Owings Mills

The Hammond Golden Bears last night sent nine wrestlers into today's Class 2A-1A South regional tournament semifinals at Oakland Mills, but coach Pedro Barbosa said he knows the challenges that lie ahead. "We need a little luck and for all our kids to wrestle at their best," he said. "If that happens, we have a chance to win the team title. But the semifinal round is big, and River Hill is in good position. But whether we win the team title or not, every kid here aspires to the state tournament, and my goal is to get them there."

On February 22, 2009, Beatrice Berlin Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane on Wednesday, February 25, at 9 AM. Interment (Anshe Emunah) Aitz Chaim Cemetery - 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Hadassah, 3723 Old Court Road, #205, Baltimore MD 21208. In mourning at 4003 Long Lake Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117. sollevinson.com

On February 22, 2009, Beatrice Berlin Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane on Wednesday, February 25, at 9 AM. Interment (Anshe Emunah) Aitz Chaim Cemetery - 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Hadassah, 3723 Old Court Road, #205, Baltimore MD 21208. In mourning at 4003 Long Lake Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117. sollevinson.com

On March 9, 2009 GEORGE W. FIELDS On Tuesday, the family will receive friends at the VAUGHN C. GREENE CHAPEL (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 12:30 to 1P.M. with services to follow. Interment Garrison Forest VA Cemetery, Owings Mills, MD. Inquiries to (410)655-0015.

At a time when many people are resolving to lose weight in the new year, Medifast Inc. yesterday named a new chief executive and announced a new marketing strategy that the Owings Mills company hopes will expand sales of its diet shakes and protein bars. Medifast President and Chief Financial Officer Michael S. McDevitt will become chief executive officer March 1. Bradley T. MacDonald, chairman and CEO, will stay on as chairman and will focus on new business development and community relations.

Money manager Legg Mason Inc. said yesterday that it will leave its Light Street skyscraper for Baltimore's Harbor East when its lease expires in 2009 - a major boost for the accelerating expansion of downtown beyond the boundaries of the old central business district. Legg expects to move nearly all of its roughly 1,000 Baltimore-area employees to a mixed-use complex that H&S Properties Development Corp. will build in the fast-developing Harbor East, a once-industrial area transformed in recent years into a cluster of upscale hotels, residences, offices and retail.

Losing twice at last week's Basketball Academy taught City's girls basketball team as much about how far it has come as how far it has to go. A year ago, the Knights struggled through a 10-12 season, including an 81-18 loss to Western in the Baltimore City championship. That was quite a drop-off from the 22-3 team two years ago that won the city title and reached the Class 2A state title game. This team is off to an 8-4 start, thanks to an influx of young players, including multitalented freshman guard LaShay Taft and sophomore point guard Breaira Barksdale, a transfer from Eastern Tech.

T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Baltimore County's largest private employer, has received approval for a major expansion of its office park in Owings Mills. The company, which has scheduled a "major announcement" for tomorrow at its Owings Mills facility, has filed plans to build two five-story office buildings on the 416-acre campus. The project would also add two parking garages with more than 1,300 spaces, according to drawings filed with county planners. A company spokesman declined yesterday to discuss the planned announcement.

Nancy G. Trimble, a homemaker and antiques collector, died Sept. 12 at St. Joseph Medical Center of complications from a fall. She had celebrated her 96th birthday the day before her death. Born Nancy Gordon Carroll and raised in Baltimore, she was a descendant of Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase and John Hanson, who served as president of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. She was a 1929 graduate of the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and made her debut at the Bachelors Cotillon.

On August 31, 2007, DONALD W. WHITFORD "Double Dee" of Catonsville, MD, died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born November 13, 1942, in Utica, NY. He was the son of the late Charles and Ann Lupa Whitford. Mr Whitford is survived by his three children Allisyn Pletch of Owings Mills, and Eric and David Whitford, both of Jacksonville, FL. He is the grandfather of Jordan Marie Whitford and Maxwell Samuel Pletch; brother of Charles Whitford, Patty Ann Manning and Elaine Zenobio. Services and interment are private.

Thanks to a satisfied customer who gave an excellent reference, Jody Berg and her company, Media Works Ltd., got a call last month to pitch a potential client. The Van Tuyl Automotive Group, the country's largest independent network of car dealerships, was looking for an experienced media buyer to help it place more than $30 million in advertising over the next year - a staggering amount that would more than double Media Works' annual billings. Berg remembers speaking to a Van Tuyl official one day by phone in September, and then flying to a meeting in Atlanta the next day. Proposals and follow-up meetings came quickly after.

Capital Beltway death toll highest in Prince George's New statistics show that the portion of the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County is by far the deadliest section of the roadway. Forty-two people were killed in crashes between 2006 and 2008 between the Virginia border and the interchange where Interstate 95 splits off toward Baltimore. During the same period, 18 people died on the rest of the highway. The numbers come from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

These are big houses on tiny lots," Eileen Jacobs says of her two-story, all-brick traditional home in Owings Mills. Her decorating challenge, therefore, was not the exterior but rather the interior space of 3,400 square feet, not counting the basement. She was more than up to the task, and while the house was being constructed, she designed rooms and bought furnishings working only from floor plans. "The [design] was all in my mind's eye before we moved," she said. "One to two months afterward, I had everything in place.

When quarterback Keith Randall completed a 7-yard touchdown pass Friday to Jordan Bledsoe in the second quarter, Owings Mills was on its way to breaking a 53-game losing streak in football that dates five years. "We led 6-0 at the half, and our kids could really feel the win," Owings Mills coach Steve Lurz said. "We knew we had to keep our composure in the second half." Abe Tadros added a 6-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, and the host Eagles (1-3) went on to beat Loch Raven, 12-0.

William A. Pistell, a retired printing firm executive active in Chesapeake Bay conservation, died of cancer Sept. 24 at his Owings Mills home. He was 83. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he earned a history degree at Princeton University after serving in the merchant marine during World War II. He had a master's degree from the New York University School of Business and was a certified public accountant. He moved to Baltimore in 1962 and was vice president of finance at Baltimore Business Forms and later served as treasurer of a federal agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corp.

A Reisterstown woman was killed Tuesday morning after her car crashed into a delivery truck on Interstate 795 north of Owings Mills Boulevard, closing the northbound roadway for about three hours, according to Maryland State Police. Amy L. Brooking, 21, of the first block of Sebastian Court was pronounced dead at Sinai Hospital, police said. Brooking was driving a 2004 Honda Civic south in the left lane of I-795 about 10:30 a.m., approaching the Owings Mills metro station, when her car crossed the median and struck a box truck, police said.

On September 2, 2009, ROMAINE WHITE; loving sister of Constance, Robinette, Halcyon, Joyce, James, Ricardo and Ramon she is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Memorial services will be held on Thursday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness, 901 Academy Avenue, Owings Mills, 11am

On August 28, 2009, FLORENCE FLEISCHER, beloved wife of the late Irving Fleischer; beloved mother of Susan Breitburg, Richard Fleischer, Stephanie Osser, and Stephen Fleischer; devoted mother-in-law of Judy Fleischer, David Osser, and Julie Fleischer; devoted sister of Irene Bayard and the late Ben Windwer, loving grandmother of Louis, Barry, Rosie, Danny, Stuart, Lily, Will, Peter, and the late Evan Fleischer. Funeral services and Shiva were held in New York. Memorial contributions may be made to The Jemicy School - The Evan Brian Fleischer Memorial Scholarship, 11 Celadon Rd., Owings Mills, MD 21117.

On August 18, 2009, while vacationing in Florida, DEEMS, beloved husband of Elizabeth (Betty) of Ellicott City, MD; devoted father of Martin Disney of Owings Mills, MD and Tamara Crosby of Lusby, MD, loving granddad of Sarah of Baltimore, Adina, Jordan, Joshua, Aleah Disney of Owings Mills, Ian and Liam Crosby of Lusby, MD; devoted brother of Kathleen Combs of Hedgesville, WV and Rev. Joseph Combs of Coconut Creek, FL; devoted cousin of Marie Garvey of...

Detectives in Baltimore County are probing the background of a slain Owings Mills man to see whether anything in his past might be related to his killing, a police spokesman said. Scott M. Greenberg, who ran a snowball stand on Reisterstown Road called the Cold House and previously worked as a counselor and recruiter at his parents' summer camp, was convicted in 1991 of a fourth-degree sexual offense against a 9-year-old boy who was to attend the camp. Prosecutors said Greenberg had molested the boy after offering to calm the child's fears about going to camp for the first time.