Kevin Kamenetz

Building new Rodgers Forge Elementary among overcrowding solutions

2013-05-17 03:00:00

The suggestion of building a new 700-seat elementary school to replace Rodgers Forge Elementary in Towson was made during a meeting held Thursday evening to address Towson's elementary school overcrowding problem. The meeting held at Carver Center was...

Letter: Past provides lesson for solution to Catonsville school overcrowding

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Learn from past for answers to overcrowding We have all heard, "If you don't learn from history, you are destined to repeat it." We must learn from events 18 years ago when citizens wanted the (County Executive Dutch) Ruppersberger Administration to...

Measure would reduce open-space fees for Balto. Co. developers

2013-05-15 20:52:23

The Baltimore County Council could vote next week to reduce fees that developers pay to help the county build parks and buy recreational land. A council resolution would lower — in some cases by nearly 90 percent — so-called open-space waiver...

Officials' phone records show political, personal contacts

2013-05-14 06:13:00

Days before last November’s election, Gov. Martin O’Malley used his cellphone to call Jim Murren, the chief executive of MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas. The two talked for 11 minutes that Sunday. Not surprisingly, the topic was the...

Fallen Heroes of Maryland deserve our respect and attention [Editorial]

2013-05-10 06:28:14

Sometimes, it's easy to pay no attention. Life goes smoothly when you disregard that which is heartbreaking. Even when sacrifices are made on your behalf, no need to share in someone else's pain. But there are times when we are asked, for a little...

County is making right call on the Mays Chapel school [Letter]

2013-05-10 06:20:00

County Executive Kevin Kamenetz deserves thanks for his leadership on the new school in Mays Chapel. It's disheartening to see baby boomers, most of whom benefited from public education (and a boom in school construction), refuse to support the needs of...

County Executive Kamenetz speaks with forked tongue [Letter]

2013-05-10 06:21:00

A truly ironic position by our County Executive Kevin Kamenetz who proclaims the environmental positives of trees (Towson Times, May 1, "Kamenetz plans to increase county forest county canopy") yet makes the decision to destroy 10 acres of hardwood...

Meeting scheduled to address overcrowding at Towson elementaries

2013-05-08 15:27:00

Parents at five Towson schools were informed Wednesday of an input meeting that school officials say will begin the process of dealing with the area's crowded elementary schools. The meeting, which a school system spokesman called an "input work...

Hillcrest Elementary goes green twofold

2013-05-09 15:10:00

Though Earth Day has come and gone, Hillcrest Elementary School is continuing the green movement through a new and old program. The school was hosting an official ribbon cutting for its new outdoor courtyard classroom on Thursday, May 9, and will host...

Kamenetz's Mays Chapel fairy tale won't fly

2013-05-01 06:00:00

Thanks for reporting on the real ownership of the 20 acres at the proposed Mays Chapel Elementary School site ("Mays Chapel school groundbreaking disrupted by protesters," April 26). Contrary to County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's claim that the Baltimore...

Rawlings-Blake victorious in United Way healthy cooking contest

2013-05-08 14:42:00

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz hosted a set of powerful peers for a healthy cooking competition at the Hunt Valley Wegmans Wednesday, but home field advantage wasn't enough to top his counterpart from Baltimore City. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-...

Why can't today's pols be more like the Founding Fathers?

2013-05-09 07:30:00

Where has honor gone? The Founding Fathers knew what it meant to serve the people first, and with honor, not in hopes of financial kickbacks or political favors. Yet in 2013 I am distraught by the lack of honor shown by our public servants. I think of...

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, left, Chef Cindy Wolf of Foreman Wolf Restaurants, Chef Evan Orser of McFaul's Ironhorse Tavern at Sanders' Corner and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, right, cook during the Executive Showdown Healthy Cook-Off at Wegmans in Hunt Valley.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, left, Chef Cindy Wolf of Foreman Wolf Restaurants, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Chef Evan Orser, right, of McFaul's Ironhorse Tavern at Sanders' Corner, work on their dishes during the Executive Showdown Healthy Cook-Off at Wegmans in Hunt

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Casey Brooks, whose father died in the line of duty in 2008, is applauded after she gave a speech at the 28th annual observance of Fallen Heroes Day, held at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Baltimore county executive Kevin Kamenetz is on right. The Baltimore county police chief is on left.

2013-05-03 00:00:00