Ferndale News

The band In Denial will lead off the Glen Burnie summer concert series for this year on Friday.

A group of young adults tried to burn down an abandoned movie theater in Pasadena earlier this year because they had nothing better to do on a Thursday night, prosecutors said.

The North County High School Class of 2009 marched across the stage at Towson University yesterday morning to receive their high school diplomas.

Archbishop Edwin O'Brien will celebrate Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church to celebrate the parish's 90th anniversary.

The Ferndale Linthicum Area Community Council recently named Ben Olsen as its Citizen of the Year.

Tim Wilson, the sergeant at arms for American Legion Post 40, has been marching in the Glen Burnie Memorial Day Parade for 16 years.

Ferndale resident Jackie Snead was chosen by the Glen Burnie Improvement Association as this year's recipient of the 2009 Richard Carter award at last night's civic association meeting.

Did you have a teacher who was special to you? A role model or someone who made you the person you are today? I like many others had a few teachers who were role models and helped lead me in positive directions.

Adetokunbo Ogunlaja, a fifth-grade student at Hilltop Elementary School, was crowned Little Miss Ferndale Sunday in the annual community contest.

Mills Fine Wine and Spirits will host the Fourth Annual International Great Grapes! Wine, Arts & Food Festival today and tomorrow from noon to 6 p.m. at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds off Generals Highway in Crownsville.

The Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland want to see participation in their programs spread like wildfire.

The local 100 Club chapter honored 10 public safety officials Monday during an annual ceremony that recognizes unsung heroes.

The Ferndale Linthicum Area Community Council will sponsor its 31st annual Ferndale Day celebration from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Third Avenue field.

As if choosing the appropriate flower, Monarch's butterfly mascot selected names from a box, time and again Thursday night, determining who would comprise the charter school's inaugural kindergarten, first- and fifth-grade classes.

Richard Henry Lee Elementary School will sponsor its fifth annual Spring Fling from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on the school grounds, 400 A St.

University of Maryland students -- protesting what they see as an intrusion by Big Brother -- are planning to defy authority and screen a hard-core porn movie tonight in the name of free speech and academic freedom.

The University of Maryland and some legislators in the Maryland General Assembly appear to be on a collision course regarding the on-campus screening of a pornographic film.

The Glen Burnie United Methodist Church Chancel choir will present 'A Time for Alleluia Seasons in the Life of Christ,' an Easter cantata by Joseph Martin at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship services tomorrow at the church, 5 Second Ave.

A communion breakfast, sponsored by the Father McGivney Council 7025 Knights of Columbus, will be served between 9 and 10 a.m. Saturday, following the 8:30 a.m. Mass at the Church of the Crucifixion, 100 Scott Ave.

Jamie Barbarich, a teacher at Woodside Elementary School in Glen Burnie, will be honored by the Arc of the Chesapeake at their annual awards banquet Tuesday at the Sheraton in Annapolis.