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Whiteford firefighters win grant, get gear
The Whiteford Volunteer Fire Department in northern Harford County has received $231,088 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
Official: Sludge won't be problem
Within the next week, sewage sludge will be spread on farm fields within 300 feet of 54 Hamilton Township properties - a practice some homeowners feared could threaten their water supplies.
TODAY Holiday parade The Edgewood Community Council sponsors an Independence Day parade at 2 p.m. The parade will start at Shore Drive, and travel to Towne Center Drive to Joppa Farm Road.
Sludge meeting planned in Hamilton
Hamilton Township residents concerned about a company's plans to spread sludge on nearby fields can hear what the company has to say about it next week at a meeting of township supervisors.
Moore turns down Dixon's chief of staff offer for move to Venable
Litigator Dana Petersen Moore, who spent more than two decades at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, has joined Venable LLP.
Son saves ailing mother from fire; 40 firefighters finally tame blaze
May 29, 2008 12:00 AM by Mike Silvestri , The Examiner When a blaze tore through Maxine Dunivant 's home, she was sure she would die.
First-year salaries climb again at big firms
Despite the slowing economy, most large firms in Baltimore have raised starting salaries for first-year associates.
DEVELOPMENT: Board paves way for car lot
Springettsbury Township supervisors unanimously approved a reverse subdivision plan during their May 8 meeting that calls for com- bining tracts along Whiteford Road near the York Galleria to make way for a ... via The York Daily Record
Albert J. Mezzanotte Jr. will step down next year as managing partner of Baltimore-based Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP. via Daily Record
Linda Lou Harris, 62, loving wife, mother and grandmother of Route 1 Volga passed awat Wednesday May 7, 2008 at her residence. via The Inter-Mountain
Construction talk discusses BRAC Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP will present a free seminar, 'Hot Topics in Construction,' featuring Maryland Deputy Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, from 3:30 ... via Baltimore Sun
Md. firm owns 90% stake in heparin maker
“There has not been a security filing, or even so much as a press release from the [American Capital], and yet they are raising money”
With lawyers lining up potential class action lawsuits over a contaminated blood-thinning medicine that has been linked to more than 80 deaths, American Capital Strategies Ltd., a Bethesda-based buyout firm, ... via Daily Record
Forever Family, Forever Dead Update: Merrymans Sentenced in Death of Dennis
“All you need to do is look at the autopsy photos of Dennis”
Yesterday Samual and Donna Merryman were sentenced to 22 years each in the death of their Forever Russian Adoptee Dennis. via The Daily Bastardette
Harford couple sentenced to 22 years after guilty plea in son's starvation death
“But that thinking is like quicksand: The more you try to fix the problem, the deeper you sink.”
Donna and Samuel Merryman were each sentenced to 22 years in prison Thursday for the 2005 starvation death of their 9-year-old adopted son, Dennis. via Examiner.com
Couple sentenced in death of son
A husband and wife from Harford County have each been sentenced to 22 years in prison in the starvation death of their 8-year-old adopted son. via WTOP-FM Washington
Witnesses defend parents guilty of abusing son
“The picture looks bad, but I don't believe they did anything wrong”
One by one, friends and co-workers stepped into the witness stand and told the judge how Samuel and Donna Merryman are very giving. via The Baltimore Sun
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Chapel a 'miracle' of survival
“You can't look at that building without thinking about the history made in that area”
St. Patrick's Chapel, a simple frame building in a remote area of Cecil County, has endured for nearly 200 years, most likely due to the solid framework built into it by Irish immigrants working along the Susquehanna River.
The names of many members of those families who dug the canals and manned the barges that allowed 19th-century commerce to flourish between Baltimore and Philadelphia are etched on the simple tombstones that fill the graveyard surrounding the chapel.
Their descendants - the Glackins, the Pooles, the McGuigans - have long since moved on from Pilottown, a small enclave near the Pennsylvania border. Read more
Signs that it's time to start looking for a new job
“When you realize that your professional goals or your vision of your professional life is different from what can be provided to you, different from what's expected, the norm at the firm, then it's time to think about, for me, starting my own firm”
In law school, you had visions of yourself dazzling juries with impassioned yet impeccably logical closing arguments. via Daily Record
Harford County Couple Pleads Guilty In Death of Adopted Son
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by John Patti and Associated Press A Harford County couple has pleaded guilty in the starvation death of their 8-year-old adopted Russian son. via WBAL-AM Baltimore
Advertising • Euro RSCG Baltimore named Jessica Velky an assistant account executive on its client services team. via Baltimore Sun