Published June 11, 2008 by Northeast Reporter, The Jeffersonian, Towson Times in News, Education
Money to build an addition at Loch Raven High School looked like a sure thing.But the county school board on June 10 sent a message — don’t bother.The state Interagency Committee on School Construction was expected to review th...
Published June 11, 2008 by Towson Times in News, Business
Fans used to catching an express bus from the state's Park & Ride lots to Oriole Park at Camden Yards are out of luck for the Orioles' next home game Friday, June 13.
The Maryland Transit Administration canceled the express service to the st...
Published June 12, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in Obituaries
Gerald L. Boyd, of Pikesville, died June 9 at the age of 80, at St. Agnes Hospital. Mr. Boyd was born Sept. 28, 1927, in Pierce, Neb., the son of E. Bruce Boyd and Mae Brown Boyd.Mr. Boyd was an administrator for the Social Security Administra...
Published June 12, 2008 by North County News in Community
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Alexander Bruce Wilhelm, of White Hall, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and w...
Published June 12, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in News
The county is closing the Northwest Area Recycling Center next to
the Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Station, located at the intersection of
Liberty Road and Deer Park Road in Randallstown.
The closure is due to excessive dumping at the center, according ...
Published June 12, 2008 by Catonsville Times in News
Councilman Sam Moxley said he sees more constituent interest in a Catonsville church's rezoning request than for any other issue as this year's Comprehensive Zoning Map Process moves into its final stages.
Many people tell him they support the r...
Published June 12, 2008 by Arbutus Times in News, Education
Miss Maryland 2007, Shana Powell, ends her reign June 21.
Her June 6 visit to Arbutus Middle School completed her tour of 19 Maryland schools.
Powell, a vocal performance major at Morgan State University, talked to a group of 72 girls in ...
Published June 12, 2008 by Towson Times in News, Community
Drivers, beware the Towson roundabout during the night of Monday, June 16 -- and June 17 and 18 if things don't go well.
In fact, be elsewhere. Seek alternative routes.
That's when the roundabout and sections of the streets that feed into...
Published June 12, 2008 by Towson Times in News, Community
The Maryland Transit Administration will suspend light-rail service north of the Maryland State Fairgrounds on Sunday, June 15, for about six weeks to replace the Warren Road crossing.
Buses, scheduled to run every 15 minutes, will shuttle rider...
Published June 12, 2008 by Towson Times in Business, Community
The Sunday Lutherville flea market is moving to Cockeysville for the summer, according to volunteer Judy Murray, who runs the flea market to benefit the Lutherville Timonium recreation council and other nonprofit groups.
Weather permitting, the fl...
Published June 12, 2008 by Northeast Booster in News, Community, Education
Shane Hargest walked at his high school graduation, and dozens of people cheered as he crossed the stage.
They usually see him in a wheelchair.
Eight family members were on hand at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and were among about 150 w...
Published June 12, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in News, Business, Education
After 60 years as Villa Julie College, the rapidly growing institution will have a new name to match its expanded focus: Stevenson University.University officials announced the name, a culmination of a search that began in 2004, on June 12 at ...
Published June 12, 2008 by North County News in News
GBMC to close offices in Hereford in August
The Greater Baltimore Medical Center is closing GBMC at Hereford, its practice on Mount Carmel Road, 2 1/2 years after it opened.
The closing will take effect Aug. 31, GBMC spokesman Michael Sch...
Published June 12, 2008 by Catonsville Times in Education
More is better when it comes to priorities for the Maryland State Department of Education for the next school year.
That was the theme of a School Safety Summit June 3 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
More police officers ...
Published June 12, 2008 by Catonsville Times in Business
Leon Lineburg doesn't remember what his business partner and only child, Loran, gave him for Father's Day last year.
Although a gift changed hands as usual, neither father nor son recalls the specifics, they said last week.
"It's alw...
Published June 12, 2008 by North County News in Obituaries
George M. “Bud” Weigandt, of Stewartstown, Pa., formerly of White Hall, died June 6 at York Hospital in York, Pa. He was 73.Born Feb. 24, 1935, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Leonard Weigandt and the late Nina (Stewart) Weigandt....
Published June 12, 2008 by Towson Times in Opinion
Departing music teacher will be greatly missed
Last Thursday evening, Jonathan Reed, the vocal music teacher at Rodgers Forge Elementary School for more than two decades, conducted his fifth-grade course through a patriotic and spirited rendition ...
Published June 13, 2008 by North County News in News
Eighty volunteers converged June 7 on Blue Mount Road in Monkton, where they planted flowers, spread mulch, installed new doors and finished a porch for a longtime resident whom few of them ever had met.
"It's unbelievable. It's just unbeli...
Published June 13, 2008 by Northeast Reporter in News
Interested in keeping track of appointments, helping cuddly cats and ogling nude, mostly middle-aged bikers all at the same time?
Then buy a copy of the 2009 calendar that Ken Shapiro, of Parkville, head of the Baltimore County-based motorcycle cl...
Published June 13, 2008 by Northeast Booster in News
The Perry Hall Improvement Association is mostly happy with Comprehensive Zoning Map Process recommendations from the county Planning Board.
"The Planning Board has agreed with us on several major issues," said the group's president, Dav...
Published June 13, 2008 by Towson Times in Community
Kaos will prevail when Towson's 17 Citizens on Patrol groups stage their annual rally against crime in a new location this year.
As usual, the public is invited to the rally, which takes place Friday, June 20 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and features the...
Published June 13, 2008 by Owings Mills Times in News
Two businesses, St. John Properties and Sidney Emmer Builders, partners in building the Dolfield Business Park, donated 9 acres of land to the Beth Tfiloh Congregation.
The land, given June 5, will expand the 40-acre Beth Tfiloh Day Cam...
Published June 13, 2008 by Northeast Booster in News
One lane of westbound traffic on Interstate-895 in the vicinity of O’Donnell Street (Exit 13) will be closed to traffic for much of the next two weekends for bridge repair, weather permitting.The left lane of westbound I-895 is scheduled to ...
Published June 13, 2008 by North County News in News, Business
Power outages kept many people home, but 15 Hereford Community Association members attended a June 10 meeting to vote on recommendations on a dozen rezoning issues in the Hereford area.They opposed downzoning proposals, submitted by the Sparks...
Published June 13, 2008 by Northeast Booster in News
All lanes of eastbound Interstate 695 at Interstate 95 and the ramp from eastbound I-695 to southbound I-95 will be closed Sunday, June 15 through Thursday, June 19, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following the morning, for work on the I-95 express toll lanes....