Parkville News

The following Delmarva residents recently graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and were commissioned to their current ranks.

PARKVILLE, MD, July 1, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Pearl C. Duppins, Educational Program Coordinator IV for the Kennedy Krieger Institute, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of curriculum development.

Baltimore County held a hearing Tuesday to try to determine what should be done to clean up and maintain the Oakleigh Pet Cemetery in Parkville.

Army Pvt. Joshua Jackson graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, in Columbia, S.C. Jackson is the brother of Shantell Kendall, of Parkville, and a 2008 graduate of the Maryland Freestate Challenge Academy, Aberdeen Proving Ground.

District detectives were investigating the shootings of three men about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday near East Fayette and South Eden streets in the Washington Hill neighborhood.

Juanita McNeill of Marston, N.C., was looking for a recipe for an old-fashioned egg custard.

A man, 18, was walking in the 2000 block of McCulloh St. about 3:20 a.m. Thursday when he was stopped by another man wearing a black hooded sweat shirt and armed with a handgun who ordered him to give up his money and property.

A 55-year-old former caregiver has been charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult at a Parkville group home for the developmentally disabled.

With a statewide ballot challenge out of the way, County Executive Jim Smith appears ready to move forward with speed cameras in Baltimore County soon after the law takes effect this fall.

Severe storms continue to batter much of Maryland tonight, knocking out power to thousands of people.

Baltimore County police have obtained a warrant for a convicted rapist who theya ve been searching for since February.

In one of the many puerile but hilarious bits in the 1983 PBS special The Andy Kaufman Show , the late comic mocks Johnny Carsonesque talk-show hosts' egos by appearing behind a gratuitously large desk.

Being that this is a cruising event, we first spied Carl Gordon's wicked '34 Ford hauler from Parkville, Maryland, in a parking lot on the strip.

The State Highway Administration says on Monday, June 8 the ramp from eastbound I-695 to southbound MD 147 will be closed for approximately two weeks for ramp realignment work.

Baltimore County has purchased the Perring Racquet Club, in Parkville, for $3.9 million.

Dressed as a bumblebee, Bailey, a 9-week-old golden retriever, chews on the hair of his owner, Lauren Shepherd of Parkville, Md., after waking up from a nap Sunday.

The Catholic Archdiocese unveiled a plan to save its schools and boost low enrollment.

A Baltimore County motorcyclist was killed Sunday after he crashed into the Conowingo Dam bridge on U.S 1 over the Susquehanna River in Cecil County and fell at least 25 feet down an embankment and into the river, state police said.

Maryland State Police said a motorcyclist was killed in an accident at the Conowingo Dam on Sunday afternoon.

What could have been a tragedy on the Baltimore Beltway has left members of the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company counting their blessings, and counting on local residents to help in an hour of financial need.