Published September 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The Shopping Center Security Camera Surveillance Committee's 47-page draft report, released Sept. 7, contains three proposed amendments:
> The so-called "big box store amendment" would require shopping centers with 75,000 gross square feet of retai...
Published September 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
WOODLAWN
Worldpac, a wholesale auto parts distributor, opened its first Baltimore-area warehouse Aug. 30 in the Meadows Industrial Park in Woodlawn.
From Woodlawn, the company will be able to provide same-day delivery service to some of the hu...
Published September 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Bill could increase tow-truck licenses
The number of tow-truck operators licensed to haul away damaged cars in the county could increase if a bill introduced to the County Council Sept. 6 becomes law.
Bill 99-05 will be discussed at the counci...
Published September 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
HALETHORPE
Feeding 45,000 people each week takes a lot of food and a lot of volunteers.
The Maryland Food Bank in Halethorpe distributes 12 million pounds of food each year to more than 900 agencies. To accomplish that, it relies on volunteers...
Published September 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Tyler Jansen, 11, at center, and other members of Boy Scout Troop 302 raise a 15- by 25-foot flag Sept. 11 at the corner of Route 40 and Chesaco Avenue in Rosedale. Contributions for the flag and its pole came from businesses such as the Williams Crane...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Sports
> The Mountain Club of Maryland, an all-volunteer organization, conducts overnight backpack trips, bike and canoe trips, hikes, cabin, car and tent camping and maintains trails. For additional information or a listing of events go to www.mcomd.org.
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Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Sports
Friday night's Jack Johnson concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion may have been a hot ticket for high school students, but seven Loyola students were nowhere to be found.
That's because they were busy resting for the Barnhart Invitational at Du...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Sports
Champions Tour Golf
When Kevin Ketterman eyes the 18th green at Hayfields Country Club after the conclusion of the Constellation Energy Classic, he'll be the center of attention.
He'll also be plenty nervous.
That said, the 34-year-old...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Sports
Sporting events between rivals such as Dulaney and McDonogh in girls soccer and Hereford and Roland Park Country School in field hockey could be in jeopardy.
An unprecedented emergency meeting, scheduled for Sept. 14 at McDonogh School, was to determi...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Sports
The girls bracket of last weekend's Baltimore Soccer Challenge went off without a hitch.
Six teams showed up, and, even better, Dulaney actually played two games.
Last year, that wasn't the case for Dulaney. The Lions were thrown for a ...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Sports
Football
Lansdowne at Hereford, Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.
Home opener for shell-shocked Bulls, who dropped first game to Perry Hall, 27-7.
Boys Soccer
Dulaney at Towson, Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 3:45 p.m.
Rivalry resumes o...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
Hayfields Golf tourney may cause traffic delay
The Baltimore County Police Department is advising those who travel the Hunt Valley corridor of potential traffic delays along Shawan Road.
The Constellation Energy Classic Golf Tournament is bein...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
Arleen Shepherd already knows how she will celebrate when sound barriers are installed between her Sparks house and Interstate 83. She plans on having a normal conversation in her back yard without having to shout directly into somebody's ear. She may eve...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
County Executive Jim Smith is urging county employees and residents to help stuff two County Ride buses with nonperishable food donations and supplies for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
"Baltimore County knows what it means to need help," Smith sai...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
A hurried meeting between county police and County Executive Jim Smith last week may have spared the county's shopping center security camera law from becoming a toothless tiger.
Police Col. James Johnson, who chairs the county's Shopping Center Secur...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
Crime log is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to assist police in making an arrest.
Monkton
Matthews Road, 16300 block, between 6 p.m. Sept...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
Ellen Sauerbrey had no master plan for becoming an ambassador. As with other accomplishments in her professional life, she says, she was simply in the right place at the right time.
"Someone once called me the accidental politician," Sauerbrey said. "...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
The Shopping Center Security Camera Surveillance Committee's 47-page draft report, released Sept. 7, contains three proposed amendments:
*The so-called "big box store amendment" would require shopping centers with 75,000 gross square feet of retail sp...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in News
The following hearings and meetings concern cases in the Baltimore County land use planning process in the third councilmanic district. They are open to the public.
Department of Permits and Development Management
Timothy M. Kotroco, director ...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Opinion
Mother remains faithful, afraid for son's safety
My grandparents came to this great country, the "melting pot," through Ellis Island. I remember the picture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and later John Fitzgerald Kennedy, on the wall in my grandmother...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Opinion
The difference between a disaster and a problem is the difference between Hurricane Katrina and Maryland horse racing.
The tragedy of Katrina began unfolding when weather experts warned that the storm was heading for the Gulf Coast, and their warning ...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Opinion
While the public schools continue to explore ways of attracting, and keeping, the best and the brightest students, one state office is doing its best to ensure that talented young athletes find little to interest them in attending a public school.
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Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Community
Kids Calendar
Kids Calendar and Scout Calendar will appear as part of the Kid Bits column. Send your events, meetings, day-care notices and other youth-oriented items, four weeks prior to event dates, to: Kid Bits, c/o North County News, 409 Washingto...
Published September 15, 2005 by North County News in Community
New Movies
"G" (R). Very loosely inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," this melodrama involves upscale black characters in a contemporary setting. Whatever promise the material holds is squandered by overstated acting, cliched scriptin...