Patapsco

Towson Times sports notices

2012-05-23 00:00:00

Send sports notices a minimum of two weeks before the requested publication date to Patuxent Publishing/TT Sports Notices, Third floor, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278; e-mail tworgo@patuxent.com. Include date, time, location, contact...

6,000 fish killed in Arundel creeks

2012-05-22 16:09:31

State officials are investigating what killed thousands of fish in Marley and Furnace creeks in northern Anne Arundel County, but suspect they suffocated after an algae bloom sucked the oxygen out of the water, a Maryland Department of the Environment...

Mountain bike skills course to open in Rockburn Branch Park June 2

2012-05-22 16:46:00

The mountain bike skills course in Rockburn Branch Park in Elkridge is scheduled to officially open Saturday, June 2, following a 10 a.m. grand opening ceremony. Named the Rockburn Skills Park, the course includes three downward trails, each designed for...

Warning against contact with water in lower Patapsco is lifted

2012-05-21 16:24:00

A warning against water contact in the lower Patapsco River issued nearly two months ago has been lifted, the Anne Arundel County health department announced Monday. Health officials had ordered an emergency closure of the river downstream from Annapolis...

Towson students expect a world of difference in summer trip to China

2012-05-20 19:50:00

Four Towson High School students were among a contingent from Baltimore County leaving Sunday afternoon, May 20, for a two-month exchange at the Tie Yi School in Xi'an, China. There, the Baltimore County Public Schools students will put their knowledge...

Baltimore man guilty in high school reunion stabbing

2012-05-21 08:15:00

A 29-year-old Baltimore man was convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing another man to death at a Walbrook High School reunion nearly two years ago, the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office announced Monday. A city jury found James L....

History Matters: Looking back to Howard County life in 1892

2012-05-19 00:00:00

100 Years Ago Battle for academics From a 20-year look back column in the Times (1892): "At the City election the citizens Law and Order ticket had a walk over. Edward Norris was elected Mayor. Also, councilmen, William T. McCauley, William F....

Park Quest program fills up in less than two hours

2012-05-19 00:00:00

In its fifth year, the Park Quest program run by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources closed its registration for 1,000 families in less than two hours Monday. Told that the spots went as fast as Springsteen tickets, program director Barb Knisely...

Howard County Briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Flea market, book sale Shepherd of the Glen Lutheran Church sponsors this event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 2 at 14051 Burntwoods Road in Glenwood (rain date is June 9). Vendor spaces are free, tables are available for $5 and setup time is 7:30 a.m....

Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock: Bon Secours gets a new name and new image

2012-05-13 00:00:00

If you were asked to name venues in western Howard County that are available for meetings, conferences, retreats, and other gatherings, what would you suggest? Maybe Nixon's Farm or Circle D or the Glenwood Community Center? Did you think of Bon Secours...

Pages from the Past: Catonsville area women both have limbs amputated after elevator accident

2012-05-16 00:00:00

An article in the May 14, 1937, edition of The Catonsville Herald and Baltimore Countian reported on a mishap in an elevator in a Baltimore Hotel that resulted in severe injuries to two area women. As a result of an elevator accident at the Belvedere...

Baltimore's oldest black cemetery finally restored, with help of inmates

2012-05-14 16:23:00

Five years after burying his father, Samuel W. Moore could no longer find the grave. That was 1976, and Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of the oldest African-American burial grounds in the country, was overcome with stickerbushes, weeds and garbage —...

Crew deploying 'smart' buoy at mouth of Patapsco River to mark Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

2012-05-16 00:00:00

Pulling garlic mustard at Patapsco State Park

2012-05-04 08:52:00

Catonsville senior Katie Morsberger, left, out sprints a Patapsco runner to third base for a force out.

2012-05-02 00:00:00