Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)

Police investigate deaths of Silver Spring couple

2012-05-21 04:07:00

Montgomery County police are investigating the deaths of a husband and wife in Silver Spring as a possible murder-suicide, a police spokesman said. A family member called police on Saturday night worried about the couple, Capt. Paul Starks said. The...

Rudolph James Redd Sr., engineer

2012-05-03 11:25:00

Rudolph James "Rudy" Redd Sr., an engineer who spent his nearly 40-year career with the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground and was an advocate for the mentally ill, died April 27 of a cardiac arrest at his home...

Court upholds cell phone monitoring across state lines

2012-05-03 15:45:00

Maryland's highest court has upheld a law allowing police to listen in on cell phone calls that suspects make outside the state, a tool that authorities say is key to fighting the drug trade. The 5-2 Court of Appeals ruling is a victory for law...

State biotech firms hope Congress will act

2012-05-05 00:00:00

A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotech firms — including many based in Maryland — hoping that Congress will deliver a rare dose of bipartisanship this year. Lawmakers are proposing a 6...

Police officer kills self after traffic stop, chase

2012-04-09 19:57:00

A Montgomery County police officer shot himself to death after leading a state trooper on a high-speed chase on the Eastern Shore early Monday, state police said. Jed R. Bylsma, 30, of Gettysburg, Pa., was pronounced dead at the scene, police said....

Maryland Schools in the Path of the Purple Line

2012-04-13 08:00:00

COLLEGE PARK - Proposed construction on the Purple Line will not begin for at least another three years, but some local school leaders are concerned as state and county planners work to finalize a route. Under the current plan, the 16-mile light rail...

Four MD schools win "green ribbon" awards

2012-04-23 17:25:00

Four Maryland schools won recognition Monday in the U.S. Department of Education's first-ever listing of "green ribbon" schools, so honored because of their promotion of energy efficiency, environmental health and education. The four schools were...

2 dead after tow truck crash in Silver Spring

2012-03-16 03:15:00

Two people are dead after a car collided with a tow truck in Silver Spring, authorities said. Thursday's crash left 26-year-old Olin Dale Soreson and an unidentified 23-year-old woman dead. Soreson was driving a Toyota Corolla and the woman was a...

Father Joseph Kennedy, Jesuit priest

2012-02-22 13:36:00

The Rev. Joseph M. Kennedy, a Jesuit priest who taught in India for 30 years, died of heart failure Feb. 12 at the St. Claude la Colombiere Community, his order's Roland Park retirement home. He was 88. Born in Baltimore and raised in Chevy Chase, he was...

Robert Gaspar Leginus Sr., 98

2012-02-26 16:28:00

Robert Gaspar Leginus Sr., who flew gliders during World War II and later served as a military intelligence analyst, died Feb. 20. He was 98. Mr. Leginus died at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia, said his son Robert Leginus Jr. He had lived in Columbia...

Lotte Plaza coming to Catonsville

2012-03-06 12:35:00

Lotte Plaza is coming to Catonsville. The Columbia-based chain of Asian and international markets has signed a lease for a 46,000 square foot store in the One West Shopping Center on Baltimore National Pike. The space, formerly occupied by Toys R Us,...

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-03-08 15:33:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Lawrence Kenneth Standiford, 52, of the 1900 block of Bennett Road, was charged Tuesday with second-degree assault. A window at a church was broken Tuesday in the 700 block of...

Kevin Wiley, foreground, of Silver Spring, Md., and Dan Newell of Washington, D.C., members of Occupy DC, finish painting an anti-war protest sign.

2012-05-18 20:01:00

Volunteer Serena Saruqee, 13 of Silver Spring leads Addison from the pasture.

2012-04-21 00:00:00

Herman Quintinilla and Jose Escobar, both of Silver Spring, Md., work Monday at Washington Monument near Boonsboro. A private contractor is performing maintenance to the steps and base of the monument that was built by the citizens of Boonsboro in 1827 to honor the country's first president.

2012-04-10 05:40:00