Middle River gets a new trail along water

(Baltimore Sun) - ... Neighbors lauded the blacktop trail, built with $1 million in county and state money, as only the beginning of a series of pathways that will eventually connect downtown Essex north to Marshy Point Creek. The path begins in the 7.4-acre Hawthorne Park, winds through the neighborhood to Darkhead Creek Park and ends at Hawthorne Elementary School. Continued