Ferndale News

Area churches and organizations will offer many New Year's worship services, parties and activities planned to ring in the new year tomorrow: The Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, 7606 Quarterfield Road, will host a New Year's Eve game night beginning at 8 p.m. The evening will feature board games, card games and refreshments.

A year after the county Fire Department officials pulled 'round the clock career firefighters from the Ferndale station, there are no plans to replace them in the first six months of 2010, department officials said.

We witnessed a most beautiful touching moment in Glen Burnie on Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard around 10:45 a.m. on Dec.

About 150 children, many from needy families in the Brooklyn Park area, got their pictures taken with Santa, received knit hats for the winter and snacked on sweets donated by the community as part of the Brooklyn Heights C-SAFE's annual "Santa Night" Christmas party Dec.

Ferndale United Methodist Church recently celebrated its 85th anniversary with a dinner and special worship service.

As two burglars bagged her family's Christmas gifts, 12-year-old Morgan Kush hid in a crawl space of her Ferndale home, text-messaging her mother what was happening.

'He's beatin' everyone up in the store' Published 12/10/09 Shouting obscenities and pushing customers, a Baltimore man charged into a Ferndale convenience store this week and quickly focused all his anger on the 66-year-old man who told him to stop.

The Glen Burnie Park community, with the help of Santa Claus, will sponsor its annual Santa food drive on Dec.

The Anne Arundel Alarmers will sell Christmas trees for its 49th year; the fresh cut trees are scheduled to arrive from Pennsylvania on Wednesday.

For three hours yesterday, thousands of people poured through the food court at Arundel Mills mall, hoping to score information on one of 4,000 jobs that will be available if Cordish Cos.

Many local schools will host special days and times for parent visitations as part of American Education Week activities.

Three floral designers will show the guests how to prepare holiday decorations for throughout the home and share professional flower arranging tips when the Ferndale Garden Club presents its holiday decorating program "Christmas Throughout the House" at 7 p.m. Nov.

About 200 Cub and Boy Scouts from around the county will descend on Brooklyn Park Nov.

Walter Brooks Jr. was a healthy 18-year-old college student when he came down with a cough and a slight fever nearly two weeks ago.

The Pascal Senior Center, 125 Dorsey Road, will celebrate its 30th anniversary from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.

With a unanimous vote Monday night the Rippling Woods, Southgate redistricting committee recommended to shift 70 Rippling Woods students who live in Fox Chase to Southgate Elementary beginning in the fall of 2011.

North County High School will host its inaugural homecoming 5K race on Oct. 24 at Baybrook Park in Curtis Bay.

The Lost in the 50s Custom Car Club is collecting canned goods and other nonperishable food items during its weekly cruise night at the Marley Station mall parking lot, 7900 Ritchie Highway, from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturdays through October.

On Tuesday, the Northern Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce will host its 24th annual Community Safety Awards.

In just five years, Erika Higuera has achieved two separate firefighting certifications, became an emergency medical technician and is aiming to become one of just a handful of women fire apparatus drivers.