Upcoming Events In Catonsville

Justice for Victims - Crime Prevention Seminar
As part of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, the Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce will partner with the Baltimore County Police Department – Wilkens Precinct, CCBC Foundation, CCBC School of Justice, the Arbutus Business & Professional Association, the Lansdowne Business & Professional Association, St. Agnes Hospital, UMBC and the Wilkens Police and Community Relations Organization to hold a Justice For Victims Crime Seminar at CCBC Catonsville on April 15. Some of the topics that will be discussed are crimes against persons and property, gangs, workplace violence, domestic violence and a panel question and answer session. There will also be a presentation by Baltimore County State ’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger. The seminar will be held in the Q Theatre from 6 – 10 p.m. The seminar is free and open to all. National Crime Victims' Rights Week is the week of April 13 – 19, 2008. Light refreshments will be served. For more information contact the Chamber office at 410-719-9609. If you are planning to attend this important event, please contact the chamber office so that we have some idea as to how many people will be attending. Please car pool if possible!


Rolling Road Golf Club to Host 12th Annual Taste of Catonsville
The Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce presents the 12th Annual Taste of Catonsville on Monday, April 21st, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., at the Rolling Road Golf Club, 814 Hilltop Road . The finest restaurants and catering services in the area will have samples of their best recipes during a festival of food, music, and community spirit. Security Square Mall, Indigo Ink, Rolling Road Golf Club and Catonsville Engine & Transmission are sponsoring this year’s event.

Attendees will be delighted to see perennial favorite restaurants and caterers .We are also welcoming many new restaurants that have made an important impact on the culinary scene in Catonsville. The atmosphere of the evening will be enhanced by the music of Nick Margaritas, “The Piano Man.”

Tickets are $30 per person with advance ticket purchase and $40 at the door. Tickets are available at the Chamber office, 822-A Frederick Road , M-F 10-3, or online at www.Catonsville.org. A portion of the proceeds support Catonsville ’s 4th of July Parade and Fireworks. The winning ticket for the 50th Annual Crab Feast table will also be drawn.



Catonsville Annual Book Fair & Authors Night at the Catonsville Library
An event you don’t want to miss. On Thursday, April 24th there will be a FREE “Authors Symposium”. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions to a panel of local authors to get the ins and outs of writing a book and getting it published. This event will be at the Catonsville Public Library and will start at 7PM.

Friday, April 25th will be the Wine & Cheese Party with seventeen local authors. Come mingle and talk with some of Catonsville ’s most creative people. You will have an opportunity to purchase their books and get them autographed. There will also be light music and Poetry Readings from students of Catonsville Senior High School . This event starts at 6:30 and the cost is $20. For more information contact Maggie Schorr at schorr7@comcast.net or call the Catonsville Public Library 410-887-0954.


“Frederick Road Friday’s” Is still in the planning, but this will be a major event to hit Catonsville. The anticipated start date is Friday, June 13th at 5:30pm. It will feature live music and fun for the kids and family. The location has not yet been determained.

Chamber of Commerce Crab Feast
Now is the time to reserve your table for the 50th Annual Crab Feast & Auction. The event is Tuesday, July 15th at The Lodge. A table of 10 is $550. You can reserve a table by calling the Chamber office at 410-719-9609. Confirmations are granted only after payment is received. Payment is accepted via VISA, MasterCard, American Express, check, or cash. Individual tickets will go on sale in June.



OnStage Theatre Presents Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall
Heaven Can Wait follows the afterlife of Joe Pendleton, an up-and-coming boxer, accidentally taken before his time. Through a series of fantastic and farcical circumstances, Joe's quest to regain a suitable body inadvertently sets right a number of other people's "wrongs," and leads him to meet the love of his life. Heaven Can Wait is appropriate for theatre-lovers of all ages.

April 4-6, 11-13 & 18-20
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm at St. John's, 1000 S. Rolling Road, Catonsville, MD 21228
$12 General Admission
$10 Groups of 10 or more, Seniors, military, students and children under 18.
Purchase tickets online at www.onstageplayers.org or call the box office at 443-844-6481.



Baltimore County Residents Encouraged to Recycle Old Telephone Books
What is the largest and heaviest single item residents look to get rid of each year? It just might be an old telephone book! As new telephone books are distributed throughout Baltimore County , the Bureau of Solid Waste Management encourages residents to recycle their old phone books. Combined, the Yellow Pages and White Pages amount to a large volume of paper, stack more than four inches high, and weigh more than eight pounds. Recycling old phone books is an easy way to reduce trash and conserve resources.

Residents in single-family homes or town homes can recycle telephone books on paper collection days in Baltimore County ’s recycling collection program. The telephone books should be placed in sturdy paper bags or cardboard boxes for collection.

Or You can place your old phone books and any old newspapers in the Paper Retriever Bin located on the parking lot at Strawberry Fields!