Essex (Baltimore, Maryland)

At Patriot Plaza in Towson, extended family of fire service honors fallen comrades

2012-05-20 16:31:00

One by one, 43 times the bell chimed and echoed across Patriot Plaza in Towson Sunday, as the Baltimore County Fire Service hosted its annual Ceremony of Remembrance at the county's fire service monument along Pennsylvania Avenue. James Doran of the...

Trauma still fresh for transgender beating victim

2012-05-15 18:14:00

The windows are wide open in the messy apartment, the afternoon sky darkening fast. Chrissy Polis can't stand the Essex neighborhood outside, where everyone knows who she is. But she doesn't know how to get out, or where she'd go if she did. "I just...

Baltimore County police create task force to target metals theft

2012-05-14 16:31:00

After the power failed in an Essex neighborhood earlier this year, BGE officials discovered that someone had been stealing copper wire from the tops of utility poles. Oddly enough, however, they found no marks on the poles indicating that the culprit...

Police identify Middle River man struck by MARC train

2012-05-07 09:43:00

Baltimore County Police identified the man who died May 1 after being struck by a MARC train near Essex as Robert Ey of Middle River. Ey, 26, was walking south on the tracks when he was accidentally struck by a southbound train moving at about 100 mph, a...

Baltimore officer sentenced to federal prison

2012-05-11 14:29:00

A 10th Baltimore police officer was sentenced to federal prison Friday for taking kickbacks from an auto repair company, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office announced. Leonel Rodriguez, 32, of Essex, was sentenced to 30 months for extortion and...

Unidentified man killed by train in Rosedale

2012-05-01 09:18:34

An unidentified man was struck and killed Tuesday morning by a southbound MARC train in the Rosedale area. The accident occurred shortly after 7 a.m. just south of where the rail lines cross under I-695, Maryland Transit Administration officials said....

Good afternoon, Baltimore: Tuesday lunchtime lowdown

2012-05-01 09:20:00

ON THE SITE... MARC train fatally strikes pedestrian near Essex: A southbound train stopped about 7 a.m. Tuesday and the crew announced a fatality, which Baltimore County police later confirmed. IndyCar Series looking for new Grand Prix organizer:...

Baltimore County's 17 active speed cameras

2012-05-03 12:40:00

Locations, by school zone, of speed cameras in Baltimore County 1. Arbutus Middle School, 1200 block of Sulphur Spring Road (eastbound) 2. Catonsville High School, 400 block of South Rolling Road (both directions) 3. Dulaney High School, 200 block of...

Milton A. Kruse, foreman

2012-05-03 13:00:10

Milton A. Kruse, a retired foreman and decorated World War II veteran, died Sunday of heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 93. Born in Baltimore and raised in Highlandtown, Mr. Kruse attended city public schools. During World War...

Man shot, wounded close to Southeast Freeway in Essex

2012-05-05 06:07:00

A man was shot and wounded early Saturday on a street in Essex, according to Baltimore County police. Authorities had few details Saturday morning. Police said the shooting occurred on the street about 2 a.m. in the 1000 block of Mace Ave., just south of...

Second suspect pleads guilty to hanging dead raccoon on porch of black family

2012-04-27 05:55:00

Federal prosecutors have announced that a second suspect has pleaded guilty to hanging a dead raccoon from a porch of a family from Africa who live in Middle River in order to frighten them. Authorities said Billy Ray Pratt, 24, of Halethorpe, faces up...

Storytime for Essex children comes in English and Spanish

2012-04-08 19:37:00

A monthly Storytime at Essex Library includes all the trappings familiar to its pre-school participants — books, puppets, songs, games and a crafts table. But this program, organized by Spanish language students at a nearby high school, gives...

Jesse Lowers, of Lowers Crab Shack in Essex, shows a large and small Maryland blue crab that he received in a small shipment. Jesse said the temperatures are still a bit cold for a good harvest, but the summer holds great promise.

2012-04-20 05:53:00

The annual winter survey of Maryland and Virginia waters found an estimated 764 million crabs baywide.

2012-04-19 00:00:00

A mother and daughter from Essex won $27 million in October 2007.

2012-03-29 00:00:00