Tuesday is National Night Out to fight crime, a night of community walks and turning on porch lights. I'd like to hear from communities around the area as to what is planned. I have a few I'll list here and I'll put more up as they come in.

In the city, Better Waverly is meeting at the Youth Art Center at 901 Montpelier St. from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The Charles Village Civic Association is meeting in the 2900 block of Guilford Ave. and at 2746 Maryland Ave. from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be hotdogs and hamburgers, along with potlock drinks. For more information, email: walter@charlesvillage.org

Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello is meeting on the Martin Luther hillside overlooking Lake Montebello at Hillen Road and East 33rd Street from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be a cookout.

Ednor Gardens/Lakeside will be meeting (for all of Northeast Baltimore) at Stadium Place on East 33rd Street. A Citizens on Patrol group will caravan from there for a districtwide tour starting at 6:30 p.m. and return for BBQ.

The Greater Homewood Community Corp. and the C-Safe Neighborhoods of Better Waverly, Pen Lucy and Waverly Improvement Association will meet a the Chestnut Hill Natural Lodge i the 600 block of Chestnut Hill Ave., between Old York Road and Ellerslie, just off East 37th Street, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

In Howard County, police will announce the grand opening of a new Wilde Lake office in the Wilde Lake Village Center at 6 p.m. Police Chief William McMahon, County Executive Ken Ulman and Fire Chief William Goddard will be there, along with McGruff the crime dog. The new community police resource officer, Anthony Nigro, also will be there.

Police in Howard also will open another new office in Owen Brown and Officer Sarah Miller will be at a party at Dasher Green pool from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There also will be parties at the four other existing police offices in Harper's Choice, Long Reach, North Laurel and Oakland Mills starting at 6 p.m. More 20 communities in Howard are having their own parties from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

For more details, visit www.hcpd.org

I know there are more out there. Please let me know.