take the time and go to Enoch free library in the city and look for the "BROOKLYN NEWS" newspaper back in the day this was the go-to for local news
also, the state archives in Annapolis
the 5th district use to run from the bridge just before Harbor Hospital down to Revera Beach all of Brooklyn and Curtis Bay use to be Anne Arundel County Our First Police Chief John Sours was a Sgt in the 5th before the establishment of our dept 1937
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