NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | April 20, 2012
Former state Sen. Walter M. Baker, who had served in the legislature representing the upper Eastern Shore for more than two decades and also had been a Cecil County attorney, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes at Christiana Hospital in Delaware. The longtime Elkton resident was 84. "Walter was a lifelong Democrat. He was from a large family that was rural and poor, and he grew up with a great sense of values," said Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. "He was conservative, and loved the Eastern Shore and reflected its conservative values.
SPORTS
By Matt Bracken and The Baltimore Sun | April 20, 2012
One of his closest friends was shot and killed in a case of mistaken identity. The prep school program he signed on to play for suddenly folded. And his family - including his newborn son - was more than 400 miles away. For Tione Womack , life after high school proved to be an unexpectedly jarring introduction to the real world. “It was just like a pause on my life,” said Womack, who graduated from Randallstown in 2008 and enrolled at Queen City Prep in North Carolina.
FEATURES
Susan Reimer | April 18, 2012
Well. I know I speak for many women when I say, "Thank heaven that's settled. " Women like me have been struggling with our identities as working mothers for decades, but thanks to Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney and Hillary Clinton, we now have some clarity. Because of commentator Rosen's unfortunate choice of words (Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life"), we have it on the highest authority that raising children is, indeed, hard work. And because Hillary Clinton was caught knocking back a beer and dancing in a Colombia cantina while on summit duty, we now know it is impolite for a woman to drink beer from a bottle instead of a glass.
SPORTS
By Dan Connolly and The Baltimore Sun | April 11, 2012
Some things from Buck Showalter's pre-game media session: The Orioles manager said he didn't really consider giving Mark Reynolds a day off of third base after his rough start Tuesday, in which he made a key error that allowed the Yankees back into a game they eventually won, 5-4. “I didn't consider it too long, but I understand what topics of conversations are. They are certainly not going to be about the three or four above-average plays...
SPORTS
By Sandra McKee, The Baltimore Sun | March 21, 2012
Franklin senior pitcher Matt Goodman and his new catcher, junior Jackson Thornton, worked together for two months in anticipation of this baseball season. Wednesday afternoon at Atholton, everyone saw how the hard work paid off. With Thornton calling the pitches, Goodman threw a two-hit shutout as the Indians defeated the No. 7 Raiders, 6-0, in the season-opener for both teams. In the process Goodman matched his career high with 10 strikeouts. "It feels great to come out here and beat a team of this quality," said Goodman, who was 4-2 with a 2.18 ERA last season.
NEWS
March 12, 2012
The closure and sale of St. Peter the Apostle Church on Poppleton Street is, indeed, a great loss, both historically and architecturally ("Second-oldest Catholic church in city is being sold," Jan. 28). However, the ultimate tragedy is the insight this decision gives into the state of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. For the past 12 years, the Archdiocese has closed churches and schools in poor areas of town, while allocating money to "important" building projects (remember the "Heritage of Hope?"