Severn News

An act of carelessness the day after Christmas paralyzed one of the region's most celebrated chefs, leaving him in a motorized wheelchair and struggling just to breathe.

Scouts attending the annual Cub Scout Day Camp last week at the county fairgrounds learned that corn helps catch turtles as well as fish - one young fisherman caught three in one day - and how to fold a flag ...

A Howard County family is preparing to say its final goodbyes to its 7-year-old daughter.

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is seeking the public's help in identifying whoever set a fire last month in Severn.

Residents, county officials, business leaders and politicians all spoke last night against what they don't want on Route 175: six lanes.

Someone used another person's identity June 12 to wire $472,000 to a bank account overseas, city police said.

The Anne Arundel County School Board last week approved the following administrative appointments, promotions and reassignments for the next school year: Alex Szachnowicz, from chief facilities officer to ...

A Glen Burnie barbecue pit that has served locals and passers-by for the past 40 years was destroyed last night when a blaze broke out inside the small, cinder-block building.

Odenton's Epiphany Episcopal Church, the only known World War I chapel in the United States, recently celebrated its 90th anniversary among friends, family and special guests.

After a week of abysmal weather that seared county residents and left tens of thousands of people without electricity, county officials held a panel discussion yesterday aimed at making sure residents were more ...

A dead plan to donate county-owned land to a workforce housing project may be quickly resurrected.

A Severn man was arrested this morning after Annapolis police said he tried to abduct a 39-year-old woman on a city street, and then threatened officers with a knife as he tried to escape.

The cost is $10 and reservations are suggested. 410-626-9796. Computer club The Chesapeake PC Users Group will meet at 7 p.m. in the large meeting room at Severn River Middle School, 241 Peninsula Farm Road, ...

It's harder to be a fighter on TV than it is in real life. Chunda Mason, an Army veteran originally from Severn, learned that lesson while preparing for and competing in the TV show "American Gladiators." "I ...

Toni Braxton, the pint-sized powerhouse vocalist from Severn, Md., is facing health difficulties that have caused the cancellation of her remaining shows in Las Vegas.

Friday, May 30, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Robert Lang In Anne Arundel County, the county council Thursday approved a new county budget.

Hundreds of people lined Annapolis Road in Odenton Monday evening to view and enjoy the annual Odenton Memorial Day Parade hosted by the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company.

The crew of the Miss GEICO offshore racing boat made history this morning, speeding from Annapolis to Baltimore in just 10 minutes, 31 seconds.

OCEAN CITY -- Beverly Ann Lichtman, nee Balthaser, 58, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at her home in Ocean City.

Bobby Stone had such a zest for competition that it seemed appropriate to hold the ninth annual Ridgeway Elementary School Invitational in his honor this year.