Owings Mills News

What could be better? Weeks away from parents, living nestled in the mountains or on pristine lake shores, among the best friends a girl or boy could ever have; supervision provided by really energetic and enthusiastic teenagers, with endless possibilities for activity, adventure and exploration.

For the Botts family of Owings Mills, the Fourth of July is a workout. Every family member marches with Monumental City Ancient Fife and Drum Corps, a group that plays about 15 performances a year - none more important than on Independence Day.

Cathy Tracy, Owings Mills: I'm looking for a voters' guide listing candidates and their qualifications for office.

Members of the Baltimore County Democratic State Central Committee are looking for candidates to fill a vacant seat on the 11th Legislative District Democratic State Central Committee.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Walter Osborne Ely, Jr., 46, and his sister and business partner Kimberly Zahrey, 44, plead guilty before Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Vicki Ballou-Watts to 6 counts of failure to hold new home sums in escrow.

A Maryland Transit Administration official said early Wednesday morning that Baltimore's Metro subway had passed a round of tests of the reliability of its control and collision prevention system conducted in the aftermath of the fatal June 22 crash of two Washington Metro trains.

The Rosewood Center, founded in 1888 as an asylum for the "feeble-minded," closes its doors for good on Tuesday and awaits an uncertain future -- with a nearby college that hopes to expand expressing interest in its space.

As if the mosquitoes weren't bad enough, the rainy weather in recent weeks has also brought out another insect pest - swarming termites, streaming up out of the ground, or the woodwork.

One night a few months ago, Arnold J. Eppel said he was lying in bed next to his wife - "I'm not trying to sound too sexy here, I was just watching the news," he chuckled - contemplating his impending retirement from the Baltimore County Department of Aging.

Hereford High School is one of nine Baltimore County public high schools on the list of top U.S. high schools featured each year by Newsweek magazine.

Baltimore County authorities say a man has been seriously injured after falling into an empty, 45-foot high water tank in Owings Mills.

The economy has hit Open Space Arts, just as it has hit many other artistic organizations.

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Ruxton Country School will close at the end of this school year, one year sooner than planned, because of declining enrollment.

Ruxton Country School in Owings Mills will be closing its doors at the end of this week because of financial problems and will relinquish its property to Jemicy School, which purchased it in March.

Maryland Junior Ranger program, for children 8 to 13, begins June 23 at Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, in Owings Mills.

Police in Pikesville are warning residents about a rise in daytime burglaries and auto thefts in the area that have led to two arrests.

Trouble arises, however, when their odd beliefs affect other people's health. Such, unfortunately, is the case with parents who choose not to immunize their children against diseases that killed and crippled millions before vaccines were developed and made widely available.

An Owings Mills woman has been sentenced to five years in jail with all but one year suspended for the theft of $469,851 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Jun 1, 2009 4:17 pm US/Eastern Reporting Kelly McPherson PIKESVILLE, Md. A Baltimore County teacher was killed Saturday night when a fire broke out in her apartment.A Police are still investigating this complicated case.A On the first day back since the tragedy, Kelly McPherson reports the school community is remembering a favorite teacher.