Perry Hall

Pool supplier NAMCO LCC is closing four Maryland locations, the company announced Friday. The stores, in Glen Burnie, Perry Hall, Westminster and Frederick, will close after their inventory is sold. Deep discounts will be offered on inventory beginning Saturday, NAMCO said. In all, the company is closing 14 stores. In addition to the Maryland locations, stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey will close, according to a statement from the company. The New Jersey stores operate under the name Branch Book.

Boys lacrosse No. School Record Prev.  1.Loyola 13-8 4 2. Boys' Latin 19-1 1 3. Calvert Hall 11-6 3 4. McDonogh 14-4 2 5. Hereford 18-2 5 6. St. Paul's 15-5 6 7. Gilman 12-4 7 8. Westminster 18-0 8 9. South River 17-3 10  10. Glenelg 16-2 11 11. Arch. Spalding 12-9 9 12. St. Mary's 6-9 12 13. Chesapeake-AA 15-3 13 14. Arundel 15-2 14 15. Fallston 15-4 - Other teams considered: Bel Air (12-4)

It takes a Big Band sound to battle the disco, punk, thrash rock, heavy metal and country-pop now dominating national soundtracks. But that's exactly what the Zim Zemarel Band has done in the greater Baltimore area for the better part of 50 years. And even though Zemarel himself died in 1999, at age 82, his former band mates Gene Bonner, 77, of Perry Hall, and Wayne Hudson, 68, of Pasadena, are still carrying the torch for the band, and for Tommy Dorsey- and Benny Goodman-style 1940s Big Band music itself.

A Baltimore County parent who stepped in to bring warmth and cheer back to the high school that had a chilling cafeteria shooting was recognized Friday during the state's annual Parent Involvement Matters awards. The Maryland State Department of Education awarded Mary Kavanagh with the JoAnne L. Carter Memorial Award, in recognition of her special work with Perry Hall High School, according to a news release from the department. Kavanagh received the award, named in honor of Carter, a former deputy state superintendent who lost her battle with cancer in 2009, for a mural project she launched after a student opened fire at Perry Hall on the first day of school.

Boys lacrosse No. School Record Prev.  1.Loyola 13-8 4 2. Boys' Latin 19-1 1 3. Calvert Hall 11-6 3 4. McDonogh 14-4 2 5. Hereford 18-2 5 6. St. Paul's 15-5 6 7. Gilman 12-4 7 8. Westminster 18-0 8 9. South River 17-3 10  10. Glenelg 16-2 11 11. Arch. Spalding 12-9 9 12. St. Mary's 6-9 12 13. Chesapeake-AA 15-3 13 14. Arundel 15-2 14 15. Fallston 15-4 - Other teams considered: Bel Air (12-4)

Regarding Jeremy Miller's letter "Disgusted by players - and principal - at Perry Hall" (Nov. 8) about the decision to allow the Perry Hall boys soccer team to continue its season after the "Bernie dance" incident that some parents complained was lewd, here is some advice about good sportsmanship: Your team lost, and you also lost the argument to end the Perry Hall boys soccer season. Let it go. You are now 0-2. It's time to be a good sport, move on and get them next time.

Way back in October we started hearing about a Gino's Burgers & Chicken coming to Perry Hall. This Gino's would be operated by a different group of franchisees than the group that runs the Gino's in Towson, which was the first Md. location in the comeback franchise. We are waiting for confirmation, but Gino's Burger and Chicken , the food service retailer based in King of Prussia, Pa., is confident enough about a Perry Hall location to include it on its website 's "coming soon" section.

Skeletal remains were found in a wooded area in Perry Hall about a week ago, Baltimore County Police say. According to authorities, a construction worker was in the 10700 block of Philadelphia Road on Jan. 22 when he found the body and called police. The remains were found with tan work-style boots, a green button-down shirt, dark pants and a New York Yankees baseball hat. An autopsy determined that the man was between 40 and 60 years old and 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet 1 inches tall, possibly with few teeth.

No. 2 Archbishop Spalding 8, Perry Hall 4: Austin Neary (2-for-3) had a triple, a homer and three RBIs to power the host Cavaliers (18-4) past the Gators. Patterson 15, National Academy Foundation 0: Senior right-hander Mitchell Horner struck out 11 in his first career no-hitter for the visiting Clippers (7-3). Softball No. 3 Broadneck 3, Severna Park 0: Right-hander Rebekah Kiser (10-2) struck out eight as the host Bruins (14-2) shut out the Falcons. No. 9 Lansdowne 10, Sparrows Point 0: Winner Maude McCourry pitched her second shutout in two days and hit a double for the Vikings (11-1)

A suspected intruder was shot and killed in a Perry Hall home Sunday morning after he was confronted by a resident with a gun, police said. According to Baltimore County Police, officers responded to the shooting at 5:46 a.m. in the 4200 block of Chapel Road. Police officers said the suspected intruder, a 29-year-old male, had entered the home brandishing a firearm and was confronted by a male resident, who also had a gun and shot the intruder in the chest. Police Lt. Robert McCullough said the intruder was taken to Franklin Square Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Alex Puller scored her game-high fifth goal and the game-winner with a minute left in sudden-death overtime as No. 14 Archbishop Spalding beat No. 13 Mount de Sales, 12-11, in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference tournament first-round game Thursday. The Sailors (8-8) took a 4-0 lead in the first half and the Cavaliers (12-7) battled back to tie the score at 5 at halftime. Mount de Sales went up by four goals again in the second half and Spalding tied the game again to force overtime.

The Perry Hall softball team takes pride in the details. The No. 4 Gators appreciate a sacrifice bunt as much as a big hit. They make sure to get the lead runner, make opponents go station to station to try to bring home a run and have found a knack for getting the big outs. Veteran coach Brian Radcliffe, in his 18th season, urges his players to be "brilliant at the basics. " With No. 7 Mount de Sales visiting on Wednesday, the Gators practiced what Radcliffe has been preaching with a 7-2 win over the Sailors.

The senior standout dominated the distance races at Saturday's Pikesville Track Classic, setting new meet records in the 800- and 1600-meter races. Ciattei, an All-Metro first-team selection in cross country and indoor track this year, ran the 800 in 1:53.42 to better the previous meet mark (1:56.33) by nearly three seconds. The time also set a new school record. In the 1600, his time of 4:14.39 was more than three seconds better than the previous meet record of 4:17.44. In indoor track, Ciattei won Class 4A state titles in the 1600 (state record time of 4:14.61)

Pool supplier NAMCO LCC is closing four Maryland locations, the company announced Friday. The stores, in Glen Burnie, Perry Hall, Westminster and Frederick, will close after their inventory is sold. Deep discounts will be offered on inventory beginning Saturday, NAMCO said. In all, the company is closing 14 stores. In addition to the Maryland locations, stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey will close, according to a statement from the company. The New Jersey stores operate under the name Branch Book.

Facing a third-and-long early in the third quarter against Duke, Dave Stinebaugh made the biggest play of his young career. The Maryland tight end hauled in a 19-yard pass from quarterback Danny O'Brien, keeping the Terps ' drive alive in an eventual 21-16 win. That was two years, six months and 11 days ago. And it was the last time Stinebaugh recorded a catch for the Terps . The Baltimore native tore his MCL not long after that...

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will hold a community forum at the Double T Diner, 4140 E. Joppa Road, Perry Hall, this morning, Tuesday, March 26, beginning at 10 a.m.  The session, dubbed "Coffee with Kevin," will run for an hour and be open to the public. No registration is required. "We've held these community forums in the Lansdowne and Parkville areas and it was very valuable for me to have an unscripted opportunity to talk with people about what's on their mind," said Kamenetz.  "I look forward to a really good exchange of information and ideas.

No coach leads his team into the playoffs amid more twists of fate than Perry Hall football coach Keith Robinson. First, the Gators needed a little help just to make the Class 4A North regional playoffs. After Hereford upset the Gators last week, 34-31 in overtime, they ended up with the fourth-seeded spot only because a Westminster forfeit eliminated the Owls. Now, in Friday night's semifinal at Poly, Robinson will face his mentor, Roger Wrenn, for the first time. As if that weren't enough, a Perry Hall win would mean that Robinson ends Wrenn's career, because the Engineers' coach will retire at the end of the season after 40 years of coaching in Baltimore City.

Mission BBQ is opening a second location in Perry Hall. The expansion into Baltimore County comes little more than a year after the first Mission BBQ opened in Glen Burnie. The Perry Hall location will open to the public on Nov. 16, with all proceeds being donated to the Wounded Warrior Project. The restaurant will have its official grand opening on Nov. 19, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a live performance of the National Anthem. The restaurant is located at The Festival at Perry Hall, 4132 East Joppa Road.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz told a group of Perry Hall residents Tuesday that public safety, education and infrastructure remain the county's top priorities in tough economic times. But over coffee and doughnuts at the Double T Diner on Joppa Road, residents said school overcrowding and recreational facilities are among their local concerns. Resident Renee Papavasiliou said overcrowded classrooms at Perry Hall High School are a big concern for parents. "If the class sizes were smaller," she said, "teachers would get to know the kids.