Towson

Nance Reed, who served as Towson University’s senior associate athletic director and was instrumental in the development of Johnny Unitas Stadium and SECU Arena, has died. She was 63.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development this month named downtown Towson a Main Street affiliate, a program that strengthens local revitalization efforts with grants and technical assistance.

Jack Dawson, who covered sports on WMAR-TV for more than three decades, died of coronavirus complications Nov. 19 at UM Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. He was 91 and formerly lived in Towson.

While string lights may adorn Christmas trees in Catonsville, Arbutus and Towson, the crowds of families that usually gather during tree-lighting festivities to sip hot cocoa and greet Santa as he arrives will not be there.

A Parkville man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery after police say he shot a woman in a Cockeysville hotel after he tried to rob her Tuesday morning.

Maryland State Police are investigating the circumstances of a fatal pedestrian crash in Arbutus on Tuesday night.

Greater Baltimore Medical Center HealthCare became the first healthcare system in Maryland to earn the 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, an honor given by the U.S. Department of Commerce to just five other organizations across the U.S. for excellence in quality standards.

Two Aspen Heights Towson tenants are suing the student housing complex for charging three months of rent despite the building not having received occupancy permits, and denying their requests to cancel their leases.

Troop 35 Scout Callum McLean recently completed his Eagle project at the Cambridge School. Callum and his crew planted eight new bushes, dug up and replanted 25 azaleas, weeded and seeded new grass areas, trimmed bushes and pulled out invasive vines.

Vinay Khosla was recently awarded the Anne Lindsey Otenasek Youth Service Award for his outstanding selflessness and care for his community.

Donation boxes that police said turned out to be empty were stolen during a late night break-in at the Islamic Society of Northern Baltimore Nov. 4.

An unspecified amount of cash was stolen Nov. 18 during a robbery at PNC Bank near the Baltimore County government center, Baltimore County police say.

George Van Fossen "Van" Schwab, a retired Baltimore architect and a World War II veteran, has died at 98.

The Baltimore County Council on Monday night killed a bill that would have reduced the height of a planned four-story affordable housing building in East Towson, citing concerns that its passage would violate the Fair Housing Act.

The Assistance Center for Towson Churches has for years collected food donations in November to provide a proper Thanksgiving dinner for those who otherwise may not have one.This year, like much else, is different.

An iconic beech tree on the grounds of Prospect Hill Cemetery, which became diseased after more than 130 years of life, was removed from the Towson landscape on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Notre Dame Preparatory School, an all-girls Catholic school in Towson, raised $10 million to build the Jane Kroh Satterfield Innovation Wing to support its students enrolled in its STEAM program, or science, technology, engineering, art and math.

Charles L. Amos, a former locomotive engineer who later became a Western Maryland Railway superintendent, an official with the Federal Railway Administration and the Association of American Railroads, has died. He was 90.

Final scrimmage was one final joy for young athletes before ban was implemented

The ever-lengthening coronavirus pandemic can be stressful for Maryland's seniors and have implications for their mental health.

Judge Alexandra N. "Sandy" Williams, who served on the Baltimore County District Court for more than two decades, has died at 64.

Mount de Sales, Glenelg Country School, Maryvale Prep and St. Paul's get contributions from Catonsville lacrosse players

Mary F. Wagley, a seasoned educator who was headmistress of St. Paul’s School for more than a decade and the first woman to join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corp., died Nov. 1 at her Broadmead Retirement Community home in Cockeysville.

Eugene L. “Gene” Kibbe Jr., a former Republican Baltimore County councilman who was a longtime owner of a Towson general insurance agency, died Monday from heart failure.

Judge Ruth A. Jakubowski was named county administrative judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore County and circuit administrative judge for the Third Judicial Circuit, which encompasses Baltimore and Harford counties, the Maryland judiciary announced Friday.

Some Towson-area elected officials are not satisfied with a recent study that recommended building an addition at the aging, severely overcrowded school in lieu of replacing it, and say the construction would not go far enough in solving its longstanding issues.

While many Towson residents voiced support Tuesday for a bill that would effectively cut in half the height of the proposed Red Maple Place housing development, Baltimore County’s attorney testified to the county council that its passage would make the county vulnerable to a lawsuit for violating the Fair Housing Act.

The prospect of a free bus circulator in downtown Towson has residents eager, but they’re also questioning its rollout, affordability and whether it will bog down roadways in the downtown core by adding more buses along routes already populated by Maryland Transit Authority and Towson University commuter buses.