Published July 3, 2007 by The Jeffersonian in Business
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Saturda...
Published July 3, 2007 by The Jeffersonian in Education
One perk of coming to the United States from Pakistan with her family, Laiba Masood said, is that her art is more appreciated. After three years in the country, the senior at Dulaney High School is already getting interest, recently becoming one of 10 art...
Published July 3, 2007 by The Jeffersonian in Education
Alicia Strauss completed the Community College of Baltimore County's industry-specific automotive program last month, but has to wait until October to get a plaque from General Motors and the diploma signifying her associate's degree.
She already has ...
Published July 3, 2007 by The Jeffersonian in Education
Across the county, teachers and school officials are sighing with relief.
The Maryland State Department of Education issued results of the Maryland School Assessments, and Baltimore County elementary schools scored above the state average.
Cou...
Published July 3, 2007 by The Jeffersonian in Education
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County could face a budget cut of up to $1.7 million for fiscal year 2008.
In a June 7 e-mail to the UMBC community and posted on the school's Web site, school President Freeman Hrabowski wrote that the initial pr...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Community
The second annual Hereford Parade and Festival, held July 1, could be hard to top.
In cool weather, with a slight breeze and low humidity, hundreds of children crawled through an obstacle course and played games of chance at the Kids' Zone play area o...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Community
Kara Allyn Freeman and Christopher Lee Gray
Charles and Audrey Quick, of Freeland, and Carson Gray, of Hamilton, announce the engagement of their son, Christopher Lee Gray, to Kara Allyn Freeman, daughter of Austin and Mary Freeman, of Louisville, Tex...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Community
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Arts
> Diddywopps & Keeffers at the Monkton Community Art Center, 1901 Monkton Road, presents an exhibition ...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Community
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Kids Calendar
> The Hereford Library, 16940 York Road, presents the following. Call 410-887 -...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Community
How personal is Jackonsville's annual Independence Day parade?
As participants in this year's parade, held June 30 in the Manor Center shopping center parking lot, passed the Safeway store, assistant manager Mike Boblooch stepped out.
"Hi, Mr....
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Education
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Graduates
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Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Education
During the summer of 2004, several fifth-grade girls from St. James Academy in Monkton visited the Ark, a preschool for homeless children in Baltimore. After playing with the kids and reading to them, the girls returned home to North County.
But the n...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Entertainment
New Movies
"License to Wed" (PG-13). Not reviewed. Robin Williams stars in this comedy as a bumbling minister who leads Mandy Moore and John Krasinski through an oddball course in marriage preparation. Ken Kwapis directs. Opened July 3.
"Trans...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Business
> Century Engineering's headquarters in Hunt Valley has been awarded gold- level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Hord Coplan Macht, of Baltimore, designed the facility, the first in the re...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Business
Isabelle McConkey ended her 34-year banking career Thursday in the same place it began.
To commemorate her last day at the Mercantile Bank & Trust branch in Jacksonville, co-workers threw her a party complete with cookies, punch and a book for peo...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in News
Police add patrols, seek clues on property crimes
Baltimore County police have increased patrols in North County in response to a series of destruction-of-property crimes and are seeking information on a silver sport-utility vehicle that may have been...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in News
Maryland State Fair officials are planning a $3 million renovation and expansion of their stables and horse-sales pavilion in Timonium.
The upgrade is aimed at keeping tenant Fasig-Tipton, the Kentucky-based company that holds thoroughbred horse aucti...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in News
The following hearings and meetings concern cases in the county land-use planning process in County Council District 3. They are open to the public.
Department of Permits and Development Management
Timothy M. Kotroco, director * 410-887-3353...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in News
During the county's last Comprehensive Zoning Map Process, in 2004, North County activists studied maps for hours, attempting to pick up useful details for rezoning proposals. Such sessions frequently yielded little information.
But a new computer pro...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in News
A former county employee is suing the county, claiming she was fired from her job after interrupting an "awkward scene" after-hours in a county office between acting County Administrative Officer Fred Homan and an assistant county attorney.
The $1 mil...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Opinion
In this season of celebrating freedom, one precious brand of freedom seems to be at risk. It is not one of those freedoms famously cited by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1941 speech to Congress -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from wa...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Opinion
Steers get along just fine without testicle implants
In his letter ("Family just wanted Floyd to look intact and not roam," Opinion, June 7), Rick Armiger seems to indicate he has a problem associating spirituality and anatomy. Most major religions as...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Opinion
As of this issue, I am editor of your newspaper, the North County News. (Angie Bornemann and Janice Jewell, who had been editing the paper, are now concentrating full time on their other duties.)
I began my journalism career in Litchfield, Conn...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Opinion
If you know first hand any dedicated public servants who work hard and honestly for the common good -- and Baltimore County has many -- it would no doubt irritate you to hear some cynic spout off about how our elected officials are scoundrels in cahoot...
Published July 5, 2007 by North County News in Sports
When Annie Couwenhoven's mother urged her to try rowing, the rising senior at Baltimore Lutheran was less than enthusiastic.
Finally, to get her started, Couwenhoven's mother, Ann, packed Annie off to a summer rowing camp at the Naval Academy i...