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• Opinion

Gansler hands his opponents a sword

It's easy enough to lose a campaign based on faux-gaffes; commit a real mistake, and you're sure to pay.

• Opinion

An antiquated ruling on Maryland's historically black colleges

Closing or transferring academic programs will not integrate Maryland's historically black colleges.

• Maryland

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Hallman

• Maryland

Patrick J. Scarpati-Katie N. Lewis

• Colleges and Universities

Five Questions for Frank Bonsal III

Q&A with Towson University's first director of entrepreneurship

• Colleges and Universities

Towson debate team wins its case

• Towson University

Towson debate team becomes center of debate

There is a debate raging on the campus of Towson University over a nationally ranked team.

• Education

Annapolis High teacher named state's top dance educator

One of the first things that needed changing was the hard floor

• Opinion

The toll of development

Communities are right to question the health impact of development decisions

• Colleges and Universities

Towson debate team becomes center of debate

• Maryland

New Town participates in band showcase

• Baltimore County

Dozens take part in Towson cleanup

Towson Chamber of Commerce, GTCCA, Towson University sponsor community cleanup throughout Towson on Oct. 19.

• Opinion

Communities are right to question the health impact of development decisions

Communities are right to question the health impact of development decisions

• Los Angeles Dodgers

Local design firm has artistic stake in Dodgers and Red Sox

The hometown Orioles missed the playoffs, but Baltimore-based Ashton Design still has a rooting interest in this year¿s Major League Baseball postseason. The firm created graphics for both Dodger Stadium and Fenway Park.

• Baltimore City Paper

What's up with jazz and blues

• Baltimore County

101 York parking plans called 'woefully inadequate'

Parking and environmental issues are among the GTCCA's concerns after the PUD proposal for 101 York was submitted last Monday.

• Politics

Ivey describes herself as 'Trayvon Martin's mom'

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler introduced Del. Jolene Ivey of Prince George's County as his running mate Monday. She says she hopes to be Maryland's first African-American lieutenant governor.

• Maryland

Daniel Ciarrocchi-Stephanie Kratz

• Education

Courtney Rollins to wed Andrew Goldbeck

Courtney Rollins to wed Andrew Goldbeck

• Baltimore County

A lot of building, blessing and biomedical learning going on in Towson [column]

New garage built for Assistance Center of Towson Churches a Builders Squad, Blessing of the Animals takes place at Church of the Immaculate Conception, fifth-graders from Halstead Academy and Pleasant Plains Elementary begin mentorships with Randallstown High students, Calvert Hall College High School starts Cyber Security Club

• Maryland

Mr. and Mrs. Graham Rigby

• Colleges and Universities

Unusual collaboration at UMES, Salisbury benefits both schools

UMES is the most integrated of any of the state's historically black schools, because of an alliance with nearby Salisbury University.

• Obituaries

J. George Kropp, Calvert Hall educator

J. George Kropp, a retired educator whose career at Calvert Hall College High School teaching social studies spanned more than 50 years, died Sunday of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 76.

• Obituaries

Harry H. Boublitz, librarian

Harry H. Boublitz, a retired Enoch Pratt Free Library librarian who was also a bibliophile, died Saturday of Parkinson's disease at Manor Care Ruxton. He was 83.

• Maryland

Sisler trains for leadership

• Harford

HCC board approves contract for traffic improvement

The members of Harford Community College's Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $164,420 contract Tuesday to build a right-hand turn lane from Schucks Road onto Route 22 (East Churchville Road).

• Education

Author James Patterson to offer eight scholarships to Towson aspiring teachers

James Patterson, a well-known, best-selling author of mysteries, has decided to underwrite eight $6,000 scholarships a year to Towson University students who are planning to become teachers.

• Colleges and Universities

HBCU presidents believe court ruling could bring more resources

Presidents of the state's historically black colleges and universities were cautiously optimistic Tuesday that a recent federal court ruling ordering remedies for persistent segregative policies in Maryland higher education would result in new opportunities and resources for their campuses

• Maryland

Q&A: Eldersburg resident, long-time jazz player, wins composition award

• Colleges and Universities

Maryland universities unnecessarily duplicated the programs of black colleges, court rules

• Maryland

Jaclyn M. Schaeffer-Travis L. Love

• Howard County

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Howard County datebook

• Baltimore City

Skateboarders jump for joy as ground is broken for park

Groundbreaking ceremony for Phase I of park for skateboarders, partially funded by the Tony Hawk Foundation. The facility, funded partly by Baltimore City, will be built in Roosevelt Park in Hampden. The community of skateboarders in the area is expected to turn out in force to celebrate the start of the park, which is spearheaded by Stephanie Murdock, coincidentally an aide to City Council member Mary Pat Clarke.

• Maryland

College application deadlines loom for Carroll County seniors

• Maryland

College application deadlines loom for Carroll County seniors

• Maryland

College application deadlines loom for Carroll County seniors

• Carroll County Times

Eldersburg trumpeter's 'Mojo' to be featured at weekend concert

Todd Butler was 10 years old when he got his older brother's trumpet out and decided to give it a try. By the time he was a teenager, Butler knew he was going to make a career with that instrument.

• Baltimore City Paper

Furniture Press Books takes poetry to the brewery and on the road

• Baltimore City Paper

BARDS IN A CAR

• Harford

Wines galore can be sampled at Harford Wine Festival Sept. 28

A one-day license was approved 4-0 for the Harford County Wine Festival at Rockfield Manor noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 28. This is the eighth wine festival held in the bowl next to the manor house; the event has grown from 1,000 people three to four years ago to 3,000 last year, said Mark Welsh of the Rockfield Foundation

• Maryland

Anna M. Albaugh-Ryan J. Green

• Maryland

Educator's gift to help maintain historical society facilities

• College Sports

Notebook: Cornell suspends team amid hazing investigation

Cornell has placed its men's lacrosse team on temporary suspension and canceled all "fall ball" competitions pending an investigation into a hazing incident last Friday, the school said in a statement.

• Terps

Terps LB Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil's journey leads him back to his hometown

Towson High graduate, second on team with 3 1/2 sacks, returns to M&T Bank Stadium for Saturday's game vs. West Virginia

• Maryland

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Bowersox

• Baltimore County

Towson cheerleaders decline further appeal, settling hazing matter

Towson University cheerleaders disciplined for hazing told administrators Friday they would not make a second appeal after receiving a softened penalty, settling the matter, university officials said.

• Baltimore County

Towson president has medical emergency during annual speech

Towson University president Maravene Loeschke had a medical emergency during her annual fall address to the campus Thursday afternoon, though she did not need to go to a hospital, her staff said.

• Baltimore County

Towson University students robbed at gunpoint in off-campus home invasion

A pair of Towson University students was robbed at gunpoint in their off-campus apartment late Sunday night, Baltimore County Police said.

• Education

Sanctions against Towson cheerleaders reduced

After appealing hazing allegations, cheerleading team allowed to practice but not perform

• Education

Hopkins inches up in U.S. News rankings

Johns Hopkins University edged closer to the top 10 of national universities on the U.S. News and World Report annual rankings, which were released Tuesday.