Point Road

Still sharp at age 86, Mae Smith sits in the living room of her two-bedroom, one-story bungalow and listens to the construction crews.She smiles. It is too little, too late, she says, but it is something.For the first time in more than three decades, Hawkins Point Road -- her connection to the rest of Baltimore for the 81 years she has lived here -- is being repaved.The road, a rough patchwork that shows the scars of decades of weather and industrial traffic, is a symbol of the neglected neighborhood in the southernmost tip of the city that is home to little besides a Coast Guard yard, trucking firms, dumps and stray cats.

No major delays on area transit systems As of 9 a.m. Thursday, traffic was slow on the outer loop of I-695 near Hawkins Point Road, due to an accident. An accident was slowing traffic on Greenmount Avenue and 21st Street in Baltimore City. A disabled vehicle was blocking traffic on I-395 southbound near Conway Street in Baltimore City. Traffic was slow around Kirk Avenue and Abbottson Street in Baltimore City, due to water main repairs. Traffic was slow on I-895 near the Steel Bridge, due to construction activity.

On November 28, 2008, RONALD YOUNG. On today, friends may call Galilee Baptist Church, 2440 North Point Road, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 P.M. On Wednesday, services will be held at Galilee Baptist Church, 2440 North Point Road, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

As of 9:30 a.m. Thursday, two lanes of the inner loop of the Baltimore Beltway near Hawkins Point Road were closed due to an accident involving three vehicles. Ridgely Street in Baltimore City was closed temporarily between Alluvion Street and West Ostend Street because a train was delayed by engine failure in the Howard Street tunnel. Bayard Street was temporarily closed between Severn Street and Ridgely Street for the same reason. No delays have been reported on mass transit systems.

On January 31, 2009 PEGGY L. beloved wife of Fred Kline; devoted mother of Sheila Jean Cain and Mary Jane Shenton. Also survived by six grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at the CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF DUNDALK, P.A., 7110 Sollers Point Road on Friday 3-5 and 7-9. Funeral Service will be held Saturday 10 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, 7801 North Point Road, Edgemere, MD 21219. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. John's Church or Evercare Hospice, 21515 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 330, Sterling, VA 20166.

* Water Oak Point: Someone broke into a home in the 7800 block of Water Oak Point Road Thursday and took money and other property.* Lake Shore: A resident told police that someone used a BB gun to shoot a small hole in the living room window of her home in the first block of Lake Shore Drive Saturday.

On Tuesday, June 27, 2006, ROSALIE T. BURTON. She is survived by husband Phillip, children Steven, David, Linda and six grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME, 7110 Sollers Point Road (Dundalk) on Thursday, June 29, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9pm. Memorial Service will be held on Friday, June 30 at 10 A.M. at St. Rita's Catholic Church.

On July 29, 2004, ANNA MARIE beloved wife of the late Thomas M. Lau, loving mother of Bonnie Schrifer and her husband Wayne and Thomas Lau and his wife Lisa, dear sister of Marion Gunther, Doris Price, John Franklin Fisher Jr., Ida Jackson and Charlotte Fisher. Friends may call at CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF DUNDALK, P.A., 7110 Sollers Point Road , Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral service Monday 12 noon. Entombment Oak Lawn Cemetery.

In Baltimore City Two lives claimed by gunshots, stabbing on city streets Two people were killed -- one stabbed and the other shot -- in separate incidents yesterday morning, Baltimore police reported. Investigators have no suspect or motive in either case. An unidentified man in his 20s was found in the 2000 block of E. North St. about 1:35 a.m. He had been shot in the back and abdomen and was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital. About 7 a.m., Romaine White, 37, of the 1900 block of Division St. was found at Charles and Lombard streets, suffering from multiple stab wounds.

An alert Baltimore County police officer stopped a robbery suspect returning to a Dundalk motel yesterday morning, arrested the man and confiscated a draftsman's T square the suspect had allegedly presented as a gun in six holdups since Tuesday.John Kevin Joiner, 32, of Brunswick was charged with four counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, the Dec. 27 burglary of Gattus' Bar in the 600 block of North Point Road, and petty theft of a license plate from a car parked outside the bar, said county police spokesman Sgt. Stephen R. Doarnberger.

On January 31, 2009 PEGGY L. beloved wife of Fred Kline; devoted mother of Sheila Jean Cain and Mary Jane Shenton. Also survived by six grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at the CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF DUNDALK, P.A., 7110 Sollers Point Road on Friday 3-5 and 7-9. Funeral Service will be held Saturday 10 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, 7801 North Point Road, Edgemere, MD 21219. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. John's Church or Evercare Hospice, 21515 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 330, Sterling, VA 20166.

On November 28, 2008, RONALD YOUNG. On today, friends may call Galilee Baptist Church, 2440 North Point Road, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 P.M. On Wednesday, services will be held at Galilee Baptist Church, 2440 North Point Road, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

Delaware: Arrest Md. woman charged with embezzlement A Maryland woman has surrendered to Newport, Del., police to face charges of embezzling more than $100,000 from the town that employed her as an administrative assistant and bookkeeper. Cynthia Reynolds, 48, of Elkton turned herself in Friday, said Newport police Chief Michael Capriglione. The thefts from the town began in 2004 and continued through 2007, totaling more than $128,000, according to police. The thefts were discovered in late March when a state official noticed there had been no contributions from Newport into the state pension plan for several months, police said.

It seems like such a simple concept: Huge vehicles, each weighing more than a ton, must yield to flesh-and-blood human creatures in a modest zone provided for their passage. It's a concept grasped widely in California and many overseas countries, but seemingly foreign to the denizens of the Free (to Mow Down Others) State. That's the report from the many readers who responded to my column two weeks ago about driver misbehavior at a particular crosswalk on O'Donnell Street in Canton. From all parts of the Baltimore area they wrote in to say that the motorists at their neighborhood crosswalks were equally disdainful of human life and Maryland law. Christine Callahan wrote that she has lived in Canada, Europe and various U.S. states.

On Tuesday, June 27, 2006, ROSALIE T. BURTON. She is survived by husband Phillip, children Steven, David, Linda and six grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME, 7110 Sollers Point Road (Dundalk) on Thursday, June 29, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9pm. Memorial Service will be held on Friday, June 30 at 10 A.M. at St. Rita's Catholic Church.

Residents demand safer intersection St. Margarets residents have a warning for motorists looking to turn from Pleasant Plains Road onto St. Margarets Road. Don't forget to look left last. Less than 200 feet to the left on St. Margarets Road is a blind curve that one man calls "Kamikaze Corner." A 6-foot-high fence at the arc of the curve and trees impede the view. The recommended speed limit is 20 mph, but residents say drivers rarely adhere to it. Cars, trucks and 18-wheelers often whip around the curve on the two-lane road at twice that speed, they say. No one has been killed trying to pull onto St. Margarets Road.

A motorcyclist survived a head-on crash with an automobile last night in Baltimore County even though he was not wearing a helmet, authorities reported.The crash occurred about 6:40 p.m. in the 1300 block of Old North Point Road, Eastview, when a southbound 1989 Buick driven by a 78-year-old Dundalk woman turned left at an entrance to the North Point Plaza Shopping Center.Her car collided with a 1986 Honda motorcycle heading north, according to police. They also said the motorcyclist, Wayne M. Ross of the 8200 block of Northview Road, had the right of way.Both Mr. Ross, whose age was not immediately known, and the driver of the car, identified as Anna S. Hollar of the 6800 block of Dunhill Road, were being treated last night at the Francis Scott Key Medical Center.

A Baltimore County judge ruled yesterday that a Miller Island man owns the waterfront property near his home, despite claims that a county deed had long reserved the land for public access to the water.Circuit Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr.'s swift decision favoring Kennard Broglie's right to bar the public from his land has, for the moment, settled a heated controversy among neighbors on this peninsula in the eastern end of the county.The dispute arose when Rose Sapperstein, a 91-year-old Baltimore woman who owned a dozen small tracts of land along the water's edge on Miller Island, began selling the property to residents.

On July 29, 2004, ANNA MARIE beloved wife of the late Thomas M. Lau, loving mother of Bonnie Schrifer and her husband Wayne and Thomas Lau and his wife Lisa, dear sister of Marion Gunther, Doris Price, John Franklin Fisher Jr., Ida Jackson and Charlotte Fisher. Friends may call at CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF DUNDALK, P.A., 7110 Sollers Point Road , Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral service Monday 12 noon. Entombment Oak Lawn Cemetery.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore City Northeastern District Victim named: Nathaniel G. Brooks, 17, of the 700 block of Richwood Ave. was identified yesterday as the youth fatally shot about 6:30 p.m. Monday in the 1200 block of Ramblewood Road. He was killed moments after securing his 2-year-old nephew in the back seat of a car. The child was unharmed. Southern District Arrest: Craig Winkey, 22, of the 100 block of N. Hilton St. was arrested Monday at the state parole and probation field office on Guilford Avenue by members of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of a man in October 1997.