Riviera Beach

Region battling rash of brush fires

2012-04-09 21:35:00

Warnings from local fire officials have stacked up in recent days, all noting the same thing: The Baltimore region is ready to burn. In fact, part of it already is. In the last few days, fires have roared through parts of several counties, forcing...

Sister Mary Martha Geipe, educator

2011-12-30 12:42:00

Sister Mary Martha Geipe, a teacher, principal and pastoral minister, died of a stroke Dec. 20 at her order's motherhouse in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. She was 88. Born Nancy Marie Geipe in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Anna...

Arundel libraries adopt 'ambitious' $175 million upgrade plan

2012-01-26 08:49:00

Anne Arundel County will need to spend more than $175 million over several decades to bring its library buildings up to snuff, according to a recent analysis done for the library system — and that doesn't include the cost to design and furnish them....

Msgr. Robert A. Bozel

2012-01-10 15:51:00

Msgr. Robert Albert Bozel, a retired pastor of a Howard County parish recalled for his voluminous correspondence with friends and members of his congregation, died of pneumonia Saturday at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 88. Born in Baltimore and raised...

Edward B. Lauer, supermarket owner

2012-01-07 00:00:00

Edward B. Lauer, co-founder with his wife of Lauer's Supermarket & Bakery in Anne Arundel County, whose motto was "Make the customer feel like a king and queen," died Monday of complications from Parkinson's disease at his Severna Park home. He was 85....

Charles Leo Coyle

2011-09-30 07:53:00

Charles Leo Coyle, a retired advertising executive for the Hecht Co. and the News American who was a World War II dive bomber, died of kidney disease Sept. 23 at the Hospice House of Williamsburg, Va. He was 88 and had lived in Towson for many years....

Arts integration specialist bolsters initiative at Anne Arundel schools

2011-10-13 13:23:40

In the hopes of eventually applying its arts initiative throughout the school system, Anne Arundel County has hired what officials say is one of the first arts integration specialists in the state. The approach, which applies arts-related teaching to all...

Anne Arundel principal honored for service

2011-11-10 14:13:00

One day recently, Hilltop Elementary School Principal Louise DeJesu noticed that a student's shoes were coming apart. She summoned her secretary to measure the child's feet, then provided the money for a new pair. Before sending a suspended student home,...

Rec sports: The Aces are awesome at tennis

2011-08-01 12:00:00

Rec sports The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Mondays. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). We do not accept results by phone. When two Howard County teams play, players from both teams (first and last names) must be...

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2011-09-09 00:00:00

Chronic conditions Anne Arundel Medical Center and the Anne Arundel Medical Center and the Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities present a free six-week class on "Living Well with Chronic Conditions." Presenters will discuss methods of...

Isabel struck eight years ago today

2011-09-18 04:22:22

FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Today marks the eighth anniversary of Isabel’s 2003 landfall near Morehead City, N.C. It was a Cat. 2 hurricane at landfall, and weakened as it drove inland toward Western Maryland. The 2.13 inches of rain on the......

The refreshed McDonald's in Pasadena

2011-04-13 16:22:12

This is a shot of the recently redone interior of the McDonald's of Lake Shore in Pasadena. There's a wider shot here.This is the second time owners Barbara and Bob Houck have hired Steve Appel of Whitehead & Appel Interior......

Stan Smith, FPL employee, moves transformers during the Florida Power & Light Company's 2012 Hurricane Simulation at Florida Power & Light's Physical Distribution Center in Riviera Beach on May 11, 2012.

2012-05-11 00:00:00

Man jailed after assaulting girlfriend for 'casting spells,' cops say Cops say Rubin Leonard Hugee, 29, was jailed after he reportedly grabbed his girlfriend by her hair, grabbed a knife and threatened to kill her at her godmother's home in Riviera Beach . Hugee later told authorities his

2012-02-09 09:42:44

Man jailed after assaulting girlfriend for 'casting spells,' cops say Cops say Rubin Leonard Hugee, 29, was jailed after he reportedly grabbed his girlfriend by her hair, grabbed a knife and threatened to kill her at her godmother's home in Riviera Beach . Hugee later told authorities his

2012-02-09 09:42:44