Published September 4, 2001 by The Jeffersonian in News
Patrick Joseph Diaz
Patrick Joseph Diaz, MBA, CPA, passed away Aug. 17 at his Clarksville home with his family by his side from complications of brain cancer. Mr. Diaz, a leukemia survivor of 21 years, was 54 years old.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...
Published September 4, 2001 by The Jeffersonian in News
Catonsville
The newest exhibit on display at the Catonsville Library includes a collection of hand-crafted books written, designed and constructed by children at a local summer camp devoted to books.
"The books were beautifully done," said Pam...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in News
The results are in, and school across Baltimore County, including Catonsville High, are celebrating.
As members of the school system's Class of 2001 settle into dorms at college campuses, their former teachers and school administrators are this week e...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in News
The first week of the new school year may find some school bus drivers running late as county officials grapple with a severe shortage of bus drivers in the southwestern area.
Even as public schools opened yesterday, officials were struggling to recru...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Sports
The seeds for the 2001 season were planted after the final game last year.
Now it's time for area high school coaches to see what an off-season of growth in the weight room will produce on the football field this fall.
Rip open the husk and si...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Sports
The Western Family YMCA's annual Y5K Race and 5K Fun Walk will once again be held one day prior to the Catonsville Arts and Crafts Festival, on Saturday, Sept. 8 beginning at 8 a.m.
The race is sponsored by the Erickson Retirement Communities, along w...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Business
In just a few days Frederick Road will be filled with canopies, banners, balloons, people, and one of the largest collections of original artwork in the region, as the Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce Festival Committee presents the 28th Annual Cat...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Opinion
Psst! Want to hear something?
For many of us, that won't be as easy as it once was. This doesn't mean only the 138,000 or so seniors in Baltimore County and another 75,000 in Baltimore City. Science tells us that many of these couldn't hear a pin drop...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
Fifty years ago, front page news in the Herald Argus of Sept., 6, 1951 offered some local reaction to construction of the proposed beltway:
>The following article appeared in the September bulletin of the Catonsville Communities Improvement and Pro...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
St. Gabriel Catholic Church will be honored this Sunday, Sept. 9, with a visit from Cardinal William Keeler, who will preside at 10:30 a.m. Mass and the blessing of the new baptismal font at the church, 6950 Dogwood Ave. Completion of the font last month ...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in News
A teenage suspect in an Edmondson Avenue carjacking last week was arrested on Thursday and charged as an adult with vehicle theft as well as kidnapping two children who were sitting inside the car when it was stolen.
Lamont Andre Sanford, 17, whose la...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in News
The Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, 300 Oella Ave., will host a gala reception on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2-5 p.m. to open the new exhibit, "Local Legacies: Maryland," a multi-media display from Maryland's 27 Local Legacy projects.
The Sept. ...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
>Catonsville boys basketball registration will be held at the Westchester Elementary activities room Wednesday, Sept. 12 from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday Sept. 15 from 9 a.m to noon and Tuesday, Sept. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Rec program is for ages 6-18. Tra...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
This has been a summer of opposites. Back in May, we welcomed the ensuing summer by mourning the loss of Ed Bachman, perennial supporter of Westview Park.
Then there was a succession of happy, family events: the opening of the Crosby Crossing pool, th...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
Cameron Andrew Williams made his first appearance on May 26 at 5:53 a.m., weighing 7 pounds. Elkridge residents Donnie and Teresa Williams are his busy parents.
Don Sr. and Carolyn Williams of Eldersburg are the infant's paternal grandparents while An...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
Gerlach-Kelley
Tricia Lee Gerlach, daughter of Joseph Gerlach of Ellicott City, Dennis and Jean Laumann of Catonsville, will wed Peter S. Kelley, son of Peter and Audrey Kelley of Bradenton, Fla., on Oct. 6.
The future bride graduated from the...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
The community will ring out the old and bring in the new during the 28th annual Catonsville Arts and Crafts Festival, set for this Sunday, Sept. 9.
Some 220 vendors will converge on Frederick Road for a fun-filled day of entertainment, good food, and ...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
The Catonsville Historical Society is inviting children of all ages to take the time to learn a little about the history of Catonsville, win a prize and have fun in the process.
From Sept. 9 to Sept. 29, the society will distribute "History Detective"...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
No, Virginia, Santa Claus is not about to become homeless.
But it's true that his familiar house on Frederick Road is going to highest bidder, in an auction scheduled for this Sunday, Sept. 9, at 1:15 p.m. as part of the 28th annual Catonsville Arts a...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
State has no business regulating gasoline prices
During the 2001 legislative session, many bad bills were passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Parris Glendening.
None, however, so violated the principles of the free market ...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
Gladys Ridgely
Local housewife Gladys June Ridgely succumbed to cancer on July 12 in the Forest Haven Nursing Center. She was 75 years old. Born in High Point, Ill., to the late Louis and Zerna Ochs, she graduated from Western High School in 19...
Published September 5, 2001 by Catonsville Times in Community
EVENTS
>The genealogy section of the Catonsville Historical Society will meet Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pullen building, 1824 Frederick Road. Pat Gracie will speak on "Faceless Women." Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
>The Western F...
Published September 5, 2001 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Humble thanks to Mark Chartrand not only for his kind words and good humor but especially for filling in for me once again while I was on a sabbatical on the Ohio "Riviera." In case you haven't noticed, Mark has a very "dry" sense of humor, and he is exce...
Published September 5, 2001 by Baltimore Messenger in News
For many low-income families in Hampden, the Head Start program is a much-welcomed haven for children to develop mentally, socially, emotionally and physically in a safe environment.
Hampden Head Start is one of seven sites of Emily Price Jones Head S...
Published September 5, 2001 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Construction of a pedestrian bridge that will span Roland Avenue between Roland Park Country and Gilman schools caused even more than the usual traffic woes for parents carpooling children to North Baltimore schools, which opened this week.
Shortly af...