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Woman found dead in fire identified

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:28:00 -0500

A woman who was found dead after an apartment fire Saturday in Reisterstown has been identified as Rose Lea Salzman, 67. Baltimore County police released her identity Monday morning, noting that Salzman had worked for 31 years as a crossing guard at Timber Grove Elementary School in Owings Mills. Fire investigators determined that the two-alarm blaze on the 100 block of Ewing Drive was accidental and had been caused by combustible materials left on top of a stove.

Second man charged in stabbing of city officer at strip club

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:16:00 -0500

Baltimore County police have charged a second man in the stabbing of an off-duty Baltimore police officer last week at a strip club in the Dundalk area.

Joan S. Buck, teacher and businesswoman

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Joan S. Buck, a former educator and businesswoman, died Friday evening at Maryland General Hospital after being stricken with a heart attack at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. She was 86.

Device gives medical personnel head start on heart treatment

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mobile monitors donated by Franklin Square, other hospitals

At 6 a.m. Thursday, a doctor driving to Franklin Square Hospital Center answered his cell phone and saw the electrocardiogram of a patient being taken by ambulance to the emergency room. The mobile monitor, one of 12 the hospital donated to the Baltimore County Fire Department, simultaneously sent that comprehensive image to the hospital's emergency staff, who immediately began preparing to receive the patient.

Essex man, 42, gets life sentence in cocaine case

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:09:00 -0500

A 42-year-old Essex man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after he was convicted of dealing more than 330 pounds of cocaine in the Baltimore area.

Black & Decker loss a bad sign for Md. business

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

State relying too much on government spending

I t wasn't on the agenda, but the loss of Black & Decker's headquarters was drinks-and-hors d'oeuvres chatter at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's policy conference in Cambridge on Thursday.

Anthony J. Iacoboni Sr., contractor

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Anthony J. "Tony" Iacoboni Sr., a retired underground utility and site contractor, died of cancer Oct. 29 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Balto. Co. plans bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

More than four years after three people died of carbon-monoxide poisoning in a rented townhouse in Essex, Baltimore County officials announced Wednesday that they would introduce legislation to require that all rental dwellings in the county be equipped with carbon-monoxide detectors.

The other side of B&D's history here

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

J ust for the record - and just in case anyone in the audience is starting to get teary-eyed about Black & Decker or ticked off that Maryland's alleged "anti-business climate" will result in the loss of yet another good corporate citizen - I would like to add a few items that were left out of the historic "time line" published in this newspaper on Tuesday. Allow me to fill in a four-year gap in our accounting:

Essex man charged with killing his girlfriend's 15-month-old boy

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

15-month-old died Sunday of 'blunt-force trauma'

An Essex man who was caring for his girlfriend's 15-month-old baby was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday after the child died of what police called "severe internal injuries and heavy bruising from blunt-force trauma."