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Outside the Millersville shop, a sign reads "Consignment." Bu inside, nothing hints of the old or the used.Again & Again Kids Consignment smells of fresh paint and new carpet. A colorful border lines the top of the walls. Clothes hanging from the racks have no stains, holes or worn spots.Most of the clothes have been worn before, though. And that's just fine with Linda Higdon."I don't buy anything new anymore," said the Millersville resident, a consignment shop junkie and mother of two boys, ages 10 and 4.In August, Severna Park resident Lynn Hentschel, who has spent seven years selling retail clothing, opened the store in Northway Shopping Center to deal exclusively in children's clothing, toys and furniture.

Anne Arundel County police shot two pit bulls Tuesday after the dogs viciously attacked a 9-year-old boy and several other people in a Glen Burnie neighborhood. It took several officers and an animal control worker to corner the animals.The boy, James E. Snook of the 7500 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., was treated at North Arundel Hospital for 14 bite wounds and released.One dog died of gunshot wounds, and the other wounded dog was put to sleep by animal control workers.Animal control officials are expected to pursue charges against the owner, but it was not clear yesterday whether any charges had been filed.

Shortly after signing a new five-year contract that will keep her in the post of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director until 2015, Marin Alsop led the ensemble in a hefty program Thursday night that included the East Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto. Written for Baltimore's own classical music star, Hilary Hahn, it's a killer of a concerto for the soloist, and it asks a lot of listeners, too. Cast in three movements, the half-hour concerto makes a grand statement, packed with thematic material and expansive development, all of it delivered with extraordinarily prismatic colors.

Balloons of black, purple, and football-shaped mylar danced above dozens of purple-draped tables set up at Michael's 8th Avenue in Glen Burnie. Some 930 Baltimore Ravens football fans came from all over Maryland for the "Second Annual Benefit Bull & Oyster Roast" raising more than $12,000 for Ravens Roost 27, Duane Starks Charitable Foundation and the Cal Ripken, Jr./Lou Gehrig Fund for Neuromuscular Research. There was plenty to do - dance to the DJ, play game wheels for the chance to win plants, and browse the buffet featuring raw oysters, barbecue, Italian sausages, and turkey.

NEW YORK -- Carnegie Hall put out the purple Monday night to welcome the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the opening of Spring For Music, a week-long festival showcasing American orchestras playing adventurous programs. Ravens-colored cloths adorned the seat backs of the musicians' chairs and the conductor's podium; more cloths were handed out to audience members to wave on cue in a salute to Baltimore. That cue came before the music started when an announcer from local radio station  WQXR interviewed the BSO's high-profile booster, Gov. Martin O'Malley, onstage.

Services for Demetrius John Coventaros of Glen Burnie will take place at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Demetros Orthodox Church.Mr. Coventaros, 103, died Sept. 12 of cardiac arrest.Born in Greece, he lived locally for 26 years and owned the Cove Restaurant in Baltimore for four decades. He was a member of the Greek Cathedral of the Annunciation.Mr. Coventaros is survived by hislongtime companion, Mary Viola Miller, and several nieces and nephews in Greece.JAMES CASCIOSALESMAN, 72Services for James Cascio of Millersville took place Sept.

Services for Lee R. Finnesey, a Baltimore lawyer, will be held at 9 a.m. today at Loring Byers Funeral Directors, 8728 Liberty Road in Randallstown.Mr. Finnesey, who was 60 and lived on Merrymount Drive in the Rockdale area, died Monday of cancer at St. Joseph Hospital.Born in Bridgeton, N.J., he was a 1948 graduate of Forest Park High School and served in the Marine Corps Reserve.He attended Baltimore Junior College, now the New Community College of Baltimore, and Loyola College before earning his law degree at the University of Baltimore in 1969.

Broadneck, Southern and South River never threatened the team titles at yesterday's Class 2A-3A East Regional Championships but they did manage to leave the 5th Regiment Armory with a fair share of the individual medals.Ashley Wermine of South River was one of four county athletes who won gold medals in the individual events, taking first in the girls 500-meter dash (1 minute, 22.7 seconds) and qualifying for states in the 300 with a fourth-place finish.Sophomore Mike Rolland led Broadneck to a fourth-place finish in the boys team competition by claiming first in the 800 run in 2: 03.2.

On February 5, 2009 Anita Marie (nee Ozman) age 77 of Princess Anne, Md. and formerly of Baltimore, Highlands. Loving and devoted wife for 59 years to James M. Fitzgerald Sr. Loving mother of Bonnie and Joseph Dill, Sr., Cynthia and Walter Higdon, James M. Fitzgerald Jr. and friend Susan Ward. Gwendolyn and Joseph Cascioli Sr., Brenda Linton and cherished friend Leonard Bonsal, William K. and Diane Fitzgerald, Mother in law of Marge Fitzgerald Also survived by 13 loving grandchildren numerous great grandchildren and adored pet Buster Brown.

South Carroll High School has announced its honor roll for the third quarter of the school year. Freshmen earning all A's on their report cards are:Jennifer Altman, Stephen Ashley, Jamie Ball, Charles Beall, Michael Bell, Nicholas Blonkowski, Diane Bolard, Derek Boswell, Jesse Buppert, Jacob Burkhart, Joseph Cairns, Theresa Carpenter, Tiffany Chillemi, Brandee Clark, James Clark, Stephanie Claros, Andrew Coblentz, Steven Cooper, Kristan Cummins, Abigail Deegan,...