NEWS
January 27, 2007
A man who served as an associate pastor at an Essex church has been convicted in Anne Arundel Circuit Court of molesting a boy at his Odenton home. Enoch J. Hill, 29, was an associate minister at the House of God in Essex. An Anne Arundel County jury convicted him Thursday of three counts, in which a boy maintained that Hill molested him in 2004 and 2005, according to a spokeswoman for county prosecutors. Sentencing is scheduled April 6.
BUSINESS
By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman | November 18, 2007
A million-dollar beach house in Essex? Well, to be specific, this is Rockaway Beach, but the ZIP code lands it in an area that is commonly called Essex -- at least according to the post office. Still, it doesn't matter where this house is located, because with magnificent views of three waterways, including the Chesapeake Bay, from just about every room in the house, it's obviously the perfect spot. "Everything was built for this house with the view in mind," says Bob Rush, who along with his wife, Maryann, planned the home's construction from scratch.
NEWS
November 18, 2007
On November 15, 2007, DAVID KEITZ; beloved husband of Gail Keitz; loving father of Jennifer Keitz. A funeral service will be held at Essex United Methodist Church, 524 Maryland Avenue, on Monday at 11 a.m. Visiting will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue, on Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Additional visiting hours will be held at the church on Monday from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment at Gardens of Faith Cemetery....
BUSINESS
By Allison Connolly | January 11, 2007
Shareholders of Essex Corp. approved yesterday the sale of the company to Northrop Grumman Corp. for $580 million - an unimaginable event eight years ago when the company verged on bankruptcy and the share price was quoted in cents rather than dollars. Wearing a blue dress shirt and a parrot dangling from a green Mardi Gras-style beaded necklace, Leonard E. Moodispaw, the company's unconventional chairman, chief executive officer and president, read aloud the formalities of the proxy vote to the 30 shareholders who attended the special meeting at the company's headquarters in Columbia.
NEWS
February 6, 2007
On February 4, 2007 CATHERINE V. (nee Pugh) HOCH; beloved wife of the late Robert J. Hoch, Sr., devoted mother of Robert J. Hoch, Jr., Charmaine L. Bandell, David Hoch and Jannette E. Kyger; loving sister of Clifton Pugh, Virginia Kannenburg and Carol Wehner; also survived by nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Connelly Funeral Hone of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue on Tuesday, 3 to 5 and7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held Wednedsay 11 A.M. in the Essex United Methodist Church, 524 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21221.
NEWS
By From staff reports | June 18, 1999
In Baltimore CountyEssex woman charged in hit-and-run death on Eastern BoulevardESSEX -- A 35-year-old Essex woman has been charged in a hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian during the weekend.Sunta Dorothy Dickerson of the first block of Yew Road was arrested yesterday and charged with failure to stop and failure to remain at an accident scene with death, failure to render aid and failure to report death in an accident, county police said.The charges stem from the death of Larry Earl Jones, 21, who was found dead beside Eastern Boulevard near Wilson Point Road early Sunday by a motorist.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | April 16, 1999
Police seized cocaine valued at $10,000 last night at the Baltimore County apartment of a parolee who was arrested Wednesday in the city and charged with possession of narcotics.Sgt. William Sekinger of the Northeastern District drug enforcement unit said the man -- Ricky Holt, 40, of the 1100 block of Glemsford Road in Essex -- was arrested at Sinclair Lane and Washington Street after police observed drug activity and seized a shoe box containing 20 grams of cocaine.Sekinger said Holt's apartment was searched last night and officers seized 83 grams of crack cocaine.
NEWS
June 6, 1999
In Baltimore CitySchaefer fund-raiser postponed because of Snoops' deathA fund-raiser scheduled for Tuesday by Maryland Comptroller William Donald Schaefer has been postponed indefinitely because of the death of his longtime companion, Hilda Mae Snoops.The $250-a-head breakfast was to be at the Best Western Hotel at the Baltimore Travel Plaza, 5625 O'Donnell St.Services for Mrs. Snoops will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ruck Towson Funeral Home, 1050 York Road.Man shot by police officer found at county hospitalA man who was shot in Baltimore Thursday by a police officer trying to stop a car with stolen license plates was found at a Baltimore County hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to his pelvis, city police said Friday.
NEWS
By FROM STAFF REPORTS | August 3, 1999
In Baltimore CityState releases $1.8 million for Hippodrome designGov. Parris N. Glendening helped the effort to revive the west side of downtown when he released $1.8 million yesterday to complete the design of the Hippodrome performing arts center.The renovation of the vaudeville-era theater on Eutaw Street, which is expected to cost $53 million and be completed in 2002, is the centerpiece of an effort to revive a struggling 18-block area that once was the city's main shopping district.
NEWS
By From staff reports | April 22, 1999
In Baltimore CountyMan flees courtroom after he's sentenced to one year in jailCATONSVILLE -- A man who had just been sentenced to a year in jail for a probation violation ran from the District Court building yesterday, eluding bailiffs and police, and drove away in his car, police said.Kevin Eric Dempsey, 29, of the 2700 block of Elsinore Ave. in Northwest Baltimore bolted from the courtroom in the 900 block of Walker Ave. when Judge Robert J. Steinberg pronounced sentence yesterday morning, said Baltimore County police spokeswoman Cpl. Vickie Warehime.