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Motorman back on track ringing bell rail line from Catonsville to Towson
An article in the April 19, 1913, edition of The Argus announced the return of familiar face on the rail cars. Not content with sitting on a slow-moving auto truck, Charles Bujac of Catonsville, one of the oldest motormen in the employ of the United...Tags: Linthicum, Festive Events, Libraries, U.S. Postal Service, Pikesville
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Pages from the Past: Determined soldier twice deterred from coming home
An article in the Feb. 7, 1963, edition of the Herald Argus and Baltimore Countian reported on a local soldier determined to come home, despite not having permission to do so.. Officers Herbert D. King and William Raubach of the Wilkens Avenue police...Tags: Halethorpe, U.S. Military, Randallstown, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Patapsco
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Pages Past: Custodian's heroics save child as wall collapses
An article in the Jan. 24, 1963, edition of the Herald Argus and Baltimore Countian reported the heroics of a school custodian in rescuing a student. Fourteen-year-old Norman G. Gaither, an eighth grade student at Our Lady of Victory Catholic school on...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Boy Scouts of America, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Music
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Fourth generation leads Catonsville funeral business
Witzke has been a familiar name in the funeral services business in the Baltimore area since 1912, when Harry H. Witzke, Sr., opened the first Witzke Funeral Home in his house at 510 Ramsey St. in Baltimore. Harry Witzke's son, for example,...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Lombard Street, John F. Kennedy, Catonsville
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Superstorm Sandy made a strong first impression
It didn't take long for Hurricane Sandy to make an impression on Catonsville resident Doug Simpkins, a captain with the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department. He had just gotten home after stopping by the department on Southwestern Boulevard on Monday...
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Catonsville crime log: Handgun and jewelry stolen from Newburg Avenue residence
The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872....Tags: Theft, Catonsville
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Pages from the Past: Minister and friend return from free-spirited vacation in mountains
An article in the Aug. 17, 1912, edition of The Argus reported on the return of two local citizens from a vacation spent "tramping." The Rev. John A. Nesbitt, of the Catonsville Presbyterian Church, and his brother-in-law, Leon J. de Bullet, returned...Tags: Halethorpe, Festive Events, Republican Party, Government, Shirley Temple
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Harford County Police Blotter
Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Amy Joy Warthen, 27, of the 1900 block of Fletcher Road, was arrested on two bench warrants Tuesday in cases in which she was charged with trespassing and second-degree escape....Tags: Maryland State Police, Apple iPhone, Juvenile Delinquency, Port Deposit, James Boyd
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Electrical fires spark blackout as 1912 arrives in Catonsville
An article in the Jan. 6, 1912 edition of The Argus reported on the ominous start for the new year. The greater part of Catonsville was in total darkness Sunday night on account of the grounding of the electric current supplying the lights, caused by the...Tags: Halethorpe, Companies and Corporations, Christmas, Santa Claus (fictional character), Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Letter: Safety measures failing for students in Catonsville
Happy New Year to all! I am writing with major concerns about South Rolling Road. I know this has been a topic for several years now. I am a concerned parent of two high school students who attend Catonsville High School. Every morning, I choose to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Students, Catonsville
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Albert Reymann, engineer
Albert C. Reymann, a retired Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory mechanical engineer who led a team that helped create the forerunner of the global navigation and positioning systems in use today, died Monday of heart disease at Gilchrist Center...Tags: Space Programs, Heart Disease, NASA, Applied Physics, Ellicott City
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Special mixed drink on menu for networking event in Catonsville
The Catonsville chamber will host "Cocktails at the Mansion" Feb. 8, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the historic mansion on the Catonsville campus of the Community College of Baltimore County, 800 S. Rolling Road. Sample Ships Café's soon-to-be-famous...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Kevin Kamenetz, Business, Baltimore County, Small Businesses
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