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Monsignor Roland Pierre Bordelon, a retired career Catholic Relief Services director, died of dementia Dec. 18 at the Charlestown Retirement Community. The former Mount Vernon resident was 87.

St. Michael's Catholic Church will hold its monthly Cornerstone Breakfast on Feb. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

Sister Mary Jacinta Robson, a retired medical technologist who spent six decades at Mercy Medical Center, died of congestive heart failure Feb. 7 there. She was 88.

Julia T. Kappler, an insurance agent who won awards for her handmade hooked rugs, died of cancer Feb. 2 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Towson resident was 74.

Dr. Harry P. Porter, a retired Baltimore otolaryngologist who was known for both his clinical abilities and bedside manner, died Thursday of heart failure at his Timonium home. He was 96.

Marianna T. Earp, a retired music appreciation teacher, died of dementia Sunday at Maryland Masonic Home in Cockeysville. The Towson resident was 82.

McDonogh top seeded for "brutal" A Conference basketball tournament

Virginia B. "Ginnie" Bryant, a homemaker and former Roland Park activist, died Feb. 4 of heart failure at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. She was 90.

Patricia W. Waters, a homemaker, Anglophile and mother of filmmaker John Waters, died Saturday of unknown causes at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 89.

Loyola Blakefield coach Keith Schertle is hesitant to name the best senior on his team.

Love and holiday cheer at this Christmas themed wedding

Mary D. Eddinger, a retired educator who had been learning specialist and resource teacher in Roland Park Country School's middle and lower schools for nearly three decades, died Tuesday of dementia at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 76.

Alonzo P. Hairston, a retired Baltimore attorney who had been one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, died Jan. 30 of a blood clot at ManorCare Health Services in Overland Park, Kansas. He was 94.

Catholic Church must stop shielding sex abusers

Mary Boehly informed me about a free, open to the public concert by the USAF Heritage Ramblers Saturday at 3 p.m. in Havre de Grace United Methodist Church, 101 S. Union Ave., Havre de Grace. Sponsored by the Havre de Grace Arts Commission, the Heritage Ramblers are six members of the USAF Heritage of America Band from Langley, Va., known for their brilliant brass sound and precision. For information, visit www.heritageofamericaband.af.mil or phone 410-939-2100.

Clayton "Pete" McNeill, a former longtime executive at Coppin State University who during his career oversaw a $325 million campus expansion, died Monday of congestive heart failure at Sinai Hospital. He was 66.

Yury Shadrin and Tian Lu have got the keyboard covered for an upcoming Sundays at Three concert. This husband and wife will play music written for piano four hands on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 3 p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia.

Joseph L. McCarthy, who established, sponsored and coached baseball and soccer teams to keep East Baltimore youths away from drugs and crime, died Tuesday of congestive heart and kidney failure at Genesis Loch Raven Center. He was 78.

Esteemed historian Philip J. Merrill offers a lecture on the history of slavery in Howard County Maryland Feb. 16, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Miller Library in Ellicott City.

Teresa P. deKowzan, a registered nurse who during her more than 30 year career at Mercy Medical Center where she had been in charge of the delivery room and served as an inspiration to student and young nurses, died Saturday of breast cancer at the Charlestown Retirement Community. She was 90.

Sarah J. "Sally" O'Conor, a retired branch manager for BSI Temporaries and a former longtime Ruxton resident, died Jan. 28 of complications from a stroke at the Life Care Center of Acton in Massachusetts. She was 88.

Sarah J. "Sally" O'Conor, a retired branch manager for BSI Temporaries and a former longtime Ruxton resident, died Jan. 28 of complications from a stroke at the Life Care Center of Acton in Massachusetts. She was 88.

Richard C. "Dick" McShane, a retired mechanical engineer, died of pneumonia and Parkinson's disease complications Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The former Pinehurst resident was 83.

A Sunday at Saint Margaret is rarely low-key, and this weekend was no exception.

The rabbi of Lloyd Street's B'nai Israel synagogue is hoping to create a downtown eruv, which he said is critical to helping the synagogue attract and retain families. He is hoping to re-establish the 140-year-old congregation as the center of a thriving downtown Jewish community

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Lewis C. Strudwick, a former partner in the Baltimore law firm of Ober/Kaler who had a penchant for drawing whimsical cartoons and a taste for culinary oddities, died Jan. 22 of complications from Parkinson's disease at Heron Point retirement community in Chestertown. He was 82.

Groups meeting in Howard County

Support groups in Howard County

The Ellicott City-based Howard County Arts Council announced the 10 young artists finalists for its 2014 Rising Star competition

Megan Murduck, a fresh-faced 23-year-old, has plans to change Catonsville Emergency Food Ministries Network as she steps up as the organization's new executive director.

The story of Towne Baptist Church begins in prayer and missions. Reverend W.P. Watson, then pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Bel Air, began to meet with interested persons in Joppatowne.

Little Sisters of the Poor have legitimate concerns about how health reform law calls on them to violate their own faith

Assistance Center of Towson Churches dedicates its newly expanded building in downtown Towson which has allowed the charity group, supported by 48 churches, to get better organized and ultimately lend aid and give food to more people in need.

Columbia looks to recover 24 hours after a shooting in the Mall in Columbia

Carmelo Anthony had the full attention of basketball fans on Friday, when the New York Knicks forward and best basketball player to come out of Baltimore scored a franchise-record 62 points in the Knicks' 125-96 win over the Charlotte Bobcats.

John Weber, a tenor who sang in opera productions and was the music director of a Rodgers Forge church, died of an apparent heart attack Jan. 17. The Catonsville resident was 50.

The Rev. William W. Trumbore, a retired Episcopal minister who enjoyed working with young people, died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 81.

Thomas Horne Voss, a nationally known thoroughbred trainer and a lifelong Maryland horseman, died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday at his Monkton home. He was 63.