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Robert Mitchell Perkins Jr., a retired Community College of Baltimore County communication arts department chair, died of kidney failure Feb. 28 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 72 and lived in Glen Arm.

Clifford Alper taught opera, classical music literature and music education courses at Towson University.

Caprina Smith, 17, completed two AP art portfolios in her senior year at Liberty High School: one for drawing and one for two-dimensional digital art. "Sometimes we just know. ...You get this student and you run over to the other art teacher and go, ‘Look at this!’ She was that student."

Vacationers returning to Ocean City could notice deeper, wider beaches this weekend, the product of a $282 million sand dredging project that protects the resort town from storm damage but also raises concerns about surf injuries and swimmer safety.

Robert W. Black Jr., a Baltimore businessman and former board member and treasurer of US lacrosse, died April 6 at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The Ruxton resident was 83.

A 4-month-old Hagerstown girl will be one of the first to get injections of stem cells into her defective heart as part of a study to see if there is a better way to treat an uncommon and often fatal condition.

Matt Tyner, who was drafted by the Orioles and played three minor-league seasons for them, is the new baseball coach at Towson University.

Robert E. Lee, a retired Baltimore attorney, died Saturday. He was 62.

Eleven members of the 13-member Westminster High School dance team will perform at the Russell Athletic Bowl.

Several hundred people, including friends, family members, and current and former teammates, came to the Northwest 58th Street church Friday to pay their respects to someone who overcame a tough childhood and had only one college scholarship offer, yet made it to the NFL. Tray Walker played in eight games as a Ravens rookie, and as he trained this offseason, he told friends and family members that he was eyeing a starting cornerback role for the team in 2016.

Jai Lewis, a 2001 graduate of Aberdeen High School, was part of the George Mason University men¿s basketball team that made a miracle run to the Final Four 10 years ago, upsetting four big-time powers in Michigan State, North Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut. Since then, he¿s played pro hoops abroad and returned to his Maryland roots, settling in Rosedale. We caught up with Lewis, who will be honored as the Mason Legend for the 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 12.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are going to spend the next three years helping develop a method of sorting elite candidates for deep space explorations.

Former Maryland quarterback Frank Reich, now San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator, was interviewed for Maryland's head coach vacancy.

Alexander Lee "Xander" Katona, 21, a recent marine science graduate of the University of Miami who had plans to study the trophic ecology, died of cardiac arrest related an undiagnosed heart condition Nov. 8 in Shands U.S. Health in Gainesville, Fla.

Margery Shriver, 89, a breeder of champion pug dogs who had been the Maryland Board of Motion Picture Censors vice chairman during a controversial period, died of Parkinson's and heart disease July 6 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

If you're looking for the Ravens new offensive coordinator, he is easy to find. He has a slender build and looks like he should be in a court room or on Wall Street. The emotion is always on display.

Rookie wide receiver Breshad Perriman will be the Baltimore Ravens' latest attempt to develop a wide receiver selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Perriman's always had high expectations placed on him. His father, Brett, had 500 receptions in the NFL.

Jose Bowen, Goucher College president, reveals his favorite things

For Amber Dawn Butler, the recently crowned Miss Western Maryland, deciding to compete in pageants wasn't about getting attention or looking glamorous in an evening gown. For Butler, it was about paying for college — and finding a new normal after a car accident that left her severely injured and turned her life upside down.

Four Calvert Hall seniors have signed with colleges to play football. Kenji Bahar, of Parkville, has committed to Monmouth University. Other students who made college commitments included Dionte Austin (Wake Forest University), Lawrence Cager (University of Miami), and Bryan Marine (Bucknell University).

Towson and Morgan State introduced their newest recruiting classes as part of Wednesday's national signing day.

Marc Trestman has passed the bar exam, sold municipal bonds and written a book on leadership and perseverance, but the 59-year-old, with a professorial appearance and a philosopher's vocabulary, has always found his way back to the sideline, which is where he'll be again this summer as the Ravens' offensive coordinator.

Construction has begun on new stalls at Laurel Park, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.

Rhonda F. Zillig, a graphic artist who worked for The Baltimore Sun, died Thursday of lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 61.

The Orioles were without first- and second-round draft picks this year, but that didn't stop Gary Rajsich, the club's director of scouting, from being excited about his new crop of players, including the three pitchers he introduced to the media and fans Thursday before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Camden Yards.

Nnamdi Egbuaba, a St. Frances linebacker originally from Nigeria, had 19 sacks this fall. He plans to sign with Maryland on national signing day.

Life is not quite back to normal for Montalvo, who continues to be tested on a weekly basis at one of two Navy facilities in Bethesda. His measured speech pattern might be the same as it was before, but Montalvo hasn't yet returned to football.

Son of Miami-area high school football coach, defensive back filling in for injured sophomore Kwazel Bertrand

Sidney S. Forrest, an esteemed clarinet teacher who had taught generations of students at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Levine School of Music in Washington, died Aug. 9 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda from complications of a fall.

Whether at home or a restaurant, thoughtful approaches abound for today's high school graduates

UM School of medicine students lost 70-plus pounds

Joseph A. Miklasz, a trial attorney who practiced in Glen Burnie and was a wine collector, died of cancer April 14 at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 71 and lived in Crownsville.

During awareness month, focus should be on what people with autism share with the rest of us

Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in Ruxton.

Simulated surgeries will lie at the heart of work at the Simulation to Advance Innovation and Learning Center, or SAIL, a brand-new, multimillion-dollar teaching-and-research facility at Anne Arundel Medical Center that opens for business this week.

Super Bowl week in New Orleans has been such a proud time for everyone who helped Ed Reed emerge.

Stan White Jr. showed up for a different type of workout on the hills of Oregon Ridge Park in June of 2000 with trainer Kurtis Shultz.

Dr. William J. Weiner, professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland who was an internationally known expert in the field of Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma at his Guilford home. He was 67.

Arline K. Howdon, who had been chief cytologist and educational coordinator of the Johns Hopkins Medical School of Clinical Cellular Sciences, died July 20 of lung cancer at her condominium at Harper House in Cross Keys. She was 91.

Jonathan Peake, a recent Towson High School graduate, earned a little extra scholarship money for college from the Maryland Saltwater Sportfisherman's Association because of his passion for marine biology.

Warren (Jonathan) Peake and Ryan Deise were presented with Boy Scouts highest rank, Eagle Scout at a special Court of Honor ceremony on July 11 at Broadcreek Boy Scout Reservation.