Edgemere

An Edgemere woman was attacked by at least one of her two pit bulls and seriously injured Friday afternoon, Baltimore County police said. The dogs, one white and the other brown, were loose for several hours after the attack, which occurred shortly before 2:45 p.m. in the 7600 block of North Point Road, police said. The white dog was located in the 8200 block of North Point Road about five hours after the attack and, because it was behaving aggressively, police said officers shot and killed it. A short time later, the brown dog was found and taken into custody by Baltimore County Animal Care and Control, which is holding it pending further investigation.

Jesse Tyson Sr., a retired mason who was known for his grilling skills, died April 27 of kidney failure at his Edgemere home. He was 70. The son of a mason and a homemaker, he was born in Clarksville, Va., and was raised in Edgemere. He was a graduate of Baltimore County public schools. Before retiring in 2006, Mr. Tyson worked locally for more than 30 years as a mason, and was "exceptionally proud" of his designs and craftsmanship in building fireplaces, family members said.

Police identified the victim of a fatal hit-and-run accident as a 77-year-old Edgemere man. David Alexander Mack, of the unit block of Turtle Court, was standing in the northbound lane of North Point Road near Delmar Avenue Thursday night when he was struck by one vehicle and run over by another, police said Friday. Both vehicles left the scene. Mack's body was found around 9:45 p.m. He was declared dead at the scene. An investigation continues. Anyone with information is asked to call Baltimore County Police at 410-307-2020.

David A. Mack, a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. floating drydock operator, died March 14 after being struck by two hit-and-run drivers in eastern Baltimore County. The longtime Edgemere resident was 77. Mr. Mack was walking home after spending the evening at Wells-McComas Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2678 when he was hit by two drivers about 9:45 p.m. on North Point Road near Delmar Avenue. "He was struck by one driver and then another who both fled the scene," said Louise Rogers-Feher, a Baltimore County police spokeswoman, who said that Mr. Mack was pronounced dead at the scene.

Metals manufacturing company Worthington Industries Inc. plans to lay off 59 employees at its Edgemere facility beginning July 13, company officials confirmed Tuesday. Worthington Industries owns the Dietrich Metal Framing facility, which makes framing materials for residential and commercial construction. The closure comes after Worthington Industries announced a joint venture with Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc. in February, combining Dietrich Metal Framing with ClarkWestern Building Systems.

Baltimore County police are investigating a series of arsons that resulted in nearly $50,000 in damage, destroying several cars, sheds and the roof of a business in Edgemere Sunday. Firefighters were first called at 3:57 a.m. to an apartment building in the 2600 block of Sparrows Point Road after a resident heard a popping noise outside his apartment and saw smoke and flames at the rear of the building, police said. The fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported, police said, but several other fires were reported nearby.

"Even the 80-, 90-hour work weeks don't really bother me," said John Crunkleton, proprietor of Edgemere Bowling Center, a 12-lane duckpin house. "I love this game and I love being around it."And Crunkleton has been around duckpins since he bowled at the Guilford lanes on Greenmount Avenue as a teen-ager.Born in Baltimore City and a resident of Edgemere for 11 years, he has devoted his life to duckpins as a bowler and as a proprietor."Toni [his wife] and I wouldn't be happy away from ducks," he said.

A man and a woman died in a house fire in Edgemere yesterday afternoon, Baltimore County fire officials said. Police did not release the names of the two victims who were found on the first floor of the waterfront home in the 7400 block of Bay Front Road. When firefighters arrived about 2 p.m., the house was engulfed in flames, said Fire Department spokeswoman Elise Armacost. Smoke was visible from more than a half-mile away, she said. The woman was dead when firefighters entered the house, but paramedics detected that the man had a weak pulse.

Helen Duval is a tenpin bowler who is in the Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame. And, John Crunkleton's Edgemere Bowling Center is a duckpin house.So on Tuesday, Nov. 15, what was Duval doing at the Edgemere center? She was conducting a bowling clinic.Patients from Fort Howard Veterans Medical Center crowded the 12-lane center and, strange as it sounds, a champion tenpin bowler gave instructions on duckpin bowling.Duval is with the WIBC Speakers Bureau and, along with Earl Anthony, is honorary BVL chairman.

In a highly mobile society where everyone seems to be from somewhere else, Sandy and Craig Doyle are throwbacks to a time when folks stayed put.They grew up a mile apart in the Edgemere section of eastern Baltimore County; their families were friends: "We were diapered on the same table," Sandy Doyle recalls.They went to middle school together, graduated from Sparrows Point High School together and, after marrying 14 years ago, settled down together to start a family in, of course, Edgemere.

Police identified the victim of a fatal hit-and-run accident as a 77-year-old Edgemere man. David Alexander Mack, of the unit block of Turtle Court, was standing in the northbound lane of North Point Road near Delmar Avenue Thursday night when he was struck by one vehicle and run over by another, police said Friday. Both vehicles left the scene. Mack's body was found around 9:45 p.m. He was declared dead at the scene. An investigation continues. Anyone with information is asked to call Baltimore County Police at 410-307-2020.

An Edgemere woman was attacked by at least one of her two pit bulls and seriously injured Friday afternoon, Baltimore County police said. The dogs, one white and the other brown, were loose for several hours after the attack, which occurred shortly before 2:45 p.m. in the 7600 block of North Point Road, police said. The white dog was located in the 8200 block of North Point Road about five hours after the attack and, because it was behaving aggressively, police said officers shot and killed it. A short time later, the brown dog was found and taken into custody by Baltimore County Animal Care and Control, which is holding it pending further investigation.

WEATHER The National Weather Service is calling for Monday to be sunny in the Baltimore area, with a high near 78 and north winds 11 to 17 miles per hour. Monday night is expected to be clear, with a low around 60 and north winds 8 to 10 miles per hour. Tuesday is expected to be sunny, with a high near 79 and north winds around 8 miles per hour. TRAFFIC Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues as you plan your commute. FROM THE WEEKEND... Burns backs off bid to silence Ravens player : After drawing national attention for his attempt to muzzle a football player who supported gay rights, a Maryland delegate walked back his position Sunday and said Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo should be allowed to speak out in favor of same-sex marriage.

When police accused an Edgemere man of having sex with a 13-year-old boy, most of the charges were straightforward: soliciting a minor and a related sexual offense, which together could carry up to 30 years in prison. But Baltimore County prosecutors also accused Steven Douglas Podles of knowingly attempting to transmit the HIV virus to the boy - a seldom-used, and often controversial, charge that carries an additional three years behind bars. Even as prosecutors prepare their case against Podles, the effectiveness of such laws is being debated by legislators and public health officials from Maryland to California.

The Baltimore area has been playing host this week to an unusual visitor from up north - a harp seal.  Oran Warner said it was spotted around noon Tuesday sunning itself on the end of his dock in Edgemere. When he first spotted it, Warner said, "we thought it was a some kind of log or something.  We walked down closer and (said), 'Wait a minute - is that a seal?'  We got closer, and sure enough it was a seal. " Warner, 26, texted his cousin, Kristine Weber, who came over and took photographs of the seal, seen above.

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, its a pig - that's what I thought after reading about state Sen. Ulysses Currie's not guilty verdict and then reviewing the actions that led to his indictment ("Currie not guilty," Nov. 9). John G. Bailey, Edgemere

IT'S BEEN nearly five months since Tropical Storm Isabel howled out of the sky and the black waters of the Chesapeake Bay came pouring through the four-bedroom rancher in Edgemere that John and Marcia Kennedy called their "dream home." They fled in an aluminum boat that morning, just after dawn, when the water in the streets was as high as your neck and the air was thick with sparks from electrical fires. When they returned the next day, it was to something out of a Red Cross documentary.

Donna Rosenthal has been bowling duckpins for a while and && carries a 121 average in a league at Fair Lanes Eastpoint.But her friend, Debbie Kropfelder said Rosenthal never considered herself good enough to compete in a women's scratch tournament. Until Kropfelder talked her into it."She didn't think she could compete," said Kropfelder. "I encouraged her to try the tournament."Good thing, too. Not only did Rosenthal compete in the Good Neighbor Woman's Open Tournament at Edgemere Lanes, she won the thing, beating some pro duckpin bowlers in the process.

Baltimore County police are investigating a series of arsons that resulted in nearly $50,000 in damage, destroying several cars, sheds and the roof of a business in Edgemere Sunday. Firefighters were first called at 3:57 a.m. to an apartment building in the 2600 block of Sparrows Point Road after a resident heard a popping noise outside his apartment and saw smoke and flames at the rear of the building, police said. The fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported, police said, but several other fires were reported nearby.

An article in the June 3, 1911 edition of The Argus reported a raging bull on the loose. A bull, belonging to Mr. Frederick Diehlman , of Smithwood avenue, near Edmondson avenue, while being driven down Edmondson avenue last Saturday morning, suddenly became enraged and for several hours chased a posse of men who attempted to catch it, and had the residents in the neighborhood of Beaumont avenue in a state of excitement....