West Point

Ann H. Sisson, owned Federal Hill restaurant

2013-06-12 14:24:00

Ann H. Sisson, who established with her husband a popular Federal Hill restaurant and bar that later became the state's first brew pub, died June 4 from complications of dementia at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89. The daughter of a civil engineer...

Northern Chesapeake West Point Society hosts 6th Annual Society Summer Picnic

2013-06-10 12:42:22

On June 1, the Northern Chesapeake West Point Society held its 6th Annual Society Summer Picnic to honor Maryland candidates who were selected for attendance to West Point this summer as members of the Class of 2017. This year several local high school...

Three Naval Academy football players investigated in alleged sexual assault on female midshipman

2013-05-31 18:50:36

The Navy is investigating the alleged sexual assault last year of a female midshipman at the Naval Academy by three members of the football team, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Friday. The woman has told investigators she remembers little of the...

Peck graduates from West Point

2013-06-06 12:02:25

Second Lt. Stephen James Peck, son of William and Donna Peck of Abingdon, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on May 25. A 2009 Bel Air High School graduate, Peck concentrated his studies at West Point in information technology. He also attended the...

Longtime UMBC AD Charles Brown retiring after 24 years at school

2013-05-14 16:46:00

When Dr. Charles Brown first looked into taking the athletic director job at UMBC in 1989, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native wasn't real savvy about the school. "I thought it was a military base when I showed up," he said with a chuckle. "It said UMBC. I didn'...

Retired APG general: The players change, the 'GAM' remains the same

2013-05-23 03:05:00

Sixteen years ago, Robert Shadley, then a major general in the Army, uncovered disturbing news from an important Army training facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Drill sergeants and other instructors were regularly using their power to get sexual...

Families, friends remember fallen Marylanders

2013-05-27 16:24:00

For Theresa Mills, the "most emotional day" came last June when the Marine Corps notification team visited her Laurel home to tell her that her older son had been killed in Afghanistan. The second most emotional day, she said, came Monday. In the...

Pentagon reports sharp rise in sex assaults in military

2013-05-07 19:08:10

The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel....

Good news for Towson might spell bad news for Johns Hopkins

2013-05-03 14:30:00

In just a few hours, No. 13 Johns Hopkins will take the field at Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y., for its regular-season finale against Army. But the Blue Jays’ bid for an appearance in its 42nd consecutive NCAA tournament �suffered a blow via...

Flags at half-staff for Army pilot from Eldersburg

2013-04-15 10:09:00

Gov. Martin O’ Malley has ordered the U.S. and Maryland flags at state facilities flown at half-staff on Monday to honor Army Capt. Sara�M. Knutson, a helicopter pilot from Eldersburg who died last month in Afghanistan. Knutson, 27, was one of...

Varsity roundup: Walk gives Patterson Mill upset of No. 8 River Hill in baseball

2013-04-05 23:33:00

With the score tied at 7 in the bottom of the eighth, J.T. Tipton (3-for-4) drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the game-winner as host Patterson Mill upset No. 8 River Hill, 8-7, in baseball Friday night. The Hawks (2-4) took a 6-0 lead in the first...

Varsity roundup: No. 10 Mount de Sales wins, 15-0, in softball behind Lesniewski

2013-04-04 22:57:00

Right-hander Ashley Lesniewski pitched a one-hitter, her third victory this week, and the No. 10 Mount de Sales softball team kept rolling Thursday. The Sailors (7-1, 6-0 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) scored three runs...

Aberdeen native Naomi Fuhrman is among the more than 1,000 cadets who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on Saturday.

2013-05-25 21:53:00

West Point Gardens offers different housing styles suitable to a range of homebuyers.

2013-04-18 00:00:00

A West Point classmate of Ulysses S. Grant, Peck was ordered to fortify Suffolk after distinguishing himself in the Peninsular Campaign and improving the Union defenses at Yorktown.

2013-04-10 00:00:00