🌱 Patch AM: How will Towson’s new Cardin Center leader shape civic engagement?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Towson's new Cardin Center leader shape civic engagement?
• Baltimore County officer wounded in June shooting finally heads home from rehab

Also on today's calendar: Community Shredding Day and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 74, low: 66.
• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Towson University names executive director for Cardin Center (thedailyrecord.com) — Towson residents may be interested to know Towson University has named legal scholar and former St. John's College president Nora Demleitner as the first executive director of its Ben and Myrna Cardin Center for Civic Engagement & Civil Discourse, starting Sept. 8. Her role will focus on strengthening civic participation, public service, and dialogue on and around campus, potentially expanding community partnerships across Towson and the region.
   

• Baltimore County police officer injured in line-of-duty shooting discharged from rehabilitation facility (nottinghammd.com) — In Towson, Baltimore County police officials say Officer P. Catalfamo, critically wounded in a June line-of-duty shooting, has finally been discharged from rehab after more than two months of recovery. Surrounded by family and fellow officers, he left the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute and will continue healing at home while the department asks the public to respect his privacy.
   

📸 Around Towson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Towson

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Community Shredding Day →
  Brightview Towson, 20 Burke Ave, Towson
  9:00 am
Thursday August 27
• Parkinson's Wellness Open House →
  Brightview Senior Living Towson, 20 Burke Ave, Towson
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 21
• Call for Entries for Art Show with Cash Prizes →
  Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Rd, Timonium
  9:00 am
Sunday August 23
• The Server Games →
  Delaware Avenue, Delaware Ave, Towson
  10:00 am
Monday August 24
• First Day of School!
  City Neighbors Hamilton Baltimore, MD 21214
Wednesday August 26
• Exhibition | Eye Spy →
  7700 Osler Dr, Towson
  11:00 am
• Journal Club: Measuring and Managing Mental Health Responses to Police Exposure →
  JCS Institute for Professional Development
  12:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Saturday, August 29, 2026 Auditions - Towson, MD 2026 →
  Children's Chorus of Maryland & School of Music, 320 E Towsontown Blvd, Towson
  10:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Solo Aging Together →
  Jewish Community Services, 5750 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore
  4:30 pm
• Artist Talk | Artist and Landscape Architect Sophie Maguire and Landscape Architect Meg Baldwin →
  7700 Osler Dr, Towson
  6:30 pm
Friday September 4
• Exhibition | Even Our Oddkin →
  7700 Osler Dr, Towson
  11:00 am
Saturday September 5
• Vendor Members Group & the Markets of CRAFTS GALORE! →
  Grace Lutheran of Lutherville, 8601 Valleyfield Rd, Timonium, MD, 21093
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Has anyone here ever had a Bakers Cyst?
  They occur behind your knee and make straightening your leg difficult and walking, more so. I developed one last Fall, in my left knee, and was told… (Nextdoor Ruxton)
• Please be aware that there may be a temporary drop in water pressure in the following areas on Thursday (8/20/26) and Friday (8/21/26) between 7 a.
  m. and 6 p.m. - Hilltop Road and any services along Bird River Road from Hilltop Road to Campbell Boulevard - The homes in the area of 350… (Nextdoor )

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center posted a job opening for Pharmacy Secretary in Towson. Apply here.
• Bowlero Corporation posted a job opening for Greeter / Counter Desk Attendant in Towson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Towson here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lutherville

• Baltimore County police expand drone response program (wbal.com)

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• Brand Your AI Identity (town.news)
• See The Otters (town.news)

Pikesville

• County sidewalk plans debated in Pikesville neighborhood (wmar2news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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