Catonsville News

SNOW HILL, Md.- Maryland State Police say a Pocomoke City man died Tuesday after the van he was driving collided head-on with a a tractor-trailer. Police say the crash occurred at around 10 a.m. on Route 113 north of Public Landing Road near Snow Hill.

"We definitely encourage people to get there early," Tracy Baskerville says about Baltimore City's Fourth of July fireworks.

When David Wasser first found the rare images of President Franklin Roosevelt crippled by polio and the old March of Dimes public service announcements featuring Lucille Ball and other famous actors, he knew he had uncovered some visual gems.

Chairs line Frederick Road in Catonsville in front of Hillcrest Elementary as residents get ready for the annual parade on Saturday Empty lawn chairs line a Catonsville street as people try to find a spot days before the parade Some even us rope to tie the chairs together for a good viewing location of the parade Some Futon like chairs near ...

In a rare criminal case against a Maryland homebuilder, a brother and sister who ran a Baltimore County company have pleaded guilty to misusing more than $225,000 in deposits from customers expecting new homes, the state attorney general said Wednesday.

"Do you have any Michael Jackson ?" the customer asked, and Mr. Gebler showed him to the wooden bin containing the stack of original Thriller albums.

A 20-year-old Catonsville man killed early June 21 after crashing a sports utility vehicle into a flagpole in Dundalk had been pulled over by county police shortly before the crash occurred, according to police.

You might say Susan Anderson was weeding through history, or perhaps digging up the past.

Advertisements left on doors and car windows can highlight goods and services but, if unwanted, the fliers can be an eyesore and public safety hazard, according to one county councilman.

Susan Hill dislikes cilantro, and not just a little. "I just hate it," says Hill, 36, an Annapolis, Md., stay-at-home mom.

An exchange of gunfire between a security guard and an alleged robber at the Mars Super Market, on Maiden Choice Lane and Westland Boulevard, in Arbutus, Sunday evening left the alleged robber with several gunshot wounds, according to Baltimore County police.

A Catonsville man was killed early Sunday after crashing the sport utility vehicle he was driving into a large metal flag pole outside a Dundalk pizza carryout, Baltimore County police reported.

Hereford High School is one of nine Baltimore County public high schools on the list of top U.S. high schools featured each year by Newsweek magazine.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in Harwood that sent two drivers to area hospitals.

A 52-year-old Catonsville man was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with non-life-threatening injuries June 15 after his car crashed into the stone steps of a house on Osborne Avenue, just down the street from his own home, police said.

Two Catonsville schools are among the topics on Baltimore County Public Schoolsa summer episode of a oeBCPS News.a The episode, which is shown three times a day through July 13, highlights Catonsville Middle School teacher Cecily Anderson, who was named the school systema s 2009 Teacher of the Year in May, and Hillcrest Elementary School students ...

Chris Jones of Catonsville High School gets help from Kaytee Nichols while working on a story for the school paper on the computer.

Almost 200 years ago, residents of Baltimore established Catonsville as a summer destination where they could escape the drab grays of the city and enjoy nature.

At about 6:30 a.m. each school day, Ruth MacGregor drives a big yellow school bus down Route 40 from Catonsville and across the Patapsco River Bridge into Howard County.

"I just hate it," says Hill, 36, an Annapolis stay-at-home mom. "Oh, I do." The fresh herb Hill detests is also known as coriander and Chinese parsley.