January 01, 2010
Boy injured by falling tree at camp dies
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A 9-year-old boy seriously injured when a tree fell on him this week at Hashawha Environmental Center in Westminster died Thursday morning at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, a Carroll County spokeswoman said. Vivian Laxton identified the boy as Noah Asid, one of two children injured when a 60-foot hickory tree fell as youngsters and counselors were preparing for a hike as part of the holiday-week nature camp. A 10-year-old girl was treated at Carroll Hospital Center and released. More than 60 children in fourth and fifth grades had been attending the three-day camp, which began Monday but was dismissed after the incident. Laxton said a county sheriff's investigation was under way.
- Carroll Eagle
Laurel man, 37, dies after car hits tree
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A 37-year-old man died Wednesday night after his car hit a tree in Laurel, Howard County police said. Kevin Michael Aldridge of the 3300 block of Old Line Ave. in Laurel was eastbound on Gorman Road, east of Murray Hill Road, about 9 p.m. when his Volkswagen Jetta went off the road and struck a tree. He was taken to Greater Laurel Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The investigation was continuing, police said.
- Liz F. Kay
Ulman has back surgery to remove portion of disc
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman was recuperating from outpatient back surgery performed Wednesday at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore to remove a protruding portion of a disc that has been causing him pain for nearly a year. Kevin Enright, Ulman's spokesman, said the surgery was successful, and the 35-year-old executive was able to walk the same day. County government is closed this week, with unpaid furloughs, and Ulman was not planning to be out of action long, according to Enright. "He may stop into the office Monday," the spokesman said.
- Larry Carson
Bill would prohibit ban on using clotheslines
A Maryland state delegate says going green includes letting your clothes fly in the breeze. Frederick County Democrat Galen Clagett says he will reintroduce a bill in the 2010 General Assembly to prohibit homeowners associations from banning the use of clotheslines. The bill died in committee in the last legislative session. Clagett told The Frederick News-Post that associations would still be able to regulate where clotheslines are placed to keep them from being an eyesore. Clagett says the idea got his attention because his commercial real-estate business helps manage homeowners associations.
- Associated Press
