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Regarding Arthur Hirsch 's thorough article ("Plans for old distillery stir controversy in Dundalk," May 3), I would submit some additional relevant information. First, the rezoning of the property as requested by developer John Vontran and the meetings that were conducted on his behalf by the Dundalk Renaissance Corp. raise concerns. One of those meetings was a private one held at the DRC. That meeting was announced in an e-mail to selected members of the community sent by Scott Holupka, a board member of the DRC and a member of the Baltimore County Planning Board.

Something's rotten on the Baltimore area waterfront. Fish are washing ashore by the thousands in a mass die-off that officials say appears to be caused by a weather-driven worsening of the pollution that chronically plagues the Chesapeake Bay. State investigators expanded their probe Wednesday into what they believe are algae-related fish kills in Marley, Furnace and Curtis creeks in Glen Burnie, raising the estimated death toll there tenfold, while...

I'm writing in response to Peter Hermann's article "Odd Crime Tales Rise Again In Dundalk" (May 30). Dundalk the home of the uneducated? This is what is wrong with our society. If you don't have an education, you're stupid. It takes just as much brain power to become an auto mechanic, a carpenter, electrician, a ship builder, etc., as it does to become a doctor or a lawyer. When did it begin that if you didn't become a college grad, you were stupid? Where are our trades?

A 51-year-old Harford County woman died in a one-car accident Sunday evening on Jarrettsville Pike in Monkton. It was the second fatal accident and the fourth death on the same rural roadway in two days. Sherry Ann Baquol of the 2100 block of Baldwin Mill Road in Fallston was pronounced dead at 8:34 p.m. at the scene in the 14000 block of Jarrettsville Pike, police said. She was driving a 1995 Saab north, when the car left the road, struck a stone wall, uprooted several fence posts and hit a utility pole, police said.

Two were just not enough. It was inevitable: After the Epic Dundalk Bar Crawl Parts I and II, there would have to be a third attempt to unlock the mysteries of Dundalk's bar scene. Thus, I am pleased to unveil the Epic Dundalk Bar Crawl Part III: The Return of the Midnight Sons. It was a homecoming and a new adventure, all rolled into one. A small group of friends and readers of my nightlife blog, Midnight Sun, set out to explore the colorful, welcoming bars in and around Dundalk.

The wide alley that cuts between the backs of apartment blocks facing Dundalk's Lange Street and neatly kept rowhouses facing Berkshire Road constitutes, as Baltimore County's chief code enforcement officer calls it, "a tale of two cities." One side, for the most part, is littered with broken fences, unkempt yards and trash cans without lids, and with holes made by rats that gnawed through the plastic. The other side, for the most part, has trimmed yards, newly paved parking pads and trash cans, anchored to fence posts, with lids that lock.

An unidentified teen drowned Saturday near a Dundalk park The name, age and home address of the youth were being withheld pending notification of next of kin, Baltimore County police said. Baltimore County Emergency Medical Services director Kyrle Preis said the young man was pulled from the water by members of a dive team from the Middle River Volunteer Ambulance Rescue Company. The county Fire Department received a call at 11:36 a.m. about a teenager missing in the water off Inverness Park, according to Preis.

Repair crews have completed four months of work to secure the 6-foot-wide water main that erupted in Dundalk last September. The break flooded several neighborhoods and undermined part of Broening Highway. Utility workers replaced two sections of the mammoth pipe at the site of the Sept. 18 break, said Kurt Kocher, spokesman for the Baltimore Department of Public Works. They also inspected three miles of the line, made more repairs at 13 locations and installed carbon fiber lining to strengthen portions of the main.

Baltimore County police are investigating a stabbing early Wednesday in Dundalk. An unidentified man was found with a knife wound at 12:50 a.m. near the intersection of Dunmanway and Liberty Parkway. The victim was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital with injuries that are not life threatening, police said. Investigators said they have no suspect at this point and have yet to determine whether the assault was random or connected to a robbery or an argument. Mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

The problem : A Dundalk street was resurfaced, but lane lines were not repainted. The backstory : Shirley Gorman drives within the lines. The Dundalk resident has lived on Kavanagh Road for nearly half a century, and she used the yellow stripes that once divided the two-way street to keep her vehicle in its lane. But when her street and others nearby in her community were resurfaced nearly a year ago, the lines were not repainted. "I just think it's so much better driving with those lines on the road," Gorman said.

Regarding Arthur Hirsch 's thorough article ("Plans for old distillery stir controversy in Dundalk," May 3), I would submit some additional relevant information. First, the rezoning of the property as requested by developer John Vontran and the meetings that were conducted on his behalf by the Dundalk Renaissance Corp. raise concerns. One of those meetings was a private one held at the DRC. That meeting was announced in an e-mail to selected members of the community sent by Scott Holupka, a board member of the DRC and a member of the Baltimore County Planning Board.

No one makes whiskey any longer on Sollers Point Road in Dundalk, where the old distillery stands empty, the weeds poke through the paving and graffiti marks the brick walls. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons closed its bottling plant there in the late 1980s, and it's been empty for years, considered an eyesore by many neighbors and the scene of several recent fires. The latest owner of these desolate 14.5 acres is planning a redevelopment, and one of his ideas involves moving county-owned offices there, freeing up a nearby property for "big box" stores at one of the biggest crossroads in Dundalk.

Baltimore County police are searching for the driver of a white sports-utility vehicle that did not stop after striking a 15-year-old Dundalk boy riding his bike on the shoulder of North Point Boulevard early Saturday morning. The boy, Jason Watson, suffered severe injuries after the vehicle swerved into the west shoulder of the roadway's southbound lanes and struck him at 12:17 a.m. Saturday, police said. Watson was rushed to Maryland Shock Trauma, where he remained in stable condition Tuesday night.

Dennis Thomas Baranowski, a dockside terminal worker who was a skilled billiards player, died of a suspected diabetic seizure April 16 at his Dundalk home. He was 40. Born in Baltimore and raised in Highlandtown, he was a 1989 Patterson High School graduate. He then joined the Marine Corps and spent time on ships in the Persian Gulf and in many other posts. In 1996, he received a certificate in graphics and animation from the ITT Technical Institute. He also handled cargo for the Rukert Terminals and was a Fells Point bartender.

No. 12 Mount de Sales' lacrosse team proved how dangerous it can be Wednesday. Carly Williams, who has committed to Old Dominion, scored a game-high five goals and the Sailors upset No. 5 Notre Dame Prep, 17-9. Mount de Sales improved to 6-3 overall and 2-3 in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference. The Blazers fell to 8-5, 5-1. The loss ended a three-game winning streak for Notre Dame Prep. No. 1 McDonogh 19, No. 13 Roland Park 4: The host Eagles (8-0)

A Dundalk woman who was sentenced last week to 60 years in prison in her husband's murder pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting an officer at the Baltimore County Detention Center last August, said Deputy State's Attorney John P. Cox. Jaclyn J. Martin, 31, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor second-degree assault in an altercation with a woman officer on Aug. 21 and was sentenced to the time she has served since the charge was filed on Aug. 31. ...

More than 100 fire personnel and 30 fire vehicles were on the scene of a three-alarm fire Sunday afternoon at DiDi's Pizza on Holabird Avenue in Dundalk, fire officials said. When firefighters arrived at the scene about 12:20 p.m., they encountered such a large fire that they called for a second and then a third alarm, officials said. No one was injured in the blaze, whose cause was under investigation, fire officials said. The fire was declared under control about an hour later, officials said.

Baltimore County Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Lovecraft lingerie shop in Dundalk Saturday night. Police said two men with guns entered the store that sells garments and DVDs in the 700 block of Merritt Boulevard around 10 p.m. The men did not take any merchandise, police said, but they made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. No arrests had been made. jkanderson@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Dulaney and Dundalk had been playing for nearly 2½ hours and the light was beginning to fade early Wednesday evening at the CCBC-Dundalk baseball field. There were two out in the top of the fourth inning and Dulaney's Lions were winning 19-4 with runners at first and third. The batter's box was a gooey mess and the pitcher's mound looked like a mudslide, due to the rain that fell before and during the game. Dundalk coach Brian Powell suggested the two sides call it a day and Dulaney coach Ryan Wolfsheimer agreed and everyone shook hands.

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for sunny skies, with high temperatures in the low 70s. The low temperatures tonight are expected to reach the lower 50s downtown and the upper 40s in the suburbs. TRAFFIC Check our traffic map for this morning's issues as you plan your commute. FROM LAST NIGHT... Anne Arundel Council votes 'no confidence' in Teare : Anne Arundel County Council members voted 4-3 Monday night to adopt a resolution expressing no confidence in Police Chief Col. James E. Teare Sr., the latest example of increasing pressure on the chief in the aftermath of the indictment of County Executive John R. Leopold.