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An accident reconstructionist with the state police is studying a crash that killed a 53-year-old Snydersburg woman Tuesday afternoon and sent a 35-year-old Snydersburg man to the hospital.The woman was pronounced dead at Carroll County General Hospital after the car she was driving on Snydersburg Road near Hampstead Mexico Road collided with a pickup truck.State police at the Westminster barracks said Ellen Marie Feustel, of the 1500 block of Amalfi Drive, was driving a 1986 Chrysler LeBaron northbound on Snydersburg Road at 4:30 p.m. when she veered to the right to avoid a 1985 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck being driven south by James Joseph O'Reilly.

Mary B. Filler, a former dance instructor and preschool teacher, died May 13 from bladder cancer at Harmony Hall, a Columbia retirement community. She was 99. The daughter of the owner of a Baltimore feed and seed store and a homemaker, the former Mary Bolgiano was born in Baltimore and raised in Roland Park. After graduating in 1933 from Friends School, she joined the Estelle Dennis Dance Theater in Baltimore, and also studied at the American Ballet School in New York. For many years, Mrs. Filler was the owner and instructor at the Bolgiano School of Dancing in Baltimore.

The driver of a pickup truck failed to slow down for traffic on Interstate 97 in Anne Arundel County and hit a 2000 black Honda Accord just before 4 p.m. Friday, killing the Honda's driver, according to Maryland State Police. He was identified by police Saturday as 49-year-old Stephen T. Patterson of Hampstead. The accident caused the southbound lanes of I-97 to be closed for three hours. Police said 29-year-old Daniel Martin Harris of Worton, who was driving a 2003 green Ford F-250, failed to slow down on the southbound side of the highway at the spur to eastbound U.S. Route 50 and collided with the Honda.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office and the Hampstead Police Department on Sunday called off a Silver Alert that had been issued for a 76-year-old man. Police said Jerry Leroy Bowman was found safe and sound. A resident of Hampstead, he had been missing since Saturday afternoon and his family had been concerned. Police issued a statement early Sunday that he had returned home.

A Hampstead man was shot to death in his home Tuesday morning by the ex-husband of his fiance, police say. Michael Leo Swift III, who was indicted earlier this month on machine gun and other weapons charges, blasted his way through a sliding glass door with a 12-gauge shotgun to get into the house in the 1200 block of Allview Drive, police say. Swift shot Zaidan Stephen Asid, police say, before turning the gun on himself. Hallie Patricia Swift called police from inside the house in the 1200 block of Allview Drive at about 11 a.m. to report the shootings, State Police spokesman Greg Shipley said.

Baltimore County police are investigating a man found burned to death early Friday morning inside his vehicle in Hampstead. Police responded to a call for a car on fire in the 4600 block of Black Rock Road about 1:42 a.m. Officers found a man on fire in the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives are investigating, according to police.

The Board of County Commissioners on May 24 unanimously approved a $1.066 million bid for construction of the first phase of the planned Leister Regional Park in Hampstead. Commissioner Haven Shoemaker reminisced on the late Bub Leister, for whom the park is named. Leister sold the land to the county more than 10 years ago before his death in 2006. "He sold it to the county for about half of what those guys were offering because he wanted it to be preserved as a green space for his community," Shoemaker said.

Shame on the small group of Hampstead residents for their intemperate, ill-informed and intolerant opposition to locating a special education program at the old Hampstead Elementary School. They have behaved as if these students were hardened criminals who would rampage through their neighborhood, when, in reality, these are merely teen-agers who are having difficulty learning.The approximately 30 children in the Behavioral Education Support Team (BEST) program were formerly taught at Springfield Hospital Center as part of a state-run education program.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said thieves struck the Northbrook neighborhood of Hampstead early on Sunday, Sept. 23, taking more than $1,300 worth of electronics, change, jewelry and other valuables from unlocked vehicles. According to the report from the Sheriff's Office, more than 50 unlocked cars parked in driveways along Broadmoor and Glenside Court, Woldholme, Allview and Schaefer drives were struck. Other damage included a slashed car tire and convertible jeep top. In addition, several vehicles were pushed from their driveway, including one that traveled across the street and struck a tree.

FIRE* Hampstead: Hampstead assisted Baltimore County in fighting an apartment fire on Falls Road Sunday at 1:55 p.m.

Army Pvt. David Pack graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. The 2012 graduate of Winters Mill High School is the son of James Pack, of Finksburg, and Mary Zufall, of Reisterstown. He is the grandson of Ethal Zufall, of Hampstead. Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

With Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. likely poised to announce year-end and fourth-quarter results this week, investors and analysts wonder just how bad it will be. So far this year, stock in the Hampstead-based men's apparel chain has sat out the stock market rally, falling 6 percent even as the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 7 percent. The concern stems from the retailer's January warning that its profit for the fiscal year ended Feb. 2 will be off 20 percent. The problems prompted Zacks Investment Research to dub Jos. A. Bank its "bear of the day" in a report issued last week.

College lacrosse Glenelg midfielder Lutts signs with Monmouth Kendall Lutts (Glenelg) has signed a national letter of intent to play for Monmouth starting in the 2014 season. Lutts has helped lead the Gladiators to a 24-5 record over the past two seasons. The midfielder, who plays club lacrosse with the Rebels, was an All-County honorable mention selection in 2012. Lutts also plays field hockey for the perennial state champion Gladiators. "Kendall has wonderful stick skills and reads the game well," coach Denise Wescott said.

In 13 years as the varsity softball coach at North Carroll High School, Lloyd Ford has guided the Panthers to a 202-80 record and three appearances in the state finals. It seemed only a matter of time before he would earn a major coaching award. It came earlier this month when Ford was named the 2012 Maryland State Softball Coach of the Year by the National Federation of High School Coaches Association. The NHFS Coaches Awards Program honors active coaches in the top 10 boys and girls sports, based on the number of participants.

For this youth football team, "Play like a Raven" isn't just an idle slogan. They are the Ravens - the Hampstead Ravens, that is. "Everyone wants to be us," player Larry Smith, 12, says of his opponents. For one thing, the Hampstead Ravens are winners: The team of 10- to 12-year-olds snagged the Maryland Youth Football championship for the second season in a row. And for another, since 1996 they have shared the name and logo of the Baltimore Ravens, who are on their way to Super Bowl XLVII.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said thieves struck the Northbrook neighborhood of Hampstead early on Sunday, Sept. 23, taking more than $1,300 worth of electronics, change, jewelry and other valuables from unlocked vehicles. According to the report from the Sheriff's Office, more than 50 unlocked cars parked in driveways along Broadmoor and Glenside Court, Woldholme, Allview and Schaefer drives were struck. Other damage included a slashed car tire and convertible jeep top. In addition, several vehicles were pushed from their driveway, including one that traveled across the street and struck a tree.

The driver of a pickup truck failed to slow down for traffic on Interstate 97 in Anne Arundel County and hit a 2000 black Honda Accord just before 4 p.m. Friday, killing the Honda's driver, according to Maryland State Police. He was identified by police Saturday as 49-year-old Stephen T. Patterson of Hampstead. The accident caused the southbound lanes of I-97 to be closed for three hours. Police said 29-year-old Daniel Martin Harris of Worton, who was driving a 2003 green Ford F-250, failed to slow down on the southbound side of the highway at the spur to eastbound U.S. Route 50 and collided with the Honda.

Hundreds of swimmers are descending upon London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but the sport also enjoyed a crowning moment in the local summer season this week in Hampstead. On Wednesday, July 25, a group of nearly 1,000 swimmers competed in the Central Maryland Swim League Straehle championship meet, and a handful of Carroll County athletes took home gold, silver and bronze medals - at least some with aspirations of one day mirroring their counterparts across the pond. "I want to go to the Olympics," said Allison Tomsuden, 10, a swimmer from South Carroll who swims during the winter at the same North Baltimore Aquatic Club that has produced Olympians Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff.