Published May 22, 2002 by Catonsville Times in Sports
Boys Lacrosse
For the first 18 minutes of last week's Class 3A-2A state semifinal, Catonsville controlled tempo, ground balls and held its own on faceoffs against Mount Hebron (12-5).
Despite the overcast skies at Annapolis High, feelings on t...
Published May 22, 2002 by Catonsville Times in Sports
Girls Lacrosse
Lights. Action. Clipp.
That was the theme of last Wednesday's show-stopping Catonsville 18-15 win over Franklin in the Class 3A-2A South Region championship game.
The action in the contest, played under the lights at the...
Published May 22, 2002 by Catonsville Times in Opinion
A priest relates this story: He was watching a kids' baseball game in Baltimore County recently when a woman walked up to him and demanded that he explain his presence.
"I'm watching my son play," he said. "As a matter of fact, he's the one who's batt...
Published May 22, 2002 by Catonsville Times in Opinion
Thanks to community, teens had great time, free of risk
Following a magnificent senior prom at the National Aquarium, the Catonsville High School Class of 2002 was treated to an extraordinary after-prom party at the UMBC Field House.
The Caton...
Published May 22, 2002 by Catonsville Times in Business
When Brightview Assisted Living officials arrived last week to unveil their new Catonsville facility, they'd come a long way since proposing its development.
"It's nice to be here with a large crowd of people for such a positive occasion," said Phil G...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
The Roland Park Civic League held its annual meeting May 15 and elected new officers for the coming year. After serving as president between 1997 and 1999, David Blumberg is returning to the office. He will have a strong group of officers with him. Lisa B...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Maryland's part-time lawmakers this year received the largest legislative pay raises in state history _ up nearly 40% to $43,500 by 2006.
The governor's salary will also rise from $120,000 to $150,000.
That increase would put the state's legis...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Sending heavenward a prayer that "all who pass by will say surely the Lord is in this place," Rabbi Mona Decker turned over the first shovelful of earth that over the next year and a half will become the Bolton Street Synagogue's new $3.5 million home in ...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Joe Stewart believes in jumping right into worthwhile causes.
So when the 55-year-old Waverly resident became aware of the high level of pollution in the Patapsco River, he decided that the only thing to do was jump in _ literally.
He did so S...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in News
In preparation for its 100th birthday and the future, Roland Park's St. David's Church is going back to its roots in Hampden.
While St. David's sanctuary, offices and classrooms are undergoing $2.5 million in renovations and refurbishment this summer,...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in News
By fall, all accredited schools in Maryland will be outfitted with a new weather alert radio to help staff better prepare for tornadoes and other emergencies.
"It's a good system," said Richard Muth, administrator for the Baltimore County Office of Em...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Women's Lacrosse
Princeton standout Theresa Sherry allowed the flow of the women's Division I championship game against Georgetown to come to her Sunday afternoon at Loyola College's sun-soaked Curley Field.
The sophomore from Pinehurst had al...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
The outrage triggered by Gov. Parris Glendening's order delaying the execution of Wesley Eugene Baker is understandable.
During a robbery in 1991, Baker gunned down a Catonsville elementary school teacher in the Westview Mall parking lot as her two gr...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
A priest relates this story: He was watching a kids' baseball game in Baltimore County recently when a woman walked up to him and demanded that he explain his presence.
"I'm watching my son play," he said. "As a matter of fact, he's the one who's batt...
Published May 22, 2002 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
Fresh out of college, I looked across my apartment living room and saw my roommate Babbie, also Hootie, Tootsie and Popsy. I was called Huddy. At 22, I finally realized the number of cutsie nicknames in my life.
I thought of Boo, Basket, Bebo, Boodie,...
Published May 22, 2002 by Towson Times in Community
Elva Hazlehurst and June Stritehoff were drawn to be Girl Scout leaders when their daughters were young.
Nearly 40 years later, they still are.
Though the daughters have grown up, left home and become Girl Scout troop leaders themselves, Hazle...
Published May 22, 2002 by Towson Times in Community
The rich are different from you and me, as author F. Scott Fitzgerald said.
Certainly me, presumably you. Unless you are living in the greater Towson area in a Blue Blood Estates neighborhood.
Then, according to the Claritas PRIZM system, whic...
Published May 22, 2002 by Towson Times in Community
When Japan surrendered in August 1945, Catherine McKelvy was a volunteer at Union Memorial Hospital.
She vividly recalls hearing horns blowing from cars screaming up and down 33rd Street to celebrate the official end of World War II.
While she...
Published May 22, 2002 by Towson Times in Business
The star of the annual meeting of the Towson Development Corp. last week was not its new president-elect, lawyer Stuart Kaplow.
It was not Gerry Rescigno, who handed over the gavel to Kaplow after two years as the president of the basically all-volunt...
Published May 22, 2002 by Towson Times in Education
Top administrators from Baltimore County Public Schools came to work sessions in Towson last week ready to defend their "status quo" budget.
Members of the County Council, however, told them some of it had to go.
This week the Council is expec...
Published May 22, 2002 by Towson Times in Education
Rodgers Forge Elementary School was the setting for the Night of the Arts.
The activity provided parents the opportunity to view their children's art work and hear them perform.
The fifth-graders were the gracious hosts, serving the guests hor...
County Councilman Wayne M. Skinner says he'll try once more to derail expansion of the Baltimore County Detention Center, despite the project's groundbreaking earlier this week.
Skinner, whose district includes the jail on Kenilworth Avenue in Towson,...
Philadelphia Management Co. has purchased the 50-year-old Dulaney Valley Apartments in Towson and plans to transform its 256 apartments into upscale rental housing as leases expire.
The deal was consummated Monday.
Since Philadelphia Managemen...
By fall, all accredited schools in Maryland will be outfitted with a new weather alert radio to help staff better prepare for tornadoes and other emergencies.
"It's a good system," said Lt. Richard Muth, administrator for the Baltimore County Office o...
Pledging that security will be the "one abiding theme" of her campaign, Helen Delich Bentley has declared her candidacy for the Republican nomination to Maryland's 2nd Congressional District seat.
Bentley, who served five terms in Congress before losi...