Edgewater

A two-car collision in Edgewater killed one elderly woman Tuesday and seriously injured another at Routes 2 and 214, county police said.Paramedics pronounced Marian Deputy Dick, 80, of the 3000 block of Riverview Road in Riva, dead at the scene. She was a passenger in a 1986 Honda Accord driven by Rhea Gertrude Brown, 78, of the 100 block of Remital Road in Riva, county police said.Brown was in critical but stable condition yesterday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.The accident occurred at 4: 07 p.m. when the Honda, traveling east on Route 214, attempted to make a left turn onto Route 2, county police said.

County police arrested a 19-year-old Edgewater man at his home early yesterday after a 26-year-old Bowie man was stabbed with a kitchen knife during a fight at the younger man's house, police said.Leslie Paul Lechman of the 300 block of Oakwood Road was charged with first-degree assault, police said. The victim, Michael Fred Kovar of the 11000 block of Raging Brook Drive in Bowie, was in stable condition yesterday at University of Maryland Medical Center.Police said two men were in an upstairs bedroom at Lechman's house just before midnight Sunday when they began arguing and Kovar was stabbed once in the upper torso.

Woman gives prize to Edgewater schoolKatherine Gonsalves recently presented certificates for 50,000 Campbell Soup labels to Central Special School in Edgewater.A resident of Severna Park, Gonsalves won the certificates in a prize drawing conducted by Safeway Food and Drug.Gonsalves chose to award the labels to Central Special School because her granddaughter attends the school.The labels can be used by schools to earn supplies and equipment from Campbell's. The school intends to redeem the labels for videotaping equipment to assist students in recording their progress.

A 35-year-old Severn woman suffered severe head injuries yesterday when the car she was driving crashed head-on into another at Aviation Boulevard and Dorsey Road about 7: 30 a.m., county police said.Gloria Deberry Mack of the 1700 block of LaSalle Place was listed in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she was flown after the accident.Ellen Machiko Maxton, 49, of Rohnert Park, Calif., the driver of the other vehicle, was treated for leg injuries at North Arundel Hospital and released.

It was 1898.That year, photographs using artificial light sources were taken for the first time, the United States fought Spain over Cuba in the Spanish-American War, and Sadie Howard was born Aug. 1 in Washington, D.C.That child -- now Sadie Lipscomb and a resident of Edgewater -- turned 100 several days ago.A widow who has outlived three of her five children, she has lived in Anne Arundel County for about one-fourth of her long life.She has 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Federal investigators are looking into the possibility that the pilot who crashed his experimental airplane Saturday into Edgewater's Beards Creek was impaired by side effects of taking Viagra.While they have not ruled out pilot or mechanical error in the crash that killed William Gardner Knight, 56, an actor from Delray Beach, Fla., investigators have asked the state medical examiner to run blood tests today to look for Viagra.Kathryn Creedy, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, confirmed that this is the first time the anti-impotence drug has been associated with an actual crash, although the FAA recommended recently that commercial flight crew members not fly within six hours of taking the drug.

Thursday in the Annapolis Circuit Courthouse, when Stephen Bourexis met his client, a 14-year-old Millersville boy accused of offering a friend $100 to kill their classmate, and asked how he was, the boy said: "I'm going to be OK. Go sit with my parents."His mother spoke softly yesterday as she recounted the exchange as it was told to her."He's a sweet, caring, loving kid -- very sensitive," she said, speaking publicly for the first time since her only child was arrested last month and charged with solicitation of murder.

County officials and small-area planning committee members presented a preliminary 20-year vision statement for Mayo and Edgewater at a public forum last night, but their work was greeted with equal parts skepticism and disgust by area residents.Harwood resident Bill Foley summed up audience opinion for the night:"This looks good on paper," he said. "But it's not realistic."The vision statement, drafted by a county-appointed committee of 15 members, is meant to help guide the county as it determines the use of private property and public spending over the next two decades.

A 27-year-old Edgewater man was killed Friday night when a Nissan pickup truck in which he was a passenger struck a utility pole in the Crownsville area, Anne Arundel County police reported yesterday.The driver and another passenger remained in serious condition yesterday at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said.The crash occurred about 9: 25 p.m. Friday on Old Generals Highway at Route 178.David Brian Bock of the 3400 block of Pike Ridge Road was trapped in the vehicle and was declared dead at the scene.

County police arrested an Edgewater man Wednesday and && charged him with slashing another Edgewater man's face with a knife during a fight outside a Mayo convenience store.Amos Dick Jones, 46, of the 300 block of Spruce Ave. was charged with first-degree assault and resisting arrest.Bobby Allen Gambino, 41, of the 800 block of Mayo Road was treated at Anne Arundel Medical Center for a severe cut across his nose and mouth and released.Police said Gambino and another man were fighting outside Lou's Corner Stop in the 1200 block of Central Ave. shortly after 9: 30 p.m. when the man pulled a knife from his pocket and swung it at Gambino's face.

Police are seeking two men in the robbery of the Annapolis National Bank in Edgewater on Oct. 2. Police say the two entered the bank at 120 Central Ave. East at 11:20 a.m. The suspects are described as in their late 30s, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and 200 pounds. One was wearing a blue sweat shirt, black sunglasses and a black knit cap. The other was wearing faded blue jeans, a gray sweat shirt, black sunglasses, a black ski cap and armed with the handgun.

Initial results of autopsies on a former Anne Arundel County woman and the fetus removed from her womb leave unanswered how the woman was killed and whether the baby lived after he was taken from her body, Oregon officials said yesterday. The body of Heather M. Snively, 21, who had recently moved west from Edgewater, was discovered Friday after authorities were called to the suburban Portland home of Korena Roberts, 27. Authorities said Roberts claimed that she had just given birth to a baby who was not breathing.

Mayor Dixon warns city may consider layoffs Mayor Sheila Dixon said yesterday that she would consider layoffs as one way to shore up the city's budget, which she said "does not look good." She said that agency heads are reviewing all capital projects to see if any can be postponed so belt-tightening won't "impact people's livelihood." The city expects a dip in revenue from its recordation and transfer taxes because of the slumping housing market and fewer dividends from investments. Annie Linskey Woman allowed to visit ex-girlfriend's son A Maryland woman has won the right to visit the 7-year-old son of her ex-girlfriend, who plans to appeal the decision.

Two charged in Edgewater robbery An Edgewater man and a teenage girl were arrested in connection with the beating and robbery of a man outside an Edgewater supermarket, Anne Arundel County police said. The victim was attacked by three people who repeatedly struck him with sticks, a flowerpot and a grocery cart about 3 a.m. July 3 outside the Giant at 3131 Solomon's Island Road. His wallet and cell phone were also stolen. He was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was initially listed in serious condition but has since been released.

Alan Royer Gnau, who built water-treatment facilities, died of a heart attack Thursday at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Mayo resident was 62. Born in Catonsville and raised on Durley Lane, he was a 1963 City College graduate. As a young man, he was a heavy-equipment operator at Cherry Hill Construction Co. He owned Gnau Construction Co. of Edgewater for many years. He built the Crofton and Broadwater sewage-treatment plants. He owned a 53-foot boat, the Gnautilus, which he sailed to Ocean City in summers for deep-sea fishing.

ISSUE: The board of an Edgewater charter school voted unanimously Thursday to close, after what started as a failed search for more space ended with the principal's resignation. Officials with KIPP Harbor Academy had said that it cannot easily replace Principal Jallon Brown, one of its specially trained leaders, so the school must be shuttered. Brown said she stepped down because 10 of her 12 teachers found new jobs between the initial June 20 announcement to close and the reversal of that decision a week later.

The board of directors for an embattled Edgewater charter school has voted unanimously to close it, ending three weeks of uncertainty over the school's survival. The board of KIPP Harbor Academy voted 6-0 late Thursday night to close the school. The vote came after the school's principal, Jallon Brown, resigned, saying she could not find enough teachers to staff the school. Since the school opened in August 2005, Harbor Academy has struggled to find more space for a growing enrollment.

ISSUE: The board of an Edgewater charter school voted unanimously Thursday to close, after what started as a failed search for more space ended with the principal's resignation. Officials with KIPP Harbor Academy had said last week that it cannot easily replace Principal Jallon Brown, one of its specially trained leaders, so the school must be shuttered. Brown said she stepped down because 10 of her 12 teachers found new jobs between the initial June 20 announcement to close and the reversal of that decision a week later.

On May 7, 2007, KENNETH S. BERRY, age 63 passed peacefully. Ken was retired from teaching Mathematics at Edgewater and Catonsville High Schools and Robert College in Ankara, Turkey. Ken loved his adopted city of Baltimore, traveling, gardening and enjoying life with his many friends. He will be missed by all who knew him. Notice of a memorial service will be forthcoming.

Suddenly, on Saturday, April 7th, 2007 OLEN L. KETTERMAN. Born in Ellicott City, MD on September 30, 1941, he was a lifelong resident of Howard County. He graduated from Howard County Senior High School in 1959. Olen started his own business, O.K. Seeding & Sodding in 1962 and became successful with his father and son working with him and ventured into all aspects of outdoor work. They then changed the name to K & K Excavating, Inc. Father and son were very close and Olen, Jr. will continue running the business as usual.