Gambrills News

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The state's top law-enforcement official came to the West and Rhode rivers yesterday and was a little surprised at what he found: not many big polluters to go after.

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Ned Hall didn't see why all the fuss was necessary. There were several government citations, heartfelt speeches and dozens of admirers offering a standing ovation - all to honor Hall's choice to preserve his tract of woodland in west county.

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Clerk of the Circuit Court Robert Duckworth, left, looks on as Ned Hall signs the first page of the Registry for the Chesapeake Bay String of Pearls Project.

The Washington County Treasurer's Office auctioned 157 properties with overdue taxes during a real estate sale Tuesday in Hagerstown.

Real estate statistics for last month in Gambrills are quite difficult to decipher because the sampling of sales is so small not only this year, but also the two prior years.

A 73-year-old man driving a 1936 Ford was killed Thursday evening when he was struck head-on by another vehicle in Crofton , according to Anne Arundel County authorities.

Parisi's Diamond Trust, which mysteriously closed its doors in Gambrills in April, started returning customers' jewelry and other items just last week.

Shelley and Mark Bent, of Ellicott City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Tara Michele Bent, to Jesse David Trout, son of Margy and Jim Trout, of Gambrills.

Cheryl Brennan , the director of C&C Dance Company in Bowie, works with Taylor Wigglesworth, 8, of Gambrills on proper heel stretch technique Jan.

Packing wind gusts of up to 65 mph, severe thunderstorms pummeled the area late yesterday afternoon, dumping heavy rain and hail, downing trees, cutting power to thousands and slowing traffic.

The sinking economy has thrown another variable into the annual summer equation that determines what Marylanders pay for the time-honored tradition of crabs and beer.

A former gang member confessed to a key role in the firebombing of a Piney Orchard townhouse - a crime that police suspect was a retaliation for the death of a 14-year-old, a prosecutor said Friday.

A 22-year-old man and three teens are charged in an Odenton arson directed at a youth the four associated with the death of a Crofton teen last month.

Anne Arundel County police charged four people - including a man who told them he is a former member of the Dead Man Inc.

Authorities say four people charged with setting fire to an Odenton home are gang members who believed the youth living inside had something to do with a Crofton teen's death.

County Councilman Ed Reilly will take over the state Senate seat vacated by Janet Greenip last week, ending a month of political maneuvering.

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