The name of the book is "Fire in a Canebrake." As the subtitle says, it's about the last mass lynching in America.
Lynching usually involved hanging somebody. But Cockeysville native Laura Wexler, who wrote the nonfiction account of what happened in W...
Published January 8, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
It has been our practice to pick a person or persons as Towson Person/s of the Year. To qualify for this honor, these individuals must have been a source of good deeds which have made Towson a better place to live.
This year, the honor goes to the man...
Published January 8, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Dumbarton Middle School will celebrate Monitor Mania in March and needs our help.
The school needs to raise at least $12,000 a year for about the next two years to cover the additional expenses related to computer monitors.
Therefore, this yea...
Published January 8, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Residents of the Loch Raven Community can be proud of the goodwill of their community organizations this past holiday season!
Heads and hands will be warmer in Baltimore County thanks to seniors at the Loch Raven Nutrition site who donated about 50 ha...
Published January 8, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Leo Richard McHugh
Leo Richard McHugh of Timonium died Dec. 30 at Stella Maris at the age of 74.
Mr. McHugh was born in 1928 in Medford, Mass. to the late John J. McHugh and the late Ellen Mary McHugh (nee Corcoran).
Mr. McHugh married...
Published January 8, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Submissions for the Bulletin Board can be sent to Lauren Taylor, Towson Times, 409 Washington Ave., Towson, MD 21204, fax your notices to 410-337-2490 or e-mail them to ltaylor@patuxent.com.
Priority will be given to events or groups in the Towson Tim...
Published January 8, 2003 by Towson Times in Education
The weekend snowstorm that extended into Monday morning caused Baltimore County Public Schools to close its doors for the fourth time in the 2002-03 school year.
That means the school system has only three snow days left to get through the rest of Jan...
If there is one message the 42nd District delegation to Annapolis would like to pass along to their constituents it would be ``keep your expectations low.��
Prevailing budget pressures, the state senator and three delegates from the 42nd District ...
David Iannucci was named Baltimore County's new director of economic development by County Executive Jim Smith on Tuesday, replacing Robert Hannon, who held that position for the last seven years.
Iannucci currently serves as Secretary of the Maryland...
With today's opening of the General Assembly in Annapolis, county legislators will be focused more than ever on securing a piece of the pie for their constituents.
But this year, the budget rules everything and the pie has shrunk considerably. As a re...
In recent years, the vacancy problem in Towson's central business district has been like the weather.
Everybody complains about it - the empty storefronts, the abandoned gasoline station sites, the boarded up buildings _ but nobody has been able to do...
Government officials are trying to develop a smallpox response plan that could quickly vaccinate people and contain an outbreak in the event that the virus is used in a bioterror attack.
Some facts about smallpox from the Centers for Disease Control a...
The following is a synopsis of local planning cases as they progress through the Baltimore County planning process. These cases involve projects within the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Councilmanic Districts:
Office of Permits and Development
Arnold Jablo...
Woman found dead in car after it crashes into river
For the second time in four months, a car has run off Lower Glencoe Road in Sparks and landed in the Gunpowder River, killing the driver.
On Jan. 4, police discovered the body of a missing Co...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Students in the culinary program at Lansdowne High School helped to make the holidays a little brighter for people who visit My Brother's Keeper soup kitchen in Irvington.
Under the direction of school chef Steve Adams, students in a food service and ...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
The weekend snowstorm which extended into Monday morning caused Baltimore County Public Schools to close its doors for the fourth time in the 2002-03 school year.
That means the school system has only three snow days left to get through the rest of Ja...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
Every four years, change descends on Annapolis, but few terms have started out with as many uncertainties as the 2003 session of Maryland General Assembly.
A new governor, 30% turnover in legislators and a projected half-billion dollar deficit have ma...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
With today's opening of the General Assembly in Annapolis, county legislators will be focused more than ever on securing a piece of the pie for their constituents.
But this year, the budget rules everything and the pie has shrunk considerably. As a re...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
The southwest region of Baltimore County is poised to assume greater prominence in the Legislature with the nomination of several local politicians to top-level posts.
Among the key posts, Del. James E. Malone Jr. of Dist. 12A was chosen as vice-chair...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
The Halethorpe-based Clipper City Brewing Company on Monday announced an expansion of its distribution to include several segments of Pennsylvania.
Hugh Sisson, general partner of the brewery located on Hollins Ferry Road, said the added distribution ...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
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Gun Road, 700 block, between Dec. 19 and Jan. 2, 11 a.m. Yard tools were stolen during a burglary at the Oblate Sisters of Providence.
Maiden Choice Lane, 1000 block, Dec. 27, 8:48 p.m. A "bottle bomb" - a bottle containing explosive h...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Sports
Although UMBC's men's basketball team lost to Santa Clara 55-54 on Friday, December 20 there were several winners on the floor at the Retriever Activity Center.
The Retrievers fell a point short of a victory but the fans scored points for the Southwes...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Sports
Area athletes make impact on collegiate level
Seton Keough graduate Sarah Walsh, a senior at Colby College, was one of five players selected to the D3hoops.com National Division III Team of the Week in mid-December.
Walsh, a Catonsville reside...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Opinion
Issue is not truckers, but neighborhood traffic
Mr. Simmons' recent letter stating that Jake Miller has it in for trucking companies and truck drivers is way out in left field.
Maybe, just maybe, Jake and I are sick and tired of these 80,000-p...
Published January 8, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
'Twas two weeks after Christmas, and all around town, families were smiling, not one wore a frown.
The children, who'd nestled so snug in their beds, had brightly-colored wool hats clamped to their heads.
Mom donned a warm scarf. Dad had one t...