Clifton Park

Baltimore Police have identified a 2-year-old girl who died after being ejected from a vehicle that hit a tree near the intersection of The Alameda and Harford Road by Clifton Park Wednesday night, according to fire officials. At about 6:30 p.m. paramedics responded to the single-vehicle crash in the 2700 block of The Alameda, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a fire spokesman. The girl was found unconscious and non-responsive, he said, and she was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

If indecent exposure laws aren't enough to give adventurous Pimlico infield visitors pause, here's another disincentive: The famous race course lies inside of one of Baltimore's statistical hot spots for gonorrhea. Just in time for the end of national STI Awareness Month (and, unintentionally, in time for the start of the Triple Crown at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday), staff recently added a set of maps to the city's STD page, showing Baltimore ZIP codes' rates for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in 2012.

A 31-year-old man found shot to death in Clifton Park early yesterday might have been the second victim of the same attacker in the past five days, police said. Police said a golf course worker found the body of Tony Rogers about 6:45 a.m. in the 2700 block of Indian Head Drive, near the park's golf course. Rogers had been shot once in the back where his body was found, police said. Rogers, a Parkville resident, was last seen by his family about 11 p.m. Monday, police said. Detectives were looking for Rogers' car, a gold 2001 Chevrolet Malibu with Maryland temporary tags 79200W, which police think was taken by his killer.

A Baltimore inmate charged with robbery and second-degree burglary walked off a work site Wednesday in the Clifton Park neighborhood. Travis Lee Wildes, 25, was last seen at 12:15 p.m. in a gray jumpsuit with "DOC" written on the back, according to the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Wildes, who is serving 23 months at the Baltimore City Correctional Center, was on an outside detail that was supervised by a correctional officer. On such details, the inmate are considered a low risk to society and are near the end of their sentences, officials said.

One man was killed and another man injured by gunfire early yesterday morning near Clifton Park. Baltimore police said officers were called to the 3200 block of Lyndale Ave. about 2 a.m., where they found two men on the front porch of a home. One had been shot in the shoulder and one in the chest, said Officer Nicole Monroe, a spokeswoman for the police. Both were taken to local hospitals, and the man shot in the chest was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m. Monroe said she could not release their identities last night because the slain man's family had not been notified.

Where -- 2701 Saint Lo Drive, Baltimore Phone -- 410-243-3500 On the web -- bmgcgolf.com Dress code -- Flat sole shoes, no tank tops Holes -- 18 Course description -- Built in 1915, Clifton Park was the first public golf course in Baltimore. Tees -- Back, 5,954; middle, 5,714; front, 5,469 Best times -- Weekday mid-afternoon, weekend twilight Time spacing -- Eight minutes Weekend time -- If more than one or two golfers, need a start time Cost -- $26 weekend, $23 weekday, $23 seniors, twilight rates (times vary, four phases)

Four National Division teams at the Cal Ripken World Series went into the last day of pool play with matching 2-1 records, knowing that a victory would earn them a spot in the tournament's elimination rounds, and a loss would mean a ticket home, and when the dust settled it was the Mid-Atlantic squad from Clifton Park, N.Y., and the Ohio Valley squad of Lexington, Ky., that remained standing, as each came out on top of its must-win match-up on Wednesday...

Clarissa Katherine Matthews, a former vice principal of the old Clifton Park Junior High School, died of a heart attack June 6 at St. Agnes HealthCare. She was 85, and a resident of the Charlestown Retirement Community since 1995. Born Clarissa Katherine Willis in Grafton, W.Va., she was raised in Northwest Baltimore and graduated in 1935 from Frederick Douglass High School. She earned her bachelor's degree in education in 1940 from what was then Morgan State College. Mrs. Matthews began her career in the mid-1940s as a language arts teacher for special education students.

A Charlie Chaplin movie like his early masterpiece "The Kid" (1921) is an ideal choice for an open-air urban screening like the one at 8 tonight at the Clifton Park band shell. That's because Chaplin combined unparalleled high jinks with nonpareil sensitivity. Chaplin's combination of balletic grace and robust iconoclastic farce has never been equaled. He might have carried himself like a European aristocrat in his later years, but his hardscrabble London background was the prime source of his pathos-laden humor.

The Clifton Park Valve House is a wreck, slowly decaying as time passes. Surrounded by chain-link fence, its stained-glass windows are shattered, and the sky is clearly visible through missing roof tiles. Developer Charles T. Jeffries wants to restore the rare 1888 octagonal structure and transform it into offices. But his dream seems unlikely to become reality. After years of delay and wrangling, city officials have had enough of Jeffries and his Center Development Corp. He missed the contractual deadline to begin construction, so the city has terminated his 50-year lease on the property in Northeast Baltimore's Clifton Park.

Colleges Towson's Booker is top FCS running back of week Towson senior running back Dominique Booker was honored as the Football Championship Subdivision National Running Back of the Week by College Football Performance Awards. Booker ran for a career-high 181 yards on seven carries Saturday as the Tigers won their third game in a row, a 41-10 Colonial Athletic Association victory over Rhode Island. Men's basketball: UMBC senior guard Ryan Cook (St. Vincent Pallotti)

It's been two years since some descendants began agitating for recognition and reverence for their ancestors' resting place in an unmarked, abandoned 7-acre cemetery surrounded by the Clifton Park golf course. The group, the Friends of St. Vincent Cemetery, gave me its approximate location - on a small rise overlooking downtown Baltimore near the Belair Road side of the Northeast Baltimore park. When I initially explored the place two years ago, I found nothing but weeds and was about to give up and leave, when I spotted a few scattered granite headstones under a tangle of sumac.

Laurel Park Jazzy Idea captures Jameela in record time Owner-trainer Edwin Merryman 's Jazzy Idea swept past the leaders in the deep stretch Wednesday and set a course record in the $100,000 Jameela Stakes, the opening-day feature of the Laurel Park fall meeting. Ridden by Luis Garcia and sent to post at even money against eight other Maryland-bred fillies and mares, Jazzy Idea completed the distance over the firm turf in 1 minute, 7.45 seconds to better the mark set by Chasin Tiger in 2007.

A local donor advocacy group is hoping a handsome soccer star will convince Latinos to donate their organs. Donate Life Maryland is bringing DC United soccer player Andy Najar to Baltimore this weekend to speak about the need for Latinos to donate organs, tissue and corneas. More than 20,000 Latinos living in the U.S. are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, according to Donate Life Maryland.  About 18 Americans of all ethnicities die each day due to lack of organ donors.

Clifton Mansion still towers over Baltimore, but decades of neglect are eroding its underpinnings. Wood is rotting on the signature porches of the 19th-century building. Water stains the walls of its elegant salon. Job-training students wear gloves and hats in winter to ward off cold from a wall of aging windows. Plaster is crumbling, floors need refinishing and research must be done to preserve murals, stencils and paintings. The Italianate stucco home, Johns Hopkins' summer estate in what is now Clifton Park in Northeast Baltimore, is about to undergo a $7 million renovation to restore those gracefully arched porches and floor-to-ceiling windows.

Webster C. Dove, a retired attorney and former member of the Baltimore County Council, died of Parkinson's disease Nov. 28 at the Edenwald nursing center in Towson. He was 89 and had lived in Pikesville. Born in Baltimore and raised near Clifton Park, he was a 1941 City College graduate. He enlisted in the Navy and trained to become a pilot. After surviving two plane crashes, he joined the Army and served five years. He left military service as a captain. He earned degrees in accounting and law from the University of Baltimore.

Construction of a new clubhouse at Clifton Park golf course has hit an unusual delay.Despite plans to erect the building at no cost to the city of Baltimore and its taxpayers, Mary Pat Clarke, president of the City Council, has indicated she is not in favor of approving the project.Under terms of a lease to operate Baltimore's five municipal golf courses, the Baltimore Municipal Golf Corp. must ask approval from the Department of Public Works and the Department of Recreation and Parks for any major construction on city property.

It's going on seven years since Joe Vaeth closed the books, disposed of inventory in the pro shop with "going out of business" sales and walked off into retirement. But, in reality, he never left. Practically every day continues to start for him at Clifton Park Golf Course.He hasn't been able to pull himself away. Not that he's there to look over the shoulder of the present professional, Mark Paolini, but the surroundings afford comfort and it's the place where he knows he's going to see friends.

Four National Division teams at the Cal Ripken World Series went into the last day of pool play with matching 2-1 records, knowing that a victory would earn them a spot in the tournament's elimination rounds, and a loss would mean a ticket home, and when the dust settled it was the Mid-Atlantic squad from Clifton Park, N.Y., and the Ohio Valley squad of Lexington, Ky., that remained standing, as each came out on top of its must-win match-up on Wednesday...

A man was fatally shot in the Darley Park neighborhood near Clifton Park, city police said Tuesday. Police found the man about 11:17 p.m. in the 1600 block of Darley Ave., in the police department's Eastern District, and he was taken to an area hospital, where he died. Investigators did not release additional details of the shooting or the victim's name. As of Tuesday morning, 128 people have been slain in Baltimore compared with 124 on this date last year.