Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Azure skies and balmy temperatures arrived in Guilford on Feb. 29, just in time for the Guilford Welcoming Committee's Leap Day event, chaired by Millicent Tyler, attended by the newest members of our community. Guests entered the fabulous home of Dr. Pau...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Tough times at Mt. Washington Elementary School (and, to our sorrow, at all other public schools in Baltimore): Their secretary recently left for another position, and in light of the school system's financial difficulties, MWES doesn't have the funds to ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Opinion
GOP numbers actually rise, and for good reason
Last week, the Towson Times ran a front-page story claiming that Republican voter registration in the county dropped by more than 20 percent since 2000. Your story caused quite a stir within the Baltimore...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Opinion
When the Democratic leadership tried to trim the budgetary powers of Maryland's Republican governor last week, all it got for its trouble was a bloody nose.
Gov. Bob Ehrlich pulled all the stops to repel the assault, after initially appearing to succu...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Opinion
Parents who smoke may soon be forced to practice what they preach when visiting their child's school.
As reported in our story by Jennifer Przydzial on page 20, the Baltimore County school board will vote March 23 on banning smoking anywhere at any ti...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
As much as she would have liked to keep up with Loch Raven High's run toward a state basketball title, Janet Anderson had no idea the two-time defending Class 1A North region champions were that good.
There are plenty of other things to think about no...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
As a child, Ted Brown sat in a noisy, packed gym Friday nights watching the Gilman School wrestling team his father, Eddie, coached.
"I can remember it being bedlam with air horns and drums," Ted Brown said.
Interest was still high when Brown ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Trailing by 28 points to Southern-Garrett with four minutes to go in a Class 1A state semifinal game March 12, Loch Raven High's chances for victory were gone.
But that didn't stop the four seniors who have played together for four years from playing ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Recreation
>The Mountain Club of Maryland hosts the following for all ages. Visit www.mcomd.org.
*Snickers Gap North 18-mile hike is Saturday, March 20. Call 410-285-0363.
*Black Marsh 5-mile hike is Sunday, March 21. Call 410-744-6...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Men's College Lacrosse
Syracuse at Johns Hopkins, Saturday, March 20 at 1 p.m.
Blue Jays' perch at top of the polls would be secure with win over Orangemen, who would ascend to top slot if victorious.
Notre Dame at Loyola, Saturday, Ma...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Girls Lacrosse
Hereford at Bryn Mawr, Monday, March 23 at 3:45 p.m.
Three-time defending Class 2A-1A state champion Bulls open against private school power.
Roland Park at Mercy, Tuesday, March 23 at 4 p.m.
Reds open the season...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Community
Let's get together _ become an angel. If you find time on your hands, you can help by visiting a shut-in, visiting someone by telephone or providing transportation to someone in need.
Christine Vaeth, field coordinator of the Home Team Program at the ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Community
Roy Insley is a talented artist who can take a building, parade or event and create an exact miniature true to the smallest detail. He is also a historian because his reproductions preserve some vignette of the past that remains for the most part only in ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Community
Pleasant Plains Elementary School, 8300 Pleasant Plains Road, will present "The Legend of The Bay," an original musical written and directed by the school's music teacher, Keith Derrickson. The musical is the story of a group of children who go back in ti...
Baltimore County Board of Election officials said last week they will recall books of election statistics after discovering a glaring error.
The error came to light after a March 10 story in the Towson Times that reported a loss of 30,000 registered R...
Community associations want to downzone property to limit residential growth, while some developers want to upzone to build more high-density housing in the 5th council district.
All totalled, 72 rezoning requests have been filed in the 5th District, ...
Concerned that a new traffic signal planned for the corner of Sister Pierre Drive and York Road will snarl traffic throughout Wiltondale, residents are asking the State Highway Administration to reconsider its decision.
"We believe that a light at tha...
Church suppers are usually a source of meals with home-cooked flavor and equal helpings of fellowship, but expanded county regulations on food preparation may be leaving a bad taste in the mouth for some local parishes.
Baltimore County recently has t...
It's back to the drawing board for a bill that would halt development of new houses in areas where schools are overcrowded.
Monday night the County Council tabled that proposal, as well as another piece of legislation that would allow "state-of-the-ar...
Perhaps the carving of an elephant, symbol of the Republican Party, should have been a dead giveaway.
A Sparks resident was charged last week with second-degree burglary in the theft of _ among other things _ a wooden table once belonging to Gov. Robe...
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 2nd, 3rd and 5th councilmanic districts:
Department of Permits and Development Management...
Pair of early morning crashes claims two lives
In the span of about 10 minutes, two people lost their lives on local roads in separate traffic accidents in the early hours of March 11.
One man died and two more were injured during a crash shor...
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.
Towson
Dulaney Valley Court, 900 block, at 8:15 p...
Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Community
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Published March 17, 2004 by Towson Times in Community
Miller-Barshinger
Robert W. Miller of Ellicott City and Lillian M. Miller of Baltimore announce the engagement of their daughter, Jeanette "Jenny" M. Miller of Reisterstown, to Michael J. Barshinger of Cockeysville, son of John and Pat Barshinger of C...