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City plans fixes for Pride of Baltimore memorial in disrepair

2012-05-08 18:02:00

Twenty-six years ago this month, Roma Foti's daughter, 23-year-old Nina Schack, was one of four crew members who lost their lives when the Pride of Baltimore, a replica of a 19th century sailing vessel, sank in a sudden storm in the Bermuda Triangle....

Robert M. Stock, FBI fingerprint expert

2012-04-30 14:20:00

Robert M. Stock, a retired electrical engineer and FBI fingerprint pioneer whose work led to the establishment of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at his Severna Park home. He was 83. The son...

Notebook: Ex-Terp Moran wins Spirit of Tewaaraton Award

2012-05-03 21:06:00

The Tewaaraton Foundation has named former Cornell University men's coach and Maryland player Richie Moran as the recipient of the Spirit of Tewaaraton Award. Moran will be honored at the Tewaaraton Award Ceremony on May 31 at the Smithsonian Institution'...

William Brooke Tunstall, AT&T executive

2012-04-03 14:52:49

William Brooke Tunstall, a retired AT&T executive who captained two championship Johns Hopkins lacrosse teams, died of a stroke March 30 at his Summit, N.J., home. He was 90 and had lived in Towson. Born in Norfolk, Va., and raised in Baltimore's Mount...

Bruce R. Kane, engineer

2012-04-05 14:24:10

Bruce R. Kane, a retired mechanical engineer whose career in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry spanned more than six decades, died March 15 of complications from melanoma at his daughter's Brandywine home. The one-time Timonium...

Head of the Class: Owings Mills High School students in robotics event

2012-04-12 00:00:00

Baltimore County Public Schools' VEX Robotics Competition was held on Feb. 25 at Sollers Point Technical High School. Fifty-one teams from 18 middle and high schools participated. Students from Owings Mills High School in attendance were Brianna Friedman,...

With 'Jamesy Boy,' Annapolis brothers ready to take on Hollywood

2012-04-20 13:18:06

Growing up in Annapolis, Tim and Trevor White were hardly inseparable. Each brother had his own set of friends and pursued his own interests: Trevor discovered a passion for film early on, while Tim seemed more adrift. But recently, a shared commitment...

Medical students find out residencies at Match Day

2012-03-16 17:12:19

Twins William and Raphael "Rafi" Karkowsky have always shared life's best moments. That was true again Friday when the brothers and best friends learned where they would begin their careers as doctors. They were among nearly 16,000 medical students...

Bar review: Punk's Backyard Grill has many of the comforts of home

2012-02-21 05:50:00

Bars at malls don't have to try as hard. The venue doesn't expect them to, and neither does the clientele. Unlike at destination bars, people just want a place to linger after shopping, a variation on a T.G.I. Friday's. Some light lagers, bright lights,...

Norman Henley, teacher

2012-03-26 14:50:06

Norman Henley, a retired Russian-language and world literature teacher and academic editor, died of congestive heart failure at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. He was 96 and had earlier lived in Remington and Charles Village. Born in...

Towson education notices

2012-03-14 00:00:00

Kirbie Hanlon, of Cockeysville, has been named to the fall 2011 dean's list at University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. Shang Jiang, of Lutherville; Emily Koppelman, of Towson, and James Wang, of Cockeysville, have been named to the fall 2011 dean's...

Dr. Fray F. Marshall

2011-12-08 14:44:00

Dr. Fray Francis Marshall, a urologist and former Johns Hopkins professor who developed surgical technique for the treatment of kidney cancer, died of cancer Dec. 2 at the Atlanta Hospice. He was 67 and had lived in Ruxton before moving to Georgia in...

Next check out Ithaca's farmer's market, or visit a local farm or winery for a locavore dinner. For a cheap culture fix, make like a college student and see what festivals, lectures and concerts are scheduled at Cornell University and Ithaca College. Visitithaca.com; ithacasoundmaze.

2011-09-20 11:20:00

Next check out Ithaca�s farmer�s market, or visit a local farm or winery for a locavore dinner. For a cheap culture fix, make like a college student and see what festivals, lectures and concerts are scheduled at Cornell University and Ithaca College. Visitithaca.

2011-09-20 08:45:00

Richard L. Eichholz, a principal at consulting firm bioStrategies Group, has been promoted to partner. Eichholz has more than 25 years of experience assessing health care/biotechnology opportunities and developing strategic and tactical plans to capitalize on them.

2011-09-04 22:00:00