NEWS
By Frank Roylance | November 6, 2009
Old-timers in Baltimore may recall a storm that dropped 6 inches on Nov. 6-7, 1953 - the earliest heavy snowstorm on record here. Snow froze on the streets, snarling traffic for up to five hours. Three busloads of Towson High students didn't get home until 10 p.m. Cars, buses and trolleys were stranded amid a scarcity of cinder and sand trucks. Robert Larabee Jr., 8, died in a wreck on the new Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
NEWS
April 12, 2009
Historic Savage Mill, Maryland Public Television and MIX 107.3 FM will hold a "GreenLife Festival" May 2 and 3 to celebrate and instruct participants on going "green" and to raise money for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Events will feature a visit from a MIX 107.3 FM personality, live music, beer tasting by Rams Head Tavern, speakers and exhibitors, "green" offers by merchants at the mill, zip-line rides offered by Terrapin Adventures and a "GreeenScape" art exhibit and auction. An auction and reception are planned May 3 at the Savage Mill Cotton Shed Gallery.
NEWS
March 22, 2009
Events scheduled at Patuxent center The Friends of Patuxent will present the 20th annual Patuxent Wildlife Art Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 29 at the recently reopened National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel. An artists' reception, with hors d'oeuvres, live music and a silent auction fundraiser, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $40 in advance; $45 at the door. Information or to order tickets: 301-497-5789 or www.friendspwrc.
NEWS
November 9, 2008
The South Laurel Recreation Council Inc. will present its 33rd holiday craft fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Deerfield Run Community Center, 13000 Laurel-Bowie Road (Route 197) in South Laurel. Artists and artisans will display and sell their work, demonstrate their crafts and accept commissions. Lunch, beverages and snacks will be served all day. Bake sales by community organizations will offer treats and holiday baked goods. Door prizes and refreshments will be available. Those who attend can register for holiday workshops for children, teens, adults and families from noon to 4 p.m. Holiday workshops for ages 6 to 12 begin Nov. 23 with "Countdown to Christmas."
NEWS
November 2, 2008
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Patuxent Research Refuge will offer a Bird Walk for all ages from 8:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Nov. 9 at the refuge's North Tract, on Route 198 between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 32, south of Laurel. Field guides and binoculars are recommended. An Owl Prowl for all ages is planned from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 9. Participants will look and listen for owls and other nocturnal animals on the guided walk. Bird walks for ages 16 and older are planned at the National Wildlife Visitor Center from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 12, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Nov. 14, 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Nov. 18 and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 19. Field guides and binoculars are recommended.
NEWS
August 22, 2008
Two dead, one injured in five-vehicle accident The Baltimore-Washington Parkway was snarled yesterday by a major early-morning accident in which two motorists died. All lanes of the parkway in the area of the Powder Mill Road exit in Prince George's County were blocked until about 10:30 a.m, according to authorities. The accident happened shortly after 5 a.m. and involved five vehicles, including one motorcycle, according to Maj. Erroll George, spokesman for the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department.
NEWS
February 3, 2008
The Savage Boys & Girls Club is accepting spring registration for recreational baseball and softball. The club holds evaluations in order to create balanced teams, but players of all skill levels are welcome. Registration is available online. The club is also seeking volunteer coaches. Information: www.SavageBGC.org. Turkey hunt at refuge open to public The Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel will be the venue for a spring wild turkey hunting season in April and May. The hunt, which is being conducted in partnership with the National Wild Turkey Federation, Wheelin' Sportsmen and Meade Natural Heritage Association, is open to youth, the disabled, those whose mobility is impaired, and the general public.
NEWS
December 23, 2007
Laurel College Center, a partnership between Howard Community College and Prince George's Community College, will hold a free, no-obligation information session from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9 on the Laurel College Center campus, 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 205, Laurel. Those who attend will have a chance to learn about the college center's credit and noncredit courses, weekend classes and options for associate's and bachelor's degrees. Information: 866-228-6110, or www.laurelcollegecenter.
NEWS
By James Drew | December 9, 2007
A motorist was killed last night when his car struck the side of a bridge on the northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway at Route 32, U.S. Park Police said. Battalion Chief Matt Tobia of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department said details were not available; emergency crews were trying to remove the unidentified motorist from the vehicle after the 10 p.m. accident. The accident closed the parkway's northbound off-ramp at Route 32 East, Tobia said.
NEWS
June 25, 2007
Maryland State Police and city police officers arrested a second suspect last night in the killing of a man whose body was found in the trunk of a burning car Wednesday in Linthicum. Robert Edward Speake, 18, of the 4900 block of Brookwood Road in Brooklyn was arrested about 7 p.m. after barricading himself in a house on the property of the McLean Construction Co. in the 2000 block of Benhill Ave. in Curtis Bay, state police said. A tip led to Speake's arrest. Speake and a second man, Michael P. Smith, 28, of Glen Burnie, who was arrested earlier, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Philliip Airey, 36, of Glen Burnie.