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Kathleen M. Happ, a retired Anne Arundel Community College educator and administrator who was active in the affairs of Brown Memorial Presbyterian church on Bolton Hill where she had been an active member, died Sept. 19 of lung cancer at Cornerstone Hospice in The Villages, Fla. She was 69.

The Howard County Library System will hold its seventh annual Choose Civility symposium "The Ball's in Your Court: Can Civility and Sports Co-Exist?" from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Miller branch library in Ellicott City.

Recent cases of police brutality suggest that officers need to go back to school

Breast Cancer Survivorship Program addresses unexpected side effects

Sean is also one-in-a-million. Literally. Sean suffers from Coats disease, a rare eye disorder that often develops in children and can cause blindness or even loss of an eye. He's one of less than 200,000 Americans affected by the disease, according to CoatsDiseaseFoundation.org. His mother, Barbi, said, because she has a cousin whose son also suffers from Coats, the chances of Sean also developing it were actually one-in-a-million.

For many Baltimoreans, the story of the Orioles is the story of their family. It's a way for fathers and sons to talk, for mothers and daughters to celebrate, for grandparents to share an interest with grandchildren.

Carol A. MacPhail, who had been an administrator and art teacher at Friends School and Bryn Mawr School, died Wednesday at her Lutherville home of breast cancer. She was 71.

'Finery & Finish, Embellishments on Baltimore Federal Furniture' lets viewers get one-on-one with early-1800s pieces.

Francis L. Ptak, former owner of an environmental testing company, died Sunday at his home in the Charlesbrooke neighborhood of Baltimore County, of coronary artery disease. He was 73.

With the increasing reliance on email and social media slowing the flow of letters to a trickle — and many students ignoring what little comes through — officials at Loyola have scrapped the school's entire student mail system.

By securing the naming rights to the Baltimore Arena, the Baltimore conveniece store chain Royal Farms, which has grown slowly for decades, took to a bigger stage stage with its marketing.

Chris Davis may have had an exemption while with Texas, but he was caught up in a crackdown on Adderall abuse the game has been conducting for the past three years.

Public murals are one way Baltimore artists are increasingly exposing the masses to their work, but on Saturday at Johns Hopkins University, painters shared more than that – they showed how art is made.

John G. Schisler, who was the former longtime spokesman and director of public relations for the old Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., died Friday at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 85.

Linda Wilson, founder of the nonprofit Caring for Kids of Kenya, hopes to raise money to help orphans in Kenya by auctioning off a Tanzanian safari for two at a Sept. 28 fundraiser at the Manor Tavern.

It sounds great on the surface that there would actually be a place in the world where opportunity and money abound, knowing no imaginable limits. Almost as though a new life, full of the freedoms, finances and prospects are ripe for the picking from the American Dream tree. Such is the too-good-to-be-true nature of this centuries old image that has charmed foreigners to uproot their lives, families and futures to cross a border into an immense unknown: the glistening USA.

Lutherville resident Dr. Ira Papel, is at the forefront of the rhinoplasty industry. For the past 20 years, Dr. Papel has been the chief editor of the textbook "Facial and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," with editions in both Russian and Mandarin.

William A. Seiler III, a retired real estate developer who was a U.S. Professional Tennis Association coach, died of liver failure in his sleep Aug. 30 at his Monkton home. He was 80.

Democratic County Executive candidate Courtney Watson has released an economic platform that focuses on expanding the county¿s investment in cyber security training and business development.

The Baltimore Running Festival consistently generates about $40 million in economic impact each year, according to official estimates, and at its peak, the Grand Prix of Baltimore pumped $47 million into area hotels, restaurants and stores. But city officials say this week's Star-Spangled Spectacular — which marks 200 years since troops in Baltimore beat back a British invasion in 1814 — could surpass all those totals.

Liberians and Marylanders are vitally connected, and like many Americans, we in Maryland have watched and listened to the graphic daily news stories chronicling Ebola's escalating devastation in Liberia and other West African nations.

Philip Filner, a retired molecular biologist and community activist, died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 6 at his Lutherville home. He was 75.

Both county executive candidates promised they would be "hands-on" supporters of local business if elected to the county's top seat.

Vincent J. Salkoski, who taught mathematics in Baltimore public schools and was a World War II veteran, died Sept. 3 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson of heart disease. He was 88.

Better attendance is one of the yields provided by financial literacy instruction

Baltimore Schools CEO Gregory Thornton tells us he will run the city schools like a business. This certainly sounds reassuring. But cannot help wonder what kind of business will serve as a model for Baltimore's schools.

Katharine W. Dougherty, a retired University of Maryland, Baltimore County, office worker, died Aug. 28 at her Millersville home of acute myeloid leukemia. She was 77.

There were few surprises for local colleges and universities in the oft-quoted U.S. News and World Report annual rankings released Tuesday.

Maryland hopes to succeed with its prescription drug monitoring program where others have failed to reduce overdoe deaths. Gov. Martin O'Malley even set a goal of reducing overdose deaths by 20 percent by the end of 2015.

Equality Maryland, the state's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization, has announced Gov. Martin O'Malley and his record on LGBT rights will be the toast of the group's annual "Signature Brunch" in November.

Lawrence Hill, Alan Hollinghurst, Aleksandar Hemon and Zadie Smith to visit campus

Marie E. Scott, a homemaker who enjoyed attending auctions, playing bridge and traveling to France, died Aug. 27 at her Homeland residence of cancer. She was 87.

Mr. and Mrs. David Harvey, of Sykesville, celebrated 25 years of marriage Aug. 23, 2014.

The Rev. Dr. L. Carroll Yingling Jr., a retired United Methodist Church minster and former superintendent of the Baltimore Northwest District, died Aug. 23 at the Charlestown retirement community of cancer. He was 87.

Robert J. Lyden Jr., a retired Baltimore water technician and volunteer, died Friday at Stella Maris Hospice of pancreatic cancer. He was 64.

Jane Sussman, of Westminster, achieved the dean's list for the spring semester at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

One day, behind the pulpit at Grace Christian Baptist Church the wall split open.

While the Obama administration presses colleges and universities to respond more aggressively to sexual assaults, students who are attacked at Baltimore-area schools still are unable to get rape kits on their campuses.

Dr. Michael Beer, former chairman of the biophysics department at the Johns Hopkins University who was also an environmentalist who worked diligently to clean up and protect Stony Run and the Jones Falls, died Aug. 22. He was 88.

Karen A. Stuart, a Library of Congress archivist who earlier had been head librarian at the Maryland Historical Society, where she also was associate editor of the Maryland Historical Magazine, died of cancer Aug. 19 at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 59.