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- The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call
- Guitarist and vocalist Tret Fure will be performing at Baldwin's Station for the first time on May 4 to showcase her talent to the community.
- I've been thinking about ... reaching out.
- The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call
- Fifty-four residents of a Baltimore apartment building are still displaced from their homes after an Easter Sunday fire, officials said Wednesday.
- A house near Pleasant Valley is a total loss after a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon.
- Service and funeral arrangements have been set for Army Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar, the Harford County soldier who was killed on April 8 while serving in Afgahnistan. Funeral Mass will be May 9 in Abingdon; burial May 10 at Arlington National Cemetery.
- The Lanvale Towers apartment building was temporarily condemned after a two-alarm fire on Sunday, displacing all the residents of the affordable housing building, according to the American Red Cross.
- Crews are responding Sunday afternoon to a two-alarm fire in the Oliver neighborhood of East Baltimore, firefighters said.
- The CCHF is a non-profit 501(c) (3) that provides critical life services to Carroll County's fallen or injured heroes and their families.
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- Shomari O'Connor was in his north Baltimore apartment Thursday afternoon watching the storm when he saw trees bending and the windows begin to vibrate from the wind.
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The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating a fire in the 100 block of W. Baltimore St. in Taneytown
- Following a nearly four-year effort to extensively renovate the post home on Hickory Avenue, Harford Post #39 of the American Legion will hold a public open house to show off the work, along with a formal naming and dedication of its hall, on Saturday, March 25.
- A two-alarm fire caused about $580,000 in damage to a home in Glenwood Wednesday night, the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services said.
- The Aberdeen Fire Department is teaming up with the American Red Cross in a "Home Fire Campaign" on Saturday, March 11, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Stanford Z. Rothschild Jr., a prominent Baltimore money manager and philanthropist, died Feb. 13 at his home in Pikesville from respiratory failure. He was
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On March 7, starting at 4 p.m., South Carroll High School's National Honor Society invites all community members to eat at Chick-fil-A as a percentage of th
- Four people are out of their home after a fire broke out early Monday in Elkridge, Howard County officials said.
- Irvin O. Bauer Jr., a retired arborist, has died at 92.
- Strong winds that toppled trees, trucks to continue this morning in Maryland
- A home in Cooksville sustained damage in an early morning fire that began around a gas fireplace, according to Howard County fire officials.
- A Bel Air mother and her two children escaped from their burning townhouse early Thursday morning, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
- FLICC Foreign Film Festival returns on February Fridays
- Frederick Henry "Fritz" Mauk Sr., 97, a retired West Coast marine docking supervisor, died of infection complications Dec. 24 at his Mount Washington home.
- As part of the national Home Fire Preparedness Campaign, the American Red Cross partners with volunteers to install smoke alarms and help families plan how to escape in the event of a fire.
- Katie Malone, who lost six children after her Springwood Avenue home caught fire last week, is now listed in good condition, the fire department said Wednesday morning.
- Volunteers fanned out through Aberdeen's neighborhoods Monday, installing free smoke detectors in people's homes and helping residents develop a plan to get out during a fire.
- More than 100 volunteers will install as many as 1,000 free smoke alarms in Aberdeen on Saturday and Monday as part of the American Red Cross MLK National Day of Service.
- William Lovell Howser, 88, a retired Ridge Lumber Company president, died of an aneurysm Jan. 2 at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
- At least 70 units of blood were collected during the fifth Team Carolyn blood drive at the Bel Air Armory Thursday. The drives are in honor of Carolyn Lynch, of Bel Air, who is in remission from leukemia.
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The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-
- The next blood drive to benefit Team Carolyn will be Thursday, Dec. 29, from 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 at the Bel Air Armory at 37 N. Main St.
- Two children were seriously injured and about a dozen families were displaced Friday after a fire at a Lansdowne apartment complex, Baltimore County fire officials say.
- About 150 students at Laurel Elementary School are busy preparing for their winter concert on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria at 516 Montgomery St. The concert is free and open to the public.
- Trinity Lutheran Church will sponsor an American Red Cross Community Blood Drive on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
- History Matters looks at life in Laurel during World War II.
- Children playing with matches, unattended cooking on the stove, electric cords buried under carpet — all these routine hazards — caused house fires last week that killed four children and an elderly woman in Baltimore, firefighters said Monday.
- They excelled again…..We featured Kim Fullwood, a life-long Howard County resident and Who Dated Who, her 2013 sorrel gelding, when they rose to the top in the 3-year-old halter gelding class at the Ohio State Quarter Horse Congress in October. Once again, in November, at the 2016 Lucas Oil American Quarter Horse Association Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kim and her horse demonstrated what Maryland folks can do.
- Nigel Ramirez, 3, and Exekial Ramirez, a 9-month-old infant, died in the fire in the 600 block of Clinton Street in East Baltimore Wednesday night, fire officials said.
- As the holiday season begins, there are lots of events going on in our neighborhood which will help you enjoy the season. Have Breakfast with Saint Nicholas on Saturday, Dec. 3, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Glenwood from 9 to 11:30 a.m. On Saturday, Dec. 17, there will be a Holiday Bazaar from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Glenelg High School cafeteria.
- Investigators say a child playing with fire caused $245,000 worth of damage to a townhouse near Hagerstown.
- Mary Ann Welzant, 78, a nurse who later taught nursing at Towson University, died of cancer Nov. 3 at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
- James Sydney King, 91, a retired WBAL television executive active on numerous charitable and civic boards, died of Parkinson's disease complications Nov. 4 at the Pickersgill Retirement Community.
- Before there was unconditional victory over Imperial Japan in World War II, there were some ignominious defeats. One of the worst took place on the Philippine island of Luzon where 25,000 U.S. soldiers supported and trained 100,000 Philippine troops.
- The Union Bridge Volunteer Fire Company was battling a fire in the unit block of S. Main Street Tuesday night.
- This Saturday, college will host Military Appreciation Day during Tigers' football game