🌱 BCPD Investigate Homicide After Finding Body + Free/Reduced Meals

Good morning, everybody! I'm back in your inbox this morning with your new copy of the Catonsville Daily. Here's all the community news you need to know right now, including:

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Mostly sunny. High: 45 Low: 29.

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Here are the top stories in Catonsville today:

1. The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a murder after a body was found in the 900 block of Sun Circle Way in nearby Essex on Jan. 15. The death was ruled as a homicide after an autopsy and the body was identified as 23-year-old Cameron D. James. Please call 410-307-2020 with any information about this case. (Daily Voice)
2. Children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals in Baltimore County public schools have increased dramatically in the last five years, from 44 percent to 66 percent, according to statistics on the school system’s website. Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said he supports Montgomery County Del. Kirill Reznik’s legislation. Reznik is proposing legislation in the Maryland General Assembly to make all school meals free statewide. (WYPR)
3. A Baltimore County family has gained support from the community while fighting a neighbor's complaint against their rooster's crowing. Jackie and Drew Tanenbaum, their rooster named Wilbur, and eight hens live happily in Parkton, but one neighbor is not happy. That neighbor has filed complaints with Baltimore County, which resulted in a $150 fine for the Tanenbaums each time the neighbor hears the rooster crow. The fines have amassed to $4,650. If you have at least one acre of land, the Baltimore County code allows you to have any amount of poultry on your property, as long as they're not a nuisance. The Tanenbaums created a Change.org petition that has more than 20,000 signatures as of Jan. 20. (WBAL TV)

Today in Catonsville:

• Cooking In The Cabin At Benjamin Banneker Historical Park And Museum (12:00 PM)
• Traditional and Old Time Jam Session At Benjamin Banneker Historical Park And Museum (1:30 PM)
• South Rolling With Special Guests Good Men Doing Nothing At Morsberger’s Tavern (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Gatsby, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Beagle Brigade agriculture detector dog, stopped plants with potential insect pests as hijackers at the Baltimore customs checkpoint on Jan. 7. At Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Gatsby alerted to the baggage of a Virginia family of three and officials discovered 21 prohibited plants and bags of bulbs in the family’s baggage. (Baltimore Patch)
• Mark your calendars for Mar. 8! Baltimore County has released the budget town hall series schedule for the upcoming fiscal year. Catonsville’s district, 1st District Town Hall, is on Mar. 8 at CCBC Catonsville Center for the Arts Building, 360 Campus Drive in Catonsville. The Community Cabinet Open House begins at 6:00 p.m. and Town Hall begins at 6:30 p.m. (Perry Hall Patch)
• The building at 6436 Baltimore National Pike in Catonsville is available for lease or a redevelopment opportunity. (MacKenzie Companies via Twitter)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Rose Mendez

About me: Rose Mendez is a freelance writer. She is studying English Literature at Hunter College. She loves reading, walking around the city, and coffee!