Riviera Beach News

Like clockwork, the crew aboard the 40-foot workboat Miss Paula pulls crab pot after crab pot after crab pot from the depths of the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis.

Every day, thousands more people throughout the county are using buses and trains to get to work, apparently prodded by higher gasoline prices to change their commuting habits.

We shall fight on the beaches, on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets … -Winston Churchill: Speech on Dunkirk in the House of Commons, June 4, 1940 Some 68 years ...

A woman suffered life-threatening injuries from a blow to her head last night when the personal watercraft she was riding was hit by a powerboat on Stony Creek near Riviera Beach.

A Baltimore judge accused of dumping hundreds of tons of building materials along his waterfront property in Anne Arundel County was sentenced yesterday to one year of unsupervised probation and ordered to pay ...

A Baltimore judge accused of dumping hundreds of tons of construction debris on his Pasadena property was sentenced today to one year of unsupervised probation and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and remove ...

Ryder System announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Gator Leasing, a privately owned full service truck leasing, commercial truck rental and fleet services company ...

Three Riviera Beach residents have asked a county judge to oust the Riverbea Corp.'s board of directors following a controversial sale of a piece of community property. via Hometown Annapolis

“The main reason it died out is because window air-conditioning came in. People said we don't need screens to let in air”

Every window and even the jalousie door in Lil Sims' skinny Formstone-encased rowhouse in Canton has a screen that her baby brother painted.

The look is a throwback to an era when rowhouses displaying painted screens brightened entire East Baltimore blocks.

The classic screen scene of the red-roofed bungalow in varied pastoral settings adorns several of Sims' windows. She's also got one of kids fishing and one of three kittens - scenes she liked.

'I just got done washing them,' she says, adding that she uses no soap. 'You just hose them down,' she says, explaining that the point is to remove the dirt, not the design, from these screens. Read more

“A lot of people don't understand the relationship between the two groups.”

Frustrated residents of Riviera Beach are hoping a shake-up in the leadership of their civic organization might lead to reform in the waterfront community. via The Capital

Riviera Beach president, board members resign The president of a Pasadena civic association and much of its board ... via Baltimore Sun

“As a smaller, older community school, our classroom sizes are much smaller than your average school”

Parents, students and teachers of a small elementary school in Pasadena have a big message: Save our teachers! "As a smaller, older community school, our classroom sizes are much smaller than your average ... via San Francisco Examiner

“Anne Arundel County has not been immune to the housing slump”

By Eileen Rivers Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 30, 2008; Page R04 As popular as neighborhoods with waterfront property have long been in Anne Arundel County , last year the luxury-home market dried ... via The Washington Post

“We're volunteers, and we do the best we can. Something like this is a slap in the face”

For years, residents of waterfront Riviera Beach have paid about $100 in extra annual taxes for their Anne Arundel County community's shoreline, money that has funded everything from dredging projects and bulkhead repairs to fixing the damage from Tropical Storm Isabel.

But in recent months, some residents have started questioning how this little-known special tax district has been managing its money. They have focused on a project that was never put out to competitive bid, even as its costs nearly doubled from the original estimate. And they have cast doubt on the sale of a community-owned piece of land to a contractor. Read more

“This project has been in the works for 30 years.”

The county auditor recommended last week that the county withhold funds for a $400,000 shoreline project in Riviera Beach, following residents' allegations that the money was spent improperly. via Hometown Annapolis

“Both the city and county have police vacancies, and both the city and county governments need to beef up police pay as a recruiting tool.”

With homicides down by nearly a third, Anne Arundel County saw a small drop in overall violent crime in 2007. via The Baltimore Sun

Unity by the Bay holding 'St. Patrick's Day Do' today Unity by the Bay Church will hold "The St. via The Baltimore Sun

St. Athanasius Catho lic plans buffet din ner today The events committee of St. Athanasius Catholic Church will sponsor a buffet-style dinner today from noon until 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the rectory, ... via The Baltimore Sun

“We prepared tonight's meal and brought it over. We've come every year. If other churches need us, we'll go.”

Marlon Alvarado of Severna Park, at left, and James Creek of Annapolis flank community activist Raynaldo Brown as they dish up food for the homeless during the ''Warm Nights'' program hosted by Asbury Broadneck ... via Hometown Annapolis

Tickets are $4 for adults, $1.50 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children younger than 5. Proceeds will benefit the North County Emergency Outreach Network. via The Baltimore Sun