Recreation
>The Lutherville-Timonium Recreation Council sponsors summer tennis for boys and girls ages 6-16 and adults June 23-Aug 3, Ridgely Middle School. Call 410-887-7684 or 410-296-2100.
>The Mountain Club of Maryland hosts the foll...
Unlike protest, Memorial Day event reflects national pride
Two months ago, I watched a crowd of Towson University students pour off the campus, banging plastic buckets and shouting anti-Bush and anti-war slogans.
They marched up York Road to m...
We applaud efforts to improve academic performance at the middle school level. It's a daunting task that must be confronted full bore.
Middle school students, with raging hormones and fuzzy disregard of the future, are most in need of direction among ...
It's called "access" and a rhyming word is "abscess." In politics, the distinction is sometimes lost.
Access is what campaign contributions buy. Abscess in the body politic is often a byproduct of the sale.
An example may lie in this compilati...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Opinion
'Who's the new principal?' an all-too-common question
I read your article with great interest on Ken Burch, principal of Western High, being terminated with 37 years of teaching or administrative experience at one school.
I had to read the art...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Opinion
It's called "access" and a rhyming word is "abscess." In politics, the distinction is sometimes lost.
Access is what campaign contributions buy. Abscess in the body politic is often a byproduct of the sale.
An example may lie in this compilati...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Crime Log is compiled from police reports. It is the policy of the Arbutus Times to include a description of suspects only when it contributes to identification.
Arbutus
Sulphur Spring and Old Georgetown roads, 6:20 a.m. May 29. A man was robb...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
The following is a synopsis of local planning cases as they make their way through the Baltimore County planning process. These cases involve projects within the First Councilmanic District:
Office of Permits and Development
Arnold Jablon, Dir...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Mary White of Lansdowne was a cash winner of $19,000 in the Maryland Lottery's Cash Encounters Second Chance TV Game Show.
After building up $38,000 in the first round of her "Crab Cash" contest, she took a chance of doubling her money by risking half...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
John Kokran and Cathy Rowan of Severn, Vince and Jill Rowan of Hampstead, Dennis and Lois Bentley of Baltimore Highlands are the baby's grandparents.
Send birth announcements to the Arbutus Times, 757 Frederick Road, Suite 103, Catonsville MD 21228. F...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Close to 30 students at Lansdowne High School got a jump on the graduation season.
Weeks before graduating from the school's Academy of Finance, students from the program attended a black-tie affair held in their honor.
The May 20 event, held ...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Morgan-Hyatt
Sharon Justice Morgan of Elkridge and Richard L. Morgan II of Pasadena announce the engagement of their daughter, Tina Marie Morgan, to James Richard Hyatt, son of Linda Rutkowski and James Hyatt Sr., both of Arbutus.
The bride-to...
Lansdowne High School's spring sports banquet took place May 27 in the cafeteria. Principal Tom DeHart began the evening by thanking students, parents, coaches and the Booster Club for planning the unforgettable event. Brian Layman, the athletic director,...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Opinion
We applaud efforts to improve academic performance at the middle school level. It's a daunting task that must be confronted full bore.
Middle school students, with raging hormones and fuzzy disregard of the future, are most in need of direction among ...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
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Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Morgan-Hyatt
Sharon Justice Morgan of Elkridge and Richard L. Morgan II of Pasadena announce the engagement of their daughter, Tina Marie Morgan, to James Richard Hyatt, son of Linda Rutkowski and James Hyatt Sr., both of Arbutus.
The bride-to...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Joseph Holley
On May 15, Joseph Thomas Holley of Rehoboth Beach, Del., succumbed to cancer in the Beebe Medical Center after a long illness. He was 74.
Mr. Holley was born in Dorsey, Md., to the late Joseph Holley and Margaret Sapp. After grad...
Published June 4, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Independence Day is exactly one month away and the Arbutus Fourth of July Committee is busy planning this year's celebration.
As in past years, some of the events require advance preparation and registration.
Fliers for the Firecracker 10K Rac...
When students from St. Clement Academy took to the streets last week for the school's first-ever walk-a-thon, they were hoping to make a dent in the school's mounting debt.
By mid-morning the students and their parents and teachers had raised $3,000 t...
Changes are on the way for the 26,000 middle school students in Baltimore County Public Schools.
Many of those students can expect to see tougher courses, better trained math teachers and higher expectations in the years to come.
Last week, th...
>The Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks is sponsoring a Best Soccer Camp July 14-18 and July 21-25 at Catonsville Middle School, 9 a.m.-noon or 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost is $95 one session; $160 for two. Call Jim Fitzpatrick at 410-465-8704 ...
Playing the games, going undefeated and winning the North-South Women's Lacrosse Junior College National Championship for the third straight year was the easy part for the CCBC Catonsville women's lacrosse team this season.
Overcoming the deaths of tw...
Record books years from now will show Catonsville High School lost to North Caroline 1-0 in eight innings in the Class 2A softball state championship game.
The 13 players on the roster of the 17-3 squad, fans and Coach Bill Nelson will remember a spec...
Published June 4, 2003 by North County News in Community
After devoting most of his life to music, a Monkton man hit the national spotlight by being at the right place at the right time.
Larry Scott, 60, was chosen to appear on the NBC show "Second Chance - America's Most Talented Senior," which aired June ...
Published June 4, 2003 by North County News in Community
When Sparks Elementary School principal Tom Ellis decided to retire last year, the county school system accepted his decision _ but then rehired him to run the school for one more year.
That year is almost over, and Ellis is really, truly retiring thi...