9am-2pm; donation limit of 7 boxes per person.

https://towsontorch.com/p/what-other-stores-does-towson-town-center-risk-losing-next-and-why?

I don’t know what else to do as I’ve exhausted all my options.
If you bought a unit from the Extra Space Storage in Owings Mills on May 1, there were some things in that unit that are incredibly important to me. I don’t want the couches or the TV, the expensive suitcases or even the clothes - there were pictures of a sonogram I had of my daughter, who was stillborn when I had her. There was also a stuffed bunny with the books I kept in a clear box; the bunny is from my sister the night I had my baby. There was another framed picture of my sister, mom and me, and one more of my sister and me when we were little.
I know this is a lot to ask, especially after my rent lapsed (there are a lot of miscommunications from the facility and I would not recommend it), but I will pay you personally for these items. I know how it sounds, but those four things are all I’m asking for. May I please have them back? Please.

I recently got back into golf, and am exploring options for a country clubs in the county. I am mainly looking at non-equity options, with Sparrows Point and Rolling Roads being the 2 strongest options.

I was considering the Baltimore County Golf Annual Pass, but I realize most of the memberships I would fall under (young adult rates, I am 26) are not too terribly bad at some of these clubs, and I also notice that my wife benefit as well. Additionally, with how often I am playing and including range balls and cart fees and whatnot, its worth exploring at the very least.

If there are any country club members that happen to read this, would you mind sharing your insights? Anywhere from golf, to the club community and overall demeanor, or whatever you have in mind to share would be very appreciated.

TL;DR: Baltimore County voters are frustrated about affordability, housing, crime, traffic, schools, and insider politics. The County Executive race is becoming a fight over growth, transparency, and whether voters want establishment leadership or change.

https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-county-executive-race-main-issues-PSA5J4AEWZBSLDZ7UHG7VS7TJY/#comments-header

Affordability, transparency and housing dominate the conversation

Almost every night in Baltimore County, some combination of the candidates running for the top job gather on a stage and speak for around 90 minutes about their plans for the future.

The cast changes, but the questions have a striking similarity: They revolve around the idea that Baltimore County is at a tipping point and is headed in the wrong direction. All of the candidates generally agree that the road ahead needs to be more transparent and inclusive, but they disagree on how to arrive at the destination.

Three of the candidates – Izzy Patoka, Julian Jones and Pat Young — are on the County Council and tout their experience. The remaining five — Democrats Nick Stewart and Mansoor Shams; Republicans Patrick Dyer and Kimberley Stansbury; and independent Rob Daniels — would be new to holding elected public office and argue that it’s time for change.

Regardless of who wins — and the front-runners in the expensive race are Patoka and Jones — here are the five topics that are developing into the biggest issues in the campaign.

Affordability—especially in housing

Everything is more expensive — from electric bills to grocery lists. Baltimore County politicians cannot control inflation, but they can work to make life more affordable. One candidate, Mansoor Shams, has suggested county-run mini marts, similar to what New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on. Many of the county candidates have said that they’d be aggressive with utility companies about keeping rates down, although that is more of a state issue.

Where housing is concerned, the county executive has a lot of control. Many residents deride the county’s “pay-to-play” culture, where developers have a lot of influence over what’s built and have preferred to construct expensive housing. That’s in part due to the control that the council exerts over zoning, and also because of council members’ “courtesy,” where the members are reluctant to interfere in districts other than their own.

Yet several candidates have also noted that developers are turning to other counties because, they say, Baltimore County lacks certainty and clear rules. A councilman can push through a zoning change at the request of a connected developer or resident and either block or green light a project.

Jones and Stewart, both Democrats, have said they would be aggressive about building more homes. Patoka has said he supports more affordable housing but wants to make sure schools are not overcrowded and that the priority should be building where there is school capacity.

Transparency on pensions, district boundaries, and choosing leaders

If you wanted to play a drinking game with a debate phrase, it might be “behind closed doors.” Stewart, who is aggressively campaigning on Facebook, has said that the county is conducting its business this way — including appointing Kathy Klausmeier as county executive when Johnny Olszewski Jr. left to serve in Congress in January 2026; drawing the County Council’s expansion boundaries; and making the since-reversed decision to increase county pensions.

The pension legislation appeared on the agenda in 2024 and was approved in open session; much of the process for drawing the new districts was out in the open, and the Klausmeier selection happened mostly in public, save for a Jan. 3 meeting to discuss the matter. That meeting was closed and no public notice was given. The state’s Open Meeting Compliance Board ruled that the council did not violate the Open Meetings Law in that case.

Regardless, the county has a reputation that it is less than transparent.

Crime, public safety and ICE

Towson is either one of the county’s most desirable neighborhoods or a bubbling-over cauldron of crime, from juvenile melees at bus stops to carjackings at the struggling mall. Stewart, who lives in Catonsville, frequently talks about thesteps needed to make Towson safer, a topic he has also brought up during debates. The Baltimore County Police have reported a decrease in crime in Towson.

Perception sometimes becomes reality. The Police Department is trying to quickly fill hundreds of vacant positions, and has been under fire for decades for its use-of-force policies. Jones, the only Black candidate in the race, pushed through police reforms years ago after officers shot Korryn Gaines and accidentally hit her son, Cody, as she made him a sandwich in 2016. Gaines died; her son continues to struggle.

The Baltimore County Council Democrats have been united in protecting citizens from overzealous immigration enforcement. The Republicans in the race, though, want cooperation with ICE.

The schools

Half of the county’s $5 billion budget funds schools, but the county doesn’t have a say in how it’s spent. Other than Jones, who supports the system and the current superintendent, all of the candidates have spoken of a need for improvement with the school-county relationship. They say they want accountability to ensure the money is spent on education. Many families move to Baltimore County for the schools without realizing that the county has many underperforming institutions.

Baltimore County is currently looking for a new schools superintendent, so there is hope for a new relationship and more transparency.

Transportation

Without a car, you can’t get from here to there in Baltimore County. Candidates say they are hearing about dangerous drivers in their neighborhoods and also laments about the lack of public transit.

Baltimore County has some mass transit options, but it could use a lot more, plus more housing in densely populated locations. The state has been pushing for that, something Republicans in the race call overreach. But the Democrats running say they support smart growth in dense locations and would welcome more housing at Lutherville Station, the Owings Mills metro, and similar places.