Odenton News

It was a great day to launch rockets Saturday when more than 15 Cub Scouts and siblings from Pack 769 took part in the second annual Model Rocket Launch at Piney Orchard Elementary School.

The ink was barely dry when the e-mails started to drift in from readers wondering why we would do a front-page profile on Harry Sinclair, west county's omnipresent gadfly.

Sit on the deck by the Whitehurst pool and you get two things: a view that stretches to Kent Island, and a good idea of why people who live in this Anne Arundel County community describe it as living in summer camp.

Whitehurst sits on the Magothy River, near where Cattail Creek enters it. The social center of the community is its outdoor waterfront pool - which couldn't be built under current waterfront protection laws - and a clubhouse with year-round parties and activities. Most people in the community are pool club members.

Among mere mortals, Harry Sinclair Jr. is as close to ubiquitous as it gets. He's everywhere.

Marion, Odenton: What is the current status of HB1441 sponsored by Del. [Herbert H.] McMillan regarding state pensions? Nitkin: According to the General Assembly Web site, the bill on teachers' pensions ...

Fort George G. Meade gets a new commander every two to three years, leaving at times little in the way of making a long-term influence on the Odenton installation.

Three Baltimore-area men have pleaded guilty in separate cases to child pornography charges, Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced yesterday.

While a $380,000 federal grant for long-awaited improvements at the Odenton and Edgewood MARC stations may be only a small portion of the costs, one Harford County official says the award means the much-anticipated projects are finally moving forward. For Councilman Dion F. Guthrie, whose district includes Edgewood, the Federal Transit Administration grant announced last week underscores his oft-repeated mantra that 'there must be shovels in the ground and not just talk. 'This money means we can tear down the old buildings and start designing the new,' Guthrie said. 'It means we have gone beyond talking about a new station to budgeting it.' Guthrie has lobbied federal and state officials to keep the Edgewood project on track for construction next year. When the state planners considered pushing it back to 2011, he successfully demonstrated an immediate need for a larger station with more accessible parking. Maryland Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari eliminated all talk of delay earlier this year and said the original schedule will stand. Construction will begin next year on the Edgewood train station, he said. 'The work is scheduled to be advertised this fall and will be ready for construction in 2009,' Porcari wrote in a May 2 letter to Guthrie. The state has installed a sign at the station describing the improvements. The depot will remain accessible throughout construction, officials said.

By William Wan Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 7, 2008; 4:42 PM A 12-year-old boy playing with fireworks in his bedroom set his house on fire in Anne Arundel County,causing $100,000 in damages, ...

An Odenton house sustained extensive fire damage Saturday, the result of a 12-year-old boy playing with fireworks, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department said.

A 49-year-old Odenton man who died last January while spending the night at the Jennifer Road Detention Center died of blunt force trauma combined with alcohol ketosis, according to a county police report.

The Middle Ages came to life as 300 selected Cub Scouts from the Four Rivers District participated in the annual Cub Scout Camp held at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds last week.

The trial scheduled today for Tyler Hibbs , The Examiner's 2007 Baseball Player of the Year, was canceled, because the athlete pleaded guilty to a drug charge, according to court records.

Scouts attending the annual Cub Scout Day Camp last week at the county fairgrounds learned that corn helps catch turtles as well as fish - one young fisherman caught three in one day - and how to fold a flag ...

Every day, thousands more people throughout the county are using buses and trains to get to work, apparently prodded by higher gasoline prices to change their commuting habits.

Residents, county officials, business leaders and politicians all spoke last night against what they don't want on Route 175: six lanes.

The Everyone's Birthday Celebration, scheduled for 4 p.m. today at House of Prayer Church in Shady Side, has been canceled.

Sam Georgiou was passed over again this week for an open seat on the county Board of Education, so he's hardly objective about the process.

The Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning will hold a public meeting to discuss ideas for an urban design study for the Staples Corner area of Crofton at 7 p.m. at Crofton Middle School, 2301 ...

By James Hohmann Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 19, 2008; Page AA02 Under a new system mandated by the legislature, Gov.