Cockeysville

The bargain basement outlet once known as C-Mart has gone through a number of incarnations over the years, briefly shutting down and changing its name. And now the retailer, which once attracted a loyal following of frugal shoppers looking to fulfill their high-end tastes at a deep discount, is going through one of its biggest changes yet. It's getting a new address in Baltimore County after 35 years in Harford County. The old C-Mart, now named Isennocks Big TARP Auction Center and Company Store, is leaving its nearly life-long digs in Forest Hill for Cockeysville.

Eileen M. O'Hagan, a homemaker and advocate for children with cleft lips and cleft palates, died of cancer May 18 at her Cockeysville home. She was 73. Born Eileen Gayo in Baltimore and raised on Eierman Avenue, she attended the Shrine of the Little Flower School and was a 1956 Catholic High School graduate. She was active in the schools' alumnae groups. She worked briefly for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. before her marriage to John P. O'Hagan, a civil engineer she met in 1957 at a square dance at the downtown YWCA.

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning in Cockeysville, according to Baltimore County police. The incident was reported at 6:01 a.m. in the first block of Southfork Court, off Scott Adam Road, police said. The victim was taken to Sinai Hospital's trauma center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. liz.kay@baltsun.com Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

Simon Paul "Sy" Jarosinski Jr., a retired aeronautical engineer and former member of the Baltimore County Liquor Board, died April 30 of ischemic cardiomyopathy at his Timonium home. He was 90. The son of a Baltimore City councilman and a homemaker, Mr. Jarosinski was born in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park. After graduating from Polytechnic Institute, Mr. Jarosinski went to work in 1940 for the old Glenn L. Martin Co. in Middle River, eventually becoming an aeronautical engineer.

The Maryland Agricultural Resource Council, a nonprofit organization that supports the state's farming industry, will hold an open house Saturday at the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture in Cockeysville. Visitors can tour the facility and the 140-acre grounds from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., see demonstrations in the latest farming technology, meet the staff and purchase fresh local products. The center is at 1114 Shawan Road. Information: marylandagriculture.org/wp/ or 410-887-8570.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible Cockeysville Malcolm Circle, 10300 block, between 8:30 and 9:45 p.m. Oct. 1. Four men approached another man who was making a food delivery. One of the robbers threatened the deliveryman with a handgun and demanded money while two others removed cash from victim's pockets.

Baltimore County police on Tuesday identified a man found dead last week outside his Cockeysville home. Officers were called about 4:10 a.m. March 10 to the 10800 block of Williamson Lane, where they found Vicente Perez-Soto, 48, suffering from head trauma. His death was classified as a homicide after an autopsy, police said. Detectives have not identified any suspects or determined a motive in the investigation. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCKUP.

Baltimore County police arrested two men Tuesday in connection with the beating death of 39-year-old Jose Luis Ramirez in Cockeysville on Monday. Police arrested Manuel DeJesus Vasquez Gutierrez, 32, and Jamie Oveniel Perez Calderon, 23, Tuesday and charged them with first-degree murder. Both men live in the unit block of Saint Elmo Court in Cockeysville. According to police, two men had an argument with Ramirez, attacked him, and left the scene. Ramirez's body was discovered along the road at about 11:30 p.m. Monday night.

Baltimore County police identified Tuesday a man found dead last week outside his Cockeysville home and said the case was being investigated as a homicide. Officers were called about 4:10 a.m. March 10 to the 10800 block of Williamson Lane, where they found Vicente Perez-Soto, 48, suffering from head trauma. His death was classified as a homicide after an autopsy, police said. Detectives have not identified any suspects or determined a motive. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7-LOCKUP.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville Valley Frost Court, unit block, between 12:40 and 10 p.m. Oct. 14. Television, Xbox, black machete, music video games and money stolen. Entry through unlocked bedroom window Beaver Dam Road, 10200 block, between 5 p.m. Oct. 12 and 6 a.m. Oct. 13. Recycled batteries stolen from Baltimore County Resource Recovery facility.

The Wells Fargo bank in the unit block of West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, was robbed at 3:30 p.m., April 20. According to police reports. Police said a man passed note to teller demanding money and stating that he had a gun. The man was given money, then fled out back door of the bank. In addition to this incident, the following are compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible.

Baltimore County Police on Friday charged two Anne Arundel County men as part of an group that they say attacked two people in Towson on April 13. Police charged Glen Kyle Staley, 27, of Pasedena, and Jamar Rashad Patterson, 22, of Arnold, with second-degree assault following an incident in the 100 block of York Road. They are seeking four other men in conjunction with the incident. At 2:35 a.m., officers were dispatched to an assault in progress. When officers arrived, witnesses told them six males had assaulted two other males, and that the suspects were last seen running toward Linden Terrace.

Two out-of-town men have been charged in the armed robbery of a Cockeysville jewelry store on Thursday, officials said. Luis Noel Rodriguez, 28, of New York, N.Y., and Vincent Henry Courts Jr., 28, of Harrisburg, Pa., are being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $300,000 bail. The men were charged with armed robbery of the Alpha Gold Exchange in the 10800 block of York Road, according to police. They also face charges of first degree assault and use of a handgun in a felony crime.

Timothy S. Reuwer, an artist who was the co-owner of the Happy Hollow plant nursery, died of cancer Friday at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Cockeysville resident was 59. Born in Baltimore and raised in Hunt Valley, he attended the Boys' Latin School and Baltimore County public schools. Nearly 30 years ago, he and Sue Bloodgood, who would become his wife, founded Happy Hollow Nursery in Cockeysville. They cultivated and sold numerous varieties of day lilies and hostas, among other perennials.

Angelo C. Chiazza, the retired owner of a Baltimore County pizza restaurant, died of congestive heart failure March 17 at his daughter's home in Bel Air. He was 88. Born in Wheeling, W.Va., he moved to Baltimore in 1954 and lived on Todd Avenue in Gardenville. Mr. Chiazza , a certified public accountant, became a Mars supermarket manager and was assigned to its Dundalk store. In 1965, he decided to open his own business and founded Angelo's Pizza on York Road in Towson near the old Hutzler's department store.

Pasquale Mario "Pat" Ercolano, a retired produce manager, died Tuesday of pneumonia at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 88. Born in Rome and raised in Sorrento, Italy, Mr. Ercolano was educated in public schools. As a teenager, he served as a steward on Italian merchant ships in the Mediterranean. With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the Italian navy and served as a radio operator aboard submarines. Wounded, he was taken prisoner by the British in 1943 after a sea battle between the Bronzo, an Italian submarine, and British minesweepers off the coast of Sicily, and spent the remainder of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp in Suez.

Philadelphia police as well as dozens of friends and relatives were searching Sunday for Roswell Friend, a 22-year-old recent graduate of Temple University who went missing last week after going for a run. A native of Cockeysville who attended Dulaney High School, Friend was last seen around 7 p.m. Thursday. Police searched his home near the university and found his wallet and car keys. Only his house keys were missing. Unabyrd Wadhams, a family friend, said Friend was an athlete at Dulaney and also at Temple, where he ran cross country.

Baltimore County Public School's Citizens Advisory Group on Gifted and Talented education will host a panel discussion, "Life as a BCPS GT School Student," on Wednesday, March 7, at Cockeysville Middle School, 10401 Greenside Drive, from 7 to 9 p.m. Fourth- and fifth-grade elementary students will talk about their experiences as GT students, followed by a mixed middle and high school panel. Students on the panels come from Pot Spring and Padonia elementary schools; Hereford, Cockeysville and Franklin middle schools; and Carver, Dulaney, Hereford and Towson high schools.

I got two great belly laughs from Doonesbury this week. Gary Trudeau is amazingly talented - on the mark, clever, perceptive and fearless. I hope you will never stop featuring his commentary/comic strip in The Sun. It's one of the reasons I continue to subscribe. At 79, I have been subscribing to The Sun for 56 years, and I don't want to be tempted to cancel my subscription. Judith Hundertmark, Cockeysville