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Jean Marbella: 'Aspirational shopping' endures

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

I t was a time warp, for sure, but I couldn't decide if I was hurtling back to the past or off into the future.

Cars collide in Woodlawn early Sunday morning; 2 hospitalized

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Two people were cut from their car and taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center after a head-on collision in Woodlawn this morning, Baltimore County police said.

Police: Boy who died after being hit by car was at fault

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

A 12-year-old boy was struck and killed about 7:30 p.m. Friday as he darted across North Point Boulevard near Eastpoint Shopping Center in Essex, Baltimore County police said. The driver of the 2006 Hyundai Sonata that hit the boy then swerved into southbound traffic and crashed into two vehicles. All three drivers suffered injuries that weren't life-threatening.. The boy, identified as Joseph Hudson of the 5000 block of Goodnow Road in Northeast Baltimore, was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police said that pedestrian error caused the accident, and charges are not expected to be filed against the Hyundai's driver.

Boy killed after being struck by vehicle in Essex

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:06:00 -0400

County's emergency operations center to get more space, tech upgrade

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Balto. Co. emergency operations to get more space, tech upgrade

Baltimore County's 20-year-old emergency operations center is slated for a $14 million modernization that will nearly double its space, upgrade its technology, enhance its connections with other jurisdictions and shorten response times.

Hubert Simmons

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Pitcher and outfielder for the Negro Leagues' Elite Giants went on to teach in the city for more than 20 years

H ubert Van Wyke "Bert" Simmons, who pitched and played outfield for the old Negro Leagues' Elite Giants and later became a Baltimore public school educator and mentor, died Wednesday after cancer surgery at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. The Woodlawn resident was 85.

School's alumni vow to fight

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Demonstrations, meetings, possible lawsuit mentioned in wake of school's closing

Demonstrations, meetings, possible lawsuit mentioned in wake of Towson Catholic's closing

Pikesville restaurant regroups after fire

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Two-alarm blaze burned out storage area, left Suburban House heavily damaged by smoke, water

MTA bans driver phones

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

In deaths' wake, train and bus operators who call or text will be fired

In the wake of fatal transit accidents across the nation, the Maryland Transit Administration has adopted a zero-tolerance policy under which any bus or train operator found using a cell phone or text-messaging device on the job will be fired, even for a first offense.

Baltimore County libraries hit 12-year circulation high

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Baltimore County Public Library circulated more than 10 million items for the fiscal year that ended June 30, reaching its highest total in 12 years. Patrons at the system's 17 branches borrowed 10,189,347 books, CDs, DVDs, video games and magazines for an increase of 6.6 percent over the year before. The Cockeysville library led the other branches, lending 1,176,298 items. The Pikesville and Towson libraries circulated 999,969 and 943,828 items, respectively. The number of people who visited county libraries also increased 6.5 percent for a total of 5,833,270.