Dr. Sheldon L. Leibowitz, who practiced optometry for 60 years, died of pneumonia July 18 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Pikesville. He was 91.

Allan D. Gallant, an accountant who was an early proponent of bringing grocery stores to underserved neighborhoods, died Saturday at his Lutherville home. He was 87.

The Carroll County health department recorded 28 new confirmed COVID-19 cases the week of July 18 and 31 the week of July 11. These numbers represent a significant jump from the three cases reported the week of June 27 and 10 cases from the week of July 4.

Jurisdictions in the Baltimore area aren’t yet planning to modify masking rules in response to fresh Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance released Tuesday, which recommended that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors under certain circumstances.

When Carroll County 4-Her Makenna Steele was about to turn seven, she made a decision. Instead asking for presents at her birthday, she asked for money that she would use to buy items for charity. That decision was the start of something big — a project that would lead her to be awarded a $5,000 grant and put her on the verge of launching a nonprofit.

The North Carroll High School graduate at one point had the lead in the triathlon before finishing third behind gold medalist Flora Duffy of Bermuda and silver medalist Georgia Taylor-Brown of Great Britain.