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Getting in the swim to raise money for Hopkins cancer lab
On the first mile of her three-mile swim Sunday morning, Susan Spencer concentrated on the 25 names written in black marker on her right arm — those of friends and family members who had succumbed to cancer. On her second lap, the Baltimore...
Tags: Swimming, Cancer, Canoeing and Kayaking, Healthcare Provider
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Mystery of missing man solved after 13 years
July 9, 2011 Henry Ackerman had plans — big, cross country, into-the-wild plans. It was 1998, and he was 48 years old, alone, sad and somewhat peculiar. He lived with threecats and a big, sandy-colored dog in an unkempt Baltimore County apartment...Tags: Health and Safety at School, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Murder, Baltimore County, Criminals
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FDA takes steps increase supply of cancer drugs
A host of prescription drugs have been in low supply around the United States for some time, but doctors have been warning about a particularly acute shortage of a set of life-saving cancer drugs. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today that...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Prescription Drugs, Methotrexate (drug), Plant Closings, Hospira, Inc.
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Cummings looks into prescription drug shortages
University of Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese said she was heartbroken that a chemotherapy drug used to treat her 3-year-old son, Tyler, for leukemia was in short supply and possibly unavailable.
When she discovered that some companies...Tags: Health Treatments, Basketball, Prices, Biotechnology, Chemical Industry
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Catonsville cyclist hopes to set wheels in motion for pedestrian and bicycle safety
An avid cyclist for six years, Laura Cook has had her share of close calls while riding in and around the area.
It's not uncommon, she said, for cars and trucks to whiz by closer than the three feet the law requires as she and her husband of 1.5 years,...Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Catonsville, Tom Quirk, Maryland Department of Transportation, Towson
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The Driver's Seat: Husband of Terps coach is 'unsung hero' as father to twins
Tyler Joseph Thomas will turn 4 years old Friday, Feb. 17. But perhaps a bigger event will take place at some point in the fall of 2015. "When we hit that milestone we will throw a big party," said North Laurel resident Brenda Frese, the mother of...Tags: Tra Thomas, Duke Blue Devils, The Washington Post, Immune System, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Ulman Cancer Fund merges with 4K for Cancer to help fundraising
Ryan Hanley spent the summer before he turned 18 thinking about organizing a transcontinental bike ride to raise money for cancer. When he entered the Johns Hopkins University, he set about selling the idea and recruiting classmates and friends to ride 4,...Tags: Appendectomy, Ken Ulman, Hands, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer
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At Patriot Plaza in Towson, extended family of fire service honors fallen comrades
One by one, 43 times the bell chimed and echoed across Patriot Plaza in Towson Sunday, as the Baltimore County Fire Service hosted its annual Ceremony of Remembrance at the county's fire service monument along Pennsylvania Avenue. James Doran of the...
Tags: Catonsville, Reisterstown, Cecil County, David Marks, Companies and Corporations
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Revisiting 2011 hoops recruiting for local DIs
The Baltimore SunEach summer I catch up with all nine Division I basketball coaches in Maryland to talk about their incoming recruiting classes. Then comes my take, based on those interviews, of how those new additions will do in college. Here's a look at how I fared in...Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Basketball, Morgan State University, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Philadelphia Eagles
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Thomas Joseph Lopresti, longtime Towson barber
Thomas Joseph Lopresti, a longtime Towson barber and volunteer at Our Daily Bread, died April 12 of leukemia at Mercy Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 72.
He was raised in East Baltimore, the son of Italian immigrants Carmello and Innocenta...Tags: Breads, Timonium, Rental Service, Cancer, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Clarksville: St. Louis CYO girls team wins Archdiocese of Baltimore League championship
The St. Louis School seventh- and eighth-grade girls' CYO basketball team defeated St. John's of Westminster, 23-19, in a hard-fought contest March 17 at Seton Keough High School to win the Archdiocese of Baltimore League championship in the girls 12-14...Tags: Catonsville, Students, Teaching and Learning, Music, Clarksville
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Nick James Nopulos, diner owner
Nick James Nopulos, former co-owner of Catonsville's venerable Double T Diner, died Saturday of complications from chronic lymphoma and leukemia at Howard County General Hospital. He was 91.
The son of a barber and a homemaker who were Greek immigrants,...Tags: Catonsville, Indianapolis 500, Windsor Mill, Howard County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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