Pylesville

County police arrested a Westminster man Thursday on charges of shooting a Pylesville man during an argument in Annapolis.Robert Lance Tucker, 25, of the 1400 block of Allen Way in Westminster was charged with assault with intent to murder. He was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.He is accused of shooting Robert Lehr, 18, of the 2300 block of Harkins Road in Pylesville. Lehr was in stable condition in the Prince George's Hospital Center's shock trauma unit in Cheverly with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Everybody knows where Café 165 is. When owner Phil Day was choosing a name for his new restaurant on Pylesville Road, he went with something everyone could remember. Café 165, simply put, is on Rt. 165. “It's short, catchy and summed it all up,” says Day, who opened the eatery in March 2010 and now has northern Harford residents eating out of his hand, uh, plate. Café 165 is a place where the burgers will keep you coming back as much as the crab pretzels or stuffed rockfish.

The 16-year-old son of a Harford sheriff's deputy died in a one-car accident on Harkins Road near Pylesville Monday, state police said.Justin N. Taylor, who got his driver's license about two weeks ago,was pronounced dead at the scene, said state police from the Benson barracks. He would have been a junior at North Harford High School this fall.He was the son of Deputy J. Randall Taylor, of the 4800 blockClermont Mill Road, Pylesville.Police said Justin was speeding south on Harkins Road at 8:50 p.m. when he lost control of his 1986 Dodge Shadow.

Brian and Nicole Dougherty of Pylesville, announce the birth of their son, Oliver Westley Dougherty. Born July 31 at 8:47 p.m., he weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and measured 21.5 inches. Grandparents are Albert and Ila Dukes, of Bel Air; Dave and Peg Dougherty, of Pylesville; and great-grandmother is Margaret Dougherty, of Pylesville.

A 38-year-old Harford County woman who is accused of planning to have her husband killed this month for $5,000 is being held without bail in the Baltimore County Women's Detention Center on attempted-murder charges, police said yesterday. As down payment in the suspected murder-for-hire plot, Baltimore County police said, the Pylesville woman paid one of their informants $42 and two tablets of Percodan, a painkiller. Rebecca Lynne Fender of the 600 block of St. Mary's Road was arrested and charged shortly after meeting the police informant Friday, allegedly to arrange her husband's killing, according to court records.

Brian and Nicole Dougherty of Pylesville, announce the birth of their son, Oliver Westley Dougherty. Born July 31 at 8:47 p.m., he weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and measured 21.5 inches. Grandparents are Albert and Ila Dukes, of Bel Air; Dave and Peg Dougherty, of Pylesville; and great-grandmother is Margaret Dougherty, of Pylesville.

On May 20, 2003, GREGORY DAVID, of Pylesville, MD.; son of David Albrecht and Melanie and Jeffrey Sipes; grandson of Wayne and Maggie Basil and Patricia Kansler; great-grandson of Dorothy Basil. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, May 24, at 10 A.M., at St. Mary Catholic Church, Pylesville. Interment in St. Michael Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kurtz Funeral Home, P.A., Jarrettsville, MD., Thursday, from 6 to 9 P.M., and Friday, from 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 P.M.

Howard W. Miller Jr., a civil engineer for Harford County, died Saturday at his home in Pylesville after a long illness. He was 60.Services for Mr. Miller are to be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Little Britain Presbyterian Church in Peach Bottom, Pa.Mr. Miller went to work for the Public Works Department in Harford County after retiring in 1986 from the Army Corps of Engineers in the Baltimore office.He is survived by his wife, the former Ione Groff; two daughters, Christine Frost of Lampeter, Pa., and Amelia Miller of Pylesville; two sons, Gregory Miller of Dallastown, Pa., and Kent Miller of Pylesville; and six grandchildren.

On March 17, 2006 FRANK J. PUENTE, of Pylesville, MD beloved husband of Rebecca Riley Puente; devoted father of Mark Puente, Philip Puente, and Jeffrey Puente. Also survived by three granddaughters. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pylesville, MD on Tuesday, March 21 at 10 a.m. Friends may call at the Mc Comas Funeral Home, P.A., in Bel Air on Monday, March 20 from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Interment will be in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pylesville, MD. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to The American Heart Association.

A 14-year-old Pylesville girl died Thursday after she was hit by a car while crossing Route 136 in northern Harford County, Maryland State Police said. The victim, Heather Greer, was struck in the 2200 block of Harkins Road (Route 136) shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday. Initial Harford County radio dispatches said the victim was in some kind of "arrest" and, a short time later, a chaplain was requested. Maryland State Police troopers responded to the scene and, according to a news release from the Bel Air Barrack, ordered a Medevac to the scene to fly Ms. Greer to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

When Elizabeth Zinser, 30, of White Hall, first joined the 4-H club at 8 years old, her family only had a few dogs as pets. But that quickly changed. The Zinser family had recently packed up and moved to Pylesville from Baltimore County and Zinser's mother, Rosemary Amos, wanted her daughters to become involved with the club. "I thought it was a well - rounded thing for kids to do," Amos, 59, of Delta, Pa., said. "She was in the second grade when we moved to Harford County, and I wanted to get [she and her sister]

A 14-year-old Pylesville girl died Thursday after she was hit by a car while crossing Route 136 in northern Harford County, Maryland State Police said. The victim, Heather Greer, was struck in the 2200 block of Harkins Road (Route 136) shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday. Initial Harford County radio dispatches said the victim was in some kind of "arrest" and, a short time later, a chaplain was requested. Maryland State Police troopers responded to the scene and, according to a news release from the Bel Air Barrack, ordered a Medevac to the scene to fly Ms. Greer to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

A 14-year-old girl from Pylesville was killed by a vehicle while she was crossing Harkins Road Thursday afternoon, Maryland State Police said in a statement. The girl was hit by a sport utility vehicle shortly after 3:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of Harkins Road, near the intersection of Amos Mill and W. Heaps roads. The accident was several miles south of the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. The driver of the SUV, who was not hurt in the accident, has been identified and is a Pylesville resident, according to an initial investigation by police.

Katherine V. "Kitty" Endslow, a retired educator who had taught in public schools in both Baltimore and Harford counties and had been active in Democratic Party politics, died Jan. 29 of cancer at Citizens Care Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Havre de Grace. The former longtime Bel Air resident was 103. Katherine Viola Archer, the daughter of farmers, was born on the family farm in Joppa. In 1909, she moved with her family to Pylesville when her father purchased another farm, Fairview, and established the Charles S. Archer Co., a cannery.

On July 8, 2009 STEPHANIE A., beloved daughter of Joseph A. and Linda Sanzone, loving sister of Pamela Sanzone and Nicholas Sanzone his wife Beth, devoted aunt Kaitlyn, dear granddaughter of Margaret Scranton and the late Harold Scranton and the late Antoinette and Harry Sanzone. Also survived by many other loving relatives an friends. Relatives and friends are invited call at the SCHIMUNEK FUNERAL HOME, INC., 9705 Belair Road (Forge Road) on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. where services will be held on Monday 11 A.M. Interment private.

They will be shooting for turkeys at a Pylesville church today. Marksmen, armed with pellet rifles, will fire at targets filled with signatures of those who have paid a dollar or two for a chance to win a hefty turkey, a ham with a well-known label, five pounds of shrimp or a handmade quilt. The name closest to the pellet wins, usually by less than an inch. "They measure to the nth degree to decide whose name is closest," said the Rev. Henry Kunkel, pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church.

A Harford County firefighter was fatally injured when a fire engine responding to a medical call struck a car at Five Forks and overturned, State Police said today.Four other firefighters and the driver of the car were injured in the accident, which occurred shortly after 9 o'clock last night at Md. 24 and Md. 136, between Pylesville and Fawn Grove, Pa., police said.Thomas Hicks, 44, of Pylesville, who had been riding on the back of the fire engine, was trapped under the vehicle when it turned over, police said.

On January 4, 2005, MARLANE E. BONDARENKO, of White Hall MD; beloved wife of Alex L. Bondarenko; devoted mother of Nicholas D. Bondarenko and Kathleen M. Webb and her husband Joshua; devoted daughter of Marie E. (nee Zoch) Miller and the late Gordon Donnelly and stepfather William Lewis Miller; dear sister of Lewis Miller. A Funeral Liturgy will be held on Friday, January 7, at 10 A.M. from St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 1021 St. Mary's Road, Pylesville. Burial in St. Paul U.M. Cemetery, Pylesville.

It is ironic that while Harford County winnows their "teacher-of-the-year" choices down to 10 or so, you write an article about two teachers who represent the absolute gold standard for teachers. Tom Berg and Ginny Huller have brought their A-game to school day after day, month after month, year after year. They show up every day and give it all they've got. They are like Cal Ripken or John Unitas: they have done it so well for so long that you take them for granted. Neither one of them has ever sought the limelight.