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Patrick Anthony O'Doherty, a colorful Baltimore trial lawyer who was considered an expert on complex insurance and personal injury cases, died Saturday of prostate cancer at his Catonsville home. He was 73.He had stopped working because of illness three weeks ago."He loved what he was doing and died with his boots on," said former Baltimore Circuit Chief Judge Robert I. H. Hammerman, a friend and colleague for nearly 40 years. "Even though he was in pain, he was still going to court. It was his love."

Rose Helen O'Doherty, an accomplished golfer and family matriarch, died of pneumonia April 18 at Howard County General Hospital. The Ellicott City resident was 82. Born Rose Helen Huggins in Baltimore, she was raised on North Monroe Street and attended St. Gregory's School. She was a 1946 Western High School graduate. While attending a local business college, she met her future husband, Patrick Anthony O'Doherty, a trial attorney. They lived in Irvington and later in an old home called Maple Lodge in the Paradise section of Catonsville.

St. Mary's coach Erika Bristow told her team to concentrate on sticking to its style of play yesterday against Severn.Bristow wanted the fourth-ranked Saints to focus on the basics of passing, catching and scooping ground balls that they do so well. St. Mary's followed the coach's instructions and also got strong performances from Meaghan O'Doherty and goalie Jen Corradini in a 9-6 victory over No. 9 Severn at Weems-Whalen Memorial Field in Annapolis.O'Doherty (two goals, two assists) sparked St. Mary's (12-2)

What the Maryland slots debate really needs is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, and luckily, Taylor Branch is up for it. The historian and author of an acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. trilogy is on the steering committee for Marylanders United to Stop Slots. By his own account, Branch is pretty much "removed from public life." Why weigh in on this issue? "Basically, I would say a lifetime spent studying Martin Luther King and the civil rights era steeps you in what democracy requires, because that's basically what the whole civil rights movement is about.

The Baltimore County Council tentatively agreed to $933,000 in cuts to County Executive James T. Smith Jr.'s $1.2 billion budget proposal yesterday, a relatively small reduction by historical standards that members say is proof of a lean budget for tough economic times. The councilmen made no cuts at all to popular areas such as schools, the community colleges, the libraries and recreation and parks. They cut back most grants to cultural institutions such as the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to last year's levels and otherwise made relatively minor cuts to county departments, mostly through adjusting projected salary savings due to turnover.

Gov. Martin O'Malley and City Council President Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, longtime political allies, have announced key changes in their press staffs. A Rawlings-Blake press agent is moving to O'Malley's staff and being replaced by a former Democratic Party operative. And an O'Malley press agent was promoted to director of communications on the governor's staff. Former O'Malley press secretary Rick Abbruzzese, 31, has become communications director to the governor, a position left vacant when longtime O'Malley aide Steve Kearney left to create his own communications firm this year.

On November 17, 2005, AUDREYELEANOR GRIESE (nee Cooper), beloved wife of the late William F. Griese, Jr., devoted mother of Marilyn Roe and Carolyn O'Doherty. Adored grandmother of Thomas Roe (Gaylin), Michael Roe (Karen), Nicole Orlovitz (David) and Patrick O'Doherty; great-grandson Quintin Orlovitz and Kaitlyn Orlovitz. Loving sister of Howard Cooper. Friends may call at the LOUDON PARK FUNERAL HOME, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday where friends may call from 11:30 to 12 noon with Service at 12 noon at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, 711 Maiden Choice La., Baltimore.

A 20-year-old Annapolis man working on apartment construction at the former Southway Bowling Center in Federal Hill was fatally crushed yesterday when he fell beneath a moving front-end loader, police said. Niall O'Doherty of the 100 block of Lafayette Ave. was sitting on a ledge on one side of the loader as another worker backed the vehicle onto Hamburg Street about 4 p.m, according to police. When a third worker who was directing traffic for the loader was ready to climb up, the seated man reached out his hand to pull him on. In the process, Enright said, O'Doherty fell under the vehicle's wheels and was crushed.

I hear in Gabriel O'Doherty's voice the faint trace of a brogue his parents brought from Ireland long, long ago. It gives his voice a kind of gentle lilt that soothes and charms. You can understand why young men would open up to him, as if speaking to a kind-hearted uncle, and shed tears on his carpet.This goes back some years, to when we were still burying our dead from Vietnam.O'Doherty, who survived the Korean War, felt special affinity with the boys who returned to the United States in the 1970s as war-fried veterans.

St. Mary's Maeghan O'Doherty's 30-yard shot with three minutes left sailed over keeper Laura Fawley, lifting the unranked Saints (7-4-1, 6-2-1) into a 3-3 Catholic League tie with top-ranked McDonogh (13-0-2).O'Doherty's goal offset a hat trick by Eagles striker Laurie Schwoy and ended McDonogh's 10-game winning streak since an early-season 2-2 tie with No. 10 Mercy.The Saints, who rode a four-game winning streak into the game, trailed 1-0 early and 2-1 at halftime before Kristen Buckley and Erin Hon tied the game each time.

Gov. Martin O'Malley and City Council President Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, longtime political allies, have announced key changes in their press staffs. A Rawlings-Blake press agent is moving to O'Malley's staff and being replaced by a former Democratic Party operative. And an O'Malley press agent was promoted to director of communications on the governor's staff. Former O'Malley press secretary Rick Abbruzzese, 31, has become communications director to the governor, a position left vacant when longtime O'Malley aide Steve Kearney left to create his own communications firm this year.

Growing up in Catonsville's Paradise neighborhood, Brian O'Doherty dreamed about becoming a musician and moving to California. Now that he's a successful songwriter based in Los Angeles, O'Doherty, known in the music world as Dillon O'Brian, says, "I've been dreaming about being back home." Yesterday, O'Brian came home for a brief concert in a shopping center parking lot - and for a snowball. With Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. proclaiming it "Dillon O'Brian Day," and with the musician's former piano teacher in attendance, O'Brian played "Fearless Love," a song he wrote that is featured in the film Sideways.

An e-mail address of a former state Democratic Party worker was used in a discussion about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's marriage on a conservative Web site, a spokesman for the site said yesterday. Kristinn Taylor, a spokesman for free republic.com, said Ryan O'Doherty's Democratic Party address was one of at least three used to operate the identity of MD4BUSH, the mysterious Internet poster who appears to have coaxed an aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. into talking about the mayor's personal life.

On November 17, 2005, AUDREYELEANOR GRIESE (nee Cooper), beloved wife of the late William F. Griese, Jr., devoted mother of Marilyn Roe and Carolyn O'Doherty. Adored grandmother of Thomas Roe (Gaylin), Michael Roe (Karen), Nicole Orlovitz (David) and Patrick O'Doherty; great-grandson Quintin Orlovitz and Kaitlyn Orlovitz. Loving sister of Howard Cooper. Friends may call at the LOUDON PARK FUNERAL HOME, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday where friends may call from 11:30 to 12 noon with Service at 12 noon at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, 711 Maiden Choice La., Baltimore.

Dinner with relatives on Thanksgiving used to be so comforting, with all the familiar dishes, family stories and skits by the young ones -- until this year, that is, when some family members will still be gloating about President Bush's re-election while those who supported John F. Kerry are plotting a move to Canada. Thanksgiving dinner is fraught with potential intrafamily disputes as it is -- canned or fresh cranberries? vegan or low-carb stuffing? -- but this year, red and blue differences are now part of the mix. With all those partisans having to share one table, some are viewing Thanksgiving this year as the food equivalent of sleeping with the enemy.

Five months after it appeared to die a quiet death, Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. has revived his push to get Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos on the county's Revenue Authority. Angelos, a prominent attorney who helped revive downtown Baltimore's west side, is a key component in Smith's vision of a more active Revenue Authority that would encourage commercial revitalization, said Damian O'Doherty, who has recently become Smith's top aide and liaison to the County Council.

What the Maryland slots debate really needs is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, and luckily, Taylor Branch is up for it. The historian and author of an acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. trilogy is on the steering committee for Marylanders United to Stop Slots. By his own account, Branch is pretty much "removed from public life." Why weigh in on this issue? "Basically, I would say a lifetime spent studying Martin Luther King and the civil rights era steeps you in what democracy requires, because that's basically what the whole civil rights movement is about.

Dinner with relatives on Thanksgiving used to be so comforting, with all the familiar dishes, family stories and skits by the young ones -- until this year, that is, when some family members will still be gloating about President Bush's re-election while those who supported John F. Kerry are plotting a move to Canada. Thanksgiving dinner is fraught with potential intrafamily disputes as it is -- canned or fresh cranberries? vegan or low-carb stuffing? -- but this year, red and blue differences are now part of the mix. With all those partisans having to share one table, some are viewing Thanksgiving this year as the food equivalent of sleeping with the enemy.

The Baltimore County Council tentatively agreed to $933,000 in cuts to County Executive James T. Smith Jr.'s $1.2 billion budget proposal yesterday, a relatively small reduction by historical standards that members say is proof of a lean budget for tough economic times. The councilmen made no cuts at all to popular areas such as schools, the community colleges, the libraries and recreation and parks. They cut back most grants to cultural institutions such as the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to last year's levels and otherwise made relatively minor cuts to county departments, mostly through adjusting projected salary savings due to turnover.