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- The scholarships are awarded by the Al Cesky Scholarship Fund Inc., named for late Bel Air High School teacher and coach Albert “Al” Cesky.
- Sarah Sexton, of Westminster, was initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor
- Bill Cosby will be stripped of his honorary degrees from three Maryland schools, University System of Maryland (USM) officials announced Friday in a statement.
- Ashley Thomas, who graduated from Manchester Valley High School Saturday, said she came into the school as a quiet freshman but is learning what it takes to be a leader.
- Members of the Bel Air High School Class of 2018 are all artists, and as of Thursday, they are starting with a clean canvas.
- Some of the members of the North Harford High School Class of 2018 had to push through significant challenges, such as an injury and having to make up a grade to get to their school's 68th commencement Wednesday.
- Jacob Fernandez, of Manchester, will premiere an original drama thriller, "House 213," at the McDaniel Cinema Showcase. The event, to be held at 7 p.m. May 3
- Dr. James H. Kelly, former chairman of Greater Baltimore Medical Center's Department of Otolaryngology whose research centered on swallowing disorders, died Thursday from a blood clot at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Ruxton resident was 74.
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- Argye Hillis, M.D., a professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is serving on a team of researchers from several institutions
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- Plank today kicked off the annual Cupid's Cup Entrepreneurship Competition and is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students or recent alumni who are 30 or younger.
- Students and parents will soon have the opportunity to meet with representatives of more than 130 colleges and training programs.
- For the next year, Joshua Patterson will take the MARC train from his home in Baltimore to Washington, where he'll join an elite class of presidential fellows on a mission to shake up federal bureaucracy.
- Robert E. Sundius Sr., a retired electrical engineer who had a lengthy career in private industry and government, died.
- nder Armour continued to compile new collegiate partnerships, signing an agreement with the University of Cincinnati athletics department to become the official outfitter of Bearcats teams.
- A small crowd of professional baseball scouts came to Hammond High School on March 25, huddling behind the backstop with their radar guns trained on Reservoir senior Cody Morris, hoping to catch some new valuable insight on the prized righty, who has already earned a scholarship to pitch for the University of South Carolina.
- Last spring, the motivation for the Reservoir baseball team was clear.
- Megan Reyda was eight years old when she qualified for her first All-Star meet in the Prince-Mont Swim League.
- Carol Malone of Relay was a teacher at Maryvale Preparatory School
- Maryland City Recreation Council Secretary Kate Johnson received the Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks' Ron Blake Outstanding Volunteer award. Kellianne Venit was awarded an Anne Arundel Youth Soccer Association scholarship. West Arundel Swim Club invites neighbors to become members. Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church is holding a yard sale June 7.
- Each spring, as baseball diamonds around Howard County thaw out, hope is renewed that a local public school team will return to Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen for the state championship game. But each spring for the last five years, Howard County has come up empty-handed in late May. This spring, with talent spread deep throughout the area, Howard County baseball enters the season confident and hungry to be playing past graduation. "Out of all the counties, I think we have the most talent," said Atholton senior center fielder Brady Acker, a three-time all-county selection who will play for George Mason next year. "I'm surprised none of us have won it yet, but I feel like this could be the year."
- Mark P. Becker, Bert J. Hash Jr., Robert "Bobby" Parker and Clark Turner have been announced as the Class of 2013 of the Havre de Grace High School Hall of Fame.
- Lisa Goodlett has been named Chief Financial Officer by Dimensions Healthcare System, reporting to President and CEO Neil Moore.
- Preparations to become physician's assistant to follow summer in minor leagues
- The University of Maryland, College Park is on list of top party schools while the Naval Academy is ranked one of the most sober campuses.
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- Harford Community College students will have to pay $5 more per credit hour – $3 per credit less than originally proposed – next year to compensate for public funding reductions.
- The Ripkens don't need to keep scholarship money from South Carolina
- 'World of Warcraft' interview: Greg Street, Lead Systems Designer