Van Rossum

On February 9.2006, NELLIE HOLME VAN ROSSUM, beloved daughter of the late William and Nellie (nee Lafferty) Van Rossum, dear sister of the late Gladys Scheide and Edwin Van Rossum. Dear friend of Sandra Dietzel. Friends may call at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck, Inc. Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road (at Echodale), on Monday 11 to 12 noon. Service to follow. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

On April 30, 2009, Katherine E. Van Rossum Visiting hours will be held at the CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF ESSEX, 300 Mace Avenue on Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A graveside service will be held at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, 200 East Padonia Road, Timonium, MD 21093 on Monday at 11 A.M.

On April 30, 2009, Katherine E. Van Rossum Visiting hours will be held at the CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF ESSEX, 300 Mace Avenue on Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A graveside service will be held at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, 200 East Padonia Road, Timonium, MD 21093 on Monday at 11 A.M.

On February 9.2006, NELLIE HOLME VAN ROSSUM, beloved daughter of the late William and Nellie (nee Lafferty) Van Rossum, dear sister of the late Gladys Scheide and Edwin Van Rossum. Dear friend of Sandra Dietzel. Friends may call at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck, Inc. Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road (at Echodale), on Monday 11 to 12 noon. Service to follow. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

A Carroll County-based advocacy group has collected 3,800 signatures - less than half of its goal - on petitions demanding the removal of two top school administrators and two school board members. Upset with what they called the arrogance and improper oversight in the school system, members of the Group for Accountability in Government and Industry circulated two petitions: one for the removal of Superintendent William H. Hyde and Assistant Superintendent Vernon F. Smith Jr.; the other for the ouster of school board President C. Scott Stone and member Gary W. Bauer, who served as board president last year.

A Carroll County-based advocacy group has begun circulating petitions demanding the removal of top school administrators, including Superintendent William H. Hyde, and school board members, accusing them of improper conduct and unaccountability. Upset about what they call the arrogance and improper oversight in the school system, members of the Group for Accountability in Government and Industry have drafted two petitions: one for the removal of Hyde and Assistant Superintendent Vernon F. Smith Jr., and the other for the ouster of school board President C. Scott Stone and board member Gary W. Bauer, who served as board president last year.

A Baltimore County man charged with shooting the former tenant of a Winfield house Tuesday night was held on $100,000 after a bail review hearing yesterday.Phillip Stephen Malpas, 44, of the 6000 block of Edmondson Ave. was charged with assault with intent to murder, using a handgun in the commission of a crime and battery.State police said they were called to the 1600 block of Sams Creek Road about 6:30 p.m. when an argument started between Patricia Craigie, Mr. Malpas and Barbara Van Rossum, the landlord of the Winfield home.

A Carroll County circuit judge declared a mistrial yesterday in an attempted murder case because defense attorneys played an illegally obtained tape recording in front of the jury.The tape -- a loud, angry phone conversation between Richard Seater "Scott" Craigie and his wife, Patricia -- was recorded last summer through the wall that divided the Craigies' apartment from the home of their landlords, Philip Stephen Malpas and Barbara Van Rossum.A few days later, Mr. Malpas was charged with attempted murder, assault with intent to murder and related charges after Mr. Craigie was shot in the back during an argument about a dinette set Ms. Van Rossum was holding as collateral for an unpaid utility bill.

Sykesville and Eldersburg have been friendly neighbors in southern Carroll County for years. And now two Eldersburg residents disgusted with congested roads, crowded schools and overburdened services want Sykesville to take their community from the county.The longtime Eldersburg residents have asked the Sykesville Town Council to consider annexing the 28-square-mile area and its nearly 30,000 residents -- more than 10 times the size and population of the town.Their union would create one of Maryland's largest municipalities, in area and population.

A former Winfield man, shot in the back last summer while trying to retrieve his belongings from an apartment, was trying to leave when when he was attacked, prosecutors told a Carroll County jury during opening statements yesterday.The defense, led by former Carroll County State's Attorney Thomas E. Hickman, said Philip Stephen Malpas was merely trying to defend himself and his property when Richard S. Craigie was shot last August."If [Mr. Malpas] had not taken the action he did that night, you'd probably be sitting here trying Mr. Craigie for murder," Mr. Hickman said.

NEWARK, Del. - Like a mutant blob in a bad horror movie, an oil slick first thought to be relatively small has grown bigger and more menacing over the past week, oozing its way down both banks of the Delaware River. When the Greek tanker Athos I began leaking heavy Venezuelan crude oil into the river the night of Nov. 26, it appeared to be a manageable spill confined to a riverside terminal - 30,000 gallons, according to estimates. But authorities now are warning that it could be as much as 473,000 gallons, a gooey mess that has stained 70 miles of shoreline across three states.

A Carroll County-based advocacy group has collected 3,800 signatures - less than half of its goal - on petitions demanding the removal of two top school administrators and two school board members. Upset with what they called the arrogance and improper oversight in the school system, members of the Group for Accountability in Government and Industry circulated two petitions: one for the removal of Superintendent William H. Hyde and Assistant Superintendent Vernon F. Smith Jr.; the other for the ouster of school board President C. Scott Stone and member Gary W. Bauer, who served as board president last year.

A Carroll County-based advocacy group has begun circulating petitions demanding the removal of top school administrators, including Superintendent William H. Hyde, and school board members, accusing them of improper conduct and unaccountability. Upset about what they call the arrogance and improper oversight in the school system, members of the Group for Accountability in Government and Industry have drafted two petitions: one for the removal of Hyde and Assistant Superintendent Vernon F. Smith Jr., and the other for the ouster of school board President C. Scott Stone and board member Gary W. Bauer, who served as board president last year.

Sykesville and Eldersburg have been friendly neighbors in southern Carroll County for years. And now two Eldersburg residents disgusted with congested roads, crowded schools and overburdened services want Sykesville to take their community from the county.The longtime Eldersburg residents have asked the Sykesville Town Council to consider annexing the 28-square-mile area and its nearly 30,000 residents -- more than 10 times the size and population of the town.Their union would create one of Maryland's largest municipalities, in area and population.

A state appellate court has ruled that a Carroll County judge erred when he granted a mistrial last year after prosecutors claimed the defendant's lawyer used an illegally obtained tape recording to prove his client feared for his life when he shot a tenant.Because the mistrial was granted, Philip Stephen Malpas cannot be retried on the attempted murder charge, the court ruled.The tape -- of a loud, angry telephone conversation between Richard "Scott" Craigie and Craigie's wife, Patricia -- was recorded in 1995 through the wall that divided Craigie's apartment in Winfield from the home of his landlords, Malpas and Barbara Van Rossum.

A Carroll County circuit judge declared a mistrial yesterday in an attempted murder case because defense attorneys played an illegally obtained tape recording in front of the jury.The tape -- a loud, angry phone conversation between Richard Seater "Scott" Craigie and his wife, Patricia -- was recorded last summer through the wall that divided the Craigies' apartment from the home of their landlords, Philip Stephen Malpas and Barbara Van Rossum.A few days later, Mr. Malpas was charged with attempted murder, assault with intent to murder and related charges after Mr. Craigie was shot in the back during an argument about a dinette set Ms. Van Rossum was holding as collateral for an unpaid utility bill.

A state appellate court has ruled that a Carroll County judge erred when he granted a mistrial last year after prosecutors claimed the defendant's lawyer used an illegally obtained tape recording to prove his client feared for his life when he shot a tenant.Because the mistrial was granted, Philip Stephen Malpas cannot be retried on the attempted murder charge, the court ruled.The tape -- of a loud, angry telephone conversation between Richard "Scott" Craigie and Craigie's wife, Patricia -- was recorded in 1995 through the wall that divided Craigie's apartment in Winfield from the home of his landlords, Malpas and Barbara Van Rossum.

NEWARK, Del. - Like a mutant blob in a bad horror movie, an oil slick first thought to be relatively small has grown bigger and more menacing over the past week, oozing its way down both banks of the Delaware River. When the Greek tanker Athos I began leaking heavy Venezuelan crude oil into the river the night of Nov. 26, it appeared to be a manageable spill confined to a riverside terminal - 30,000 gallons, according to estimates. But authorities now are warning that it could be as much as 473,000 gallons, a gooey mess that has stained 70 miles of shoreline across three states.

A former Winfield man, shot in the back last summer while trying to retrieve his belongings from an apartment, was trying to leave when when he was attacked, prosecutors told a Carroll County jury during opening statements yesterday.The defense, led by former Carroll County State's Attorney Thomas E. Hickman, said Philip Stephen Malpas was merely trying to defend himself and his property when Richard S. Craigie was shot last August."If [Mr. Malpas] had not taken the action he did that night, you'd probably be sitting here trying Mr. Craigie for murder," Mr. Hickman said.

A Baltimore County man charged with shooting the former tenant of a Winfield house Tuesday night was held on $100,000 after a bail review hearing yesterday.Phillip Stephen Malpas, 44, of the 6000 block of Edmondson Ave. was charged with assault with intent to murder, using a handgun in the commission of a crime and battery.State police said they were called to the 1600 block of Sams Creek Road about 6:30 p.m. when an argument started between Patricia Craigie, Mr. Malpas and Barbara Van Rossum, the landlord of the Winfield home.