casey stengel

It's Major League All Star Week so I thought I would take the opportunity to reminisce a little about the only All Star Game I have personally witnessed which occurred 50 years ago this week on July 10, 1962, at what was then known as D.C. Stadium in Washington.

As tempting as it is for Republicans to take heart from the tough fight between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in 2008, the GOP's current primary campaign is different in crucial ways.

Marjorie G. Gilbert, a retired certified public accountant who co-owned a Baltimore County jewelry business, died of pneumonia complications Feb. 13 at Sinai Hospital. She was 88 and lived in Owings Mills.

Charles S. "DC" Reed, former director of food service at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center, died July 24 from lung cancer at his Towson home. He was 79.