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Monday, January 7, 2013

Community Leaders: Towson Manor Park Must Be Protected

Baltimore County took the park off the table as a potential site for a new firehouse following community outrage.

Towson Manor Park is safe from county development efforts for now, and community leaders are hoping to keep it that way. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced Monday that if sales of three government properties—including the current Towson fire station—go through, some of the funds raised would fund the construction of a new firehouse at the corner of Bosley Avenue and Towsontown Boulevard. Towson Manor Park was initally identified as the preferred site, but county officials looked into alternate locations amid community uproar. "We were very much blindsided by the initial announcement [about the firehouse]," said Ed Kilcullen, a Towson Manor Village resident and former president of the Greater Towson Council of Community Associations…

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County Puts Three Properties Up For Sale, School Reorganization Could Lead to New Police Precinct, County: Towson Manor Park Still Possible Firehouse Site, and 2 more ›

Bart

9:02 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Believe it or not, Jim, there are people in my neighborhood (nearby the current location) who are concerned about the possibility of increased response time if the station were to move. Lots of people LIKE the idea of a fire station as their neighbor.   more ›

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Firehouse For Air Conditioning Deal Burns Some

The deal reportedly would place new station on the current site of a playground near new $300,000 homes but also provide air conditioning to Dumbarton Middle School.

Some Towson community leaders are expressing concern about a plan they say will put a new fire house on an existing park in exchange for a promise of air conditioning at Dumbarton Middle School. County officials refuse to confirm or deny a plan some residents say they were told involved the sale and redevelopment of the current Towson Fire Station at York and Bosley Roads. A new station would be built on the site of an existing park that sits on Towsontown Boulevard between East Towson and newly built Towson Green. Some money from the sale of the existing fire station could be used to provide air conditioning for Dumbarton Middle School. "We don't exactly have a surplus of park land in Towson," said Michael Ertel, chairman of the Greater …

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Towson Fire Station and Dumbarton Middle School

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