MIDDLE RIVER, MD—Middle River Volunteer Fire & Rescue and Pooles Island Brewing Company will hold a trunk-or-treat event next week. The event will take place 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Pooles Island Brewing. Each $20 registration secures a parking space to decorate your vehicle and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters. Those interested in participating should […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—Delegates Ryan Nawrocki and Kathy Szeliga and Baltimore County Councilman David Marks on Thursday took part in an event to mark the start of site preparation work at the future home of the Middle River Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. Over the past several months the Delegates and Councilman have worked to assist the fire company in their […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A dive team found a class ring while training on Saturday, and now they hope to return it to its owner. Divers with Middle River Volunteer Fire & Rescue trained at Loch Raven Reservoir on August 26 and found a class ring from Parkville High School’s Class of 2022. The ring, pictured below, features the letter “J” on its […]
The following is an op-ed piece from Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki. We are coming down the home stretch of the 2023 legislative session! In honor of Oriole’s Opening Day, we wanted to share some of our HOME RUNS! We each have a bill making its way through the legislative process that we predict will be signed into law. […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland House of Delegates has unanimously passed Delegate Ryan Nawrocki’s bill, HB 1096, to provide much-needed property tax relief to Baltimore County volunteer fire and rescue stations. Currently, volunteer stations pay property taxes on some lands they own for firehouse operations and training. The bill is now going to the Senate, where it is expected to pass next […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Councilman David Marks on Wednesday announced that, as previously announced here, Baltimore County’s 29 volunteer fire companies will receive $1 million in grants as a result of the 2021 American Rescue Plan. Marks is a cosponsor of Resolution 30-22, which allocates the grants based on formula funding. The following local fire companies will receive funding: White Marsh ($74,094.70); Bowleys […]
MIDDLE RIVER—A local firefighter has died in an automobile accident. Middle River Volunteer Fire & Rescue reports that member Marcus Paxton was killed in a Friday morning crash. Paxton was a firefighter and EMT with MRVFR. He had been with the Middle River squad since 2013. No additional details have been released at this time.
The officers and members of the Middle River Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company on Saturday officially kicked off their capital campaign to build a new, centrally located facility. MRVFR presently operates out of two separate stations, both of which are more than 50 years old and in varying stages of disrepair. The Middle River Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company was […]