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With a year-round playing calendar and college commitments from 15-year-old sophomores becoming the norm in lacrosse, coaches and governing officials are concerned that the sport is headed for an out-of-control recruiting climate reminiscent of football and basketball.

Sister Louis Mary Battle, a medical administrator who was called the vision behind the expansion of care for the elderly, dementia patients and the dying at Stella Maris in Timonium, died of an autoimmune disease and osteoarthritis complications Friday at the institution where she worked for many years. She was 79.

Police say information about the alleged sexual assault of a Notre Dame of Maryland University student was "miscommunicated" by the student to police, but that they are still investigating the Oct. 22 incident.

Police continue to investigate the alleged sexual assault on campus of Notre Dame of Maryland University at 3 a.m. Oct. 22.

Notre Dame of Maryland University student alleges sexual assault at 3 a.m. Oct. 22 on campus as she returned home from the library, which Notre Dame shares with Loyola University next door.

Community Foundation of Harford County elects new board officers

Bernard T. Ferrari, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School's second dean, explains how curiosity has shaped his career choices.

Janet Browne, a retired designer who outfitted the interiors of colleges and banks during a lengthy career of collaboration with her architect husband, died of congestive heart failure Oct. 12 at the Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson. The former Guilford resident was 91.

Loyola University Maryland graduate named

Stephen Walters got his start in baseball consulting with Dan Duquette at the Red Sox more than a decade ago.

Like most students gathered at the Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday to watch the first presidential debate, senior Nicholas DePaul walked into the room as a strong supporter of President Barack Obama. But 30 minutes into the debate, DePaul seemed deflated by the president's performance.

Harford Memorial 5k is a success.

Clarksville columnist Darlene Sanford writes of local happenings in Clarksville

All Baltimore colleges follow the same federal guidelines for reporting crimes on campus. But hard-to-explain discrepancies raise questions about the value of these reports in giving students and employees a snapshot of campus safety.

Many community health workers and volunteers in Baltimore are themselves in need

Bryan E. Kelly has been reelected chair and James J. Valdes has been reelected vice chair of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees.

Assistant principal of Roland Park Elementary/Middle will be acting principal for the coming school year while the system finds a successor to Carolyn Cole, who retired.

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Deirdre Diane "Dee" Huddles, a master gardener who was co-founder of a gardening services company, was killed Wednesday in an automobile accident near Butler.

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Sylvester P. "Butch" Bollinger, founder and CEO of Bollinger Energy Corp. and cancer volunteer, died Thursday of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. He was 68.

Francis X. Pugh Sr., a former assistant attorney general for the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, where he had been chief legal counsel, died July 17 of a cardiac arrest at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. The Timonium resident was 80.

Educator had been registrar and dean at Mount St. Agnes College and later was dean of the graduate school of Loyola University Maryland

An Under Armour online competition to showcase female athletes drew 10,000 contestants over 10 weeks and ended Wednesday with four winners from across the U.S. – including a Baltimore elementary school teacher who coached girls at the school to complete a one-mile run.

Monkton, Baldwin, Parkton, Monkton, Freeland, Sparks, Phoenix students named to deans lists, honored with degrees, awards.

Rodgers Forge Elementary School was the only school in the county to score 100 percent proficiency on the Maryland State Assessment test this year.

Loyola University Maryland swim coach Brian Loeffler 'opened the door' for U.S. Paralympic Team swimmers Ian Silverman and Becca Meyers

Baltimore music teacher brings instruments to Uganda

Head of the Class: Local students' awards, accolades and achievements

A decade after moving in with another family in Memphis, Ravens tackle Michael Oher is now looking after his little brother, Sean Tuohy, Jr., a freshman basketball player at Loyola

College students from Laurel receive degrees and dean's list recognition.

Missy Franklin and Elizabeth Beisel were the top two finishers in the 200-meter backstroke Sunday, earning spots on the Olympic team. Former North Baltimore Aquatic Club swimmer Elizabeth Pelton came in third.

Paul Joseph Feeley, a former Baltimore County public defender and a Towson attorney, suffered a fall at his Timonium home and died June 15 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 86.

Dr. Evelyn P. Valentine, a veteran Baltimore public school educator and founder of the Pasteur Center for Strategic Management Ltd., died Thursday of heart disease at her Northeast Baltimore home. She was 77.

Angela Marie Bucci has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

The Govanstowne Farmers Market debuted for its second season Wednesday, June 6, but a half hour later, Terri Russell said she had no chocolate ice cream. "I'm sold out, already," said Russell, owner of Simple Pleasures, an organic ice cream business based in Bowie, Md.

One suspect is in critical condition Friday after an officer shot him in the chest during a burglary in Upper Fells Point, Baltimore police said.

Loyola University owns Charles Street bragging rights in lacrosse this year

The national lacrosse championship title returned to Baltimore Monday, but it wasn't powerhouse Johns Hopkins or the much larger University of Maryland that took top honors.

A man was fatally shot in Northern Baltimore on Thursday evening, police said. Police responded to the 4600 block of York Road shortly after 6:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting.

Loyola University Maryland special lacrosse grads face another test on Saturday

Dr. John Joseph Krejci, a retired general surgeon who helped plan St. Joseph Medical Center's move to Towson, died of an aneurysm May 14 at that hospital. He was 89 and lived in Stoneleigh.

Robert T. Barry, a retired Exxon Oil Co. salesman and sports fan, died Friday from congestive heart failure at his Mays Chapel home. He was 84.

Edwin Charles Saiontz, a highly-regarded health care expert and co-founder of SHR Associates Inc., died Thursday of multiple organ failure at his Boynton Beach, Fla., home. The longtime Pikesville resident was 77.