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When a play opens with two young women tipping across a dimly lit stage, wearing colorful, oversized, elongated, knit face masks and carrying a bat and frying pan, the audience knows it's in for a crazy ride — and that's exactly what they've got in Venus Theatre's newest production.

Kathleen DeSales Nolan, a public relations executive who headed communications for Constellation Energy, died of melanoma cancer March 2 at her Ellicott City home. She was 64.

Jane W. Dickinson, a retired executive secretary and community activist, died Feb. 13 from complications of a stroke at Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. She was 94.

W. Robert "Bob" Fallaw Jr., a retired Washington College history professor, died of multiple myeloma complications Dec. 13 at the Hospice Center of Queen Anne's in Centreville. He was 78.

Robert T. Franklin Sr., who practiced law for three decades and was a founding partner of Franklin & Prokopik, drowned Nov. 23 while vacationing at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was 55.

Robert T. Franklin Sr., who practiced law for three decades and was a founding partner of Franklin & Prokopik, drowned Nov. 23 while vacationing at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was 55.

Samuel J. English III, a former WBAL-TV staff announcer and weather forecaster who later held broadcasting positions at Maryland Public Television and Towson University, died Sunday of respiratory failure at his Pikesville home. He was 79.

Mercy Medical Center is parting ways with a midwife group that has worked out of the hospital for years because of rising malpractice insurance costs. The decision to close Kathleen Slone CNM & Associates, which plans to stop delivering babies in February, left some to say that women will have fewer obstetrics choices outside of the traditional doctor.

Dr. Howard F. Raskin, former chief of the gastroenterology department at Maryland General Hospital, died Sept. 17 at Duke University Hospital during surgery to replace a heart valve. He was 87.

The University of Maryland University College expects to be among the first wave of schools this academic year awarding transfer credit to those who have taken -- and can prove they learned from -- certain "massive open online courses," known as MOOCs.

Dr Walter E. Dandy Jr., a retired Baltimore anesthesiologist who was an enthusiastic bird watcher and railroad fan died July 11 from pneumonia at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. He was 87.

Energy production and environmental protection need not be mutually exclusive

Lacrosse has spread rapidly since the governing body formed in Baltimore, but the group's message still focuses on developing the game and fostering its growth.

As they enter the 61st and final year of their partnership, Maryland and the Atlantic Coast Conference are like a newly divorced couple that is forced by circumstances to continue to live together and makes a halfhearted pledge to remain friends.

Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree, and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 82.

The bar is high this year for Maryland's commencement speakers, who are up against both of the Obamas and Bill Cosby

How many conservatives does it take to buy an energy-efficient light bulb?

The final phase of Maryvale Prep's "In Her Name: A Campaign for Maryvale," a multi-phase capital project in honor of late student Erinn McCarthy, culminated Tuesday when Archbishop William Lori blessed the school's new $2 million athletic fields.

Looking for stability, ACC announces grant of media rights agreemen

A Towson preschool teacher is in intensive care after her family was caught in the Monday explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Jason Goger, president of sports equipment maker STX, talks innovation and lacrosse's future.

Catherine R. Kane, a Harford County administrator who earlier worked for Baltimore County Department of Social Services, died Feb. 12 of colon cancer at her Bel Air home. She was 65.

ADHD symptoms worsen for kids, even if they get treatment

Epidemiologists worry of a shrinking arsenal of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant bacteria, but researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are betting on an emerging weapon to prevent infections: robots.

A Pennsylvania woman will be one of the first amputees to replace a lost limb using thought-powered technology capable of humanlike dexterity, developed at Johns Hopkins.

Scientist Erik Patel, profiled by The Baltimore Sun in 2006, remains dedicated to the acrobatic silky sifaka. Only today much of his work is devoted to preserving the species against an array of powerful forces, from poaching to habitat destruction

Left in the dark and ignored, Maryland sports fans have a right to be angry — even if leaving the ACC for the Big Ten proves to be the right move

Albert Perlow, a former owner of one of the city's oldest auto-body repair businesses, died of pneumonia Oct. 13 at Sinai Hospital. The Pikesville resident was 87.

Pamela Homiak wed Eric Segerson.

Arline K. Howdon, who had been chief cytologist and educational coordinator of the Johns Hopkins Medical School of Clinical Cellular Sciences, died July 20 of lung cancer at her condominium at Harper House in Cross Keys. She was 91.

Study shows eating egg, other foods can help overcome food allergies

Johns Hopkins Hospital lost its coveted spot as the top-ranked hospital in the country for the first time in 22 years, getting edged out by Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital in the latest analysis by U.S. News & World Report to be released Tuesday.

A Waverly couple who sued Johns Hopkins Hospital for malpractice last year after their son was born with severe physical and mental disabilities following complications during his birth was awarded $55 million dollars by a Baltimore City Circuit Court jury.

Dr. Howard S. Williams, a former staff physician at Father Martin's Ashley, a Harford County alcohol and substance abuse treatment center, died Mary 20 of meningoencephalitis at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. The Stoneleigh resident was 54.

Joshua A. Barbati, a retired Baltimore County public school educator, died May 11 of melanoma at Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville, N.C. He was 79.

They remembered Mary-Marguerite Kohn's enthusiasm and service, even her style—"a large, bright yellow brimmed hat, terrific dangling earrings."

The Rev. Mary-Marguerite Kohn, co-rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City, died Saturday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center from gunshot wounds she received in a Thursday evening shooting at her church. She was 62.

On March 21, Aberdeen High School again hosted the Hall of Fame event that was initiated in 2006

Scholarship providers aren't just going by the application to learn about students. They're checking them out online.