Brooklyn Park

Senior briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Support groups The Department of Aging and Disabilities has updated a booklet on community support groups. The booklet focuses on groups for caregiving, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement for adults and children, diabetes, brain injury, cancer, stroke,...

James F. Bray, manager

2012-05-11 10:45:50

James F. Bray, a retired grocery store manager, died Tuesday of an aneurysm at his Jessup home. He was 76. Mr. Bray was born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina and Baltimore, where he graduated from city public schools. He served in the Army for...

Howard brothers return to native Liberia to help rebuild war-torn nation

2012-05-03 08:01:00

This was not the Liberia that John Butler left in his youth, a 13-year-old fleeing with his parents and three siblings. Back then, a coup had turned the west African nation toward turmoil, toward more than two decades of ethnic tension, repression,...

Arundel council orders police chief to testify on Leopold

2012-03-20 17:31:00

The Anne Arundel County Council on Tuesday subpoenaed Police Chief Col. James E. Teare Sr. to answer questions next week about the political corruption case of County Executive John R. Leopold. Council Chairman Derek Fink said the council agreed...

Two men stabbed at their Brooklyn Park home

2012-03-22 07:35:10

Two Brooklyn Park men were stabbed early Thursday at their home during an argument that involved several family members. Anne Arundel County Police responded at 2:37 a.m. to a report of domestic violence in the 5300 block of Fourth Street. Two victims,...

Police: Second injured dog found, may be from fighting ring

2012-03-09 11:57:00

Anne Arundel County Animal Control officers are investigating two incidents of animal cruelty involving injured and abandoned dogs in the Brooklyn Park area. A resident brought a severely maimed female pit bull to animal control headquarters in...

Anne Arundel avoids water billing errors found in Baltimore

2012-03-11 07:22:00

As Baltimore's Public Works Department issues more than $4.2 million in water bill refunds, Anne Arundel County officials say they have avoided similar problems with billing issues. Matt Diehl, spokesman for the Anne Arundel's Department of Public Works,...

Arundel police investigated animal cruelty case

2012-03-12 05:16:00

A person who found an injured female pit bull in Brooklyn Park 10 days ago has sparked a police animal cruelty investigation into a suspected dog fighting operation. The dog, named Princess, was found less than five miles from where another injured pit...

Man beaten and robbed near pizza shop in Brooklyn Park

2012-04-03 08:11:00

Three teen-aged boys face robbery and assault charges in the beating Monday of a pizza shop worker in Brooklyn Park. Anne Arundel County Police charged two suspects, aged 15 and 16, as juveniles with robbery and second-degree assault. Shaquille Davon...

Maryland turnout expected to be lowest in decades

2012-04-03 19:14:00

Voter turnout for Tuesday's presidential primary in Maryland was expected to be the lowest in at least 30 years, state election officials said. In 1996, when President Bill Clinton faced little competition while running for re-election, only 25 percent...

Traffic: Accident on JFX south at Cold Spring Lane

2012-02-21 05:35:01

As of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, traffic was slow on I-83 southbound near Cold Spring Lane, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on Ritchie Highway northbound at Route 10 in Pasadena, Ritchie Highway and Hammonds Lane in Brooklyn, the outer loop...

'Anything Goes' brings Broadway classic to Arundel stages

2012-02-12 06:58:00

Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" is near the top of any short list of great Broadway musicals, and fans have a choice of four performances this weekend in Annapolis or Brooklyn Park. From what I heard from the cast of singer-actors rehearsing last Friday at...

Medical examiners get ready to take out the three victims of an early morning shooting in Brooklyn Park , Minnesota.

2012-04-09 00:00:00

The first black wrestler to win an Olympic medal, Keaser took the silver (149.5 pounds) at the 1976 Games in Montreal.

2012-03-23 00:00:00

Albert A. Mrozek, a retired federal worker who bred racing pigeons, died Jan.

2012-01-19 00:00:00