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An elderly woman who was severely injured by her 14-year-old grandson in an attack with a hammer in March has died from her injuries, police said Thursday.  Shirley Garrett, 67, died over the weekend at Union Memorial Hospital, according to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. She was repeatedly struck in the head with a hammer on March 31 by her grandson Hassanhii Garrett, who told police that he had become angry at her while getting ready for school.  He called 911, and police responding to the home in the 800 block of E. 34th St. found her face-down on the floor in a pool of blood.  The boy, who had no previous contacts with the juvenile justice system, was charged as an adult with attempted murder, but the case was remanded to juvenile court in August.

Harriet S. Frenkil, a retired social worker who worked in foster care, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at Union Memorial Hospital. The Owings Mills resident was 84. Born Harriet Schwartzman in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Jean David and Henry Schwartzman, a manager of the Goucher Garment Co. She attended Forest Park High School and after moving to Florida graduated in 1946 from Miami Beach High School. She enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville and studied for a year before her marriage to Erwin "Buddy" Frenkil, an attorney she had known in Baltimore.

Recently, I visited the Inner Harbor and heard the laughter of children. I stopped by the Walter Sondheim Fountain and, lo and behold, there were children frolicking through the water. I sat a while, and after seeing how much fun it was I decided that I would bring my grandson the next day I picked him up on Thursday and told him that I was taking him to the Inner Harbor. He said, "Oh, no grandma. People get shot and stabbed down there, and I am afraid. " I told him not to be because there won't be such large crowds as on holidays, nor would there be a lot of drinking and shouting and bad people.

SARASOTA, Fla. - Just before Wednesday's workout began at the Ed Smith Stadium Complex, Orioles manager Buck Showalter called for 10-year-old Johnny Oates II and his younger brother Jackson to hop the fence and join the team on the field. The siblings quickly sprinted to Showalter, who introduced them to the players circling around, most of them starters. That's when Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts spoke up. “Let's show them what we have in common,” Roberts said with a smile before both he and Johnny lifted their shirts to reveal large vertical scars along the middle of their chests.

A pair of 20-pound dumbbells and a knife were the murder weapons used in the deaths of an elderly Pikesville couple, Baltimore County police said Wednesday. Police charged the couple's grandson, 31-year-old Matthew Long, with two counts of first-degree murder, according to Elise Armacost, Baltimore County Public Safety spokeswoman. Long is being held in an Oklahoma City detention center. "Baltimore County homicide detectives have interviewed Long, who willingly provided a statement," Armacost said in an email.

Sam Saunders had 265 yards into an 18th green protected by everything but angry alligators. So, naturally, he took out his driver rather than playing it safe. Saunders hit into a bunker, leading to a bogey-6 on Sunday at the Honda Classic. But here's guessing his coach didn't mind. That man's name is Arnold Palmer . Saunders is his grandson via Palmer's youngest daughter, Amy . Palmer became rich and famous with his go-for-broke mentality, and Saunders earned some attention - plus more than $68,000 - by tying for 17th at the Honda.

The live-in grandson of a slain elderly couple from Pikesville has been named a suspect after Baltimore County detectives located the 31-year-old in Oklahoma. Police said Matthew Long lived with his grandparents, Vaughn and Marjorie Pepper, who were found dead Monday in their Sudbrook Park home. Authorities in Oklahoma alerted Baltimore County homicide detectives when Long was found in need of medical treatment. Baltimore County police had issued a missing-person alert on Long, which prompted Oklahoma authorities to contact Baltimore County.

The grandson of an elderly Guilford couple, arrested early yesterday by city police and charged in their slayings, confessed to bludgeoning them to death because of a dispute over money, according to court records and a source close to the investigation.Walter E. Loch, 88, a retired Johns Hopkins physician, and his wife, Mary, 81, also a retired doctor, were beaten to death with a baseball bat as they slept in their bed, police said yesterday."They were brutally beaten," said Sam Ringgold, a police spokesman.

My wife has left me for a short, bald guy who giggles when you blow raspberries on his tummy. Now, how can I compete with that? Apparently, according to recent studies, people aren't getting married like they used to. And please don't tell me "No one's going to buy the cow if they can get the milk for free. " I never did get that expression. Who wants to marry a cow, anyway? Besides, I've been going to the grocery store a lot lately, and the milk is anything but free. If companionship, the concept (if not always the reality)

Police and family members have identified a man shot in the head and killed Wednesday night as James Edward Clay III, the step-grandson of state Sen. Joan Carter Conway. Clay, from the 500 block of Otterbein St., died about 10: 30 p.m. at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being shot in an alley in the rear of the 900 block of Clifford St. in southern Baltimore. Police know of no motive or suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Irv Bradley at 410-396-2100.

Two special fundraisers took place at the Port Deposit VFW Post 8185 last weekend. In the big hall was a "celebration of love and support" for the Kessler Family, featuring several bands, a silent auction, raffles, food and door prizes. The proceeds of that 12-hour fundraising marathon will benefit local wounded veteran, Jeffrey Kessler. Jeffrey will soon move into the home provided for him by Homes for Our Troops, but donations of materials plus private and corporate monetary funding is still necessary to make his home a reality.

Gertrude Brownstein, who worked for eight decades in grocery and department stores and later in a family-owned auction business, died of cancer Dec. 18 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 100 and lived in Owings Mills. Gertrude Fishbone was born on Jan. 1, 1912, in Baltimore. She was the daughter of Hyman and Ida Fishbone, immigrants from the Ukraine. Family members said they came to this country speaking only Russian and Yiddish. They opened a corner grocery store in 1920 at 3600 Keswick Road in Hampden.

John Randolph Bland, a retired salesman, died Oct. 5 of diabetes complications at Dulaney Valley Assisted Living. The Cockeysville resident was 70. Born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville, he was the great-grandson of John R. Bland, the founder of United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. He attended Gilman School and was a 1960 graduate of St. Paul's School for Boys, where he played lacrosse and football. He served in the Air Force as a medic and was stationed in Birmingham, Ala. A salesman, he sold calculators and frozen meat products at Dutterers of Manchester.

Matt Wieters  and his wife, Maria, had their first child, a boy, this morning at 5:11. Maverick Luther Wieters was 8 pounds, 2 ounces. He cries from both sides of the crib. No word on how long Wieters will be away from the team - he can go on paternity leave for a few days - but knowing Matt it won't be long. Wieters' mom and dad were in town this week and on Wednesday I joked with his dad about what he was more excited about -- the pending birth of his grandson or the Orioles in a pennant race.

A pair of 20-pound dumbbells and a knife were the murder weapons used in the deaths of an elderly Pikesville couple, Baltimore County police said Wednesday. Police charged the couple's grandson, 31-year-old Matthew Long, with two counts of first-degree murder, according to Elise Armacost, Baltimore County Public Safety spokeswoman. Long is being held in an Oklahoma City detention center. "Baltimore County homicide detectives have interviewed Long, who willingly provided a statement," Armacost said in an email.

The live-in grandson of a slain elderly couple from Pikesville has been named a suspect after Baltimore County detectives located the 31-year-old in Oklahoma. Police said Matthew Long lived with his grandparents, Vaughn and Marjorie Pepper, who were found dead Monday in their Sudbrook Park home. Authorities in Oklahoma alerted Baltimore County homicide detectives when Long was found in need of medical treatment. Baltimore County police had issued a missing-person alert on Long, which prompted Oklahoma authorities to contact Baltimore County.

The 15-month-old grandson of County Commissioner Donald I. Dell nearly drowned Wednesday after falling into a swimming pool at the boy's Upperco home, authorities said yesterday.Jacob Armacost fell into a backyard pool in the 17000 block of Pleasant Meadows Road in northwest Baltimore County at 12: 12 p.m. after his mother had stepped away briefly, said Bill Toohey, a Baltimore County police spokesman."The child's mother returned, pulled him from the water, called 911 and administered CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation]

Leon Day would not have minded seeing his grandson with a baseball in his hand. A book in his hand, however, would have impressed him more. "He always told us: 'Pick up a book and read. Get an education; they can't take that away from you. Knowledge is power,' " recalled Sarah Newkirk Clark, the daughter of the Hall of Fame pitcher and Negro league legend. Clark's 15-year-old son, Leon Day Newkirk, seems to have absorbed the lesson. He frequently picks up and reads honor-roll certificates, academic awards, college scholarship offers, and, last month, an invitation to attend the annual National Young Leaders Conference this summer on Capitol Hill.

Baltimore County police said Tuesday they were searching for a man whose elderly grandparents were found dead this week in the Pikesville home that the three shared. Vaughn George Pepper, 87 and Marjorie Marie Pepper, 85, were discovered in their home Monday afternoon. Police are investigating their deaths as homicides and said they do not believe the killings were random. Detectives continue to search for the couple's grandson, Matthew Long, 31, who lived with his grandparents in the 800 block of Olmstead Road, to question him. Police spokeswoman Elise Armacost said they are not calling him a suspect.

As the Summer Olympics commence, Tom Carson and I raise a glass at the Swallow at The Hollow in Baltimore to Ray Ewry (pronounced Yew-ree), because attention must be paid: Tom's grandfather set a record in London in 1908 that the great Michael Phelps could reach in London in 2012, and such things have meaning across the ages. But before we go on, a clarification: Depending on how you count them, Ray Ewry won either eight or 10 individual gold medals as an amazing Olympic jumper — the Human Frog, they called him — early in the 20th century.