Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Opinion
For many county residents, Isabel was no lady, and her impact is still being felt nearly a week after she first blew into town.
A number of homes remain without power, some residents are coping with flooding, and as drivers traverse county roads they ...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Crop circles have nothing on Patrick Rodgers, manager of North Run Farm in Stevenson.
Last year, Rodgers impressed visitors with a Maryland-pride crab maze comprising two miles of pathways.
This year he's ready to wow those who dare to enter h...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Two organizations aimed at preserving history are coming together Sept. 27 to give the public an old-fashioned day of entertainment.
Baltimore County's Historical Society and the Model A Ford Club of Greater Baltimore - along with a collector playing ...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Education
The U.S. Department of Education recently acknowledged what parents, students and teachers at Timonium Elementary School have known all along: The school is pretty special.
Timonium Elementary was named a Blue Ribbon School, one of five Maryland schoo...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Education
>Jan Tammen of Towson was named a college scholar at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa., where he is a junior international business major. Tammen is a 2001 graduate of Towson High School.
>Edward Berg of Stevenson has started his fresh...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Business
>John Jeppi has been named director of gift planning for the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Foundation. Jeppi was assistant vice president in Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.'s Investment and Wealth Management Division. Before that, he was CFO...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Business
Two years in the planning, the Bahama Breeze restautant opened this week near the Towson roundabout.
The 340-seat, $3.5 million Towson Bahama Breeze is just north of Joppa Road and just west of the Virginia Avenue entrance to Towson Town Center.
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Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Business
Goodbye McDonald's, hello salon. A change in buyers has resulted in a change in plans for two houses in Towson at 207 and 209 E. Joppa Road.
Two years ago McDonald's had the properties under contract and planned to raze the buildings and replace them ...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Business
>The Greater Baltimore Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will host its Woman to Woman Day this Saturday, Sept. 27, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Select Baltimore North, Timonium. The cost of $35 includes wor...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Boy Scout Troop 340 recognized its two new Eagle Scouts at its fall Court of Awards Sept. 13 at St. John's United Methodist Church. Rocky Arocho and Alex Bautz took their Eagle oaths at the troop's summer camp bonfire.
Rocky's project involved a major...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in News
Watershed 'listening' session in Cockeysville
Baltimore County will host the second in its series of "listening sessions" on issues related to watershed areas this Thursday, Sept. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Cockeysville Library.
The series, spo...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in News
Crime log is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when we have enough information to assist police in making an arrest.
Cockeysville
Cranbrook Road, unit block, between ...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in News
229,000 homes in Baltimore County without power on Friday
54,000 homes in Baltimore County still without power on Tuesday
3,000 workers deployed by BGE
8 days estimated to restore power to all areas
750,000 pounds of dry ice di...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Elections may be more than a year away, but the Film & Video Society of Towson University is keeping all things political in mind this fall with its Political Film Series, held every Wednesday beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the school's Van Bokkelen Hall A...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
FRIDAY
>Get salsa-fied at the College of Notre Dame, 4701 N. Charles St., on Friday, 8-11 p.m., with a salsa concert in the Doyle Formal Lounge. Cost is $5, $3 students. Call 410-532-5558.
SATURDAY
>Shawan Downs, 1401 Shawan Road...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
The Legacy Chase is only three years old, but already this year's version is a horse of another color.
The daylong event, held Saturday, Sept. 27, at Shawan Downs Racecourse, will include a full day of steeplechase racing and equestrian events, with m...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
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Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Robert S. Barranco Sr.
Robert "Bob" S. Barranco Sr. died from cancer at his home Sept. 17 at age 70.
Born and raised in the Baltimore area, his parents built a home in Beverly Beach, Anne Arundel County, in 1945. There he spent most summers du...
Published September 24, 2003 by Towson Times in Community
Mollie Sanders will be 91 next month, and she still plays golf at the Pine Ridge golf course on Thursdays.
"I think it's what's kept me young," smiled Sanders, who lives in Pikesville. "I think golf is my secret."
Sanders was one of about 30 m...
Published September 24, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
The regular monthly meeting of the Greater Baltimore Highlands Community Association on Sept. 15 was action-packed and quite informative. State Sen. Ed Kasemeyer started us off with a report; Erin Kuhn represented the State Highway Administration, and Bal...
Published September 24, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
If it's a girl or a boy, Kelly Whorton has just the thing - small packs of pink or blue Jelly Belly candy announcing the new arrival.
Those are the latest brand-new items at Just Arrived, her Edmondson Avenue consignment shop,near the northeast corner...
Published September 24, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
Guoyun Ru discovered the International Friends group five years ago when he entered UMBC as a graduate student.
As a 25-year-old student, away from his home in China for the first time, he said he found himself looking for ways to gain a better unders...
Published September 24, 2003 by Arbutus Times in News
When the lights at Mike's Pizza in Arbutus went off suddenly Thursday afternoon, Michael Tiso Jr. knew he would probably have to throw out his freshly made meatballs and shrimp salad. They were too perishable, even on dry ice.
"You can't take a chance...
Published September 24, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
Sorace-Packer
Christine F. Sorace wed Chester A. Packer on May 17. Family and friends from as far away as Florida and California witnessed the happy couple exchange vows on the shore of the Potomac River in Nanjemoy, Md., home of the bride's sister. A...
Published September 24, 2003 by Arbutus Times in Community
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