Dundalk

Guard opens maintenance shop

The Maryland National Guard will mark the opening of its new Dundalk Field Maintenance Shop at 2101 North Point Blvd. with a ceremony at 9 a.m. today.

Guilty plea in teen's death

On the night of Jan. 28, Robert L. Bragg drove his car around Dundalk with two of his teenage friends, looking for someone - anyone - to beat up, a prosecutor said yesterday.

A son looks to the future

Matthew Haarhoff left jail in Anne Arundel County and headed straight for a playground in Dundalk, where he executed a perfect back-flip dismount from a swing and chased his 10-year-old nephew around the jungle gym.

Laura Vozzella: No interest in Granddad's job

Hundreds of Maryland politicos gather on a parking lot every July to eat crabs, talk politics, sweat, sweat some more, and honor a long-gone governor.

Air conditioning is hot topic

The classrooms at Hebbville Elementary School on Baltimore County's west side got so hot this year that 8-year-old Cameron Harris' mother sometimes took him out of school early on especially muggy afternoons.

Teacher, mentor drowns at UMBC

Deon Oneil Henry Jr. had the summer off as a health education teacher, so he decided to take a job working with 38 low-income high school students in an Upward Bound program.

At proposed plant, disaster plan is sought

Fire union leaders urged Baltimore County officials yesterday to work on an emergency plan with the company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas facility on Sparrows Point, even if the officials remain opposed to the project.

Sam Sessa: Discovering the charms of Dundalk's pubs

Let's start with a confession: For years, I dodged Dundalk pubs.

Sex offender gets 7 years

Irvine G. Oelke Sr. told a judge yesterday that he hadn't intended to harm the little girl he invited into his car one warm evening last summer - that he was only "being friendly" when he asked if she wanted to get some ice cream with him.

Neighbors become heroes in kidnap try

Emily Tuzzolo was riding her bike one warm summer night last year when a man in a dark sedan pulled up alongside her.

Local Screenings

Say goodnight to suspense

Baltimore's reigning best film series, the Charles Theatre's six-month Alfred Hitchcock retrospective, wraps this weekend with 1955's To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant as John Robie, a reformed cat burglar who's being framed for a bunch of high-society jewel thefts in Monaco. Grace Kelly, in the film that introduced her to the tiny kingdom that would soon call her queen, is the stunning socialite who can't help but fall for his charms, even if she's not sure he can be trusted. Showtime is noon tomorrow at the Charles, 1711 N. Charles St., with encore screenings set for 7 p.m. Monday and 9 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $6 tomorrow, $8 other times. Information: 410-727-3456 or thecharles.com.

More than 120 foes of LNG plan turn out at hearing in Harford

The fury about a proposed liquefied natural gas project began in eastern Baltimore County, but it doesn't end there.

Program boosts students' futures

Dozens of Baltimore County public high school seniors enrolled in a national college-prep program have earned commitments of about $3.4 million in scholarships from schools across the country.

Bill to exempt some sites from smoking ban fails

A bill that would have created an "outdoor" exemption for Baltimore County bars and restaurants to the state ban on smoking in public places died in a House committee yesterday, effectively ending an effort that some health advocates feared could unravel statewide support for the newly imposed law.

Shooting victims identified

The two people gunned down in a road rage confrontation that began in West Baltimore and ended about a mile later in Bolton Hill were identified yesterday by police as a 16-year-old Dundalk girl and a 32-year-old Harford County man.

Haunted house fan has a flair for scares

In a former hair salon in a strip mall in Dundalk, a woman is screaming.

Md. officials looking into grit from sky

Deborah Cicone won't let her young nieces and nephews swim in the backyard pool, fearing they will swallow the shiny grit that sporadically rains on eastern Baltimore County neighborhoods.

The legacy of Sparrows Point

For the better part of three decades, as Richard Offley grew from a boy to a man on the peninsula between the Patapsco and Back rivers, the Sparrows Point steel mill was at the center of community life.

Baltimore County

Elementaries show modest, steady progress

Baltimore County's elementary school students overall scored slightly above state averages in this year's reading and math assessments and showed steady, if modest, gains countywide. But a significant gap remains between the county's lowest- and highest-performing schools, according to preliminary results of this year's statewide assessments released yesterday.