Catonsville

Thank you to all of Catonsville for helping make the 12th annual Catonsville Middle School fundraiser a success. It was a success, thanks to support from the community and a core group of dedicated volunteers, some who have children in the school but many who do not. Local businesses donating manpower and equipment is the backbone of this operation. The volunteers would not have moved 14 tractor-trailers worth of mulch without their support. We would like to thank the following businesses: John Giles of Knockorp, ABC Rentals, Wall to Wall construction/remodeling, 21st Century Solar and Electricity, Build Source, Woodland Landscaping, NDX and Enterprise Rentals.

Thank you for the wonderful coverage of the Woman's Club of Catonsville ("Celebration, sadness for Catonsville Woman's Club," Catonsville Times, March 27) and for reminding residents of their wonderful accomplishments over the past 80 years. On Saturday, April 20,  most of the contents of the building will be sold at a special sale from 8-11 a.m. at the clubhouse, located at 10 St. Timothy's Lane. We will also sell the plants and ground covers surrounding the building. Come and get a little bit of Catonsville history!

Longtime Catonsville resident Helen Cavey will mark her 100th birthday Friday, April 12. Her father, James Streit, worked as a woolen mill supervisor so the family made frequent moves through the southern part of the country. As an adolescent, Mrs. Cavey attended Ellicott City High School. Through a mutual interest in church music, she met her future husband, George Cavey. In 1936, Dr. John Nesbitt, pastor of Catonsville Presbyterian Church, married the couple in the bride's home on Frederick Avenue.

An article in the April 12, 1913, edition of The Argus reported on the surprising culprit after a church's interior was found damaged. What was at first supposed to be the work of vandals, bent on spite-work, at the Catonsville Presbyterian Church last week, when some of the carpet was ripped up and torn, the wires of a stereopticon machine cut and the doors badly mutilated, proved to be the work of a stray dog which was imprisoned in...

The Western School of Technology and Environmental Science in Catonsville is scheduled to reopen Friday after an early-morning fire Thursday damaged two portable classrooms and the roof of the high school's main building, school officials said. Staff worked Thursday to prepare the building for reopening and ensure that it would be safe for students, school system spokesman Mychael Dickerson said. Firefighters responded to the school in the 100 block of Kenwood Avenue about 2:34 a.m. Thursday for reports of a possible fire and found one portable classroom engulfed in flames, with the fire spreading to a second portable classroom, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Catonsville senior Deb Milani (four goals, one assist) and sophomore Jenn Nonn (one goal, three assists) had four points each and senior Claudia Flister added three goals to lead the unbeaten Comets (6-0) to a 13-12 lacrosse victory Wednesday over visiting Hereford (3-3). Hereford played the last 18:55 with leading scorer Noelle Funk (two goals, two assists) out after receiving a fourth yellow card, but the Bulls hung in until the final two minutes, thanks to goalie MC Abbott, who had seven of her 11 saves in the second half.

Catonsville's Deb Milani was the best player on the field, but Mount Hebron was the best team. Milani scored a game-high five goals, but a balanced Mount Hebron offense, a dominant performance on draw controls by senior midfielder Sam Brookhart, and a clutch second-half effort by senior goalkeeper Madison Fisher proved to be the difference in the sixth-ranked Vikings' 13-8 victory over visiting Catonsville. Sophomore midfielder Jen Giles scored a team-high four goals for Mount Hebron (6-1)

Old Catonsville boasts turn-of-the-last-century buildings and schools, fine restaurants, antiques and music shops, and a library. But scattered among the Victorian structures are Arts and Crafts-style homes built in the early 20th century. It is in one of these that the Shaw family resides, just blocks off of the town's main street. "We moved here from just two blocks away," said Kelley Shaw, a 37-year-old speech pathologist. "Our [other] house had no driveway and we loved the porches on these old houses.

Among the 71 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period March 24-31 were the following: Garden Ridge Road, unit block, 11:40 a.m. March 30. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Catonsville career station responded to the report of a person in Catonsville experiencing an allergic reaction. One person with non-life-threatening injuries taken to a local hospital. Edmondson Avenue, 6100 block, 3:30 a.m. March 29. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Catonsville career station responded to the report of a person in Catonsville bleeding.

AT&T has upgraded a mobile Internet cell site in Catonsville that will expand 4G LTE mobile coverage for Catonsville and Ellicott City residents and businesses. The upgrades to a cell site along River Road are part of AT&T's rollout of 4G LTE, the carrier's latest generation of wireless network technology. The network is designed to make mobile Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G, the company said. AT&T launched its 4G network in Baltimore in October 2011. During the past two years, AT&T has invested nearly $650 million in wireless and wired network upgrades in Maryland, including nearly $425 million in the greater Baltimore area.