good friday
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Friday is Opening Day for the Baltimore Orioles, as well as 17 other Major League teams. But it is also Good Friday, the most solemn day in Christianity, and the first day of Judaism's Passover, a confluence of events that is giving some fans theological pause. - Police sergeant barred from identifying Travers Johnson in police surveillance video at Phoenix dog-burning trial.
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- On April 6, Good Friday, the Susquehanna Ministerium will sponsor the Good Friday Way of the Cross beginning at Jean Roberts Park (railroad bridge), 503 St. John St. from noon until 1 p.m. For details, phone 410-939-2464.
- The Orioles should not have scheduled their home opener for April 6, which is Good Friday and the start of Passover.
- Community invited to attend services Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock: The Howard County Conservancy would like to invite nature lovers of all ages to experience this season of renewal during a free Wonder Walk, "Hike to the River: Signs of Spring," scheduled for April 14 10 a.m.
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- Happy April Fool's Day, dear readers, on April 1 (Sunday), I hope you are not an April Fool, or a victim of someone's tom foolery. Beware! Fair warning!
- Highland/Fulton: Joanna Herrera, the director of Religious Education at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Fulton, and her husband, Edward, welcomed their firstborn child, Maximilian Paul Herrera into this world on February 19th at 7:20 a.m.
- This weekend the Easter Bunny will be hiding eggs for the children in Orchard Hills, Longford and York Manor on Saturday, March 31, and on Sunday, April 1, for the Lutherville Community Association.
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- Ceremony includes speakers, singers, dancers and dramatists.
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- In pursuit of creating a permanent winter holiday break, Howard County government has changed its holiday schedule for 2012, requiring employees to work Good Friday and Columbus Day so they can have off between Christmas and New Year's.
- Baltimore's Catholic archdiocese, the oldest in the nation, can once again claim one of the highest ranking members of the church hierarchy as its leader.
- Whenever David R. Owen answered the phone, it was always with a crisp and enthusiastic "Bridge," no doubt a hang over from his World War II days when he was an executive officer and navigator serving aboard the destroyer USS Ordronaux.
- This makes the issue of whether Bel Air should give its staff members off on Good Friday, a Christian holiday, slightly more complex than would be indicated on first glance.
- David R. Owen, an internationally known maritime lawyer and accomplished yachtsman, died Friday in his sleep at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. The former longtime Riderwood resident was 97.
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- The coincidence that Good Friday fell on Earth Day this year is a reminder of our duty to safeguard God's creation.
- William Donald Schaefer — the former mayor, governor and comptroller who left an indelible mark on Baltimore — is heading back to the city this afternoon for one last tour.
