NEWS
By Gus G. Sentementes | April 22, 2008
Two Crofton women died in a single-car accident early Sunday in Gambrills after the car they were in spun out of control and hit several trees, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday. The crash was reported about 1:15 a.m. on Davidsonville Road, north of Bottner Road, police said. Rebecca Lynn Moore, 23, was driving her 2007 Hyundai Accent, with Keira Gwenise Mosaid, 19, in the passenger seat. They were traveling south on Davidsonville Road when the car drifted to the right and struck a curb, police said.
NEWS
June 22, 2007
Crofton roadwork will begin in July The State Highway Administration will begin early next month a $1.1 million project to resurface and make safety improvements along Route 424 between Route 450 and Route 3 in Crofton. The state will also install an ADA-compliant sidewalk along Davidsonville Road for the length of the project and replace concrete curbs and gutters. Approximately 20,000 vehicles per day travel along Davidsonville Road between Defense Highway and Crain Highway. Motorists should expect lane closures along Davidsonville Road between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | November 12, 2002
An elderly woman and her daughter were in critical condition last night after a dump truck lost control on a rain-slick road in Davidsonville and struck their Chevrolet Caprice head-on, Anne Arundel County police said. The two were among four people sent to area hospitals after the 7:30 a.m. accident, which shut down Davidsonville Road for more than two hours. The Caprice driver, Linda Lea Suit, 62, of Harwood, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she was being treated for fractures, police said.
NEWS
September 15, 2002
Koch Homes has sold 27 single-family homes in its eventual, 67-home development of Crofton Colony in Anne Arundel County. The community is designed for those ages 55 and older who want an active lifestyle. Crofton Colony offers ranch styling. The dimensions are particularly deep for this type of house, the builder says -- 40 feet wide by 60 feet deep. Options include a finished basement, kitchen upgrades, floor upgrades and decks. Prices for the houses range from $347,900 to $372,900.
NEWS
By TaNoah Morgan | December 3, 1998
Crofton would gain a main street, more schools and an overpass over Route 3 if recommendations made by a Small Area Planning Committee pass public inspection and are drafted into the county's general development plan.Residents have the opportunity to look over the draft plan recommendations -- a blueprint for the future of the area -- and to write comments between 4: 30 p.m. and 8 p.m. today at a public forum at Crofton Middle School. The comments will guide revisions to the plan before it is sent to the County Planning Advisory Board for review and eventually to the County Council.
NEWS
By Laura Sullivan | January 8, 1998
County police have arrested four Pasadena youths in the past two days on charges of leaving bomb threats at their schools.Two George Fox Middle School students were arrested yesterday after they confessed to leaving a note about a bomb in a boys' bathroom, police said. The note was found shortly before 9 a.m.The Queens Park girls, ages 13 and 14, were charged in juvenile citations with falsely reporting a bomb.Their arrests came one day after a 16-year-old boy from Green Haven and a 17-year-old boy from Pine Grove were charged with the same offense after a similar note was found in a boys' bathroom at Northeast High School on Duvall Highway.
NEWS
By FROM STAFF REPORTS | January 6, 1998
Twenty-two people were arrested in two drug raids in the county over the weekend, police said.Thirteen people, all in their early 20s, were arrested when the county narcotics unit and special operations section searched 724 Hyde Park Drive in Glen Burnie at 9: 30 p.m. Friday, police said.The 13 were in the residence at the time, and detectives seized 12 grams of cocaine, a small amount of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and $3,266, they said. All were arrested on charges including possession of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute, police said.
NEWS
June 3, 1997
County police arrested a Gaithersburg man Friday on charges of breaking into a house in Gambrills and a nearby fire station.Mutema Shadrack Nyankale, 19, of the first block of Gaslight Court was charged with two counts of burglary.Loyal E.Thompson, 66, told police that a man walked into his house in the 2300 block of Davidsonville Road about 6 a.m. When Thompson confronted him in the living room, the man demanded the keys to a car parked in the driveway. Thompson told the man to leave, and he ran away, police said.
NEWS
June 21, 1996
The county will begin carving baseball diamonds and fields for football, soccer and lacrosse out of an 80.51 acre tract on Davidsonville Road at 9: 30 a.m. today, when officials break ground for the Crofton Athletic Complex.When the nearly $3.4 million project is complete in spring 1998, it will ease scheduling problems for the Crofton Athletic Council, said Jay A. Cuccia, spokesman for the Department of Recreation and Parks.The council, which sponsors sports teams for about 3,500 youngsters, will be the main user of the three baseball diamonds and four multipurpose fields.
NEWS
June 27, 1995
An architect last night told the Crofton Civic Association board that the athletic field they are considering as a site for a new Town Hall won't work because the state is unlikely to approve a new entrance on Davidsonville Road.Jon Grant, a Crofton resident advising the Civic Association's ADA committee, said it would be difficult to persuade the State Highway Administration to permit an entrance off Davidsonville Road for the proposed Town Hall at Albert O. Hardy Field because it already has heavy traffic.