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Benjamin Chilton, an electrical engineer who enjoyed woodworking, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Lancaster, Va. The former Cub Hill resident was 69. Born Charles Benjamin Chilton in Remington, Va., he earned an electrical engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1960. He moved to Baltimore and joined the Bendix Corp., later a division of Allied Signal. He headed its instrumentation and design engineering department. He worked on aspects of the NASA Apollo Program, the space shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope.

HEROES come in all sizes. And ages. Like Daniel Weaverling of Westminster, a 9-year-old Webelos Cub Scout.Daniel was recently awarded the national Medal of Merit from the Boys Scouts of America for the rescue of his 14-month-old cousin, Benjamin Willoughby, last December at a golf club event.The toddler had quickly crawled under the rail of an outside deck and was close to tumbling head-first to a paved area 12 feet below. Young Weaverling ran toward Benjamin, dove at the rail, grabbed the boy's ankles and pulled him back up.The incident happened so quickly that Daniel said he didn't have time to think about what he was doing.

A former Rosedale couple and their son were charged yesterday with discriminatory housing practices by the Maryland Commission on Human Relations for allegedly harassing their black next-door neighbors in an attempt to force them out of the community.If found guilty of breaking the state's fair-housing law, Benjamin and Gloria Mosetti and son Kenneth -- who are white -- could be forced to pay damages to their neighbor along with $10,000 in civil penalties.A public hearing will be set before the state's office of administrative hearings.

A Harford County man was arrested and charged with attempted murder yesterday after a woman who stopped for directions at a Wendy's restaurant was lured into following another driver and attacked, state police said. Kevin Cordell Benjamin, 31, of the 1700 block of Ironwood Court in Edgewood was also charged with first-degree assault. Police said he promised to help Rita Anne Buffington, 56, of Baltimore, find a relative's house in Towson.Police said Buffington stopped at a Wendy's on U.S. 40 in Joppatowne where Benjamin was working.

Brett Benjamin sank a 15-foot fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to give Friends a 61-60 upset of host Park in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C Conference semifinal yesterday.Friends (11-13) will play Glenelg Country School in the conference championship game Saturday at Villa Julie. The Dragons beat Beth Tfiloh, 42-40, last night in the other semifinal.Benjamin (23 points) scored five points as Friends came up with the game's final seven to steal the victory. The Quakers trailed 60-54 after Keith Ganzenmuller made two free throws for Park (14-8)

Composer Thomas Benjamin looks like Santa Claus, and he hopes the members of the Candlelight Concerts audience like the present he is giving them tomorrow.As part of the celebration of its 25th season, Columbia's premier concert series commissioned Benjamin, a teacher at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and a resident of Columbia's Dorsey's Search village, to write a piece for the American Chamber Players.Benjamin knows that he is fighting against the reputation of contemporary classical music that comes from the abrasively dissonant and unfriendly compositions he remembers from his student days in the 1960s.

Mary A. Benjamin, 93, one of the country's foremost collectors and dealers of autographs, died Monday in Hunter, N.Y. A cause of death was not given.Nicknamed "The Autograph Lady-USA," she was owner of the country's oldest autograph and manuscript dealership, Walter R. Benjamin Autographs.Anthony Salvatore, 77, a Grammy Award-winning music recording engineer, died Nov. 18 in Hackensack, N.J. He won Grammys for recordings of "Lohengrin" in 1966, "Sweeney Todd" in 1979 and "The Heifetz Collection" in 1995.

Friends coach Randy Cooper can only laugh when recalling the early weeks of this season. With just one varsity-tested player on the Quakers' roster, he basically had to start from scratch."

Friends of Benjamin Banneker were smiling yesterday as they toured a work in progress -- the 6,000-square-foot museum and visitor center taking shape on his homestead, a former tobacco farm just outside Oella in southwestern Baltimore County.Members of the group shepherding the project say that showcasing the life and achievements of the self-taught Banneker, known as "the first black man of science," will inspire the wayward youth of today."His life is an example of a very diverse society.

An Elkridge youth throwing rocks along the railroad tracks on the historic Thomas Viaduct over the Patapsco River valley yesterday was struck and killed by a MARC train, Howard County police said.Benjamin Burke Harrison, 14, was thrown 30 feet along the tracks on the viaduct by the impact of the train -- which was traveling about 35 mph. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Maryland Shock Trauma Center at 6: 31 p.m., police said.Benjamin and a friend were riding their bikes and throwing rocks along the 19th-century stone railroad bridge near Lawyers Hill Road in Elkridge about 5: 30 p.m., when they heard the approaching train's horn blow, police said.

On October 20, 2009, BENJAMIN E. WORTMAN, JR.; beloved husband of Roberta C. Wortman; loving father of Angela Tucker, Benjamin, David, Jeff and Lizzy Wortman; dear brother of Doris Wortman and Lisa Barnabae. Also survived by many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family members and friends. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, Lansdowne, MD, 21227, on Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral service will be held on Saturday beginning at 9 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.

On October 20, 2009, BENJAMIN E. WORTMAN, JR.; beloved husband of Roberta C. Wortman; loving father of Angela Tucker, Benjamin, David, Jeff and Lizzy Wortman; dear brother of Doris Wortman and Lisa Barnabae. Also survived by many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family members and friends. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, Lansdowne, MD, 21227, on Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral service will be held on Saturday beginning at 9 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.

On October 13, 2009, HUBERT C. BROADWATER, beloved husband of the late Evelyn L. Broadwater, devoted father of Ronald L. Broadwater, loving grandfather of Rhonda B. Newbert and Jeffrey D. Broadwater, great-grandfather of Benjamin D. Newbert. A Graveside Service and Interment will be held at Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery on Friday at 1 P.M. www.ruckfuneralhomes.com

Six inmates stabbed in Jessup altercation Six inmates were stabbed yesterday at the medium-security men's prison in Jessup, a state correctional services official said. None of the injuries at Maryland Correctional Institution-Jessup appeared to be life-threatening, spokesman Mark Vernarelli said in an e-mail about the incident. But two inmates were transported to the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and another was sent to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, Vernarelli said.

Everyone wants to meet the new guy. And so as Benjamin Todd Jealous works the room at Baltimore's Annie E. Casey Foundation, there is a receiving line of sorts that forms everywhere he turns. Roslyn M. Brock, vice chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's National Board of Directors, squires the 35-year-old Californian around the reception on the second day of his new job. He is the 17th CEO and president of the NAACP, "the youngest in our history, and THAT is something," she says as applause fills the room.

On Sunday, June 1, 2008, EDWARD WILLIAM ATWELL, JR.; beloved companion of Esther Benjamin ; beloved brother of Debbie, Sue, Bobby, Charles, Danny and Michael. Friends may call at the Loudon Park Funeral Home, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, on Wednesday, June 4, from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. Services and interment will be private.

On May 12, 2008, SHACONDA D. BENJAMIN. Friends may call the family owned and operated WILLIAM C. BROWN COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 1206 West North Avenue on Sunday from 12 to 4 P.M. Family will receive friends Monday at 10 A.M., at the Empowerment Temple, A.M.E. Church, 4217 Primrose Avenue. Funeral services to follow 11 A.M. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. www.williamcbrownfh.com

On March 4, 2008, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LINDSAY, devoted father of Sherise L. Lindsay. Also survived by brothers, Waddell and Jonah Lindsay Jr., sister, Bernette S. Davis and a host of other family and friends. Arrangements were handled by WYLIE FUNERAL HOME P.A. Of BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road. Services were held Saturday, March 8th at Jones Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2100 W. Baltimore Street. Interment took place at King Memorial Park. Inquiries www.wyliefuneralhome.com

On February 15, 2008, BENJAMIN DELEAVER; loving husband of Elisa Deleaver. Hes also survived by his loving daughter, Jennifer Deleaver; step children, Sheila Thomas, Cheryl Hinton, John and Byron Coates; ten grandchildren, nine great-grand and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday after 9 A.m. Family will receive friends on Friday at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue at 10 A.M., followed by funeral service 10:30 A.M.

Nathaniel Benjamin Sr., a driver for FedEx Corp., died Oct. 12 when he was struck by a car while unloading freight on Reisterstown Road in Reisterstown. He was 24 and lived in Northwest Baltimore. Born in Baltimore, he was a 2000 graduate of Northwestern High School and attended the Community College of Baltimore County from 2000 to 2002, where he played lacrosse. He also studied at the Allstate Truck Driving School and the North American Trade School. Mr. Benjamin drove a tractor-trailer to make freight deliveries for FedEx.