Nottingham

On January 1, 2009, LILYAN M. NOTTING HAM; dear mother of Edward B. Nottingham Jr.; also survived by two grandchildren, other loving relatives and friends. Visitation on Monday from 3-8 p.m. at THE JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Avenue where there will also be a wake on Tuesday from 10:30 to 11 a.m. with Funeral Service to follow. Interment at Arbutus Memorial Park

A Rockville real estate investment trust said yesterday that it has made a major push into the Baltimore-area market, buying the high-profile The Avenue at White Marsh and two nearby retail complexes in a deal valued at $189 million in equity and debt. Federal Realty Investment Trust purchased The Avenue, White Marsh Plaza and the Shoppes at Nottingham Square from Towson-based Nottingham Properties Inc., which recently sold its office properties to another local REIT. Nottingham executives did not return calls seeking comment.

The direct impact is less obvious here, halfway across the country from what has been the epicenter of the NBA during the past 13 seasons. But in Chicago, yesterday was a day of mourning as Michael Jordan announced his retirement.However, though there was no sobbing among the folks who watched Jordan's televised news conference at the ESPN Zone at the Inner Harbor, his departure left impressions on young and old alike.At noon, while a tardy Jordan allowed the media at the United Center one last bit of anticipation, Edward Nottingham sat in a plush leather chair in the front row of the screening room at the ESPN Zone.

Maryland State Police are searching for an escaped four-time murderer who was spotted Friday in a wooded area near Cecil County's border with Pennsylvania.Norman Johnston, 48, escaped Monday from a central Pennsylvania prison where he was serving a life sentence for the 1980 murders of four Pennsylvania teen-agers. The film "At Close Range," starring Sean Penn, was based on the killings.On Friday evening, Johnston was spotted talking on a pay phone in Nottingham, Pa., but he eluded authorities by fleeing into the 600-acre Nottingham Park, two miles from the Maryland border.

The Mount Airy Planning and Zoning Commission cleared the way last night for a private swimming pool expected to open this summer.After a month's delay and considerable discussion about parking, the commission approved plans for the Nottingham Swim Club in Fields of Nottingham, a development east of town. The vote was 4-to-1, with member Wendy Peters abstaining.The club, with a swimming pool, children's wading pool and activity pool with fountains and waterfalls, is part of the 400-home Nottingham development, though it will accept members who live outside the neighborhood.

On the edge of Sherwood Forest, down the river from Robin Hood Hill, past Nottingham Road in the picturesque neighborhood of Friar Tuck, an old man fishes on a pond thestate paid $1 million to save.Life is good here, in this oasis of undeveloped woodlands where the smattering of summer cottages are painted green so as not to clash with the trees.In Anne Arundel County -- where housing developments rapidly are replacing woodlands -- environmental groups fought hard to save 700 acres of forest and waterfront nicknamed the "Green Cathedral" because it is one of the last large, untouched tracts along the Severn River.

R. McLean Campbell, who as president and chief executive officer of Nottingham Properties was instrumental in developing White Marsh, died Thursday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center of a stroke. He was 73.A former longtime Towson resident, he had resided at the Blakehurst Life Care Community since 1993.Mr. Campbell was born and raised in Towson. He was named for his maternal great-grandparents, Wilmer and Virginia McLean, the couple whose front parlor at Appomattox Court House, Va., was the site of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, to end the Civil War.A 1942 Gilman School graduate, he earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1948.

Victoria Nottingham, 64, USF&G clerk, homemakerVictoria Nottingham, a clerk at USF&G, died Sunday of lung failure at Sinai Hospital. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 64.A native of Eastville, Va., the former Victoria Jordan married Benjamin T. Nottingham in the early 1960s and moved to Baltimore soon afterward.She was a homemaker before she joined USF&G in 1972, first at its downtown location and later in Mount Washington. She retired from full-time work in 1994 and was working there part time at her death.

Boys' Latin is the area's No. 1-ranked lacrosse team, with two returning All-Metro players -- one of whom, Greg Patchak, was The Sun's 1996 Baltimore City/County Player of the Year.But No. 3 Gilman is the hottest team in Baltimore, and the biggest surprise in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association's A Conference -- the nation's toughest high school league.Ranked No. 5 in the preseason, the Greyhounds (5-0) already have toppled No. 5 St. Paul's -- a team that later handled preseason No. 3 Calvert Hall -- No. 4 Loyola and No. 2 St. Mary's, winner of last year's MIAA A Conference crown with a 17-0 record.

FireSykesville: Firefighters responded at 6: 17 p.m. Thursday to a house fire in the 800 block of River Road in Howard County. Units were out 21 minutes.Sykesville: Firefighters responded at 12: 28 p.m. Thursday to a fire alarm in the 1800 block of McDuff Court. Units were out 19 minutes.Gamber: Firefighters responded at 6: 34 a.m. Thursday to a brush fire on Route 32 at Nottingham Drive. Units were out 44 minutes.Pub Date: 5/12/97

On Feburary 25, 2009, ROY EARL NOTTINGHAM, beloved husband of Bonnie P. Nottingham (nee Franklin), loving father of Kari Nottingham and Sarah Nottingham and husband Bruce; devoted grandfather of Zachary, Gage and Emma Gross; dear brother of Peggy Stone, Angela Ulhorn, Lori Holt, Elaine Holt, Boyd Holt, Jr. and John Holt. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Family members and friends may call at the family owned Ambrose Funeral Home, Inc., 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd, Arbutus, MD 21227 on Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where a funeral service will be held on Tuesday beginning at 11:30 A.M. Interment Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery.

On January 1, 2009, LILYAN M. NOTTING HAM; dear mother of Edward B. Nottingham Jr.; also survived by two grandchildren, other loving relatives and friends. Visitation on Monday from 3-8 p.m. at THE JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Avenue where there will also be a wake on Tuesday from 10:30 to 11 a.m. with Funeral Service to follow. Interment at Arbutus Memorial Park

Robinson Kendall Nottingham, the former executive vice president of global insurance giant American International Group Inc. and a trustee of the Johns Hopkins University, died May 20 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, several days after suffering a stroke. He was 70. Mr. Nottingham's 38-year career at AIG was hardly the stuff of gray-suited stereotype, offering him adventures in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War era and close calls in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. He climbed the corporate ladder in New York but remained faithful to the Baltimore institutions that nurtured his intellectual development and became was a major donor to Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies.

A Rockville real estate investment trust said yesterday that it has made a major push into the Baltimore-area market, buying the high-profile The Avenue at White Marsh and two nearby retail complexes in a deal valued at $189 million in equity and debt. Federal Realty Investment Trust purchased The Avenue, White Marsh Plaza and the Shoppes at Nottingham Square from Towson-based Nottingham Properties Inc., which recently sold its office properties to another local REIT. Nottingham executives did not return calls seeking comment.

Nottingham Properties Inc., the family-owned developer that over four decades transformed White Marsh from sand and gravel pits into a thriving town center, has agreed to be acquired by Maryland's biggest suburban landlord, Corporate Office Properties Trust. For Columbia-based COPT, which has grown rapidly by building and leasing offices to defense-related tenants, the $362.5 million deal will put it in better position to benefit from the military base restructuring that is expected to shift tens of thousands of jobs to the Interstate 95 corridor around the Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Meade.

On September 2, 2006, TRAVIS SANTEL McLaughlin, 26, beloved husband of Sandra A. McLaughlin (nee Avizienyte); loving son of Sherry March (nee Harris); dear brother of Donald Richard Cassell, William Gene Jaehn, and Sherry Jean Jaehn; loving nephew of Kelly Noppenberger, Stella Nicolson, and Danny Perrera; caring cousin of Amanda, Shannon, Leslie Renee and David Gene; loving uncle of Makela, Erin, Juliana, and Christopher. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening at 3 Purple Plum Court-Nottingham from 6 until 9 P.M. Interment will be private.

The stately brick manor has stood on a Harford County hillside since 1791 and has been home to several prominent Maryland families, including that of a former governor whose signature is on the Declaration of Independence. But a developer's site plan refers to the two-story house near Bel Air as an "existing dwelling" that could be razed to make way for a luxury townhouse complex for senior citizens. And as county planners consider the proposal, preservationists have taken up the cause of trying to save the home.

On Wednesday, March 8, 2006, CURTIS R. DOYLE, age 50, of North East, MD. Graveside services will be 1 P.M., Saturday, March 11, 2006 at West Nottingham Cemetery, 1195 Firetower Road, Colora, MD. For condolences visit www.crouchfuneralhome.com 410-287-6166.

On January 23, 2006, EUGENE GEORGE ROSSMARK SR., husband of Gail K. Rossmark, loving father of April Nottingham and her husband Jeff and Eugene Rossmark Jr.; cherished grandfather of Ryan Nottingham; loving son of Dorothy A. Rossmark and the late George W. Rossmark; dear brother of Craig Rossmark and his wife Jean and Yvonne Lorenz and her husband John. A Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Friday at 11:00 A.M. Interment Baltimore Cemetery.

On January 23, 2006, EUGENE GEORGE ROSSMARK SR., husband of Gail K. Rossmark, loving father of April Nottingham and her husband Jeff and Eugene Rossmark Jr.; cherished grandfather of Ryan Nottingham; loving son of Dorothy A. Rossmark and the late George W. Rossmark; dear brother of Craig Rossmark and his wife Jean and Yvonne Lorenz and her husband John. A Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Friday at 11:00 A.M. Interment Baltimore Cemetery.