Marley Station

The shuttered Boscov's department store at White Marsh Mall has been leased to national retailer Forever 21, according to the commercial real estate firm that brokered the deal. The chain of women's apparel stores will lease the entire 197,000-square-foot space that Boscov's occupied until it filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2008, said Towson-based KLNB Retail. KLNB handled the transaction for Jones Lang LaSalle, the court-appointed receiver overseeing Boscov's real estate.

A Crofton man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison as the result of a plea agreement in a case in which he was accused of carjacking a Macy's employee in the parking lot of Marley Station mall, leaving her with debilitating injuries. Andre M. Ennis, 41, made no statements Tuesday as he entered an Alford plea, which allowed him to deny responsibility while acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. Among that evidence was Ennis' DNA, which prosecutors said was found outside and inside the victim's car, including on the steering wheel and on the straw of a cup, prosecutor Anastasia Prigge told Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge William Mulford II, according to a recording of the plea proceeding.

A Crofton man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison as the result of a plea agreement in a case in which he was accused of carjacking a Macy's employee in the parking lot of Marley Station mall, leaving her with debilitating injuries. Andre M. Ennis, 41, made no statements Tuesday as he entered an Alford plea, which allowed him to deny responsibility while acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. Among that evidence was Ennis' DNA, which prosecutors said was found outside and inside the victim's car, including on the steering wheel and on the straw of a cup, prosecutor Anastasia Prigge told Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge William Mulford II, according to a recording of the plea proceeding.

Anne Arundel County police are seeking two men in a parking lot shooting Tuesday at Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie that sent a 23-year-old to the hospital. Police were called to a Dunkin' Donuts about 12:45 p.m., where they found the victim, a 23-year-old from Snow Hill. Police said the man, who was not immediately identified, had been shot in the upper torso after an altercation in the parking lot. A police spokesman said that the victim had been targeted and that "it was not a random act of violence.

A jewelry store at Marley Station mall was robbed Friday of an undetermined amount of jewelry, county police said yesterday.Police said the man walked into Mark Douglas Jewelry at 7 p.m. and passed a note to clerk announcing the robbery. However, police could not say whether the man was armed.The robber grabbed the jewelry and fled. He was wearing a rust-colored nylon jogging suit.Council chairman to tour Glen BurnieCounty Council Chairman C. Edward Middlebrooks will begin touring the Glen Burnie area with representatives of the Department of Public Works at 9 a.m. Friday.

Many shopping centers seem to crave methods to keep teen-agers out. Marley Station in Glen Burnie is trying to bring them in. What gives?Actually, Marley Station is giving. The Glen Burnie shopping mall is paying 15 high school students and two dozen middle schoolers $10 a piece for attending monthly meetings of new youth consumer advisory boards the mall is establishing. Mall manager Ed Ladd hopes the ten-spot doesn't become the main incentive, and writes it off as the kind of token the mall gives to older shoppers who participate in surveys and focus groups.

EXERCISE YOUR compassion this weekend by participating in the first "Sarah's Run," a five-kilometer run and three-kilometer walk to benefit Sarah's House, a Catholic Charities program that provides temporary shelter and transitional housing for men, women and families.Registration begins at 7 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot behind Marley Station mall. The race follows the B&A Trail before returning to the mall. Runners will take off at 8: 30 a.m., and walkers will begin at 8: 40 a.m.The $20 entrance fee includes a T-shirt.

Sears, Roebuck and Co. will become the fourth anchor store at Marley Station Mall when it opens Nov. 2. Meanwhile, another Sears five miles north of the mall on Ritchie Highway will close and transfer its 230 employees to the new store.The company hopes its longtime customers will follow Sears to the new location, said Leslie Wendorf, general manager of the Marley Station store."We want to bring them from the Glen Burnie store to this store, which has much more space for them," she said.The Sears at Ritchie Highway and Ordnance Road, which has about 90,000 square feet, will close Nov. 1, said Wendorf.

Anne Arundel County police are looking for a man who pushed a 21-year-old woman into her car and raped her last month in a place most women don't consider a dangerous spot to walk alone -- the parking lot of a shopping mall during the busy lunch period.The Gambrills woman was unlocking her car at 11: 45 a.m. Aug. 5 after shopping at Marley Station mall, 7900 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie, when a man in his late 20s approached her from behind, said Anne Arundel County police spokeswoman Officer Carol Frye.

Marley Station has been attracting more than just shoppers.Security guards at the Glen Burnie mall caught 10 people lastweek shoplifting everything from jeans and sweaters to luggage and cookware, including a trio from Baltimore who stole more than $1,200 worth of merchandise, Anne Arundel County police said.The mall security staff does not keep detailed statistics on shoplifting, and county police numbers are not available yet. But security officers say the increase is evident."I think there's a steady increase," said Thomas W. Penn, head of security at J. C. Penney at Marley Station.

Whether it's camping out in the wee hours of the morning, putting on track shoes or plotting out elaborate plans of attack days in advance, getting ready for Black Friday has become a tradition all its own. This year, promoters at many area malls and shopping complexes are looking to reward the faithful — and maybe persuade them to come to their malls first. They're offering live entertainment, special discounts, and free food and drink. One even offers the chance at $10,000 in gift cards, while another is offering free movie passes — to be used, presumably, once all the shopping is done.

The shuttered Boscov's department store at White Marsh Mall has been leased to national retailer Forever 21, according to the commercial real estate firm that brokered the deal. The chain of women's apparel stores will lease the entire 197,000-square-foot space that Boscov's occupied until it filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2008, said Towson-based KLNB Retail. KLNB handled the transaction for Jones Lang LaSalle, the court-appointed receiver overseeing Boscov's real estate.

•A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Canticle Room at St. Joseph Medical Center, 7601 Osler Drive, Towson. Walk-ins are welcome, or call 410-337-1470. •Baltimore Washington Medical Center's "Surviving breast cancer" education and support program will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the first-floor conference room of the Tate Center, 305 Hospital Drive, Glen Burnie. Reservations are not required. For more information, call 410-787-4367.

Every year, crowds head to malls for Black Friday bargains. Stress is a given. But on the big shopping day, it doesn't have to be only about the hustle, bustle and craziness of frantic shoppers vying for a Zhu Zhu Pet Hamster. This year, area shopping centers hope to boost holiday spirit and sales by offering a variety of free, fun events beyond the traditional Santa photo-op. Are the children restless at The Avenue at White Marsh? Take a break and play a rocking video game.

Three Baltimore-area regional malls could be left with gaping holes for years or even fail when they lose Boscov's department store as an anchor, real estate and retail analysts said yesterday. Because of a slowdown in consumer spending, few retailers are looking to expand and some are in a fight for survival, which could make it tough to fill the large stores being vacated by Boscov's. The chain said yesterday it would shut its two-year-old department stores in White Marsh Mall, Marley Station and Owings Mills Mall in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Stabbing reported at Marley Station A 35-year-old Glen Burnie man reported that he was stabbed by three people Tuesday night in the parking lot of Marley Station mall, Anne Arundel County police said. The victim told officers he was attacked by two men and a woman who jumped out of a gold Mitsubishi Gallant, attacked him with the knife and fled in the vehicle. He was treated on the scene for lacerations to his arms. Man faces assault, gun, drug charges An Annapolis man was arrested early yesterday on assault, drug and handgun charges after his girlfriend reported that he had attacked her, Anne Arundel County police said.

A 4-year-old boy plays on the floor with a smiling toddler. A teen-age boy hangs from a tree in a friend's backyard. A little boy feeds crackers to a flock of geese along the edge of a pond.The images are all part of "It Caught My Eye . . .," a three-generational photo exhibit on display through Dec. 28 at Marley Station mall. The shutterbugs were Marley Elementary School second-graders, Glen Burnie High School students and seniors from Pascal Senior Center.The project, sponsored by the mall, involved 90 photographers -- 30 from each group -- ranging in age from 7 to 70.Photojournalist Linda Solomon gave them some photography tips on composition and lighting.

For weeks, the billboards along Ritchie Highway with Abe Lincoln's likeness in copper circles have slyly asked, "Guess who's coming?"As if no one knew.J. C. Penney is opening at Marley Station mall in Glen Burnie and the competition better watch out, employees and construction workers at the new store say."The store is arranged differently so it automatically attracts customers," explained Bob Herbold, a carpenter who worked on J. C. Penney as well as the neighboring stores.The 134,000-square-foot store is the first new department store in the mall since it opened in 1987 with Macy's and Hecht as anchors, said Ed Ladd, the mall's general manager.

GLEN BURNIE Teen fatally stabbed in fight outside Marley Station mall A 17-year-old Glen Burnie youth was fatally stabbed Saturday night and another youth was charged with murder after a fight between two groups of teenagers erupted outside Marley Station mall, Anne Arundel County police said. The two teenagers were in the parking lot of the mall off Ritchie Highway - each with a group of five or six people - when words were exchanged and a fight ensued about 9:15 p.m., said police Lt. David Waltemeyer.

Karaoke, CD duplication services at Marley Station BGR Karaoke and CD Duplication will celebrate its grand opening at Marley Station on Thursday. The store, owned by husband and wife Lionel and Leslie Green, lets customers sing onstage for a live audience, record a CD in a vocal booth or watch others' performances. The store offers gospel, hip hop, country, pop and standard music selections. The CD duplication services offer short-run and mass duplication, and data backup. BGR also offers music video production, vocal lessons, music workshops, parties, VHS transfers to DVD and album or cassette transfers to CD. Glen Burnie store to offer free comic books Saturday Twilite Zone Comics in Glen Burnie will hold "Free Comic Book Day" on Saturday.