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Three-year-old junk-hauling company in Baltimore County plans to venture out into franchising.

Towson High School senior Henri Colombat has two passions in life: Music and soccer. But it's sometimes a challenge to balance the two, he said. The 17-year-old Anneslie resident is a longtime piano and composition student at The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and is also captain of Towson's varsity soccer team. Colombat excels at both pursuits, and he said, the two, in a way, complement one another helping him to stay focused.

A political newcomer is challenging James "Capt'n Jim" McMahan's two-term stint on the Harford County Council this election season.

The Carroll County Association of Realtors Foundation held a charity bartending event Thursday to raise money for its rolling grant funding program, which provides money to local charities year-round.

Suzette Covalt and Matthew Will joined the PNC Business Banking staff.

Serving Second Saturday – or S.S.S. — is an outreach ministry of Taylorsville United Methodist Church, which will have its first volunteer session Sept. 13

For Jeanne Keen of Dundalk, life amid the long-term unemployed means job applications, financial struggles and the occasional small triumph.

Maryland's Sal Conaboy is used to being in the middle of controlled chaos, whether it meant growing up as the second youngest of eight siblings near Scranton, Pa., or as the starting center the past two seasons on ther Terps' endlessly revolving offensive line.

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Towson Presbyterian Church recently finished its 2014 summer camp for children and teens and Calvert Hall students wrapped up several summer service projects.

David Baker, owner of the local public relations firm VoxPop Communications, is involved in a number of community groups, including the Downtown Westminster Coalition.

Two of the area's Habitat for Humanity chapters said Wednesday they plan to merge this fall in an move designed to make the organization more effective.

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Hundreds more problem properties in Baltimore are finding new buyers as the city steps up the use of decades-old law designed to root out negligent owners.

Hunt's Memorial United Methodist Church in Towson church hosts week-long Baltimore County Christian Work camp during which 200-300 volunteers take on painting, repair and building projects in homes of those in need.

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It's a fine organization, and its efforts benefit not only those who receive the homes, but the many people who volunteer, make donations and otherwise participate in the efforts.

Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna partnered with Lennar, one of the nation's leading home builders, to construct two new homes in Aberdeen in just four days from June 2-6 for two first-time homeowners.

The four members of the Harford County Council who are running for re-election this year face varying degrees of opposition to hold onto their seats ranging from none, to very little to some.

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Kim Alan Leatherman, who had owned a Talbot County landscaping business and was a charity auctioneer, died of pulmonary fibrosis May 9 at the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. The Easton resident was 67.

The brothers of the Iota Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity completed their community clean up in Edgewood on May 10, including a park, lily pond and more than three miles of local highway.

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Saturday was a perfect day for spring cleaning, and for many in Harford County a great day to clear their clutter.

One of the busiest Saturdays of the spring is coming up in Harford County on April 26, featuring four events that many people have taking to marking their calendars for each year.

During two book dedications in Harford and Cecil counties Saturday, sponsored by the Iota Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., James Hackley, the best selling author of "Body, Mind & Spirit: The Awakening," gave eye-opening speeches on losing weight, reducing stress, meditating, and mastering other healthy lifestyle practices.

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Tya Courtney, who grew up in foster care, bought her first home through a program offered by Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake.

On Thursday, Habitat for Humanity will host a fundraiser at Maggie's in Westminster that is "an exciting one" for the group, Habitat Executive Director Bryan Lyburn said.

Gina Kazimir of Bel Air formally filed her candidacy for Harford County Council District C on February 7th. Kazimir a Democrat, who lives in the Howard Park section of Bel Air, is offering a choice to move forward for voters in District C.

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