Perry Hall News

As the 2008-2009 school year begins, Kingsville Elementary School got a head start with their Back to School Night on Aug.

A 200-acre park may be in the works for Raphel Road near Kingsville. The new park would be formed from three parcels of land, including the Baltimore County Revenue Authority's money-losing Gunpowder Falls Golf ...

As consumers have less disposable income in a weak economy, bars, taverns and restaurants in the northeast county are working harder to draw customers.

Aug 19, 2008 11:21 pm US/Eastern Reporting Dennis Edwards PERRY HALL, Md. Lightning struck twice at one Perry Hall condominium complex and dozens living there say enough is enough.

Construction of the new Perry Hall Library continues on Honeygo Boulevard. According to Don Mohler of the Baltimore County Office of Communication, "The construction of the 25,000 square foot, $8.4 million ...

For the second time in two years, lightning struck a Perry Hall condominium complex, causing a fire tonight that forced several residents from their homes, a spokesman for the county Fire Department said.

The Festival of Tees, a miniature golf tournament to benefit children with cerebral palsy and spina bifida at Kennedy Krieger Institute , will be held at 9 a.m. Aug.

Aug 6, 2008 8:19 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jessica Kartalija BALTIMORE They're one of the hottest acts around, but you may have never heard their music, that is unless you have a teenager.

With Baltimore County landlords struggling to comply with new rental-property safety requirements, the County Council voted last night to give them another six months, after turning back a bid to repeal the new ...

Drivers turning from Gerst Road onto Forge Haven Drive in Perry Hall often fail to stop, Tasia Howe says.

The annual Perry Hall Town Fair will take place in its usual spot, the 4600 block of Ebenezer Road, in front of Perry Hall High School, on Saturday, July 12.

Germantown, a former name for the Perry Hall area, will be commemorated in a historical marker.

About 20 Baltimore County homes remained without water Friday evening while crews work to repair a broken water main.

Authorities are waiting on the outcome of an autopsy report to determine the cause of death of a 3-year-old Perry Hall boy July 18.

On Thursday, June 26, Baltimore County Department of Aging officials and members of the Seven Oaks Senior Center in Perry Hall came together to cut the ribbon on the Center's new addition.

Germantown, a former name for the Perry Hall area, will be commemorated in a historical marker.

When Charles Miller went to work at General Motors' Broening Highway plant in 1954, he was attracted to the company by its reputation for good salaries and stellar benefits. He stayed for 31 years. Since he retired from his job as a data processor in 1985, he has gotten health coverage from the automaker, which helped pay for his heart surgery last year. But now the 77-year-old Perry Hall resident and thousands of other white-collar GM retirees and their spouses or survivors, including hundreds in the Baltimore area, are losing that. The automaker, hemorrhaging sales in its core U.S. market, announced yesterday deep cuts and other actions to raise cash that would generate $15 billion in savings through 2009. Among the casualties: health benefits for salaried retirees 65 and older. GM is the latest big company to abandon retiree health coverage, though it will continue to pay for those younger than 65. Thousands of Bethlehem Steel workers in Baltimore and nationwide lost coverage after the steelmaker went bankrupt in 2003. General Growth Properties Inc., the Chicago real estate giant that bought Columbia developer Rouse Co., dropped company-paid health and life insurance for Rouse retirees in 2005.

The High School Utilization Report conducted in 2003 by DeJong Inc. for the Baltimore County Board of Education was recently revisited and, according to county spokesman Don Mohler , "all of the data the school ...

"This is what you really call Independence Day." That was the reaction of Saverio DiTommasso, of Perry Hall, as he entered his neighborhood McDonald's last week and saw an explosion of patriotism.

The Seven Oaks Senior Center in Perry Hall now has more elbow room. As of a June 26 ribbon-cutting, the center's 2,400-square-foot expansion is officially open for use.