Published March 24, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Girls Lacrosse
Roland Park at Notre Dame Prep, Monday, March 26 at 3:45 p.m.
Reds start their toughest stretch of the season, facing defending IAAM A Conference champs in first of seven straight road games.
Bryn Mawr at Garrison Forest...
Published March 24, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Bullets hit mark
Lutherville resident Kathy Delauney collected a hat trick to help Gettysburg College over Mary Washington College, 12-7, in non-conference women's lacrosse.
The Roland Park Country School graduate scored the game's first three...
Published March 24, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Every local stick squad has a one-track mind when it comes to earning a championship.
And this spring it really does appear as if almost every team has a legitimate chance to get their ticket punched for a title run.
Check below to see if your...
Published March 24, 2004 by Towson Times in Sports
Recreation
>The Mountain Club of Maryland hosts the following for all ages. Visit www.mcomd.org.
*Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area 8-mile circuit hike is Wednesday, March 24. Call 410-879-7443.
*Appalachian Trail service t...
The county crime rate is at its lowest point since 1980, according to statistics released last week by Baltimore County Police.
While homicides increased from 29 in 2002 to 31 in 2003, the report shows that last year's overall violent crime _ rape, ro...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Sports
Baseball
Owings Mills High at Lansdowne High, Friday, March 26 at 3:45 p.m.
The Vikings are typically one of the county's best.
Boys lacrosse
Western Tech High at Lansdowne High, Friday, March 26 at 4:30 p.m.
Two rivals...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Opinion
Can Christian fellowship co-exist with bureaucratic regulations?
That's the question being asked in churches around Baltimore County in the wake of new rules regarding church kitchens.
The county's Department of Environmental Protection is now...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Opinion
Waiting for that State House train wreck over taxes and slot machines, a jumpy mind this week hops to a somewhat related question: Who's hiding what?
The question is prompted by the recent news that many major businesses in the state paid no Maryland ...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Opinion
Critics of Gibson's movie want whitewashed Passion
Wow, is Rabbi Amos Levi at UMBC ever full of himself on a movie that he has not seen? How could he possibly have the nerve to sit on a panel and discuss with so called authority the film "The Passion ...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
Charles Tucker
Former Arbutus resident Charles "Charlie" W. Tucker passed away in Fort Myers, Fla., at the age of 81.
He served in the Pacific Theater in the Philippines during World War II. After being captured in the Bataan Death March, Mr. ...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
Army Pfc. Henry Seymer, a 2003 graduate of Lansdowne High School, completed the light-wheel vehicle mechanic advanced individual training course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.
Marine Corps Pfc. Donald Swanner, a Lansdowne High School alumnus, compl...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
Clockwise from above:
It was a Dr. Seuss celebration March 16 when County Executive James Smith showed up at the Arbutus Library to run through some Dr. Seuss rhymes and read some other books, like the one above.
Jessica McClelland, 2, takes h...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
Maryland Day is celebrated March 25 to mark the anniversary of Cecil Calvert's landing at Saint Clement Island (now known as Blakiston Island) in 1634. This year's anniversary is of special significance because it represents the centennial of our state fl...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
A professor and expert on Islamic civilization will deliver a talk from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, at the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville.
Charles Butterworth, professor of Government and Politics from the University of Maryl...
Developer Brian Macari has launched another effort to get his Rose Gate project built in Baltimore Highlands.
Macari said last week he would be willing to widen part of Rose Avenue if the county allows him to build 16 new houses in the area.
H...
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
Joh Avenue, 1400 block, Phoenix Engineering, between 7:50 and 7:57 p.m. M...
On March 5 at about 8:45 p.m. a Catonsville man was knocked unconscious on a local street corner, he told police.
The victim said he had just bought a pack of cigarettes in a gas station convenience store on Edmondson at Ingleside avenues and was walk...
For the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, a state grant of $535,000 for a new wound care and hyperbaric center is essentially a done deal.
For the Maryland Food Bank, $1.5 million for a new warehouse in Halethorpe isn't totally out of the question, bu...
Church suppers, long a staple in local churches, could vanish from the landscape like country stores and horse-drawn carriages because of expanded county regulations on food preparation.
For generations such suppers have offered the community friendsh...
On March 5 at about 8:45 p.m. a Catonsville man was knocked unconscious on a local street corner, he told police.
The victim said he had just bought a pack of cigarettes in a gas station convenience store on Edmondson at Ingleside avenues and was walk...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Sports
The whistle blows for real this week as the regular season gets going with area lacrosse squads hoping to be on the fast track to success.
Hop aboard and find out who will be the engines that could this season on the lacrosse fields.
Lansdowne...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Sports
>The Arbutus Big Red 2004 Football Combine will be held on Saturday, April 24 at the Arbutus Middle School.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and combine starts at 11 a.m. Players can also register at www.eteamz.com/arbutusbigred. There will also by...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
At the most recent meeting of the Greater Baltimore Highlands Community Association on March 15, one of the main discussion topics was the plan to build 17 new homes at the foot of Rose Avenue. Neighbors there and on Magnolia Avenue want to protest this p...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
(UMBC home events Wednesday, March 24-Tuesday, March 30)
Wednesday, March 24
Softball: UMBC vs. UMES, 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 27
Men's Lacrosse: UMBC vs. Delaware, 1 p.m.
Sunday, March 28
Softball: UMBC vs. Centr...
Published March 24, 2004 by Arbutus Times in Community
Arbutus resident Kathleen Jacober received her diploma from James Madison University.
County Council Chairman Sam Moxley has announced the appointment of Lorna Rudnikas to the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences.
Moxley said she w...