Gwynn Oak

A little after 1 p.m. on Aug. 28, 1963, Charles Langley arrived at Gwynn Oak Amusement Park with his baby daughter. The 28-year-old black clerk at the nearby Social Security Administration did not belong to a civil rights organization. He had never participated in the many protests at Gwynn Oak. And he certainly had not expected to find a group of reporters eager to record this family outing.But he was smothered by attention as he strolled through the amusement park. After visiting various arcades and looking at the rides, Langley put Sharon on the merry-go-round.

Baltimore County police are holding a 28-year-old Gwynn Oak man on two kidnapping charges after a young woman and her baby were taken on a short, terrifying ride late Tuesday that ended in a head-on crash.No one was seriously injured in the accident, police said.Andrew Garfield Sands of the first block of Edith Court, Gwynn Oak, was being held at the Woodlawn precinct last night in lieu of $50,000 bail He is scheduled to undergo a bail review hearing today in Catonsville District Court.Sgt.

Carol Coleman likes to explore new areas. Out for a spring afternoon drive nearly 25 years ago, she stumbled into what many call one of Baltimore County's best-kept secrets.This particular pre-Easter drive brought her to Purnell Drive. There, alongside the scenic Gwynns Falls stream, she saw a group of rowhouses. In the front yard of one, a woman sat in the sun reading a book. The tree in the yard was decorated with Easter eggs."I was so taken by the serenity of this place that I never forgot it," Mrs. Coleman, 53, recalled recently.

BERTHA BAILEY WALKER (88), of Stevensville, MD on September 25, 2005, at Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD. Beloved mother of William Wallace Walker, Jr. of Stevensville, MD and John Wallace Walker (Roxie) of Neufchatel, Switzerland; sister of Claude W. Bailey of Louisville, KY. Family and friends may visit from 6 to 9 P.M. on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Chester, MD where services will be held at 10 A.M. on Thursday, September 29, 2005.

Nancy M. "Nanny" Wylie, a retired housekeeper and caterer who enjoyed cooking for family and friends, died Aug. 30 in her sleep at her Gwynn Oak home. She was 96. The daughter of farmers, she was born Nancy Mayfield and raised in Chester, S.C., where she attended Chester County public schools. After her mother's death, she left school to care for her father and younger sisters. "She picked cotton, cooked, and took care of the housekeeping chores and finances for the home," said a daughter, Martina Wylie Clinton of Randallstown.

BUNGALOWS GWYNN OAK 2006 Windsor Place-- $189,900 The property -- three bedrooms, one bath, 832 square feet Taxes -- $1,966 Features -- Located in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood in Baltimore County, this 1935 bungalow has an above-ground swimming pool and a new privacy fence. The kitchen, windows and bath also have been updated. BALTIMORE CITY 3109 Louise Ave. -- $229,900 The property -- three bedrooms, two baths, 1,240 square feet Taxes -- $2,991 Features -- This updated bungalow, originally built in 1926, has new paint and Berber carpet, refinished hardwood floors, finished basement, hot tub, a patio with a fenced backyard and a one-car garage.

A Baltimore County man was found guilty on Tuesday of murdering his girlfriend's boss in 2008, according to a statement from the state's attorney's office. A jury convicted Antoine M. Reed Jr., 33, in the death of Milton Barnes, who was shot in the head at an apartment management office at 6307 Monika Place in Woodlawn on June 24, 2008. Barnes, 36, was the manager of the Hunter's Crossing Apartments and had been having difficulties with an employee, who had been dating Reed, the statement said.

Three Towson University detectives have been awarded the campus Police Department's Medal of Merit after solving an armed robbery and home invasion in which a student was clubbed with a crowbar. The three detectives, Frank Remesch, Matthew Tewey and Richard Saylor, were among the first officers to arrive when the call for help came from a campus dormitory March 22, but the attackers had already fled. One attacker was armed with a handgun, the other a crowbar, with which he reportedly struck a student on the forehead after bursting into his room, police said.

When three men attacked, punched and robbed a man of his cellphone near downtown last weekend, the muggers apparently forgot about the hundreds of surveillance cameras watching over many of Baltimore's street corners. One of them captured the mugging, and police quickly arrested two men and recovered the stolen cellphone from a suspect's pants pocket. Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III told the story at a budget presentation Monday, in part to argue for the necessity of the camera program.

People were too busy riding the Wild Mouse and dancing at the Dixie Ballroom at the old Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to notice Powhatan Hill.But across the street from the now vanished park is a charming neighborhood of modest houses nestled in a hill thick with tall trees and lush landscaping. For more than 50 years, Powhatan Hill watched over the annual German Day Festivals and Report Card Days when children with good grades rode the rides for free."People always asked us if we minded living across the street from the park," said Irene Yost, "but we never did, maybe because we're slightly around the bend from it."