NEWS
By LAURA VOZZELLA | September 30, 2007
Republican front-runners weren't the only things missing from the presidential debate stage. The American flag was AWOL, too. The backdrop to the "All-American Presidential Forum," brought to you by Tavis Smiley and PBS, was a map of the United States, superimposed with a checkerboard of multicultural faces. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, one of the presidential hopefuls, asked debate organizers to get Old Glory up there, too, according to Chris Cavey, first vice chairman of the state GOP. Cavey was acting as an escort for another candidate, Tom Tancredo of Colorado, and heard Hunter's request over his earpiece about half an hour before the show began.
NEWS
July 9, 2007
Roland Thomas Burns, a career U.S. Postal Service employee and World War II veteran, died of a heart attack Tuesday at Edenwald retirement community in Towson. The former city resident was 99. He began his career as a letter carrier and retired as a supervisor of vehicle maintenance, having worked at the agency for 48 years. Mr. Burns was born and raised in West Baltimore. After his four siblings and his father died before he turned 18, he left school and began working to help support his mother.
NEWS
May 1, 2007
On April 28, 2007, ALBERT JAMES of Finksburg, beloved husband of Sandra Lathe (nee Shickman), son of the late Warren Calvin Lathe, Sr., and Margaret Lathe (nee Cavey); also survived by four brothers and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial services to be announced. Arrangements by The Eline Funeral Home, 934 S. Main Street, Hampstead, MD, 21074. Memorial contributions may be sent to National Arbor Day Foundation, 212 N. 12th Street, Lincoln, NE, 68508.
NEWS
December 29, 2006
On December 27, 2006, JEAN MARIE HARRISON (nee Radel); devoted mother of Kelley M. Yoder and her husband Wendell and the late Gail L. Cavey; dear sister of Linda L. Windisch and Shelby K. Moorman; dear aunt of Kimberly L. Windisch; loving grandmother of Shawn M. Yoder, Danielle M. Shell, Jamie L. and Anthony W. Cavey; great-grandmother of Brian M. and Zachary M. Shell. Funeral Services private. Arrangements by the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue.
NEWS
By Andrew A. Green and Andrew A. Green,Sun reporter | December 2, 2006
The Maryland Republican Party, battered by severe losses in November's election, meets today to choose new leadership as members struggle over how to avoid slipping into another 30-year stretch of political futility. The retirement of party Chairman John Kane after a four-year term, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s failure to be re-elected, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele's defeat in his run for the U.S. Senate and the losses of several incumbent legislators have exposed a rift between those party faithful who see the need for no more than minor adjustments and others who blame the defeats on a leadership that needs a total overhaul.
NEWS
BY A SUN REPORTER | May 5, 2006
The nation's military realignment - particularly as it relates to the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area - continues to play a major role in the debate over the proposed rezoning of almost 28 acres in Elkridge. The issue has been proffered as critical to the county's economic health as well as vilified as a distant event with unknown consequences. Still in question, however, is whether the issue be judged by the Zoning Board to be germane. Numerous homeowners, who oppose the rezoning, hope not. Katherine L. Taylor, an attorney retained by opponents, described BRAC - Base Closure and Realignment Commission - as "irrelevant" to the case.