A former employee of J.O. Spice is suing the company for sexual harassment and discrimination. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Maryland’s district court and names the J.O Spice and Cure Company as defendant. The family-owned and -operated business in Halethorpe is one of the area’s largest producers...
Brian Ruppel, Chris Huppmann and James Azbill were key starters as freshmen on the 2019 Catonsville boys lacrosse team that defeated Dulaney by a goal before falling by one goal to eventual state finalist Howard in the Class 4A North Region playoffs. Although it ended their first prep season, the...
The senior year for Jerald Hurt began on the Lansdowne High football field with him scoring a touchdown on the game’s opening kickoff in the Vikings’ 32-14 season-opening victory over rival Western Tech. It ended with the 2019 graduate being selected as the Arbutus Times Male Athlete of the Year...
In a world where the specialization of athletes has run rampant, Hereford’s Rachel Saunders has been a standout in a trio of sports. She played soccer in the fall, before lacing up her gym shoes for basketball in the winter. She ended her year playing lacrosse in the spring. Saunders, the North...
It’s safe to say that distance runners have a long road ahead of them. And, in the case of Hereford’s Emily Konkus, that road has been paved through hard work, determination and consistency. In 12 consecutive seasons, Konkus participated in varsity cross country, indoor and outdoor track. She captured...
Mary A. Schumaker, a former gallery owner who was known for her gourmet cooking, parties and being the “hostess with the mostess,” died June 7 of complications from cancer at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Catonsville resident was 84. “Mary was one of my dearest friends and we met in jail,” Kendel...
At the first of three town hall meetings on policing, new Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt fielded questions from western county residents on troublesome teenagers, diversity and her background in the Baltimore Police Department. Three days into her new role, the police chief told the...
Baltimore County officials on Friday clarified that a 20-year-old man who was reported to have fallen from a tree and was injured by a wood chipper was not cut by the blade. He was injured by the tightness of a rope he had become entangled in, officials said. Fire dispatch on Thursday told a reporter...
Between June 14 and June 20, 18 burglaries were reported to police in the Wilkens precinct. The only arrests made were in a case where two people were arrested June 20, after being found near Morningstar Baptist Church on Winters Lane in Catonsville, which had a shattered window. One of the suspects...
Baltimore County Police officials are investigating the discovery of a body near the area of River and Thistle Roads in Patapsco State Park as a homicide. The body has been identified as Glenroy St. Aubyn Copeland, of the 7700 block of Alastor Court in Elkridge. Officer Jennifer Peach, a police...
Dorman’s Lighting & Design, which moved to Lutherville-Timonium 25 years ago, is closing its doors. “The retail climate has changed,” owner Stan Dorman said April 16. Starting with the 2008 financial crisis pressures from online shopping have created a “gradual slide” for the lighting fixture shop,...
When a group of pharmaceutical representatives entered the Breakout Games site in Lutherville-Timonium on a sunny late-winter afternoon, at least two of them were trying an escape room for the first time. However, according to the website roomescapeartist.com, with more than 2,300 escape rooms...
The Eastern bluebirds are once again plentiful near Pot Spring Elementary thanks to the efforts of Katie Doyle, Audrey Hoffman and Christina Sousou of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 3948. All eighth-graders, these Girl Scouts embarked on a campaign to revitalize the Bluebird Trail at Pot Spring Elementary...
For 30 years, Clementina “Tina” Rodrigues, a lifelong Baltimore Highlands resident, has been coming to the Lansdowne-Baltimore Highlands Senior Center at 424 Third Avenue. “It’s been a wonderful place for seniors.” Coming to the center, she said, gave her things to do, people to meet and things...
Erin Kreis didn’t expect to be singled out at Catonsville High’s graduation ceremony. Sitting in a row of students, dressed in a blue cap and gown, the 18-year-old said she was totally unprepared to called on by interim Superintendent Verletta White — and to be awarded $1,000. But White, who will...
The Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Halethorpe has been waving the rainbow flag outside its doors and will keep the standard up until the end of June in recognition of Pride Month. And, on Thursday, from 3 to 10 p.m., the brewery will donate $1 from every pint sold to the Pride Center of Maryland...
A group of Dulaney High School seniors went back to where it all began when they stopped by Pot Spring Elementary one last time before their high school graduation. Immediately following their rehearsal at Dulaney, the group headed down the street to pose for a photo, visit their old school and...
There is a bright new addition to the grounds at Pot Spring Elementary. Much to the delight of the students at the school, a new playground officially debuted on May 17, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Although the lucky students have been enjoying the new play space since the installation earlier...
The George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology is the home to many amazing students who excel as artists, writers and performers ,and it is at this time of the year that their talents are on display during senior exhibitions and showcases. Cockeysville’s own, Lauren Cole, a graduating...
In February, a sign celebrating immigrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ+ community was vandalized with hate speech at Maryland Presbyterian Church. More than 200 people packed the church a week later for a “unity rally” denouncing hate organized by Pastor David Norse Thomas. This month, faith leaders...
Sheriff's officials say a 65-year-old Maryland man was found dead in the water after apparently falling from a boat that was docked outside a resort in the Florida Keys. Monroe County Sheriff's spokesman Adam Linhardt said in an email that the U.S. Coast Guard found the body of Bruce Alan Lohr...
On one particular late spring morning, Daniel Olorundare, a devout Owings Mills wrestler, and his coach Ryan Mackin were running late for an offseason practice with frequent Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A conference champions McDonogh. “One of the rules is, you don’t just walk...
One person was arrested after a reported shooting at a house on Philadelphia Road in White Marsh on Tuesday, Baltimore County police said. Police surrounded a house on the 11500 block of Philadelphia Road after officers could not initially make contact with the person who called in the shooting....
The owner of White Marsh Mall is set to announce a new curfew Thursday for teens under the age of 18, who will no longer be allowed on the premises without an adult age 21 or over after 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The curfew goes into effect Friday and will be strictly enforced throughout the...
After three days of recounting paper ballots, Johnny Olszewski Jr. was affirmed Saturday evening as the winner of the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive. Elections officials hand-counted 87,222 ballots and determined that the former state delegate won by 17 votes over the second-place...
Jay Rohlfing, put simply, is having a great Wednesday morning. On Tuesday night, he celebrated with an estimated 80-100 people at Cunningham’s, the Towson restaurant where he serves as executive chef, as they watched him win the latest episode of Food Network’s “Chopped.” He said he was “filled...
Beloved Towson pediatrician Dr. Krystyna Blotny, is retiring after more than 20 years of healing bodies and minds at Drs. Gouel and Blotny. Dr. Blotny has been practicing for more than 45 years, the first 10 of which were in Poland. Since coming to America in 1984, she worked at Children’s Hospital,...
When Gia Bastien, of Towson, was a child growing up in a rural area of Maine, her parents, trying to protect their African American daughter in an overwhelmingly white state, pulled her out of school in the fourth grade. Bastien, who now lives in Loch Raven Village, said she struggled for years...
Five burglaries or attempted burglaries were reported in the Arbutus-Halethorpe area between June 9-13, according to police records. On June 11, someone stole a mountain bike that was locked up in front of a residence in the 2900 block of Bero Road. The next day, June 12, around 5 p.m., there was...
Baltimore County Police are investigating after a man’s body was found Sunday evening in Patapsco Valley State Park near Catonsville and Oella, officials said Monday. A woman was walking her dog along a trail in the park and discovered the body around 5 p.m. in the area of River and Thistle roads,...