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Mark Wittstadt left Baltimore County Circuit Court on Tuesday morning knowing he would probably not see much of the $3.1 million in damages a judge awarded his former Dundalk law firm from a bookkeeper accused ...

Jun 11, 2008 12:00 AM by Luke Broadwater , The Examiner Baltimore County prosecutors recently issued subpoenas for two city officers to testify against a man who allegedly confessed to other crimes while under ...

A 15-year-old Glen Burnie High School student was charged Friday with beating a man to death with a Louisville Slugger late last month. via The Capital

“There were visitors every day for the whole three months.”

Area Nepalese-Americans are rallying to raise money for AsKishor Kc, the young deliveryman robbed and beaten into a coma in Edgewood in February. via Baltimore Examiner

Ok, Last reminder that tomorrow is the greatest of American Holidays, Free Comic Book Day. via Gleeful Gecko

The State Fire Marshal's office says a man has been charged with setting a fire in a home on Lincoln Avenue. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

“It's a really difficult process whenever you have to uproot kids and move them around”

Crofton Elementary's lunch is a series of six tightly choreographed shifts that takes up nearly three hours, twice as long as at most elementary schools. via The Baltimore Sun

Application dates for security program The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced that the application period for the 2008 Conservation Security Program will be held ... via Baltimore Sun

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. via The Baltimore Sun

“It makes you not want to sit outside on your front step”

Betty Anderson called her landlord Sunday to clean up the scraps of concrete that were, until this weekend, her front stoop. via Baltimore Examiner

“You will be pleasantly surprised”

At 58 years old, Joan Sweet has spent her whole life living in the suburbs. When her husband is transferred in the next few years from the military base of Fort Monmouth, N.J., to Aberdeen Proving Ground , ... via The Baltimore Sun

A 37-year-old Perry Hall man was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography and taking sexually explicit pictures of young girls he had given alcohol, the U.S. ... via The Baltimore Sun

Margaret "Ginny" Brown, left, receives a birthday cake from her friend Janet Diehl Monday on the occasion of her 103rd birthday. via Cumberland Times-News

“We're right by the water, so you have a very rural feeling even though you're in an urban setting.”

Before Joppatowne became known for its comfortable homes, convenience to Interstate 95 and popular waterfront park, it served as a major shipping port during the first half of the 18th century. via BaltimoreSun.com

I tried to reach longtime environmentalist and Patuxent River activist Bernie Fowler to get his reaction on the Chesapeake Bay 2007 Report Card. via The Baltimore Sun

Two people are under arrest for the alleged theft of a bus from a home on Autumn Grove Road, Maryland State Police said. via Daily Times

“There are some positive signs, and much good work that has been done, but what our reports tell us is that the bay is degraded and in a vulnerable state”

The scenic rivers around Annapolis, where generations of Marylanders have crabbed and fished, are among the most polluted in the state, researchers said yesterday.

The second annual Chesapeake Bay Report Card gave its lowest grades to the collection of rivers that flow through Anne Arundel County - the Severn, the South, the Magothy, the Rhode and the West - as well as to Southern Maryland's Patuxent River. Researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, who gather data on the rivers, gave each a D-minus. Read more

“Finding more open space has been a consistent recommendation of the consultants who have come in.”

A slice of Baltimore County-owned land eyed for development in the heart of Towson is to be auctioned today.

The six-tenths-of-an-acre property, left over from the construction of Towsontown Boulevard, includes one of two historic railroad bridge abutments flanking York Road and a landscaped walking path.

Some community leaders are questioning the decision to sell, for the sake of development, open space at the entrance to Towson's downtown.

'We'd hate to see anything built there that could obstruct this gateway to Towson,' said Ed Kilcullen, president of the Greater Towson Council of Community Associations. Read more

“It should be a very smooth move.”

As his business continued to grow, Frank Valentine needed room to expand physically. via Cumberland Times-News

“I'm here to support my mother in her struggle as a teacher”

Baltimore County teachers battling with County Executive James T. Smith Jr. over a lack of pay raises stepped up their pressure Tuesday, marching outside his office and participating in a job action by working to contract rules.

Leaders of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County said they arranged the rally outside the county courthouse in Towson to bring attention to the union's push for at least a 3 percent cost-of-living increase.

'Today we have come together as a united team to strongly urge [Smith] to re-examine his past budget practices and budget priorities,' Cheryl Bost, president of the union, which represents about 9,000 teachers, said during a news conference before the march. Read more