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The Sykesville Town Council's rezoning of Raincliffe Center has paved the way for a 150-house development on the unimproved 32-acre site, once the community's only industrial property.Mayor Jonathan Herman's vote in favor of rezoning the site for residential use broke a 3-3 tie shortly after midnight Monday and followed a five-hour public hearing."Basically, I felt there had been a change in the neighborhood that warranted a rezoning," Herman said.The most significant change was the town's recent annexation of the Warfield Complex, 15 aging buildings on 138 acres that Sykesville plans to turn into an employment campus, Herman said.

The Sykesville Town Council was hearing testimony late last night on a controversial petition to rezone a 32-acre property along Route 32.More than 50 people crowded into Town House and many of them had to stand for the hearing on Raincliffe Center.The unimproved parcel was once the only industrial property in Sykesville. If the Town Council rezones it as residential, it will become another subdivision in the town of 3,500 residents.As of 10 p.m., the council had not voted on the petition and testimony was expected to last at least for another hour.

The Sykesville Town Council was hearing testimony late last night on a controversial petition to rezone a 32-acre property along Route 32.More than 50 people crowded into Town House and many of them had to stand for the hearing on Raincliffe Center that began about 7 p.m.The unimproved parcel was once the only industrial property in Sykesville. If the Town Council rezones it as residential, it will become another subdivision in the town of 3,500 residents.As of 10 p.m., the council had not voted on the petition and testimony was expected to last at least for another hour.

FiresWinfield: Firefighters responded at 12: 31 a.m. Sunday to an auto fire at Braddock and Skidmore roads. Units were out one hour.Mount airy: Firefighters responded at 6: 39 p.m. Saturday to an auto fire at I-70 and Bill Moxley Road. Units were out 16 minutes.Mount Airy: Firefighters responded at 11: 02 a.m. Friday to a fire alarm in the 3400 block of Watersville Road. Units were out 10 minutes.Winfield: Firefighters from Winfield, Sykesville, New Windsor and Mount Airy responded at 7: 37 a.m. Friday to a house fire at Roop Road and Route 26. Units were out 16 minutes.

FireMount Airy: Firefighters responded at 8: 56 a.m. Wednesday to a water detail in the 200 block of Moxley St., Frederick County. Units were out 12 minutes.Pub Date: 4/23/99

An Ellicott City developer has asked the town of Sykesville to rezone industrial property along Route 32 and allow him to build 155 homes.The Town Council made no comment on the petition at a recent meeting, but several members have said they are willing to hear more.With the recent annexation of the Warfield Complex and plans to renovate those 139 acres into an employment campus, Raincliffe Center, the proposed building site, is no longer the town's only industrial property."I don't know if the Town Council is opposed to residential use at Raincliffe, because things have changed," said Matthew H. Candland, town manager.

FiresWinfield: Firefighters responded at 7: 18 a.m. Sunday to a fire alarm in the 1700 block of W. Liberty Road. Units were out seven minutes.Winfield: Firefighters responded at 6: 11 p.m. Saturday to a water detail in the 4100 block of Salem Bottom Road. Units were out 25 minutes.Mount Airy: Firefighters assisted Frederick County at 10: 42 p.m. Friday on an auto fire on Interstate 70 at Bill Moxley Road. Units were out seven minutes.Pub Date: 8/11/98

An Ellicott City developer has asked the town of Sykesville to rezone industrial property along Route 32 and allow him to build 155 homes.The Town Council made no comment on the petition at a recent meeting, but several members have said they are willing to hear more.With the recent annexation of the Warfield Complex and plans to renovate those 139 acres into an employment campus, Raincliffe Center, the proposed building site, is no longer the town's only industrial property."I don't know if the Town Council is opposed to residential use at Raincliffe, because things have changed," said Matthew H. Candland, town manager.

FOR THE past four years, the Baltimore County Council has worked well. Instead of parochial bickering, the council's seven members have tended to agree on a broad vision for the future of the Baltimore area's largest local government. We hope this constructive approach continues.That's why The Sun supports the re-election of Steven G. Samuel Moxley, a Democrat who has represented the populous Arbutus, Catonsville and Westview areas since 1994, when he defeated Berchie Manley for the council seat.

ELECTION year follies: Baltimore County Council offers post-Fourth fireworks. Monday night, as last-minute candidates flocked to the Towson election board office two blocks away, the council crackled with political hostility, climaxing with a fiery exchange between Councilman Vince Gardina, a Perry Hall Democrat, and former Councilwoman Berchie Lee Manley, a Catonsville Republican whose husband, John, is running for her old seat.The verbal pyrotechnics started with a squabble over historic preservation.

With several longtime members retiring or running for other offices - and two whose legal woes could make them vulnerable - the Baltimore County Council is facing what could be its largest turnover in two decades. Two members, each having served four terms, are considering leaving the council to run for county executive now that the current officeholder, James T. Smith Jr., has reached the end of a two-term limit. With the longest-serving member, Vincent Gardina, opting to retire, at least three of the seven council seats could be up for grabs.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist - or even a public relations consultant - to recognize the three rules for dealing with disaster in the mass media age: Come clean about everything, apologize and make restitution where possible. This applies not only to corporations facing an expensive product recall or a politician caught in an embarrassing personal scandal. Yet somehow this lesson doesn't always sink in, particularly with those in elected office. While it may not be easy to face one's constituents and admit wrongdoing, failing to do so inevitably drags the matter out all that much longer - and usually more painfully.

Standing before a judge and facing 60 days in jail, Baltimore County Councilman Stephen G. Samuel Moxley admitted publicly for the first time Wednesday that he is an alcoholic and needs help. Moxley was accused of being drunk shortly before midnight July 23 when he caused a four-car pileup in West Baltimore that injured 44-year-old Justine Matthews. A police officer described him as "stumbling," "swaying" and smelling of alcohol when he emerged from his badly damaged Toyota Highlander.

On August 13, 2009, GLADYS EVELYN MOXLEY DAVIS, of Bel Air, MD and Salem, NY. Widow of Paul M. Davis; mother of James M. Davis, Donald L. Davis, Thomas E. Davis, and Sylvia A. Devlin; sister of Ralph P. Moxley, Mack Coy Moxley, Jr., and Geneva D. Finney; grandmother of Melissa J. Devlin, Amanda M. Davis, and Abigail M. Davis; mother-in-law of Elaine J. Davis and John F. Devlin. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Thursday, August 20, 2009.

Nearly two weeks ago, Baltimore County Councilman Stephen G. Samuel Moxley was involved in a four-car accident in West Baltimore and subsequently charged by police with driving under the influence. This is the second such charge he has faced in four years. In 2005, he crashed a county-owned vehicle into a stopped car on the shoulder of the beltway. He was charged with DUI in that case, too, but was sentenced to a year of probation before judgement. What is the councilman's explanation for his actions?

Police identify three victims in Monday crash in Lothian 2 Authorities identified Tuesday two people killed and a third seriously injured a day earlier when the car they were in ran off Route 4 near Upper Pindell Road in Lothian and crashed into trees. Katherine Marie Buta, 57, of the 6700 block of Bayberry Crossing in Owings and her brother, Douglas Donald Houglund, 67, of Scottsdale, Ariz., died at the scene, according to Anne Arundel County police. Buta's 19-year-old son, Bradley Wallace Buta, also of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Baltimore County Councilman Stephen G. "Sam" Moxley, arrested on drunken-driving charges for the second time in four years, faces an uncertain political future as he completes his fourth term and considers whether to run for re-election or for another office next year. While some Republicans are calling for him to resign, members of Moxley's Democratic Party are standing by the council member for now, even as they express concerns over his arrest Friday. Moxley did not attend a council work session Tuesday afternoon and has not returned calls from The Baltimore Sun for comment.

Car hits street-sweeper truck in White Marsh, killing 3 2 Three people were killed Monday in White Marsh when a car rammed into the back of a street-sweeper truck, Baltimore County fire officials said. Authorities have not released the victims' names, ages or genders. The accident happened on Honeygo Boulevard near Whitemarsh Boulevard about 5 a.m., fire officials said. - Brent Jones County GOP chairman calls for Moxley to resign after 2nd DUI 3 The chairman of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee has called for the resignation of County Councilman Sam Moxley, a four-term Democrat who was arrested on drunken-driving charges Friday in Baltimore city.

Naked man charged in Annapolis yacht break-in A naked man was arrested and charged with burglary and theft after he was suspected of breaking into a yacht early Friday and stealing alcohol, Annapolis police said. Employees on a boat docked at the Annapolis Yacht Basin in the first block of Compromise St. were awakened about 2 a.m. by sounds of an intruder, police said. The boat's engineer awoke to see a man clothed in a black V-neck T-shirt and dark jeans in his bedroom and chased him off the yacht.

For more than 30 years, the Hodgepodge Lodge endured a battering from the elements. The floor was missing, the stone chimney destroyed, and the roof bore a large hole. But with the recent efforts of volunteers and donors, and months of hammering and painting, the cabin that was the iconic namesake of a popular public television show has been relocated and restored. The 8-by-10-foot structure was moved from its longtime home in Owings Mills to the Howard County Conservancy, where it will serve as an interactive nature exhibit for children.