Thursday, March 25, 2010

Here comes the Easter Bunny!!

The Easter Bunny will be visiting the Rodgers Forge Tot Lot on Saturday, April 3, from 10:00am to 11:00am.

The Easter Bunny will have treats for the little ones and will be wishing everyone a happy holiday!

Bring your cameras for a photo op with Peter Rabbit!

Census Rallies

Below is a cut-and-paste from an email from the Baltimore County Police Department.

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The Census Bureau staff requested that we ask our communities to recruit volunteers to rally for the Census 2010 "March to Mailbox" on April 10, 2010 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (tentative).

Rallies can be held in any neighborhood and the Census folks are willing to help them organize. If any individual or group is interested, they can contact Ms. Nicole Davis, at nicole.l.davis@census.gov 410-901-7347

Thanks to everyone for supporting the census.

Andre K. Davis
Captain
Baltimore County Police Department

Friday, March 19, 2010

Burglaries in RF - Important Information

Below is a message from Sgt. Fink with the Baltimore County Police Department:

Good Morning, got a bit of bad news for the Forge but just as in the past I know if we work together we can put a stop to it again.

As Police we are seeing the beginnings of a Burglary trend once again in Rodgers Forge. As the weather broke for the better last week (3/11,12/2010) unknown person(s) decided to take advantage of several residences.

Thus far we have three reports but no suspect information. Two of the incidents we have confirmed as "cat-burglaries"--defined as the residents were home at the time of the burglary, either asleep in their beds or in another part of the house, and the suspect(s) able to access a first floor (ground floor) room of the house through an open/unsecured window or door and grabbing whatever of value may be immediately accessible. Usually these type of burglaries target the kitchen area where the resident has opened a window or door and has left an item of value (i.e.,pocketbook, wallet, cellphone) on the kitchen table within easy access of that door or window and all the suspect(s) need to defeat is a screen window or storm door thus they're in and out very quickly. These are still reported as First Degree Burglaries and when we apprehend the person(s) responsible that's how they're charged, "cat-burglary" is reference to the m.o.

What we need from you is to get the word out to the community to properly secure their homes when they're away or asleep; secure their valuables whether home or away, don't leave things out in plain view that could be easily removed, take away the temptation.

As always we'd like to be informed anytime anyone sees a suspicious/unknown person or vehicle in the area so we can check things out and thus keep the community as safe as possible. [Emphasis added]

Talking with Detective Parker, from our Burglary Team, and Detective Bankert, PC06 IST, right now we have no suspect information reference to these three cases.

Thank you for your assistance,

Sgt Fink

Monday, March 8, 2010

UPDATE - RF Meeting Moved to Tuesday Evening

The monthly meeting of the Rodgers Forge community association has been moved to Tuesday evening due to the school redistricting meeting scheduled for Wednesday night.

The Rodgers Forge meeting will be at 7pm in the cafetorium of Rodgers Forge Elementary School, as usual.

Thank you.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Regular Trash Collection to Resume

***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT***
TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION IN
BALTIMORE COUNTY FOLLOWING SNOW CLEAN-UP
Alley Collection To Resume In Most Areas


Effective Monday, March 1 and until further notice - residents who normally have alley collection for trash and recycling should return to placing these materials in the alley where conditions allow. If residents are unsure of whether their alley is passable, they should continue placing trash and recyclables at the front street.

The County will issue another announcement when conditions permit a full return to collection in alleys.

All three of the County's trash and recycling drop off centers (in White Marsh, Cockeysville, and Halethorpe) remain open Monday through Saturday.

For updated information on trash and recycling collection during inclement weather events, residents may visit www.baltimorecountymd.gov/recycling and click on the "Inclement Weather Policy" link in the upper left-hand corner of the page or call 410-887-2000.