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Brenda L. Kahn, a retired Baltimore Curriculum Project educator, died June 19 from lung cancer at Stella Maris hospice at the age of 49.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 1, 2019

Former Notre Dame University of Maryland President Mary Pat Seurkamp joins The Sun's Business and Civic Hall of Fame.

Chase Pullen of Bel Air, Alayna Avent of Harford Tech and Cara McLaughlin of Fallston have had perfect attendance for 13 years in Harford County Public Schools

By Erika Butler

May 24, 2019

Joyce P. Wheeler, a retired city public schools elementary teacher who made teaching science fun, died March 21 of complications of Alzheimer's disease at her family farm in Sequim, Wash. The former longtime Govans resident was 78.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 29, 2019

Harford County Public Schools has announced its top 5 finalists for the 2019 Teacher of the Year award and they are Rebecca Martinek, Paige Milanoski, Kristie Smith, Kathleen Thompson and Dawn Zipay.

An assistant coach at Notre Dame of Maryland University and two of his players are Towson High grads; he and one of them played on the same court 50 years apart.

Sister Mary Constance Baker, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, taught at various schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 10, 2019

Edna M. Rosenberg, a centenarian and a former insurance company public relations director, died Oct. 24 in her sleep at her Pikesville home. She was 106.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 29, 2018

Elizabeth L. "Betty" Walter, a former beloved Towson High School English teacher who was also a fixture on the local theater scene and founded a writer's group, died Aug. 30 from

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 13, 2018

It's almost back to school time. Here's when the major school districts and universities in the Baltimore area are starting their academic year.

By Ellen Fishel

Aug 21, 2018

Kathleen E. "Kitty" Tallent, who had multiple careers as a teacher, librarian and as a lay leader in the Sisters of Mercy, died Friday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 84.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 18, 2018

Management of University Center, a multi-disciplinary educational, training and technology development campus in Aberdeen, is expected to change in the coming months, according to Harford County government, which owns the facility.

By Allan Vought

May 14, 2018

The Chesapeake Fencing Club moved last fall to Towson after 25 years in Baltimore City. About 30-40 members, mostly children, take training at the club run by Ray Gordon.

Anne McCloskey, who led the Loyola Maryland women's lacrosse team to its first NCAA Division I tournament appearance and served as an athletics administrator with the Greyhounds for nearly two decades, died Saturday after an illness. She was 87.

The Johns Hopkins University wants its own police department to address rising concerns about crime around its campuses. It would become the first private school in the state to have such a force and the idea is meeting with opposition.

Dance and mentorship nonprofit Baltimore Dance Crews Project performed a hip-hop dance routine at the Baltimore Museum of Art Saturday to express their feelings on gun violence.

By Brittany Britto

Mar 16, 2018

Lois Roeder died at age 85.

By Sarah Meehan

Jan 28, 2018

Less than a week before children and adults all over the country will be donning costumes meant to transform them into someone (or something) else, the debate over what constitutes an offensive Halloween costume, and how much people should care, rages on.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 26, 2017

The following McDaniel College students were named to the college's spring 2017 dean's list: Eldersburg: Andrew Jordan Murphy, high honors; Kayla Nicole

Lau named Carroll Lutheran Village care coordinator

As Excel Academy's graduating class filed into the auditorium Friday night, their families cheering, Sharonda Rhodes stood at the front of the room near an

By Kevin Rector

Jun 2, 2017

New interim superintendent says she wants the permanent job

Baltimore County's school board could vote as early as tonight on an interim superintendent to replace Dallas Dance, who is leaving at the end of June.

Shirish K. Shah, a retired chemistry professor, died Sunday. He was 75.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 28, 2017

Principal Sister Mary Christopher Bourke dies

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 21, 2017

Patrica P. McArt, a former laboratory worker who enjoyed acting with local theater groups, died March 5. She was 89.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 13, 2017

Frances F. Colston, a homemaker and volunteer, has died at 83.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 21, 2017

A Cockeysville resident and middle school math teacher at Notre Dame Preparatory School, in Towson, will be honored by the National Catholic Educational Association this spring for her leadership, faith and commitment to learning.

By Rachael Pacella

Jan 19, 2017

Ruth Edna "Billie" Williams, 98, a homemaker and gardener, died Jan. 2 at the Blakehurst Retirement Community.

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 9, 2017

It's difficult not to be captivated by Betty Walter. A razor wit, contagious laugh and engaging personality have made her a popular — and colorful — figure with a wide array of colleagues, former students, friends and admirers in the Towson area for nearly 50 years.

Roberta D. "Bertsie" Bleinberger, 94, a retired teacher of the disabled who was a local pioneer and principal at a private Baltimore County School, died of acute cardiac arrest Nov. 20 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 30, 2016

The 2016-17 basketball season will be the last chance for seven seniors on the Seton Keough High basketball team to make history on the court.

By Craig Clary

Nov 22, 2016

Janice C. Proctor, 101, an artist who taught art in Baltimore for more than seven decades, died of Alzheimer's disease Tuesday at Roland Park Place.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 4, 2016

Joan Develin Coley of Westminster, was named president of Western Maryland College in 2000 and spearheaded the school's name change to McDaniel College in 2002. Saturday, Oct. 1, she was awarded the Jacob Albright Award from Albright College, the school's highest alumni honor.

To say sexual assault continues to be a problem on college campuses nationwide would be an understatement.

A recent grant to 10 colleges and universities will be used to work toward better prevention and response to sexual violence.

Betty Ann Carpenter, 94, who was named Baltimore County's 1988 teacher of the year, died of sepsis Sept. 25 in Orange Park, Fla.

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 7, 2016

The Women of the World festival, first launched in London in 2011, will be hosted at the Notre Dame of Maryland University campus Friday and Saturday for a two-day celebration filled with workshops, performances, talks and an inspiring lineup of speakers, and panelists, including Jude Kelly, the founder of WOW, Deborah Phelps, the director of the education foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools and mother of star Olympian Michael Phelps, and April Reign, creator of the viral hashtag

By Brittany Britto

Oct 6, 2016

A coalition of Baltimore-area colleges headed by Loyola University Maryland have received a $750,000 grant to prevent and investigate sexual assault and dating violence and improve victim services.

By Jean Marbella

Sep 30, 2016

Margaret E. Dougherty, former editor of Maryland Magazine who sought to bring to its readers the beauty, diversity and history of the Maryland Free State, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke at College Manor Nursing Home in Lutherville. She was 96.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 3, 2016

Scaffolding covers much of Notre Dame of Maryland University's historic Gibbons Hall, the school's signature 1873 academic building.

By Jacques Kelly

Sep 2, 2016

Many of Maryland's smallest colleges and universities have seen steadily declining enrollment over the last five years, in some cases by double digits, straining budgets and prompting layoffs.

By Carrie Wells

Sep 2, 2016

Notre Dame of Maryland University laid off 12 people and eliminated 14 vacant positions earlier this week, officials confirmed.

By Carrie Wells

Aug 4, 2016

William P. Ellis, an actor who taught English, theater and drama at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, where he was a co-founder of Cockpit in Court Theatre, died June 25 from respiratory failure at his Homeland residence. He was 85.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 2, 2016

The failure of Janine DiPaula Stevens' first company led her to her successful business, helping fledgling enterprises get off the ground.

Megan Anne Shultz and David Allan Pierce, both of New Windsor, are engaged to be married.

Julie A. Somers, a beloved Baltimore County public schools social studies teacher and assistant principal, died April 22 from a stroke at her Oakenshaw home. She was 50.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 6, 2016

Marianna Daly Edmunds, 98, hospital volunteer active in local charities, died of complications of a skin cancer April 15 at Blakehurst. .

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 30, 2016