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Raleigh "Rollo" Brent, a retired insurance company executive, died May 21 from heart failure at his Blakehurst Retirement Community home in Towson. He was 93.

Mabel Anne Hutchinson Lee was a volunteer in John Anderson's presidential campaign.

W. McNeill "Mac" Baker, a retired Baltimore architect who was a partner in the firm of Edmunds, Hyde and Baker, died in his sleep June 5 at the Balkehurst Retirement Community in Towson. He was 96.

In 2015 the highest concentration of centenarians was found in just five countries — the U.S. (72,000), Japan (61,000), China (48,000), India (27,000), and Italy (25,000).

Champions Against Cancer are hosting a Cornhole tournament to raise funds for its charity to help children who have relatives with cancer.

The 88-year-old Margarita Melville returned to Catonsville Saturday for the dedication of a memorial marker at the site where she and the rest of the Catonsville Nine burned draft records in famous protest of the Vietnam War.

The NFL has named Dr. Nicholas Theodore of Johns Hopkins as chairman of the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee, a board of independent and NFL-affiliated physicians and scientists, that advises the league on neuroscience, concussion and other health issues.

Robert W. Black Jr., a Baltimore businessman and former board member and treasurer of US lacrosse, died April 6 at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The Ruxton resident was 83.

As a public speaker at civic and industry events throughout Maryland, I care deeply about the issues affecting my state and city (Baltimore). There’s one problem, however, in my ability to effect solutions: As a registered independent, I can't vote in primaries.

R. Bruce Campbell, who owned a real estate management business and was a former volunteer firefighter, died of pancreatic cancer March 18 at his Homeland home. He was 76.

Ralph R. Fields, a retired educator who had been vice president of the old Baltimore International College, died Wednesday from influenza at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 79.

James C. "Jim" Owings Jr., a retired University of Maryland math professor who had a penchant for collecting AMC Eagles automobiles, died Jan. 12 from lung cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The lifelong Riderwood resident was 77.

The coalition of 10 universities includes UMBC and Johns Hopkins.

Education, family, helping others in the spotlight at Morgan State University's 26th annual Kwanzaa celebration.

Our View: Oct. 12, is National Farmers Day, an opportunity to recognize farmers for the hard work that they do that provides us with the food we eat every day and the jobs a number of us have.

Today's gridiron warriors as young as 5 and through high school are learning to play a kinder, gentler version of football.

Five Harford County students, four in the Science and Mathematics Academy program at Aberdeen High and one at C. Milton Wright High, are named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program

Today’s gridiron warriors, starting in youth leagues as young as age 5 and continuing through high school and beyond, are learning how to play a kinder and gentler version of America’s favorite sport.

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Pet owners can get a leg up on emergency techniques for their animals in a pet CPR class offered monthly in Violetville, but regulation in the industry is lax.

Dr. Paul David Stolley, 80, died of bone cancer in his Columbia, Maryland home.

The Maryland Holstein Scholarship Committee awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Courtney Hoff, of New Windsor, during the Maryland Holstein Convention on July 21.

Maryland boasts dozens of wineries – and some of them are turning out wines on par with the world’s top winemaking regions.

Club owner Dottie Donovan dies

A growing number of Howard County families are moving toward a family-wide plant-based diet.

Dozens of family members, teachers and local government officials gathered in the George Howard Building's Banneker room on June 9 to watch 12 students graduate from Project SEARCH, a national organization in its third year in Howard County.

In a metal canister about the size of a shoe box, Sarah Hörst and Johns Hopkins colleagues create what has been called "an atmosphere in a bottle" to learn more about distant planets.

Engineer Charles Stewart Fiske dies

Ruth B. Kravitz, a former community leader, died March 30 at Roland Park Place. She was 92.

Shirish K. Shah, a retired chemistry professor, died Sunday. He was 75.

Robert H. "Rocky" Price, a retired mechanical engineer, died Feb. 21 at 92.

Tamla Olivier is the same on the job as she is off the clock — all about people and personal connections.

William C. Foard, owned Valley View Farms

Ever since Mr. Trump introduced his signature "build a wall" mantra, anti-immigration sentiment on the right has been met with unrelenting criticism from the left. Now that the election is finally over, you probably know where you stand and how you would answer this question: Should we be granting amnesty to undocumented immigrants? Or do you? What if the question became a little more specific?

Cartan B. Kraft, a former mechanical engineer turned chief financial officer, died Sept. 2 from complications of dementia at his home in the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. He was 81.

Helen Ann Welsh Hardy, a retired family practice attorney who had been active in her family's restaurant, died of cancer July 27 at her Glen Arm home. She was 84.

John Fitzgerald's athletic ability is off the charts.

The second installation in Venus Theatre's "Sweet Sixteen: Groovy Young Things" 2016 season, "Garbage Kids," invites patrons to a wild walk on the homeless side through the eyes of abandoned kids.

Berrigan died Saturday, age 94, at a Jesuit residence at Fordham University in New York. The notorious demonstration of the Catonsville Nine, and their ensuing trial, established him as a leading figure among advocates for peace and social justice.

Gary B. Swift, a former hospital administrator who later owned and operated a Charles Village video store, died Saturday from respiratory failure at Northwest Hospital. He was 66.

The award is based on a student's promise of leadership, satisfactory scholastic rank and financial need. Applicants must also be enrolled in the 4-H or FFA program working with Holsteins.

Frank A. Cappiello Jr., a retired Baltimore investment adviser who was a regular panelist for more than three decades on Maryland Public Television's "Wall $treet Week," died Saturdayof cardiovascular disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 90.

Richard C. Smith, a retired Procter & Gamble executive who was an avid sailor, died Feb. 9 of complications from Parkinson's disease at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. He was 84.

Charles "Chick" Vogel III, CEO of Shepherd Electric Supply, a family owned business, died Jan. 22 of pancreatic cancer at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 84.

Boys¿ Latin senior Dom Maggio, an Under Armour All-American punter who kicked a 55-yard field goal against John Carroll and beat Archbishop Curley on a 32-yarder this season, might not play Friday against Curley in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference semifinal playoff game because of a knee injury.

Coates, who writes provocative essays about race in America, is one of 24 people to receive a so-called "genius grant" accompanied by a $625,000 stipend.

Historian Ann G. Giroux and her passion for Guilford's history

A group of researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park, are among a small number of scientists working to erase a lag between uptake of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and understanding of them.

Watching polo ponies thunder across a 10-acre field, one might assume the majestic animals provide nothing more than raw horsepower to support the skilled players on their backs. That would be a mistake.