Pikesville

Owings Mills development fight takes on feel of campaign

2012-05-22 17:39:22

With residents being bombarded by fliers, robocalls, even a telephone opinion survey, the fight over the future of the former Solo Cup site in Baltimore County is taking on the trappings of a political campaign. As the debate continues about whether...

GOP budget plan bans gay marriages in military facilities

2012-05-22 08:15:00

There is a saying that "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." That seems to sum up the Republican approach to all issues. The latest example is the GOP-controlled House, which just passed a budget bill that bans the use of military...

Dr. Norman I. Zipper, optometrist

2012-05-20 13:28:32

Dr. Norman I. Zipper, a retired Baltimore optometrist active in the Jewish community, died of renal failure May 12 at his Pikesville home. He was 89. Born in East Baltimore and raised on South Ann Street, he was a 1940 City College graduate. As a young...

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...

Radio host Ira Glass assures Goucher grads, 'It's normal to feel lost'

2012-05-18 16:01:00

The program at Goucher College's 121st commencement ceremony Friday listed speaker Ira Glass' main connection to the Towson college: His grandmother was a member of its Class of 1931. In the public radio host's remarks, he added that college President...

Rev. Marion Bascom, civil rights activist and pastor, dies

2012-05-18 17:07:26

The Rev. Marion C. Bascom, a leading Baltimore civil rights activist remembered for his lifetime quest for social justice, died of a heart attack Thursday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 87 and lived in Reservoir Hill. "A giant has...

Engaged: Jaime Leiner and Brian Gill

2012-05-18 09:43:00

They were best buddies who didn't want to risk losing their friendship by dating, but then they took the plunge and have been together since. Wedding date: May 27, 2012 Her story: Jaime Leiner, 27, lives in Owings Mills, which is also where she grew up....

Datebook

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Sunday, May 20 Science talk Author Andrea Wulf discusses her new book, "Chasing Venus," at noon at Adkins Arboretum's Visitor's Center, 12610 Eveland Road in Ridgely. Admission is $20, $15 for members. Information: 410-634-2847 or adkinsarboretum.org....

NeighborSpace awarded $1,000 grant at Maryland Land Conservation Conference

2012-05-17 12:44:00

NeighborSpace of Baltimore County received a $1,000 grant on Tuesday that will allow it to implement a new system for prioritizing the acquisition of land. The nonprofit, which is dedicated to preserving open space in the county's most populated areas,...

Supermarkets should concentrate on selling food, not liquor

2012-05-17 06:00:00

Your recent editorial expressed the view that "the ban on grocery store sales of alcohol has one purpose — preventing competition, to the benefit of existing retailers and to the detriment of consumers" ("Liquor and capitalism," May 14). Yet it also...

Roy W. Spence, businessman

2012-05-16 14:27:00

Roy W. Spence, a businessman who founded a Baltimore bus company and was an active churchman, died Saturday of complications from internal bleeding at Northwest Hospital. The Pikesville resident was 84. Born and raised in Camden, N.C., Mr. Spence...

Baltimore County legislators, parents to ask Dance to put more teachers in high schools

2012-05-14 16:36:00

Baltimore County parents and legislators will ask incoming schools Superintendent Dallas Dance to consider putting more teachers in high schools, where class sizes have swelled since positions were eliminated a year ago. Maryland Sen. James Brochin, a...

Loch Raven's Taylor Sartor, center, shoots against Pikesville during a regional final Wednesday at Loch Raven High School.

2012-05-16 00:00:00

resident picked up her silver mesh earrings at Target, which is also where she found her black faux leather bag at Target -- a must for the evening because it carried a pair of flip flops for later on in the evening. "Usually I'm a tank top and jeans kind of girl. I do like wearing saturated color.

2012-05-13 00:00:00

Left to right, Marty Cohen, Meadowwood, Hershel Schabes, Ranchleigh, and Steve Pinson, Pikesville ride in Meadowood Regional Park in Lutherville-Timonium.

2012-05-04 00:00:00