[Chat] AIA Open Space visioning at Sunday's Street Fair

2017-09-15 Thread Linda Forlifer
The Abell Improvement Association (AIA) was awarded a Spruce-Up Grant from Central Baltimore Partnership to make improvements to the AIA Open Space on 32nd Street. We are looking for input from the community of users: what would you like to see in our pocket park: a mural? new seating? more trees?

Re: [Chat] Cherry blossoms

2017-04-04 Thread Linda Forlifer
Thanks, Emil--Guilford Ave is always lovely when the cherries bloom. Take a chance to go over to Druid Lake; all those old cherries are in full bloom. Linda On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 11:49 PM, Judy Berlin wrote: > Nice > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 2, 2017, at 10:55 PM,

Re: [Chat] Trees and tree pits

2015-07-30 Thread Linda Forlifer
It's definitely the property owner/resident adjacent who is responsible for maintenance of sidewalk, tree lawn, gutter cleaning, and alley. That responsibility includes paying for new concrete when the city deems it necessary, mowing grass, weeding, picking up trash, clearing snow and ice from

[Chat] Peabody Heights Brewery

2013-10-14 Thread Linda Forlifer
Message from Jo Ann Robinson ( jooi...@msn.commailto:jooi...@msn.com ): Dear Neighbors, RESIST THE BEGINNINGS is a rule that has served me well from when it was impressed on me as a teenager to this present day. I believe that it is time to apply it to the issue of whether or not our

Re: [Chat] Water is off

2013-09-12 Thread Linda Forlifer
Water started coming out of a crack in the road in front of 3046 Guilford a month ago. I reported it to 311 (#13-00637664). It continued to leak and nothing was done; a couple weeks ago it had created a foot-diameter hole in the asphalt; by this week the hole was probably ~2 ft round and the

Re: [Chat] Reminder Sign Up for Junk Hunt by May 9th! -- Day of Sale is May 11.

2013-05-02 Thread Linda Forlifer
Judy, The event is not till 5/11, and the maps won't be done until the day before. They ask vendors to sign up by 5/9. Linda jdy jdy...@verizon.net 5/2/2013 9:41 AM Eddies does not have any maps. Can a map be put on web site for print out? Judy Berlin On 05/01/2013 09:27 AM, Stephanie

Re: [Chat] REMINDER: Special Land Use Committee Meeting on Comprehensive Rezoning on 2/23/2013 at 10 am

2013-02-25 Thread Linda Forlifer
at www.charlesvillage.net )? thank you, Linda Forlifer Sharon L. Guida guidah...@comcast.net 2/22/2013 7:40 PM REMINDER : Special Land Use Committee Meeting on Comprehensive Rezoning open to the public on 2/23/2013 at 10 am at Miller ' s Court Apartments at 2601 N. Howard Street (use northside

[Chat] Schnapp Shop

2012-07-19 Thread Linda Forlifer
Wondering whether there is any news on the zoning attempt to get rid of the liquor license for the Schnapp Shopp? I believe that John Spurrier said the CV Land Use Comm was considering whether to support the license retention and that there was a hearing of some sort recently. Any updates?

Re: [Chat] water troubles

2012-07-17 Thread Linda Forlifer
There was a lot of water coming out of the water meter cover in front of 323 E 33rd for maybe a week. It was reported to the city the day it began, but the water kept running. Until it's repaired, the people living there need their water service. For that block quad there is only one storm

Re: [Chat] schnapp

2012-06-25 Thread Linda Forlifer
I was afraid that the Schnapp Shoppe might be one of the group. It's much more than a liquor store, very convenient, and quite well run. I would advocate for keeping it as a long-standing asset to Charles Village. The owners are responsive to their customers (more so than the liquor store on

Re: [Chat] schnapp

2012-06-25 Thread Linda Forlifer
where they may obtain the proper zoning if warranted. John Sent from my mobile real estate office On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Linda Forlifer l...@press.jhu.edu wrote: I was afraid that the Schnapp Shoppe might be one of the group. It's much more than a liquor store, very convenient

[Chat] Memorial Service on Monday at 10:00

2012-05-24 Thread Linda Forlifer
St. John's Episcopal Church, Greenmount Avenue and 30th Street, invites everyone from the surrounding communities to a brief memorial service, with music, on Monday, May 28th, the Observance of Memorial Day, at 10:00 in the morning. For more information, go to http://www.stjohnsinthevillage.org

Re: [Chat] free veggie plants

2012-05-14 Thread Linda Forlifer
Hi Cathy, If you still have a green bean seedling, I'd be happy to give it a home in my garden. Linda Cathy Goucher gouchf...@verizon.net 5/13/2012 4:54 PM Hi, My daughter and I planted more seedlings than we can use for our deck garden. Please let me know if you might be interested in

Re: [Chat] tree removal recommendation

2012-04-12 Thread Linda Forlifer
Hi Kathleen, The Baltimore City forester is Erik Dihle. I don't know his contact info. You might get a response from our longtime neighbor on Abell Ave, Beth Strommen--she's director of the Baltimore Office of Sustainability: Phone: 410-396-8360 beth.strom...@baltimorecity.gov Linda

Re: [Chat] tin box bumpout explained

2012-01-05 Thread Linda Forlifer
Hi John, Do you know whether these were installed when the houses were built or added later by removing part of the brick walls? I never knew about them before. Thanks, Linda John Spurrier jfs...@hotmail.com 1/5/2012 10:39 AM The closets are predominantly in the 2500, 2600 and 2700

Re: [Chat] painted ladies contest application information

2011-11-21 Thread Linda Forlifer
and getting back to you. The contest deadline has been extended to November 30. Whether we do this next year will depend on whether there is any money left after this year. I hope so! I hope all is well. Dawna On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Linda Forlifer l...@press.jhu.edu wrote: Hi Dawna

Re: [Chat] painted ladies contest application information

2011-11-14 Thread Linda Forlifer
Hi Dawna, What's the deadline for this year's painting contest? Do you think it will be repeated next year? thanks, Linda Dawna Cobb dawnac...@gmail.com 11/13/2011 9:05 PM Hi all: if you plan to submit an application in this house painting contest, please send it to

Re: [Chat] Suspicious activity

2011-04-20 Thread Linda Forlifer
From the BGE website: BGE cautions customers to be mindful of individuals who try to gain access to their homes by posing as utility workers. Utility imposters may carry official looking credentials and often work in pairs. BGE recommends customers take the following steps to ensure their safety

Re: [Chat] hazard waste

2011-01-05 Thread Linda Forlifer
ACE Hardware (just east of Greenmount Ave on 32nd/Homestead) recycles batteries--very convenient. Linda John Spurrier jfs...@hotmail.com 1/5/2011 3:48 PM Judy, In my post I said limited for some of the very reasons you mention. The most common hazardous waste in Charles Village houses is

Re: [Chat] Abell Community Street Fair - THIS Sunday, Noon to 5pm

2010-09-17 Thread Linda Forlifer
Your newsletter has a crab order form and info on where to drop it off. It's $25 in advance, $30 on Sunday. Contact info, August newsletter, and lots more are on the website www.abellimprovement.org Linda jberlin jdy...@verizon.net 9/17/2010 11:24 AM can the crab tickets be bought at the

Re: [Chat] driving lessons

2010-08-23 Thread Linda Forlifer
At old Eastern High School, opposite the Stadium YMCA on 33rd Street, there are large, mostly unused parking lots. chad abrams abramsc...@gmail.com 8/21/2010 8:49 PM i was looking for advice on places in the area that might be good for teaching a beginner driver including a) big vacant

Re: [Chat] (no subject)

2010-06-21 Thread Linda Forlifer
Linda MacDonald, Just Your Style, 3365 Chestnut Ave in Hampden (410-235-6808)--she's fantastic with the scissors, for men and women. Lauren Redmond laredm...@hotmail.com 6/19/2010 10:09 PM We love One World Cafe for brunch. I stopped by Moxie's and found out that they have mostly all the

Re: [Chat] (no subject)

2010-02-05 Thread Linda Forlifer
Hi Paul, Can you tell me what these emails are about? I don't like to open unidentified links (worried about viruses and worms). I've received three of these messages from you, with no subject and just a link. thanks, Linda Paul Burk burkp...@hotmail.com 2/5/2010 12:32 AM

Re: [Chat] Suspicious man in 2600/2700 block of Guilford

2009-11-13 Thread Linda Forlifer
It did post--I read it. Greg Alexander ugagra...@yahoo.com 11/13/2009 4:47 PM Why didn't this ever post? Would have been nice to alert neighbors of this potential criminal. Greg Alexander Freelance Writer/Editor Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive 2629 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 410-243-3387

Re: [Chat] recycle

2009-06-30 Thread Linda Forlifer
To get accurate answers to your questions about One Plus One (which will begin 7/14), you can contact the head of Cleaner Greener Baltimore: Celeste Amato Telephone: 410-545-6541 email: celeste.am...@baltimorecity.gov Linda JUDY BERLIN jdy...@verizon.net 6/30/2009 11:57 AM Can empty oil

Re: [Chat] race through CV this morning

2009-06-22 Thread Linda Forlifer
I saw nothing notifying us of the footrace on Saturday, which certainly inconvenienced a lot of city dwellers. I was awakened by the sounds of police blocking off lanes of 33rd Street. I was at Van Dyke and Bacon on York Rd later in the morning. The shoe salesman mentioned that he had had

Re: [Chat] Ophthalmologist

2009-05-20 Thread Linda Forlifer
Dr. Dunn (of Wilmer--Johns Hopkins) is really good. He sees patients at the Wyman Park Health Center. Christine Gray langwi...@comcast.net 5/20/2009 9:04 AM Can anyone recommend an ophthalmologist in CV? Thanks, Christine Gray ___ Chat

Re: [Chat] recycled cans in plastic bags

2009-05-13 Thread Linda Forlifer
No plastic bags for recycling. The plastic bags jam up the machines that sort the types of recycling, so putting your cans in plastic bags costs us money. The workers have to empty the bags to avoid jamming the sorting machine. Linda Joshua Fruhlinger jf...@jfruh.com 5/13/2009 1:32 PM

Re: [Chat] CV businesses

2008-11-05 Thread Linda Forlifer
good shops, the card store and the gifts/flowers/stationery. Linda Linda Forlifer Assistant Managing Editor, Books Division 410-516-6911 (fax 516-4440) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Johns Hopkins University Press America's Oldest University Press / Founded 1878 Greg Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/4

[Chat] CV volunteers for permit pickup

2008-10-14 Thread Linda Forlifer
Reminder, you must order and pay for your parking permit ONLINE by Thursday October 16th to be able to pick up your permit on Saturday October 18th. All who order and pay AFTER October 16th will have to go downtown to pick up their permits. Bonnie Bessor still needs volunteers to help at the

Re: [Chat] Recycling Problems

2008-05-28 Thread Linda Forlifer
The alleys east of Guilford and north of 30th are narrow, not like the named alleys west of Guilford Avenue. The residents were asked to put their recycling in front of their homes because the trucks cannot negotiate the smaller alleys. The workers now spend extra time collecting from both

Re: [Chat] Fwd: More details on the assault at 33rd and Greenmount

2008-02-06 Thread Linda Forlifer
It is hard to understand how someone could be taken three blocks (past the gas stations, Old York Rd, the Giant, and the 700 block of houses) from 33rd Greenmount to a house in the 800 block of 33rd (almost to the Stadium YMCA and Eastern). Forced into a car? That stretch of 33rd is full of

[Chat] Fwd:Re: Baltimore City Frequently Asked Questions: Plastic recycling

2008-01-15 Thread Linda Forlifer
This doesn't make any sense. The info I read said any plastic labeled 1 through 7 is recyclable, so I am putting out everything--trays from food, jars, lids, packing materials with a triangle and number, etc., NOT just bottles. I think Valentina Ukwuoma may be mistaken. Did I mis-remember what

Re: [Chat] Bert's?

2007-08-23 Thread Linda Forlifer
your message with neighbors. Thank you, Linda Forlifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/23/07 11:31 AM We have been in Charles Village for 9 years now and have enjoyed being part of the community. Lately over the past 4 or so years our sales at Rocky Run have slipped though and faced with continuous

Re: [Chat] Fwd: Would-be rescuer stabbed 3 times

2007-08-02 Thread Linda Forlifer
It's distressing that the police do not believe such an incident to be high in their priority list. When someone is stabbed and their intestine is punctured, that is a life-threatening assault. Our police should be trying to identify the criminals who are preying on our neighborhood, and the

Re: [Chat] Fwd: hood thugs

2007-07-17 Thread Linda Forlifer
I'm sorry to hear about the recent assaults but also quite sorry that the police are giving people such advice as not to walk alone! Are citizens all supposed to stay cowering inside their homes or offices and to desert our sidewalks and yards, leaving them only to thugs? How does an empty

Re: [Chat] Smoking ban passed!

2007-02-27 Thread Linda Forlifer
I am so pleased! Now my son (who runs the sound at the Ottobar) will be able to work without injuring his health. And I, who have developed an allergy to cigarette smoke, will be able to enjoy, once again, going out for happy hour or to hear good live music at places like the Haven. I'm looking

Re: [Chat] House Inquiry

2007-01-05 Thread Linda Forlifer
The northwest of Chas and 31st is the Dell, or the old Wyman estate gatehouse (now the News-Letter office). You must mean the northeast corner. It's been doctor's offices, but that's all I know about it. Linda Linda Forlifer Assistant Managing Editor, Books Division 410-516-6911 (fax 516

[Chat] police reports

2006-10-19 Thread Linda Forlifer
It was confirmed by the police who attended the CVCBD meeting on Tuesday evening: EVERYTHING has to have a report. Otherwise, it did not happen, as far as statistics and resource allocation are concerned. If the officer does not want to write a report, get his name. If you do not get a paper

Re: [Chat] Attempted break in

2006-10-17 Thread Linda Forlifer
Our neighborhood is clearly having a crime wave of second-story burglaries. And people are telling us that the police who respond do not want to write reports, for various reasons. Perhaps we should ask Mary Pat to help us with the police, getting reports filed. We know that without police

Re: [Chat] Attempted break in

2006-10-13 Thread Linda Forlifer
Hi Kathleen, I noted (on JHU reports and from neighbors) recent incidents of thieves (or the same thief) climbing up to people's back 2nd-floor porches to get in windows and doors. It's not that hard for a strong young man to do. One of my close neighbors heard someone in her roommate's

Re: [Chat] housing needed

2006-10-09 Thread Linda Forlifer
Coming to mind immediately is a house in the 3200 block of Guilford with a large yellow banner open house Wed 5:00-6:00. 312 E. 33rd was for rent the last time I noticed. Guilford has a lot of for rent signs; I don't know how many are for houses and how many are for apartments. Linda [EMAIL

Re: [Chat] [AIA Members] C V Saturated With We Buy Houses Signs

2006-03-27 Thread Linda Forlifer
I remember some instructions from CV list, I think, about reporting illegal signs to the city before you take them down, so people can be fined. Can anyone refresh our memories on this? Linda Odette Ramos [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/26/2006 9:15:52 AM Abell Improvement Association Members - You have

[Chat] Case dismissed, was Re: Ticketed for talking

2006-01-26 Thread Linda Forlifer
Absolutely, write to the Northern District commander and community relations officer. It would be good to know what their response to the situation would be. Do they support aggressive demeanor to good citizens questioning an officer? Do they suggest that you and Steve were appropriately viewed

Re: [Chat] They stole our wreath!

2005-12-08 Thread Linda Forlifer
Kathleen, Don't let the police stop you from getting the report documented. That's to their benefit (saves them time and paperwork, they can report a drop in crime) but not to the benefit of the community. Last time I was able to make a report over the phone through the 311 system; I don't know

Re: [Chat] They stole our wreath!

2005-12-07 Thread Linda Forlifer
Please encourage everyone who experiences a theft to make a report to the police and, if it's of mail (a federal crime), to the post office. We receive services only if these are documented. Linda [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/7/2005 10:30:40 AM Sorry Kathleen, I hang my best wreath out during the

Re: [Chat] missing pets

2005-07-18 Thread Linda Forlifer
One unfortunate possibility is that they are stolen to be used in training dogs to fight. I've been told of (and read about) this happening near our neighborhood (Harwood). You could talk to Vonnie Gowe or Emily Chalmers about this. It's safest to keep cats as indoor pets and dogs in your home

Re: [Chat] Light up the Night Program

2005-04-06 Thread Linda Forlifer
You seem to have forgotten the Abell Improvement Association and Mike Treadway, who began this initiative. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/5/2005 9:13:02 PM Dear Charles Villager, The CV Light Up The Night program would be DE-LIGHTED to provide you with two FREE CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) BULBS to

[Chat] JHU Press Book Sale

2005-03-30 Thread Linda Forlifer
The Johns Hopkins University Press Staff Development Fund is pleased to announce our upcoming Annual JHU Press Book Sale. The sale will take place April 1st and 2nd in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood Campus. Hours on Friday are noon to 8 pm and Saturday 10 am to 6 pm. There is free parking on