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Boscov's department store will return to White Marsh Mall Oct. 7, filling the empty anchor spot the regional chain vacated nearly four years ago after it filed for bankruptcy. "I'm glad we are returning to White Marsh Mall," Albert Boscov, the retailer's chairman and CEO and son of the founder, said in a statement. "It was a great store, and we look forward to creating a new, more exciting Boscov's in the Baltimore area. " The family-owned chain, based in Reading, Pa., once had half a dozen department stores in Maryland.

As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on I-95 southbound near White Marsh Boulevard, due to an accident involving two vehicles. Accidents were slowing traffic Reisterstown Road and Garrison Boulevard in Baltimore County, Dorsey Road and Aviation Boulevard in Anne Arundel County, Route 22 at Tudor Lane in Harford County, Wise Avenue at Lynch Road in Dundalk, and Washington Boulevard at Freestate Drive in Elkridge. Debris in the road was blocking traffic on Route 2 northbound near Dover Road in Anne Arundel County.

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in the upper torso in Edgewood shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Bleeding from stab wounds, he flagged down a patrol deputy about 7:15 p.m. near the intersection of Woodbridge Center Way and Acorn Ridge Court, according to Monica Worrell, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. The boy, from the White Marsh area, told police he was in the area visiting a friend when he was jumped by several people, Worrell said.

A state business group has invited members of the public to bring their sensitive documents Saturday to "Shred Day" identity theft prevention events in Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. The events, hosted by the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland, will send trucks to Arundel Mills (behind hhgregg) and The Avenue in White Marsh (behind the AMC Lowes), and will accept documents until noon. Each truck is capable of shredding up to 8,000 pounds of personal information.

A series of accidents on Interstate 95 northbound has caused major traffic delays north of the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Friday afternoon, according to a Maryland Transportation Authority spokesman. Traffic at 4 p.m. was backed up from north of the White Marsh area, where the first of the accidents occurred about 12:30 p.m., down to Eastern Avenue, said John Sales, the spokesman. A second accident in White Marsh further slowed traffic, as did an accident and a fender-bender just north of the tunnel, Sales said.

Corporate Office Properties Trust said it sold office buildings in White Marsh, Hunt Valley and Hanover as part of $61 million in property and land sales in the first three months of the year. The Columbia-based office real estate investment trust primarily serves government and defense-related tenants. The sales are part of a strategy, announced in April 2011, to shed non-core holdings such as suburban office complexes and focus on high-security buildings designed for government agencies and contractors.

Construction crews have begun widening White Marsh Boulevard at Interstate 95 as part of the $1.03 billion express toll lanes project. The roadway, also known as MD 43, will go from four lanes to six at the interchange, and two elevated ramps will be built to provide a direct link to the Interstate 95 express lanes. A new bridge will carry traffic over the interstate. The $142.6 million reconstruction is scheduled for completion in 2014. The Maryland Transportation Authority estimates the work will generate 400 jobs.

Maryland's second Gino's Burgers & Chicken is scheduled to open March 5 in the White Marsh-Perry Hall area. The new Gino's will open in the Honeygo Shopping Center, directly across from White Marsh Mall, near the intersection of White Marsh and Perry Hall boulevards. Former Gino's executive Tom Romano engineered the current Gino's revival. A company-owned store opened in King of Prussia, Pa. in October 2010, and the first franchise operation opened in August 2011 in Towson.

An 84-year-old woman died Friday after crashing her car into two trees in White Marsh, police said. About 12:30 p.m., the woman, who has not yet been identified, was driving east on Philadelphia Road near Maudes Way when her car began to swerve off the road and across the median, according to Baltimore County Police. The woman struck two mailboxes before hitting two trees head-on in her 1993 Ford Crown Victoria, police said. She was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she was pronounced dead at 1:45 p.m. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar