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Thomas O. "Tom" Meinhardt, former longtime Towson University coach, teacher and athletic director, has died at 84.

Carroll Community College will present two art exhibits this month.

Here are announcements of ROMG area students' accomplishments.

McDaniel College has a new director of international and off-campus programs.

Although confidence and stage presence were a work-in-progress, Sarah Grace Hart said it was Columbia's support of the arts that led her to Los Angeles, California in 2013 to pursue an acting career, following graduation from Kent State University in Ohio. There, she joined the Shipwrecked Comedy production company, which places a comedic spin on historical literary content through a YouTube web series as told by famous authors.

Accomplishments by students in Carroll County.

Announcements of student successes in the ROMG community.

News and announcements from your neighbors in the ROMG area.

Five years after Daniel Raffel opened Haute Dog in a former garage next to the Bonjour bakery on Falls Road in Baltimore County, a tenth of a mile north of the city line, his gourmet, quarter-pound hot dogs and sausages are still the rage, Wednesdays through Sundays, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., for lunch hour crowds from as far away as Carroll County.

Susan Reimer signs off, joining her husband in retirement, after 36 years at The Sun

Michelle Elizabeth Saunders, a product of West Friendship Elementary, Marriotts Ridge High School and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Salisbury State University has just completed her Masters Degree at the University of Alabama.

Under Armour acted quickly this weekend to apologize for and stop selling a T-shirt design that resembled the iconic World War II image of U.S. soldiers raising the American flag at Iwo Jima, but with basketball players raising a hoop.

Lansdowne High School sophomore Corine White solved an algebra problem with the help of her classmates last Thursday morning in her Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) class, part of a program aimed at closing the achievement gap by preparing students for college.

Paula Miller, Baltimore County Public Library's first female director, is forward-focused on bringing the system into the 21st century withan emphasis on people, connections and services.

Growing up on the east side of Baltimore, Prairie View A&M quarterback Jerry Lovelocke maintained a careful eye toward his future.

Every February, college professors like myself are tasked to remind students and the general public of the significance of Black History Month. Undoubtedly, many people understand the potential value behind it, yet I sense a growing apathy among students. If I did not know better, I might be tempted to believe that Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. solved all the nation's problems. I might also believe that current events associated with race are mere coincidence or figments of my imagination.

Ann Porter Lundy, a former president of the Maryland Orchid Society and founder of Baltimore's chapter of the Maryland Native Plant Society, died Sept. 28 of cancer at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.

Cliff Cornish, a North County graduate, is transferring from High Point to play basketball at Morgan State.

On June 6 and 7, tots in tiny tutus and pony tails will dance on the Laurel High School stage in concert with more than 200 other sublimely costumed "Pop Stars" from Stars Studio in North Laurel.

Dyane Fancey, a prominent poet in Baltimore's arts community who also worked in the city school system and a popular Mt. Vernon restaurant, died April 13 of heart failure.

The Brenda Frese who will coach Maryland in the Final Four Sunday is hardly the same brash up-and-comer who steered the Terps to a national championship in 2006.

When the search committee at UMBC was formed to find the school's next athletic director, the group created a detailed job description in a bid to find the ideal candidate.

Demetrius Harris visited the Ravens' training complex this week, meeting with offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell and tight ends coach Wade Harman.

As record heat baked Baltimore, a wave of violence unfurled across the city: Six shootings and eight people wounded over a period of less than eight hours.

Four-year starter batting .425 with three home runs and 15 RBIs for No. 2 Gladiators

Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson deserves some credit for helping get Dez Wells eligible before the Terps take the court at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday night against defending national champion Kentucky.

The Seton Keough field hockey team is having a year to remember in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference, and one of the primary reasons is the play of goalkeeper Becca Wallace.

Three days after taking home a check for $510,000 from its nationally televised football game at Louisiana State on Saturday, Towson announced Tuesday that it was recommending cutting the school¿s baseball and men¿s basketball soccer as part of the athletic program¿s reorganization.

Towson will make more than a million dollars playing away games against national powerhouses in football and basketball

Towson University is hosting St. Francis (Pa.) University at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, as the Tigers' homecoming game at Unitas Stadium in Towson.

Towson's Rubin Carter, Maryland's Brian Stewart, Navy's Shawn Nua bring experience, knowledge to coaching staffs

Even with their recent success, the common theme from the Towson Tigers at CAA Media Day at M&T Bank Stadium was to remain focused on the little things, even as the team enters 2012 in an unprecedented position — the favorite to win the conference championship.