Gambrills News

Several area churches will celebrate Thanksgiving with services on Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day.

When it comes to the H1N1 vaccine, Cynthia Giorgio has decided to wait. Her two children - ages 6 and 8 - fall into the priority groups that health officials have recommended get the vaccine against H1N1, or swine flu.

While there are endless learning opportunities in the Crofton library, Eagle Scout candidate Nick England found an ideal learning and leadership opportunity right outside of the library.

Arborview Capital, a new venture capital firm focusing on clean energy players, has made its first investment in an Anne Arundel County company that specializes in energy-efficient lighting.

Joshua Lawrence Vincent, 15, son of Chris and Amy Vincent, recently received the highest award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award, at a ceremony held earlier this year at Nichols-Bethel United Methodist Church in Odenton.

Veterans Day has long been recognized as a time to honor men and women who serve in the military.

Narrow, historic Old Dairy Farm Road would suddenly turn into a daily thruway for hundreds of cars if the proposed 22-acre Highland Farm subdivision is built without roadway improvements, Gambrills residents said.

When he saw the name of the Army officer accused in Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Imam Awni Qudah got that sick feeling again.

Three early-morning crashes in the county sent six people to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore Friday, county police and fire officials said.

There's a new flag flying on the pole at South Shore Elementary School in Crownsville, just under the "Green School" banner under the American flag.

Brooklyn Park's portion of Ritchie Highway could have a unified appearance and more of a pedestrian-friendly feel if residents have their way.

Parents of west county students have resolved to squash gangs in their schools before the problem reaches the tragic proportions of other areas besieged by youth violence.

Millersville 55+ Club holds weekly games at 9:30 a.m., followed by membership meetings at 1 p.m. Mondays at Our Lady in the Fields Catholic Church, 1070 Cecil Ave.

Sawyer Lynch was only in second grade at Indian Creek School in Crownsville when his test scores earned him a place with Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth.

Dorothy Geathers' Medicare plan already costs nearly $200 a month without drug coverage, so she won't consider any other changes for fear of higher costs.

Sometimes it's just nice to know your hard work has been noticed by your boss or peers.

An Oct. 10 letter to the editor regarding slots revenues requires a response. Joanna L. Conti stated falsely that slots revenue "wouldn't go into the general fund." In fact, they do go into the county general fund and can be utilized for both operating and capital expenditures.

A 22-year-old Crofton man pleaded guilty yesterday to first-degree arson in the June 3 firebombing of an Odenton townhouse.

Commercial property owners along a 40-acre swath of land on Route 3 just west of Annapolis Road in Gambrills are positioning themselves for another mixed-use center.

Mayor Mike Bojokles announced at the North Beach Town Council meeting last Thursday that the town was featured in the October issue of National Wildlife, the National Wildlife Federation's magazine, in an article about beach erosion titled "Slip Sliding Away." North Beach knows about beach erosion, a problem that plagues the town beach every year, ...