Hanover News

Hundreds of people attended a job and vendor fair Thursday at Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover, Md.

Archbishop Spalding High School, 8080 New Cut Road, Severn, will offer the classic tale of Robin Hood slightly twisted when Spalding Theatre presents "The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood" by Mary Lynn Dobson this weekend.

Junior League of Annapolis' 16th annual Book Bag Project donated 1,000 book bags filled with school supplies to Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

This blows my mind -- six of the top 10 staffing agencies are foreign-owned. I guess I should be glad, since Von Bergen is a Swiss name, that Adecco, the number one company with annual sales of $29.36 billion in the U.S., has its headquarters in Glattbrugg, Switzerland.

State officials want to increase how much most people pay in child support, arguing that the current guidelines were developed in 1988 and no longer represent the real cost of raising a child in Maryland.

Payne Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, 7901 Brockbridge Road in Jessup, will celebrate 115 years of ministry with an anniversary service at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.

That's the conclusion of a new report by Delta Associates, a real estate information and consulting firm, and Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, which runs the region's multiple-listing service.

Bay Country Crafters will present its 25th annual Country Christmas today through Nov.

A Hanover teenager was ordered held on $1.5 million bail Wednesday, after Anne Arundel County police charged him as an adult with an armed carjacking that led to the lockdown of two schools Tuesday and his nearby arrest.

Based on the covenants between the Arundel Mills and property owners in the Villages of Dorchester, a casino cannot be built at mall.

The Jessup Improvement Association will host its "Everything under the Sun Bazaar" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the association's community hall at Wigley Avenue and Route 175.

Events that consumed only three minutes and occurred two years ago planted the political vines asphyxiating the slot machine process in Anne Arundel County.

The Provinces and West County libraries will offer fun events for young trick-or-treaters on Wednesday.

Everywhere you go these days, it's looking very "spooktacular." With Halloween just around the corner - whether your plans call for getting dressed-up or doing a bit of hobnobbing with family or friends - now is the time to set your sights on some ghoulishly-good fun.

The Jessup Volunteer Fire Department, 7891 Max Blobs Park Road, will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Erickson Retirement Communities, a pioneering senior-living developer founded 26 years ago with the opening of Charlestown in Catonsville , filed for federal bankruptcy-law protection Monday with a plan to restructure more than $1 billion in debt and sell the struggling company to a local investment firm.

Share + Oct 19, 2009 7:35 pm US/Eastern Reporting Pat Warren HANOVER, Md. Anne Arundel County continues to wrestle with the prospect of a slots casino near Arundel Mills Mall.

Ridgeway Elementary School, 1440 Evergreen Road in Severn, is starting off this school year where they left off last spring - with the goal of a "green school." The school's Environmental Club has become so popular with students that two sessions have to be held.

Also available daily for an entree is chef or garden salad with roll and fruit. Sides available each day are vegetables, chilled fruit, oven potatoes, whole grain breads and salad.

The Maryland Lottery Commission has declared Cordish Cos. qualified to get a slots license in Anne Arundel County, but the time frame for an actual award is still in flux.