Glenridge Rd

Luzerne/Glenridge Labor Day Block Party 2026

/ Anna White

The Luzerne/Glenridge Labor Day Block Party on Luzerne is nearly upon us, starting at 3 pm on Monday, September 7!

We’ve got a stuffed-to-the-gills billing for music for y’all on Monday (timings approximate, we’re musicians, people):

A neighbor band plays at the 2025 Luzerne/Glenridge Block Party.

3 to 3:30 pm John and Geoff
3:30 to 3:45 pm Zane Waxenfelter
3:45 to 4 pm CHILDREN’S BIKE RACE
4 to 4:45 pm Bill Mascioli Traditional Irish music
4:45 to 5:15 pm Sam Squared (Sam Post and Sam Peters)
5:15 to 5:45 pm Meatcute
5:45 to 6:30 pm The Vico Cycle
6:30 to 7:15 pm The Hanover Street Band

Remember, this is a Pot Luck party, so bring a dish or beverage, bring a chair, and we’ll bring the music!

The kids’ wheeled-apparatus-race down the hill will be between 3:45 and 4 pm, and rumor has it there MAY be an ice cream truck from 4 to 5 pm….shhh.

Ready-set-go! The starting line of kids’ wheeled-apparatus-race down Luzerne (2025)

A couple reminders:

  • Sign up to help and/or bring food: See link to Signup Genius form posted to the neighborhood listserv and bring a dish to share.
  • Move your vehicle: Neighbors who live on the 2000 block of Luzerne and 9100 block of Glenridge should plan to move your vehicles to surrounding streets (or into your driveway if you have one) by 2 pm on Monday, September 7

Looking forward to another great day of music and community!

– Josh & Libby (music and event organizers)

Luzerne/Glenridge Labor Day Block Party

/ Anna White


All are welcome to the Luzerne/Glenridge Labor Day Block Party! 

We will have a superstar lineup of live music from talented neighborhood musicians; a moon bounce; snow cones; and potluck food & drink. And it looks like Mother Nature is on our side: high 70s and sunny! 🤞🏻

When: Monday, September 1, 2025 3-7 pm (kids’ bike race at 3:30ish pm)

Where: 2000 block of Luzerne Ave & 9100 block Glenridge Road

*Many thanks* to the neighbors who’ve signed up to help set up/clean up, monitor the moon bounce, and bring food/drink. If you plan to come, please bring a dish or snack or beverages to share.

Important: If your child is bouncing in the bounce house, please note that the moon bounce vendor prohibits shoes, belt buckles, dangling jewelry, and eyeglasses. We ask that you keep an eye on your child and make sure they’re being a good citizen when jumping. 

Looking forward to a fun afternoon with great neighbors! See you there!

Digging into Neighborhood History

/ Anna White

On February 16, 2022, many neighbors tuned into an online training by Kirsten L. Crase, PhD, University of Maryland, on how to research the history of their homes. The training inspired a search of historic newspaper digital archives for articles related to the neighborhood. Among many fascinating finds, neighbors uncovered a plethora of original advertisements for North Woodside homes. Can you find these homes today?

Source: Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Dates/Pages (left to right): September 15, 1928, Page 23; August 21, 1936, Page 16; September 6, 1930, Page B2; April 25, 1931, Page B2.

Many of the old North Woodside advertisements, such as the large one above, tout the
“exclusive” nature of the community and “the protection of its sensible restrictions,” not-so-subtle allusions to racially restrictive deed covenants.

For more information on researching the history of your home:

And if you discover your home has a racist deed covenant:

New Neighborhood Street Trees

/ Anna White
A new street tree on Lanier Dr

Casey Trees was in the neighborhood last month, planting our latest batch of street trees in cooperation with the county, courtesy of a Chesapeake Bay Foundation grant.

You’ll see new trees on 2nd, 3rd, Elkhart, Luzerne, Lanier, Louis, Glen Ross, Glenridge, Hanover, Rookwood, and Stratton. Some less-common species we are getting this year include a black willow on Hanover St and a bald cypress on Glen Ross near the 5-way intersection.

The Tree Committee is starting to collect names for the next round of plantings to go in this fall or next spring. If you want a new street tree or trees and think you have the space, contact the Tree Committee.

Special thanks to Casey Trees and county arborist Jack Pond. Jack inspects, chooses species, and coordinates with Casey Trees. Casey Trees applied for the grant and does the planting.

Inauguration Eve Luminary Display

/ Anna White

Luminaries line 2nd Avenue on January 19, 2021

In response to the U.S. Capitol attacks and the Inauguration Committee’s Nationwide COVID-19 Memorial, Scott Vicary organized a neighborhood display of luminaries (brown paper bags with LED tea light candles inside). He envisioned them as a symbol of community solidarity in honoring lives lost, a lighted path to a better era, and a step toward healing.

Well over 50 households participated, including all those along Glenridge Rd. and Rookwood Rd. As neighbors lit their luminaries, 400 lights were lit along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to represent the 400,000 lives lost in the U.S., a grim number reached that day.