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The Catonsville campus of CCBC hosted a Veteran's Day ceremony Monday

Post-military service can be a period of anxiety and uncertainty. So many men and women return and ask themselves: what now? The Labor Department is here to help answer that question with an array of programs designed to clear pathways into the middle class.

Stanley J. Andrzejewski Sr., a retired electronics engineer who survived the nearly ill-fated assault on Italy's Mount Belvedere during World War II, died Thursday of respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 88.

Mixed emotions led Allan Stover to come clean with the military about having enlisted at 14 — and, ultimately, to found Veterans of Underage Military Service, a nonprofit created for the thousands who served before they were old enough.

Richard Stem left Westminster High School for the World War II before graduation and never returned to pick up his diploma.

Robert R. Bowie, a lawyer who established what is now the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, died Nov. 2 of respiratory failure at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. He was 104.

Milton Bromberg, a custom tailor and decorated World War II veteran who visited the White House to fit President Bill Clinton in suits, died of respiratory failure Nov. 1 at Season's Hospice at the Northwest Hospital Center. He was 90 and lived in Owings Mills.

In 1937, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh was blocked from playing in a football game at Maryland because he was black. The school didn't yet admit black students. On Saturday relatives will be recognized between the first and second quarters in a tribute to Sidat-Singh

Monday is Veterans Day, a day to pause and remember that the freedoms we enjoy have been paid for by the service in harm's way of our country's nearly 22 million veterans.

It was perfect weather, and 60,983 voters, 73.78 percent, cast a ballot in the presidential election that also included races for some local offices. Harford also voted narrowly voted to uphold the state's gun ban, helping the measure to win statewide.

in order that a grateful Nation might pay appropriate homage to the veterans of all its wars who have contributed so much to the preservation of this Nation."

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons already won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to strip Syria of its stockpile of chemical weapons. But carrying out the process is a complex feat of chemistry – one that could require the help of a team of scientists at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Vince Marucci and Joe DiGangi were in the same class at West Point, went to Stanford University for master's degrees, returned to West Point to teach and later ended up working at the same Columbia tech firm. So it's not surprising that they decided to start a business together. Their lives kept intersecting. Q&A with founders of Trusant Technologies.

One person died after a fire broke out at a Northwest Baltimore rowhouse early Wednesday morning, a fire department spokesman said.

Demetrius Johnson's dual skill set showed last week when he caught a 35-yard touchdown pass and also returned an interception 78 yards for a touchdown in Annapolis Area Christian's 42-8 win over Friends.

The Rev. Paul E. Boyce, former pastor of Laurel's First Assembly of God Church, 1102 Montgomery St., passed away in Sweetwater, Tenn., on Oct. 9. Along with his first wife, Marjorie, who also held credentials within the denomination, he oversaw the congregation for some 22 years.

Newspaper files from years ago tell us so much about the people who served our community, and donations to the Aberdeen Room Archives and Museum are often clippings saved over the years because they tell stories important to families

On Thursday afternoon, a crowd of business leaders, academics and local politicians met to celebrate the renaming of the Higher Education and Conference center to the University Center.

The Laurel Board of Trade is sponsoring the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus in concert Friday, Nov. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Laurel High School Auditorium, 8000 Cherry Lane.

I wonder if my Laurel friends and neighbors are aware of what's been happening in the military lately. Those who defend our freedoms have been losing theirs; instances of religious persecution in the military have become a somewhat regular occurrence.

More than 50 people the U.S. swore to protect were slaughtered last month, almost certainly by Iraqi forces we trained

Charles H. Foelber, a retired executive of the old U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty insurance firm who was a former State Universities and Colleges board chairman, died of arterial sclerosis Oct. 9 at Stella Maris Hospice. The Timonium resident was 88.

Historians and architects have a $5 million plan to repair the pillar that was closed to the public three years ago for safety reasons. They expect it to reopen for tours — and a panoramic view of the city from 178 feet above Charles Street — for its bicentennial on Independence Day, 2015. By January, scaffolding will begin to enclose the monument for repairs from decades of water damage to the marble, stones and bricks..

Getting back to some of the many years of the Ryland Lee Mitchell donated books, we found the scrapbook of the year of 1972 very interesting. Within its pages were clippings of articles about some of Aberdeen's people that made news at the time

Two local post office managers colluded with a landscaping and cleaning company in a scheme to submit bogus invoices to the federal government and split the proceeds, according to the FBI.

Junior Girl Scout Troop 2352 from Lisbon was the top selling troop for Girl Scout cookie sales in Howard County for the second consecutive year.

About two thirds of the civilian workforce at Aberdeen Proving Ground has been on furlough for the past week because of the partial federal government shutdown, but the 30 to 40 percent of employees who remained on post will be seeing many of their colleagues this week as the Department of Defense recalls civilian employees, APG officials announced Monday

Annapolis Aarea Christian School's Demetrius Johnson selected for U.S. Army All-American Bowl

Late writer was an exceptional writer, student of military history and friend

In a state where 300,000 people work for the federal government and countless more depend on its benefits, Maryland has been hard hit by the government shutdown. Here are five people, a researcher, a homeless mother, a veteran and two federal workers, and how the budget impasse has affected their lives.

The federal shutdown has furloughed many public employees and curtailed some services, but one sign of government activity has continued to hover over Baltimore undeterred.

In a state where 300,000 people work for the federal government and countless more depend on its benefits, Maryland has been hard hit by the government shutdown. Here are five people, a researcher, a homeless mother, a veteran and two federal workers, and how the budget impasse has affected their lives.

They say historic Ellicott City is haunted. Maybe it's the granite, the underground water or he flow of electricity

The mail centers will be closed this weekend and business has slowed down, as life at Aberdeen Proving Ground adjusts to first few days of the federal government shutdown.

America can't guarantee that we won't engage in torture if we don't examine the past.

A decision about this week's college football game between Navy and Air Force in Annapolis will be made Thursday after "a legal review" is completed on how the game will be funded and staffed during the government shutdown, a U.S. Department of Defense senior official said Wednesday.

Pentagon policy provides uncharged leave for same-sex couples to travel somewhere they can be legally wed

As the country holds its breath and waits to see whether Congress can come to a budget compromise, local officials are trying to determine what the impact of a potential federal shutdown could be for Howard County.

The department of defense has ordered the stoppage of all service academy intercollegiate athletics as a result of the government shutdown, putting Saturday's Navy-Air Force football game in question.

The 23,000 civilians, contractors and members of uniformed military who work at Aberdeen Proving Ground were preparing Monday for the possibility of a federal government shutdown on Tuesday that is likely to have an impact well beyond the boundaries of the huge Harford County military installation.

While nearly all federal workers will be impacted by the looming government shutdown caused by a gridlock in Congress, government contractors may suffer the harshest blow. One Aberdeen federal contractor said she has been left feeling frustrated and confused as she awaits Congress' next move.

Pleasant Plains Elementary School will present the musical "Colors" In December Loyola Blakefield High School names Anthony I. Day new president, Calvert Hall's Bill Karpovich honored during half time of the school's Sept. 27 varsity soccer game

Smiths Detection, which makes detectors locally and overseas that are small enough to take into the field, said it has spotted its units used in Syria as international peacekeepers search for more details about attacks that killed civilians in the war-torn country.

A 178-foot blimp that some residents have spotted above the Baltimore region in recent days is a manned, government research airship conducting aerial mapping, according to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

Destroying Syria's chemical weapons won't be easy, but it's possible to do safely and on-site.

Baltimore tourism leaders will have to find another way to draw visitors over Labor Day weekend after the Grand Prix of Baltimore was canceled. They are focused on more sporting events and filling up the dead time of winter.

More than 60 people, including a number of veterans attended a flag raising ceremony outside the Carroll County Government offices to commemerate national POW/MIA recognition day.

Col. Brian Foley has taken command of Fort Meade at a challenging time for the U.S. military.

Aileen W. Tobin, who had a significant nearly three decade career at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and earlier conducted research in the field of early reading in children, died Aug. 26 of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She was 64.

Andrew Cassilly Recently Announced His Candidacy for a Seat in the Maryland State House of Delegates, District 35 B.