Gunpowder River

In Baltimore City 23-year-old man found fatally shot in home Thursday A 23-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday inside his Northeast Baltimore home, police said yesterday. Lorenzo D. "Huggie" Simpson, of the 1200 block of Kitmore Road, was found dead by his girlfriend when she arrived home shortly after 7 p.m., said Officer Nicole Monroe, a city police spokeswoman. Simpson had been shot in the torso and was pronounced dead at the scene, Monroe said. In Anne Arundel Severn teen arrested in June 25 shootings A Severn teenager was ordered held without bail yesterday after being charged with the attempted murder of two people who were shot while walking in Spring Meadows about 4 a.m. June 25. Andrew Treyvaughn Brown, 18, of the 8500 block of Pioneer Drive, faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of felony assault and two handgun charges.

Ann and Dick Golden find it easy to forget that they live in a small second-floor Joppatowne condominium, not on a yacht.From their floor-to-ceiling windows, the Goldens can watch red and green lights from boats cruising by, see birds diving for fish and listen to the water lapping below them. They can see where the Gunpowder River meets the Bird River and where both rivers empty into the Chesapeake Bay.Their waterfront home is built on the edge of a marina on the Gunpowder River. From a vantage point in the Goldens' dining room, acres of water appear to flow under their building.

A Baltimore man was missing last night and believed drowne after his boat apparently capsized off Carroll Island in eastern Baltimore County yesterday morning.Police suspended their search at sunset and planned to resume this morning.Cpl. Ralph Parker of the state Natural Resources Police said that Anthony Cerrato III, 25, of the 500 block of Ross Road was with one other person on a 16-foot powerboat when it tipped over near the mouth of the Gunpowder River. The other person made it back to shore.

Army officials are seeking permission to cut back on monitoring of one of Aberdeen Proving Ground's most complex and polluted sites, an old chemical munitions dump that for decades discharged contaminated groundwater into the Gunpowder River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. Based on previous results, testing can be done less frequently without imperiling the environment or endangering the public, the officials say. But community members are concerned...

Army officials are seeking permission to cut back on monitoring of one of Aberdeen Proving Ground's most complex and polluted sites, an old chemical munitions dump that for decades discharged contaminated ground water into the Gunpowder River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. Based on previous results, testing can be done less frequently without imperiling the environment or endangering the public, the officials say. But community members are concerned...

The days of felt-bottomed wading shoes are nearly over. Blame rock snot. A replacement is available. Praise Simms and its "Aquastealth" technology. The invasive algae formally named didymo but better known by its nickname, "rock snot," showed up last year in the Gunpowder River. The nasty goo covers rocks and trout habitat, ruining pristine waterways. Unless anglers scrub carefully after fishing, rock snot nestles into felt fibers and hitchhikes from place to place. But Simms (simmsfishing.

Jerusalem Mill On August 13, 1772, millwright Isaiah Linton signed a Bond of Agreement with his partner David Lee to operate Jerusalem Mill. The Mill got its name from an adjoining tract of land, Jerusalem, which was patented in 1687. The first mill on the banks of the Gunpowder River, "Bonds Water Mills" was a sawmill. In the 1770s, Bucks County, Pennsylvania flour millers discovered and colonized the valley of the Little Gunpowder. Linton was one such, who built eight mills in the valley, one for himself, the others for clients.

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Baltimore: Schools Delay closings vote, board is to be asked Baltimore school officials will ask city Board of Education members to delay for 30 days the planned vote on the closings of Thurgood Marshall and Hamilton middle schools at tonight's board meeting. School officials said yesterday at a meeting at the North Avenue headquarters that the proposed middle school closings will require more public hearings because of changes to their original proposal. Thurgood Marshall was originally scheduled to close in the summer of 2009, but the new proposal calls for the school to be shut down a year earlier.

Three communities have received Wildlife Sanctuary Certification from the Home Builders Association of Maryland (HBAM).RTC Shelter Development at Park View Laurel, Magers Landing and the Villages at Woodbine were recognized for their work to preserve and create wildlife habitats and, in some instances, educating community residents.Shelter Development at Park View Laurel was awarded for its creation of a residential wildlife enhancement program using native landscapes.Landscaping a storm-water pool with aquatic plants, the senior housing community is hoping to attract waterfowl and other wildlife.