Nottingham

Richard R. Jones, the Nottingham Properties Inc. executive primarily responsible for persuading Time Warner Inc. to develop a new $40 million distribution center in White Marsh earlier this year, has resigned from the real estate firm after nearly 20 years.Mr. Jones had indicated that he was "seeking new challenges and opportunities," and one week after he left Nottingham he joined a Timonium printing company.As Nottingham's senior vice president, Mr. Jones was in charge of marketing and much of the commercial development in the White Marsh section of northeast Baltimore County.

With the less-than-stellar second running of the Baltimore Grand Prix this year, when is Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake going to permanently park the notion of moving forward with it? The numbers don't lie. Baltimore Racing Development, the event's original promoter, projected 58,000 hotel rooms would be booked. Oops, they were 21,000 shy of reaching that figure. The promoter also projected that $12 million would be spent on food. In fact, only $3 million, a quarter of that figure, was actually spent.

On Sunday July 17, 2005 GUY DAVID of near Westminster, beloved husband of Dawn Nottingham, devoted father of Pamela K. Collins of Colorado and Paolo D. Nottingham of Westminster, father-in-law of William D. Collins and Melissa A. Nottingham, kindly grandfather to Erin, Lauren, Scott, Ian, Kelsey and David, brother of the late Jo Anne N. Hubbard. A memorial service will be celebrated at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Carroll Hospice, 95 Carroll St., Westminster, Md. 21157.

Josie Mehta, a retired registered nurse who had worked at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, died Sept. 1 of cancer at her Nottingham home. She was 61. The daughter of an insurance man and a homemaker, Josie Dela Cruz was born and raised in Virac, the Philippines, where she graduated from high school. After earning her nursing degree in 1972 from the University of Santo Thomas in the Philippines, she came to Baltimore the next year when she took a nursing job at the old Church Home Hospital.

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

Nottingham Properties Inc. has begun construction of the first phase its newest commercial project, Tyler Ridge, in the White Marsh Business Community.The project, on more than 10 acres along Corporate Drive, will include two flex-use buildings and one office building.The flex-use buildings, which can be used for research and development or offices, will be 16,691 square feet and 33,692 square feet. The office building will be 29,617 square feet.The single-story, brick and glass buildings were designed by Hofmann & Associates and will be constructed by Nottingham )

Water service has been restored around 4 p.m. to about 50 homes and a half-dozen retail businesses in the Nottingham section of Baltimore County. Baltimore Public Works spokesman Kurt Kocher said a broken 12-inch water main was discovered about 5 a.m. Tuesday on the north side of Belair Road between Dunfield Road and Klosterman Avenue. The northbound lanes of Belair Road will remain closed between Dunfield Road and Klosterman Avenue until weather conditions permit resurfacing of the road, he said.

Don't sell six-packs of beer to 19-year-olds and don't sell drinks to the band at 3 in the morning. Those were the messages handed down last week -- in the form of $500 fines -- by the Howard County Liquor Board.The board found that on Feb. 9 Skylight Liquors of Elkridge sold a six-pack of Miller's Genuine Draft to Jamie Kendrick, 19, who was working undercover for the Howard County Police Department, according to a Liquor Board order that described his public testimo- ny at a board meeting.

Nottingham Square, considered one of the last and best commercial real estate centers available for development in White Marsh, has snared its fourth "big box retailer" -- Service Merchandise -- and is negotiating with a fifth major merchandiser, according to officials involved with the new development.Through brokers KLNB Inc., Nottingham Square shopping center, on Campbell Boulevard just east of Interstate 95, has already lined up:* Best Buy, a Minnesota-based consumer electronics giant, the first to open about three weeks ago, with a 62,000-square-foot store.

Nottingham's, an upscale billiards parlor in east Columbia, is sponsoring a benefit concert tomorrow night for the family of an employee's brother, one of five people slain in a Potomac house in July.Nottingham's hopes to raise several thousand dollars for Maggie Aldridge of Silver Spring and her infant daughter. Markie was born just two weeks after Ms. Aldridge's 30-year-old husband, Mark, was murdered along with four residents of the house he was hired to paint.Montgomery County police have charged a handyman hired by Mr. Aldridge with the July 20 murders.

A Baltimore County man orchestrated a drug deal to rob a 22-year-old who was found shot to death in the back seat of his Chevrolet Impala in Parkville last week, police said. DeAngelo Devonne Johnson, 24, of the first block of Delight Ave. in Nottingham, was charged Wednesday with armed robbery and first-degree murder. Police said Johnson had arranged to buy a quarter-pound of marijuana from Miguiel Anthony Bailey when he and Linwood Tymais Smith allegedly robbed and shot Bailey on June 12. Smith was charged earlier with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the incident.

Pam and Ray Vonderschmidt, of Nottingham, and Serafina and Paul Moravec, of Bel Air, announce the engagement of their children, Linda Vonderschmidt and Kirk Moravec. The bride-to-be is a 1999 graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame and a 2003 graduate of Villa Julie College, where she earned a bachelor of science in accounting. She is a CPA at Hertzbach & Company. The prospective groom is a 1999 graduate of C. Milton Wright High School and a 2003 graduate of Towson University, where he earned a bachelor of science in business administration.

A local charity will benefit from the beer-making skills of Vincent and Suzanne Powers, winners of the second annual H.E.R.O Homebrew contest run by the DuClaw Brewing Company. The Nottingham residents won the contest with their Chocolate Chipotle Stout, beating 54 other home-brewed offerings. The beer will be made by DuClaw and sold in the chain's brewpubs and at retail locations. Proceeds will go to a charity that will be chosen at the end of June or the beginning of July. "We're open to suggestions," said Dave Benfield, CEO of the Maryland craft brewing company, founded in 1996.

Baltimore County Police have released a composite sketch of a man they believe burglarized homes in the eastern part of the county between Thursday and Saturday. Four of the six burglaries took place in Perry Hall, all in the 5100 block of E. Joppa Road. The two other incidents occurred in Nottingham, in the 9200 block of Ramblebrook Road and the 9400 block of Dana Vista Road. All the burglaries took place overnight, between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m., and the thief entered through a window.

Helen G. Rigler, a former elementary school educator and opera buff, died Saturday of heart failure at Mercy Medical Center. The Parkton resident was 93. The daughter of a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. draftsman and a homemaker, Helen Gill was born in Baltimore and raised in Boring. After graduating from Franklin High School in 1936, she earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1940 from what is now Towson University. After completing her student teaching at Lida Lee Tall School on the Towson campus, she began teaching at Margaret Brent Elementary School and later at Stoneleigh Elementary School.

The following students graduated from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., in fall 2011. Newman Yen , of Nottingham and Douglas Peters , of Perry Hall. Kelly Moffett , of Parkville; Caitlin Canoles , Rachel Lebowitz , Emily Parker and Michael Partin , of Perry Hall were named to the dean's list at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., in fall 2011. Benjamin Turcea and Emily Broderick, of Baltimore were named to fall 2011 semester dean's list at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa. Thomas L. Rodabaugh , of Nottingham, earned a Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College, Albany, N.Y. Kacey Callahan, of Baltimore has been named to the Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., dean's list for fall 2011.

Would someone please tell Gov.Martin O'Malleythat I'm already sharing the wealth - with the federal government. Leonard Magsamen, Nottingham

Oniel Joseph Garcia, a retired Exxon Oil Co. worker and outdoorsman, died Sunday of multiple organ failure at Ma Maison, a Nottingham assisted-living facility. The longtime Timonium resident was 104. The son of a steamship captain and a homemaker, Oniel Joseph Garcia was born and raised in Violet, La., where he attended Warren Easton High School. He moved with his family to Canton in 1923 and went to work at the Federal Tin Co. A short time later, he took a job as a clerk in the time-keeping department at the old Esso Oil Co. refinery in Canton.