Week in Review: Elections Board and a Near Abduction

Here's the news this week from Azalea City.

a 12-year-old Takoma Park boy was almost abducted this morning, police reported.

Around 7 a.m. the victim was walking to his bus stop when he approached Cockerille Avenue and Kansas Avenue. A Hispanic-looking male stopped near the boy, exited his vehicle and chased the victim in an attempt to grab him, police said. The boy fled back to his house and the suspect was seen casually returning to his vehicle and fleeing the area from Circle Avenue, making a right on to Kansas Avenue, according to police.

the Takoma Park Board of Elections discussed how a proposed budget for the 2011 election would be used, as well as a schedule for that election.

Jessie Carpenter, city clerk, briefed the board at its meeting Mar. 16 on the proposed $15,000 budget for the 2011 election that has been submitted for inclusion in Takoma Park’s proposed fiscal year 2012 budget, which is scheduled to be presented to the City Council on Apr. 4.