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Zion Harvey, who was the first child to get a double hand transplant, can now do many of the activities he once could not, including throwing a football, writing with a pencil and holding a fork.

Dr. Donald A. Morrison, a retired orthopedic surgeon who had been a partner with Towson Orthopaedic Associates, died Monday from complications of dementia at Arden Courts of Towson. He was 82.

New method to lengthen limbs of those with trauma and genetic disorders adds height more comfortably, precisely than earlier systems using rods inserted in bones and magnets.

It was May 1992, and Aberdeen was celebrating its centennial!. What did we do? Oh, yes, that was a lot to do!

Katie Tich, a junior at Marriotts Ridge High School and a flutist in the school's Symphonic Band, recently earned her Girl Scout Gold Award through a project titled "Inspiring Students with Music."

In 1975, Sun reporter Frederic Kelly sat down with Art Donovan, turned on a tape recorder and let the Colts' first Hall of Famer spin tales about his playing days. Here are some excepts:

Robert F. "Bob" Brettschneider, a retired American Telephone & Telegraph supervisor and former longtime Parkville resident, died Monday of lung cancer at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in York, Pa. He was 87.

Five new members were inducted into the Edgewood High School Hall of Fame Tuesday in conjunction with the EHS Class of 2012 commencement ceremonies the same day.

Harry Reese Gamber, a high school dropout who became a successful self-made businessman, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. The Owings Mills resident was 85.

Paul C. Ergler Sr., a retired aeronautical engineer who later became a professor of business management at what is now Loyola University of Maryland, died Sunday of a cardiac arrest at Oak Crest Village. He was 92.

Jay Hancock: Willard Hackerman and his partners aren't in this for charity. The case for doubling convention-center space in Baltimore is not inarguable. Even if the project makes sense and gets built, it raises new questions about downtown development and taxpayer investment.

William Donald Schaefer, the dominant political figure of the past four decades of Maryland history, died yesterday after a "do-it-now" career that included four terms as Baltimore mayor, two as the state's governor and two as comptroller.