Harford County Sheriff Southern Precinct is finally getting their new police station!  It is being built on the old Bonnie Brae flea market location in Edgewood, on Route 40 (top of the hill) between Mountain Rd and Woodbridge Center Way.  The property has been vacant for several years and was purchased by Harford County some time ago.

Now if only someone could clean up and revitalize the aging Keithley Bros, Inc. property across the highway; that old salvage yard could use some salvaging.  And no, we don’t need more self-storage centers, retail stores or fast-food joints.  How about office buildings for a change, or perhaps a community services center?

From WJZ:

(Submitted by Omar Simpson)
Census Team Volunteers Desperately Needed So You Don’t Get Underfunded
Edgewood Desperately Needs YOU!  The 2010 Census is almost upon us.  The Census data will be used to determine funding for Edgewood programs, facilities and much, much more.  Edgewood can not afford to be undercounted or you and your loved ones will be short changed!  To prevent this, we need volunteers that are willing to help pass out fliers and email information to folks in these communities, especially if you are from one of these communities:

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I chose these communities because, based on prior Census data and a study commissioned by the Census Bureau, these communities are the most likely to be undercounted and thus UNDERFUNDED!  So, please help me help you by volunteering.

I will host a planning meeting with all the Census Team volunteers on Jan 14th  at the Edgewood Recreation & Comm Center? – 1980 Brookside Drive , Edgewood , MD? at 7:00 pm.  Hopefully you and a few friends will come!  If you can’t come, but still wish to participate in this effort, email or call me.  Omar J. Simpson, Esq.   Telephone: 443-504-7220.

Harford County Health Department: (Excerpts from a posting by the Dagger Press, 8 January 2010)

During the observance of National Influenza Vaccination Week, January 10th through January 16th, the Harford County Health Department will hold an  H1N1 influenza injectable vaccine clinic for the general population on Wednesday, January 13th at the Woodbridge Station operations center located at 1321 Woodbridge Station Way in Edgewood. The vaccination clinic is available at no cost.   The January 13th vaccination clinic at Woodbridge will be held between the hours of 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm. Appointment times are available (but not required) by calling the appointment Call-Center at 410-877-1050. Walk-ins are welcomed. Persons with appointments are reminded not to arrive more than ten minutes prior to their scheduled appointment time.

Celebrate a New Habitat Home for the Hoke Family!

JOIN US FOR THIS GREAT OCCASION:DATE: Friday, January 15, 2010
DEDICATION TIME: 10:00 am – 10:30 am
LOCATION: 838 W. Spring Meadow Court, Edgewood, MD

Tour of home and light refreshments to follow!
RSVP by January 11 to Martha Tozzi marthatozzi@harfordhabitat.org
Harford Habitat for Humanity, 205 S. Hays Street, Bel Air, Maryland 21014 (410) 638-4434

From the Baltimore Sun

Washington Court, whose 51 boarded-up brick buildings date to the 1940s and once housed Army officers, will be razed to make way for a residential complex that should prove attractive to the influx of new residents arriving as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process.

“Thousands of new jobs are coming to Edgewood with BRAC and it’s changing the real estate market here for the better,” said Harford Councilman Dion Guthrie, who represents the area. “Talk about convenience. This development will have something for everyone.”

The 26-acre site will be reborn as a 288-unit housing complex with a community green and clubhouse, gazebo, fountain, ballfield and walking paths.

Click here to view the complete article on the Baltimore Sun.