Reisterstown

Hereford High ranked highest among Baltimore County Public Schools

2013-05-10 05:50:00

Of the 11 Baltimore County public high schools rated among the nation's 2,000 top schools, according to the third annual Newsweek/Daily Beast survey of "America's Best High Schools," Hereford High School ranks No. 1 in the county. The list, published...

'Rain tax' is free money for Maryland pols

2013-05-09 05:15:00

As soon as I heard about the "rain tax," I knew politicians in this state wouldn't be able to keep their hands off this revenue windfall ("Faceoff over city water fee plan," May 6). I will be very much surprised if any of it actually goes toward...

Seven Md. law enforcement officials, firefighters, honored at Fallen Heroes Day

2013-05-07 10:22:03

Three of the seven men and women honored at the 28th annual Fallen Heroes Day were from Harford County. The police officers and firefighters honored at the ceremony, organized by Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, came from different backgrounds and...

Firefighter laid to rest in service steeped in tradition

2013-05-05 18:02:00

On a perfect spring day in Baltimore County, surrounded by hundreds of his brother and sister firefighters and mourned in prayers thousands of years old, a hero was laid to rest Sunday. Gene M. Kirchner, the 25-year-old Reisterstown volunteer...

Funeral for Gene Kirchner from Owings Mills to Dulaney Valley

2013-05-05 11:01:00

Baltimore County police and fire personnel throughout the region are participating today in the funeral for Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Department member Gene Kirchner, who died Thursday of injuries he suffered in a fire last week in Reisterstown. The...

Reisterstown volunteer firefighter dies of injuries

2013-05-02 19:29:00

A volunteer firefighter who joined the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company as a teenager more than a decade ago died Thursday of injuries sustained in a fire last week that also killed another man. Gene Kirchner, 25, died at Maryland Shock Trauma...

Randallstown woman pleads guilty in attempted murder case

2013-04-29 16:40:00

A woman who prosecutors said brought a rifle to the shooting of a Reisterstown teen pleaded guilty Monday to attempted first-degree murder and use of a gun, according to a spokesman for Howard County prosecutors. Howard County Circuit Court Judge...

Man killed, firefighter critically injured in Reisterstown fire

2013-04-24 18:55:00

One man is dead and a volunteer firefighter was in critical condition after a three-alarm fire tore through a home in Reisterstown early Wednesday morning, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Steven Starr, 58, of the first block of...

County police commander to head Franklin Precinct in Reisterstown

2013-04-16 11:13:03

Baltimore County police named an interim commander of the Franklin Precinct in Reisterstown Monday, after the former captain was charged with driving while intoxicated last month. Capt. James P. Monahan will leave the county's intelligence unit and...

Balto. Co. councilwoman calls to delay stormwater fee vote

2013-04-09 17:51:00

A Baltimore County Council member is calling for the council to delay its vote on a measure to impose stormwater management fees, saying neither the council nor the public has had enough time to study the issue. Councilwoman Vicki Almond, a Reisterstown...

Homeless animals benefit after Rebounders gymnasts' success

2013-04-03 12:06:00

When a team of teenage gymnasts at Rebounders in Timonium came home from the East Coast Classic competition with a $100 cash prize, the coaching staff allowed the girls to decide how to spend their winnings. They could have spent it on an outing for...

Man dies after jump from I-795 overpass; hit by multiple cars

2013-04-02 17:33:28

A Reisterstown man was struck by multiple vehicles and killed on Interstate 795 late Monday night after he appeared to jump from a highway overpass in Owings Mills, according to Maryland State Police. The drivers of the vehicles that struck him did not...

At far right is Will Kircher, the twin brother to Gene M. Kirchner, a Reisterstown volunteer firefighter who died in the line of duty from injuries suffered on April 24, 2013 as he tried to help rescue a man from a burning house.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

FF/EMT Kirsten Koenig, Station 13, who is both a volunteer firefighter in Reisterstown, and a Baltimore county paid firefighter, stands next to the Fire Service Monument on Washington Ave.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

FF/EMT Kirsten Koenig, Station 13, who is both a volunteer firefighter in Reisterstown, and a Baltimore county paid firefighter, holds the memorial program.

2013-05-19 00:00:00