Anne Arundel Community College yesterday named its new Allied Health and Public Services Building after retiring college President Thomas E. Florestano, who developed the health curriculum from a lone nursing program into a range of studies so successful they needed their own building.

Dr. Florestano will retire June 30, just three weeks shy of 15 years at the Arnold campus.

A man with a reputation for doing his homework, Dr. Florestano convinced the Neall administration and the County Council at the height of the recession to put up $6.2 million for the building.

The four-story structure has 21 classrooms, two biology labs, one computer lab, 10 specialized training rooms, three nursing labs and offices.

Yesterday's ceremony included a formal ribbon-cutting and remarks by Robert J. DiAiso, chairman of the board of trustees, and Robert R. Neall, the county executive.

POLICE LOG

* Whitehall: Thieves stole two VCRs, two TV sets, a video camera, a stereo and two shotguns, all valued at $2,800, between 8 p.m. Monday and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday from a house on Colbert Road.

* Chartwell: Someone stole $300 worth of stereo equipment from a car parked on St. Ives Drive Monday night.