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Parkville opens revitalized 'Main Street'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Harford Road redone from city line to Joppa Road

Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. and others celebrate the completion of the $9 million Harford Road renewal project. Now pocket parks with glistening black benches are tucked into several areas along the two miles of Harford Road from the city line to Joppa Road. Seasonal plants and landscaping, brick accents on sidewalks and retaining walls, and community signs are among the amenities that define the area.

2 held after police shootout in slaying, carjacking

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Men were pursued by Baltimore Co. and city officers

Two men arrested Saturday night after a shootout with police in a west-side neighborhood are suspected in the fatal shooting of one man and the wounding of another at a Catonsville convenience store Nov. 17 and the shooting of a man during a carjacking on Ingleside Avenue on Friday night, police said.

U.S. 40 among top danger spots for pedestrians

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Worst roads are 'principal arterials,' study finds

Worst roads are 'principal arterials,' study finds

Police use pepper spray to break up fight at Overlea High

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:00 -0500

Pepper spray used to break up students affects about 18 others

Two girls were arrested Monday morning at Overlea High School after police had to use pepper spray to break up a fight between the students, according to Baltimore County authorities.

Balto. Co. to improve, manage Robert E. Lee Park

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

$6 million allotted for fixing up now-closed city property

Baltimore County will use $6 million in local and state funds to begin the first phase of improvements to Robert E. Lee Park in the Woodbrook area.

Battle over truck terminal enters next phase

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Halethorpe lot seems empty, but hearing Dec. 3 might change all that

The view from outside the New England Motor Freight lot in Halethorpe might suggest the local neighborhood association has won its years-long fight against the trucking company's expansion. On what might otherwise be a busy late afternoon, the gates are locked, the loading dock, offices, maintenance shop quiet, the asphalt lot empty but for a few trailers.

Herman J. Travers

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Postal worker survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and received two Bronze Stars for heroism

H erman J. Travers, a retired postal worker who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and later received two Bronze Stars for heroism during the Battle of Peleiu, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Tuesday at Genesis Loch Raven Center.

Louise H. Muchler, church organist

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Louise H. Muchler, who was organist and choir director at Timonium United Methodist Church for more than 40 years, died Tuesday of cancer at a daughter's home in Havre de Grace. She was 89.

Tech advances in the classroom

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

County teachers to try out hand-held devices for tests

Some Baltimore County teachers will give tests starting this month via hand-held devices instead of the usual pencil and paper, in a pilot program aiming to make their jobs easier - and engage students.

Saints provide a helmetful of miracles on ice

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The Zinkhans and hockey help special athletes bloom

The sun had barely risen when hockey players, proudly pulling equipment bags on wheels, and their parents, armed with thermoses of steamy coffee, arrived at Reisterstown Regional Park. Many had driven for more than an hour. It could take another 15 minutes or so to help players into skates and heavily padded gear. But when the Baltimore Saints Special Hockey League players take to the ice, those sideline supporters know their efforts are well-spent.