NEWS
November 10, 2009
On November 8, 2009, AGNES V., formerly of Brooklyn Park, beloved wife of the late Francis H. Ward, loving mother of Ron Ward and his wife Charlotte, Jack Ward and his wife Sandy and Tom Ward; beloved grandmother of Nikki, Lori and Lauren and two great-grandchildren, Jared and Preston. The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 237 E. Patapsco Avenue (Brooklyn) on Thursday from 7 to 9 P.M., where prayers will be held on Friday at 11 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
NEWS
November 4, 2009
On October 31, 2009, Francis Neal Cutchins Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:30 A.M. in the Chapel at Charlestown Retirement Community, 711 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville, Maryland 21228. Inurnment private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations in Neal's memory may be made to the Charlestown Benevolent Care Fund, 711 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville, MD 21228 or the Brooklyn Heights United Methodist Church, 110 Townsend Blvd., Brooklyn Park, MD 21225.
NEWS
By Andrea F. Siegel | October 29, 2009
Prosecutors and defense attorneys squared off Wednesday in opening statements in the double first-degree murder trial of a Baltimore man in what police said was an ambush outside an Odenton bar last year. Prosecutors hope to see Russell Kelscoe Harden, 26, sentenced to life without parole. But his lawyers said he was not involved in the shootings Nov. 16 that took the lives of two Annapolis men and injured two more. Shortly before the shootings, Harden was placed on house arrest for failing to comply with the terms of his release on a federal gun conviction in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
NEWS
October 15, 2009
Sunday BUTCHERS HILL HOUSE TOUR: The tour runs from noon to 5 p.m. and begins at Patterson Park's White House at East Lombard Street and South Patterson Park Avenue. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 the day of. Call 410-522-6773. JEWISH HISTORY BIKE TOUR: Get fit, learn some history and enjoy the great outdoors all at the same time. The bike tour rides through South Baltimore, East Baltimore and Bolton Hill to uncover remaining Jewish sites. The trip leaves from the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St., at 10 a.m. Riders must be at least 12 years old. Tickets are $20. To register, call 410-732-6400.
NEWS
By Andrea F. Siegel | September 12, 2009
Anne Arundel County police seized suspected cocaine and marijuana and charged eight people in the second recent investigation into illegal drug use in the Brooklyn Park-Glen Burnie area. Police said Friday that they conducted the two-month investigation based on complaints from residents. The searches were at residences in the 4900 block of Brookwood Road in Brooklyn Park; the 5300 block of Patrick Henry Drive in Brooklyn Park; the 5300 block of Wasena Ave. in Brooklyn Park; the 900 block of Langley Road in Glen Burnie; and the 100 block of Main Ave. S.E. in Glen Burnie, police said.
NEWS
By Andrea F. Siegel | July 28, 2009
As detectives continue to search for burglars who vandalized a Brooklyn Park hair salon with racist messages and symbols, the shop's owner said she expects not to reopen for two months. Investigators from the Anne Arundel County Fire Department were there Monday, asked by county police to identify what may be gasoline or other flammable liquid used to soak the Heavenly Hands Unisex Salon over the weekend. "Everything is so saturated. The chairs are saturated with the gasoline," owner Sharanda Brown said Monday, noting it would take at least a week to begin figuring out what in the salon is too soaked or fume-laden to be salvaged.
NEWS
February 9, 2009
On February 7, 2009, JOSEPH JOHN, of Brooklyn Park, formerly of South Baltimore, He is lovingly survived by 11 nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME P.A., 3204 Mountain Road (Pasadena) on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where services will be held on Tuesday at 11 A.M. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park. Contributions may be made in his memory to the Salem Lutheran Church (Randall Street and Battery Avenue)
NEWS
February 5, 2009
On January 30, 2009 JEANNE W. FERRERIA, 76, survived by three children Linda Reyes, Laura Checkes and John Ferreria, Jr.; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday ,February 5 at 11 a.m. at the Brooklyn Heights United Methodist Church, 110 Townsend Avenue, Brooklyn Park, MD. For information call 410-789-3650.
NEWS
By FREDERICK N. RASMUSSEN | February 1, 2009
For editors, reporters and photographers, Sunday, January 29, 1956, was a daylong trifecta of major breaking news stories. First, they scrambled to cover the death of H.L. Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore, who had been discovered dead in bed in his Hollins Street home. His physician estimated that the elderly newspaperman and author had died sometime between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. That same morning, at 12:01 a.m., some 2,000 Baltimore Transit Co. motormen and bus drivers, were joined by maintenance workers, began returning their streetcars and buses to car barns and went on strike.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | December 5, 2008
T homas Hal Gomer, a retired Brooklyn Park High School educator, artist and drama coach, died Nov. 27 of heart failure at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The Linthicum resident was 77. Dr. Gomer was born and raised in Bowling Green, Ky. After earning his bachelor's and master's degrees from Western Kentucky University, he enlisted in the Army, serving as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. In 1956, he joined the faculty of the old Brooklyn Park High School as an art teacher, and later added teaching drama and directing high school theatrical productions to his duties.