Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Guilford
In this wonderful season of good cheer, as soon as dusk falls, Guilford's homes and streets sparkle at every turn, a welcome sight in the evening hours. In Sherwood Gardens, the jewel-toned lights of our handsome community tree cast a fri...
Published December 17, 2008 by North County News in Sports
High school wrestling
What do Josh Asper, Ron Causey and John Walter have in common?
Their names are synonymous with winning and Hereford wrestling.
Asper was a four-time state champion who pos...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Arts, Entertainment
Movie review
We need "Milk" as a reminder that any civil rights movement endures frustrating setbacks on the road to equality. Director Gus Van Sant's film about the late San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk enlivens a potential...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Arts, Entertainment
Theater review
Let the farce be with you. If you're fanatical about George Lucas, you'll giggle your way through "One-Man Star Wars Trilogy" at Centerstage. Although writer and performer Charles Ross is alone on a bare stage, he satirica...
Published December 17, 2008 by Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times in Sports
High school wrestling
Things might be worse before they get better for Catonsville High's wrestling fortunes.
However, by the time the Baltimore County championships roll around, coach Eric Warms thin...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in News
No school, in honor of Obama's inauguration
Baltimore City public school officials have canceled classes on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, citing concerns about student and staff attendance on a day that has "historical significance," accord...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Arts, Entertainment
Video
Author C.S. Lewis' brand of Christian mysticism is all but missing-in-action from the much-anticipated sequel to his book "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe." While remaining a fairly decent movie fant...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Education
WASHINGTON -- University System of Maryland colleges may face "modest" tuition increases next year because of the recession, Chancellor William Kirwan said.
"In this fiscal time, yes, we may see some modest increase in tuition,"...
Published December 17, 2008 by Arbutus Times in Sports
High school wrestling
Randy Biden isn't beaming these days just because he's engulfed in holiday cheer.
The Lansdowne coach's spirits are soaring because of the way his Vikings performed in a recent t...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
In the early 1900s, the Russian artist and architect Vladimir Tatlin designed a building that he called "Monument to the Third International."
He envisioned it as taller than the Eiffel Tower, a symbol of modern times that would stand i...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Arts, Entertainment
Video
All year long we take note here of the biggest new DVD releases, but priorities change around the holidays. At gift-giving time it makes more sense to point out some of the niche items that came beaming our way.
Something here might m...
Published December 17, 2008 by Towson Times in Sports
Boys high school basketball
It would be understandable if Randy Dase felt downright disoriented some weekday afternoons when he leaves Towson High's Aigburth Avenue campus and heads toward Roland Park.
...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Crime, News
The following is compiled from police reports.
It is the Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible.
If you have any information about these crimes, you may call the Balt...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in News
For one member of the Baltimore City Council, constituent service means occasionally paying someone's fine out of her own pocket.
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said she sometimes pays environmental fines of up to $150 for elderly constituents....
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Tensions between the Roland Park Civic League and the Baltimore Country Club escalated after the razing of a historic tennis clubhouse on green space that the club plans to sell for development but the league wants preserved.
"It's hard not t...
Published December 17, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Business
Mansion now office space
The last resident of the old Ruscombe Mansion was a rare bird.
In early 2006, a rare black vulture had built a nest on the third floor of the rundown, 145-year-old house at 4901 Springarden Drive, off Greenspring A...
Published December 17, 2008 by Towson Times in News
A company owned by a former Baltimore County Revenue Authority board member is getting a $5,500 going-away present after his firm lost out on an extension of a public relations and advertising contract with the authority.
Nevins & Associates...
Published December 17, 2008 by Northeast Booster in News
Santa gets a lot of help in the Hallfield Manor neighborhood of Perry Hall.
For 32 years, sisters living in attached townhouses have created an outdoor display that spans their two properties at the end of Ambolin Court.
"We just lov...
Published December 17, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in News
Gwynnbrook Avenue in Owings Mills will be closed between Owings Mills Boulevard and Garrison Forest Road from Dec. 17 through 21.Access to the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center, at 3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue, will be from Garrison Forest Road v...
Published December 18, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in Community
Every year, members of St. Thomas Church, in Owings Mills, select one special night where they work like Santa Claus' elves for those in the community who need help.First they share a dinner together at the church. After dinner, so...
Published December 18, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in Education
In a storage room at Owings Mills High School, students were assembling a metal arm to attach to a robot they built from scratch.Eventually, they hope the chunky, wheeled robot will be able to use its claw to lift and move small objects around...
Published December 18, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in Obituaries
Rabbi Binyamin Moshe Dinovitz, of Baltimore, died Nov. 19, 2008, at Sinai Hospital. He was 88.Born in Baltimore on Oct. 21, 1920, he was the son of Yakok and Zelda Nathan Dinovitz. Following his studies as one of the youngest stude...
Published December 18, 2008 by Towson Times in News
County police are expanding a system that allows officers to spot license plates involved in criminal activity even when cars are moving at 100 mph.The county recently bought four automated readers — officers already had seven — that scan ...
Published December 18, 2008 by Northeast Reporter in News
The Baltimore County police are searching for a man that allegedly stabbed another man outside a Parkville bar in October.The department released a photo of the man from a surveillance video and are asking the public’s help in identifying hi...
Published December 18, 2008 by Baltimore Messenger in Business
By Larry Perllperl@patuxent.comIf you’re thinking of buying a gift certificate to the historic Senator Theatre as a last-minute Christmas gift, think again.The financially struggling, single-screen theater, trying to stay o...