Linthicum News

Nov. 23--A two-alarm fire Sunday morning damaged the Extended Stay America Hotel, at 1500 Aero Drive in Linthicum, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.

Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 11/23/2009 11:52:35 AM Ciena is picking up the optical and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet networks business, with a winning bid of $769 million in a bankruptcy auction.

A two-alarm fire Sunday morning damaged the Extended Stay America Hotel, at 1500 Aero Drive, Linthicum , Anne Arundel County fire officials said.

County police have charged a Baltimore County man with robbing three Linthicum businesses at knifepoint and are investigating whether he was involved in similar holdups in other counties.

All the wonders of Christmas will be at this year's General Federation of Women's Club - Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights Holly Mart.

Workers at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant in the 900 block of International Drive in Linthicum were robbed at gunpoint shortly after midnight Friday, Anne Arundel County police said.

Fifth grader Aaron Bartell at Linthicum Elementary School was chosen as student of the month for October by his teachers because he is extremely responsible.

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison with all but five years suspended for his role in a burglary ring that operated in north county this summer.

LINTHICUM, Md. a ' CBT/SMARTdesks, a leading supplier of computer classroom and conference room furniture, introduced the company's new Collaba learning studio pods a ' interactive conference tables shaped for the group dynamics of collaborative learning.

In celebration of American Education Week, St. Philip Neri Catholic School, 6401 S. Orchard Road, will hold an open house from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Towson University will be a smoke-free campus, it announced Wednesday, becoming Maryland's first four-year college to ban an activity once as commonplace as lounging on the quad.

This week, Baltimore will host the Victorious Living for Women pre-launch book release celebration.

Philip Dempsey, Tim Fair, Brandon Hughes and Joel Kenney, eighth-grade students at St.

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

A new wrinkle has inched into the county's interminable slots debate as slots opponent and Annapolis Mayor-elect Josh Cohen contemplates when to leave the County Council behind.

AARP Linthicum Chapter 2244 will offer a Christmas in Annapolis bus trip on Dec.

Alzheimer's support group -- Second Thursday, 7-9 p.m. For caregivers of Alzheimer's patients or those who have a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's. Learn about the disease, what to expect and how to cope.

Maryland State Police have cancelled the state's first Silver Alert for a missing vulnerable adult after the man was found in Baltimore.

Anne Arundel County Police are looking for a man they say robbed a motel in Linthicum Monday night.

Is your child suddenly speaking in an odd, slang-heavy language? Is he or she becoming more secretive, turning up with unexplained amounts of money and wearing one particular color all the time? It could be more than a case of typical teenage rebellion.