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Harford Teacher of the Year finalists named

2013-02-27 00:00:00

The top five finalists for the 2013 Harford County Teacher of the Year Award were announced by Harford County Public Schools Monday: Tara N. Buecker, Jarrettsville Elementary School physical education/health teacher; J. Laura Childs, Edgewood High...

College students from Laurel named to dean's list and graduate

2013-02-04 14:32:00

Benjamin Glass, of Laurel, class of 2013, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Tufts University, in Medford, Mass. Amanda Morgan, of Laurel, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, N.Y....

Phoenix residents flavor first Michigan women's lacrosse team

2013-01-18 00:00:00

Despite shivering during a recent photo shoot on a chilly afternoon, Phoenix residents Allison Silber and Amanda Sutor insist that braving the elements was not much of a factor when choosing a Division I college lacrosse program. Silber was primarily...

Women's lacrosse: Perry Hall grad thriving on Maryland's defense

2012-03-22 00:00:00

While there have been some Perry Hall High products playing women's lacrosse for Rutgers University, the University of Delaware, Mount St. Mary's University and Loyola University Maryland, the number of ex-Gators who make a significant impact at the...

Baltimore stations jockey to fill the Oprah vacuum

2011-09-09 16:44:00

For stations in Baltimore and across the country, Monday is the first day of the post-Oprah Winfrey era. Llike their counterparts nationwide, stations here will be trying new and (allegedly_ improved shows to grab a piece of the huge audience that the...

Nancy Z. Fleming, teacher, dies

2011-09-20 15:17:00

Nancy Z. Fleming, a former educator and homemaker who participated in a University of Maryland Alzheimer disease study, died Sept. 14 of the disease at Emeritus Towson Assisted Living. The longtime Towson resident was 73. The daughter of a banker and...

Z on TV: The incredible shrinking Baltimore anchor desk

2011-07-31 00:00:00

The departure last week of Marianne Banister from WBAL-TV after 15 years of co-anchoring a team that always finished first or second in its time period raised big questions about the changing face of television news in Baltimore. In the past year and...

Laurel resident nominated for membership into Phi Eta Sigma

2011-08-08 19:33:00

Stasia Manak, of Laurel, has been named to the dean's list for the fall and spring semesters at The Catholic University of America, in Washington. She has also been nominated for membership into Phi Eta Sigma, a national college scholastic honor society,...

Softball: Players to watch

2008-03-19 00:00:00

Heather BrownNortheast, pitcher // The junior, who led the Eagles to the Class 3A state title game last spring, has good velocity, an array of pitches and pinpoint command. Jessica ButlerTowson Catholic, pitcher // The hard-throwing sophomore, who has...

A leeriness toward 'liberators'

2003-03-27 00:00:00

Three days before the first missiles were loosed on Baghdad, Vice President Dick Cheney repeated an article of faith behind the Bush administration's plan for war against Iraq. "Now, I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of...

To play, or not to play

2001-06-20 00:00:00

SUMMER IS a time for children's play. Good thing, too. They're allowed less and less of it at school. As proof, consider the plight of recess, that 15- or 20-minute period of "nondirected activity" (play, to most of us) that in my time occurred twice...

More poor live in suburbs than in urban areas, research shows

2013-05-19 21:19:00

Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...

Jesus L. Ortiz, 19, of 4373 Katonah Ave., Bronx - Charged with (5) five counts of Rape 1st Degree, Criminal Sexual Act 1st Degree (Attempt), Grand Larceny 4th Degree (stole the victim's cell phone).

2009-09-15 03:46:52

Kevin R. Taveras, 20, of 116 Lukens Ave., Brentwood - Charged with (5) five counts of Rape 1st Degree.

2009-09-15 03:44:16

Rondell Bedward, 21, of 578 E. 141st St. Apt. 1A, Bronx - Charged with (5) five counts of Rape 1st Degree.

2009-09-15 03:44:42