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An employee at local synagogue had been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, Baltimore County police said. - Officials broke ground for new Chabad of Towson, an outreach center on Aigburth Road that will serve Jewish students and residents in Greater Towson.
- Are you ready for Korean barbecue on potato latkes? Hersh's and Dooby's are teaming up for a Korean-Jewish dinner.
- Sen. Brian Frosh, Del. Jon Cardin and Del. Aisha Braveboy – three Democrats vying to be Maryland's next attorney general – stress different strengths they would bring to the office.
- Claude L. Callegary, a Baltimore lawyer and World War II veteran who had advised five U.S. presidents on veterans' affairs, died June 3 in his sleep at the Loch Raven Veterans Administration Living and Rehabilitation Center. He was 92.
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- Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. and former GOP Rep. Allan West posted a video of Robert Bergdahl, the father of recovered POW and potential deserter Bowe Bergdahl, speaking in Arabic and surmised that he was part of some grand scheme to seize the White House. Ignorance and misinformation like this from U.S. leaders is inexcusable.
- Beatrice A. Schwartz, a retired real estate broker and volunteer, died May 22 of complications of dementia at Milford Manor Nursing Home. She was 96.
- Lesley Brinton, 49, of West Laurel, said honoring America's military propelled her to join American Legion Post 60 in Laurel. As the daughter of a World War II Navy veteran, she grew up in suburban Pittsburgh cherishing the story of how America gained its freedom, while preaching the importance of preserving and protecting it at any price.
- A highlight of the exhibit, which explores Americans' relationship with the flag, is a mural created by the artist Sheila Pree Bright of 15 portraits of Baltimoreans posing with Old Glory
- Eight organists coming from around region to play free concert at Grace United Methodist Church in Homeland
- Lyric Opera Baltimore gives a passionate, vocally uneven staging of Verdi's 'Nabucco' with the superb baritone Michael Chioldi in the title role.
