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Towson football coach Rob Ambrose will undergo what a team spokesperson described as “minor surgery,” but is not expected to miss any games.

Dr. Stanley L. Brown, a retired Eastpoint dentist who was a World War II prisoner of war in Germany, died Sept. 13 of complications of a stroke.

Charlotte Agnes Casserly, a family matriarch who was active in numerous Roman Catholic groups, died of complications of dementia Monday. The former Overlea resident was 94.

Katie McCracken was diagnosed with a type of leukemia when she was a kindergartener in Smithsburg in Washington County. Fourteen years later, she is playing NCAA Division I volleyball for the Tigers.

Medora M. Kaltenbach, a retired administrator at the Social Security Administration who was known for her needlepoint renderings of East Coast lighthouses, died of bone cancer Saturday. The former Towson resident was 88.

Catonsville built a 2-0 lead before a quick thunderstorm delayed Wednesday’s game for 35 minutes in the second half, and the unbeaten No. 7 Comets (5-0-1) added an insurance goal in a 3-0 victory over visiting Dulaney (4-2).

After the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a year off from swim team last year, the Stoneleigh Sharks were chomping for a chance to compete in summer 2021, and they took a big bite out of pool records!

Donald F. Campbell, a retired Alexander & Alexander vice president, died Sept. 12. The former longtime Stoneleigh resident was 96.

Towson University launched an incubator for startup businesses and nonprofits Monday aimed at connecting business leaders with each other and with students interested in finding a career.

Towson and Cockeysville area crime log for Sept. 7-10, 2021 compiled for reports from Baltimore County Police.

Roger Erricker, who coached Towson’s track and cross country teams for 30 years, died of cancer at home on Sept. 12.

The NCAA Football Championship Subdivision juggernaut Bison thwarted Towson on defense, moved the ball at will on offense and even negated an error on special teams to waltz to a 35-7 demolition.

Turnovers and penalties might have derailed Catonsville football’s offense in the first half, but the Comets recovered with 27 second-half points in a 34-0 victory at Towson to remain unbeaten.

Drew S. Talbott, owner of a local construction company who was also a competitive Chesapeake Bay sailor, died of a heart attack Sept. 8. The longtime Anneslie resident was 58.

Mary D. “Molly” Buchanan, a former sales associate who was an avid tennis and bridge player, died of respiratory failure Sept. 4 at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.

Hurricane Ida moved through Louisiana in late August leaving flooding, damaged property, power outages and destruction in its wake. In the aftermath, food is needed, especially fresh food, and First Fruit Farms, a local nonprofit farm dedicated to providing fresh, nutritious food to those in need, is stepping in to help.

Loch Raven earns second consecutive shutout in girls soccer.

Towson and Cockeysville area crime log for Sept. 1-7

Comets force six turnovers in second win of the season

Towson University has suspended a veteran campus police officer in the continued fallout from Saturday's shooting, university officials said. Meanwhile, Baltimore County police have arrested a 19-year-old man.

James Howard “Jim” Case, a former Johns Hopkins University mathematician who was signed to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers while in college, died Sept. 1 of a medical incident while riding in an automobile traveling on Northern Parkway.

Towson High School senior Elise Chang began to spread the love and support by sending out cookie care packages to 20 of her friends in December, safely baking and delivering sweet treats to friends in Stoneleigh, Rodgers Forge, Lutherville and Owings Mills.

Mary Ann Connelly, a Locust Point artist who established an art gallery on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and was the founder of Paint Onancock, a plein- air painting and photography event, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was 70.

Barbara Carol Joellenbeck, an occupational therapist who was a hiking and travel enthusiast, died of metastatic breast cancer Aug. 23 at her home in the Lake-Walker home section of North Baltimore.

One of the three people injured in a shooting on Towson University’s campus early Saturday morning has been released from the hospital, police said Sunday, as officials continue to investigate the incident. The other two victims remain in stable condition at the hospital.

A Towson University student and two other people were shot and injured during a gathering on the campus early Saturday morning, Baltimore County police and school officials said.

Dr. Michael T. Reid, a longtime child psychologist who practiced for more than two decades in Towson and Lutherville, died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 29 at Gilchrist Center in Towson.

Morgan State assistant coaches Derrick Alexander and Jacoby Jones and Towson assistant Justin Harper are linked by their time as Ravens wideouts and Saturday’s season opener between their respective teams.