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Download the Guilford Association Spring Newsletter Guilford Association Information Download John Menton's Real Estate Newsletter Beverly Quinones' Columns in the Baltimore Messenger
Examiner Article on Guilford - June 6 Download the recent article about Guilford, printed in the Examiner Real Estate Section on Friday, June 6.
Residential Parking Permits
Baltimore City's Residential Parking Permit Program for Area
6, which includes a number of Guilford streets, is now accepting applications
for parking permits for the 2008-2009 time period. The flyer gives directions
for applying online. It also includes a listing of streets which are included in
the area. Download the flyer. You can also
contact Jay Lippincott for more information at
jay@guilfordnews.com. FANS of Guilford Elementary/Middle School Foreign language instruction (French and Spanish) has begun at the school, as a result of the efforts of a group of residents. The Romance Language Department of Johns Hopkins University is providing the instructors. Here is a link to an article in the Hopkins Gazette about the program. Guilford School is in need of musical instruments! Although the school has recorders and xylophones, there are no band instruments. These are needed for appropriate instruction at the middle school level. So dig out your old trumpets, violins, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, guitars, tambourines, even tin whistles, and bring them to the home of Nancy Getter at 207 East Highfield Road between Greenway and Undrwood. If you have any questions or to set up a drop off, contact Nancy at (410) 662-0934. Thank you, in advance! Guilford School appreciates your support.
Save your trees from strangulation by their own roots! Remedy the problem now - please do not put it off. Here is an article from Bartlett Tree Experts on yet another tree problem that is rampant in Guilford, especially with the City trees planted in the last few years. In short, when dirt and mulch are touching the tree trunk, the tree's roots grow around the tree's trunk instead of outward. As the roots and the trunk grow, the roots strangle the tree, literally. Casual observation shows that most of Guilford's trees have this problem, i.e. compacted dirt or mulch above the root flare and touching the tree trunk. The dirt or mulch must be removed without scarring the tree's bark. A moat should be made around the tree trunk to the depth of the root flare which is where the roots start to branch away from the trunk. Any roots that are circling the trunk, rather than growing away from the trunk, must be removed and the dirt must always be kept away from the trunk. Please download the article from Bartlett Tree. It is a professional explanation of the issue with clear directions on how to remedy the problem. Landscapers and professional gardeners are as much at fault as do-it-yourselfers. Do not be shy about telling your professional to take corrective action now. To keep Guilford green and leafy, all these little , but critical, actions are necessary. We appreciate you playing a part. Thank you. The Guilford Parks Committee
Greater Homewood Community Corporation The Adult Literacy and ESOL program of GHCC is now registering students for classes in reading, writing, math and English language instruction. All classes begin the week of July 14. Students must register and be tested in order to enroll. For more information, please contact the Adult Literacy and ESOL staff at (410) 261-3524. The program is located at 3501 N. Charles Street, in the lower level of the University Baptist Church. If you are interested in giving the gift of learning to an adult
in Baltimore City please call the Greater Homewood Community Corporation Adult
Literacy Program. The program needs volunteers to tutor adults in basic math,
reading, and writing. Training and materials are available. The program is
located in Charles Village across from JHU. Please call (410) 261-0022 for more
details. Bruce Barnett Our own Bruce Barnett got written up in the Johns Hopkins
Gazette, as a result of the honor he received from the Maryland Association of
Higher Education. He received their 2007 Outstanding Faculty Award.
The article is here.
An Alternative Website!
By SCOTT VINCENT
Guilford has a new alternative website! It's a social networking
site for our neighborhood on Beeswax Networks. Beeswax is the creation of two
Guilford residents who are rolling the site out in Guilford. After fine tuning
the site they hope to bring it to many other neighborhoods.
What is it and what does it do? It's a site that makes it easy
to exchange useful information with your neighbors in Guilford. The best way to
explain it is to give you a few examples of the site's features:
- A child care feature helps you find neighborhood babysitters
or advertise babysitting services.
- Another feature lets you see services recommended by your
neighbors (handymen, gardeners, plumbers, restaurants, etc.).
- You can design your own personal page (much like myspace)
which you can use to communicate with "friends".
- You can set appointments with other members via personal
calendars.
- You can view and participate in neighborhood discussions and
events.
- There's a function that allows you to promote an issue, poll
neighbors, and collect dues/contributions.
- You can also post and view security events, security updates,
and important numbers.
Beeswax is free and it's made up of entirely user-generated
content - there are no generic news feeds or irrelevant junk. It also can become
a large network that will let Guilford residents extract important information
from other nearby neighborhoods.
Please give the site a try and encourage other neighbors to do
the same. Just logon to www.beeswaxnetworks.com
and follow the registration process. We would love to hear your suggestions and
feedback about the site. There is a "suggestions" button on the site
to contact us. Got Guilford Questions? Ask the Listserv! By MIKE HEYSE I would like to
cordially invite all Guilford residents to take advantage
of a free listserv service, courtesy of Yahoo!, to more
readily stay in touch with each other. The system is
incredibly simple to use, and all you need is an email
address and a Yahoo! ID. Once you sign up, the messages
automatically arrive in your email inbox. You can select
to receive the messages instantly, once per day, only
when the moderator sends special messages, or not at all
(to check messages at your leisure on the website). Click “Sign In” if you have a Yahoo! ID. OR Click “Join
this Group” and follow the instructions from there. |