Potter No More and Residents Speak Out

It all ends.

That was the lone piece of text beneath the confronting photo of a mature Harry Potter facing his longtime and apparently nose-less villain, Voldemort. 

It wasn't much, but it didn't need to say a lot. We all knew what it meant. This movie was it. The last. El Fin.

"Harry Potter and the Dealthly Hallows Part II" set a new box office record last week, one previously held by the latest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight." The final Potter film grossed a whopping $169.2 million in its opening weekend and many are predicting it will join the elite group of blockbusters that reach the $1 billion mark like "Titanic" and "Avatar."

As Potter-heads filled , Severn had its own taste of magic with people throughout the state flocking to Arundel Mills Mall's Cinemark Movie Complex to watch the much anticipated finale.  

Patch was on hand to capture the hysteria and speak with local fans who were when it came to the series conclusion. 

The light-hearted fun of the movies were a welcome break from the hard-hitting news that surrounded the community earlier last week. 

A Community Speaks Out

Readers came out in solid numbers to inquire and question emergency response authorities after a firefighter was while battling flames two weeks ago. 

It took the Police Department a few days to get back to Patch with all of our questions, but when their information was released, it appeared the individual that hit the firefighter actually stopped to talk with him before leaving the scene. 

The information conflicted with what some witnesses had told Patch so we were eager to get to the bottom of it. Reports of a black mercedes were mentioned several times on Severn Patch's Facebook page, but police were unable to confirm such descriptions. 

Police said they were of the vehicle, but that they weren't necessarily looking for them to press criminal charges. 

In the spirit of speaking out, Patch also spoke with Severn area residents to hear what people thought of the national debt crisis and what is being done, or not done, in Washington.

The video highlighted three residents with different perspectives and offered us all some thought provoking takes on the issue. Some of you might have even recognized Frank Eberle, the owner of the Sunoco Gas station on Quarterfield Rd. 

In other news Patch editors in Annapolis, the school board announced it will be implementing an at three elementary schools and we found a local woman that in fact .