Village Association

A shave and a haircut of yesteryear cost the proverbial two bits, 25 cents. A shave alone at The Old Bank Barbers, a soon-to-open barber shop on The Avenue in Hampden, will cost $25. It won't be any old shave, though. Owner Daniel Wells promises an old-fashioned, full-face, straight-edge shave, complete with hot lather, in a leather chair with a headrest that leans back. "It's an old-school barber shop with the tile floors," said Wells, who hopes to open this month at 1100 W. 36th St., the former site of Sixteen Tons, a men's clothing store.

The African Art Museum of Maryland will continue to operate in Historic Oakland for another year, heading off an impending relocation at the end of the month that operators say would have proved a real hardship for the not-for-profit organization. But while the museum will not have to move, the search for more spacious quarters, with improved accessibility and visibility, is continuing, Doris Ligon, the museum's director, stressed. A new lease with the Town Center Village Association that would begin June 1 is being reviewed by the museum's attorney, and Ligon said she expects it to be signed and delivered by Monday.

Huntington resident Edward F. DiCarlo last week replaced Kings Contrivance village association board member Sunny McGuinn, who resigned after eight years on the board to join the staff of the Owen Brown Community Association.DiCarlo, who took office at Wednesday's board meeting, was appointed Jan. 22 by the board to fill the remainder of McGuinn's 2-year term, which ends April 30.DiCarlo, a 38-year-old marketing manager at Westinghouse Corp. inLinthicum, was chosen from six applicants and plans to run for a full term in the April 25 village election.

The former manager of Dorsey's Search village will pay an insurance company about half of what she is accused of embezzling from the village, court papers show.Anne S. Darrin, 49, filed for bankruptcy in February 1998 and is accused by the village of stealing more than $120,000.A Howard County grand jury indicted Darrin in May on theft charges.While the village association contends that more than $120,000 was taken, prosecutors say Darrin stole more than $70,000 during a four-year period.

StoneyBrooke Village residents worry that three proposed single-family homes at Duvall Highway and Stoney Creek Drive will make the intersection unsafe.Robert M. Garcia of Stoney Creek Road has asked the county Office of Planning and Zoning to subdivide a 1-acre lot, across Duvall Highway from North East High School, into five parcels. The lot already contains two homes.Donald E. Meeker, president of the StoneyBrooke Village Association, has asked the Office of Planning and Zoning to deny Garcia's request.

Residents are invited to join River Hill High School, the Howard County Office of Human Rights and the River Hill Village Association for a discussion on diversity and equity issues affecting the River Hill community. The community forum will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at the meeting room, adjacent to the River Hill pool, 6330 Trotter Road, Columbia. The meeting, which will focus on the experiences of minority groups in the community and related social, cultural and economic issues, will include a discussion by a panel of students, parents and residents.

An attorney for the owners of an assisted-living home in Columbia says they were surprised by a judge's ruling that will eventually close the facility.Brian Wallach also said the owners might appeal the opinion filed last week by Howard County Circuit Judge Raymond J. Kane Jr."We are considering our options, which obviously includes the possibility of appeal," Wallach said. "We're disappointed with the decision."Kane ruled that the owners of the assisted-living home violated a neighborhood covenant.

Lawrence Ashton Menefee Jr., a retired Baltimore architect who designed multi-unit residential projects as well as churches and private homes, died of vascular dementia Saturday at Brightwood Center in Lutherville. The Hampden resident was 71. Mr. Menefee was born and raised in Baltimore, the son of an architect. He was a 1952 graduate of St. Paul's School and earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Virginia in 1958. He began his career working for a Wilkes-Barre, Pa., architect and returned to Baltimore in 1961, when he joined the architectural firm of Smith & Veale.

As a downtown football stadium moves closer to reality, residents of nearby streets are demanding remedies to the trash, noise, traffic and parking problems they said will plague their southwest neighborhoods when the game returns to Baltimore.About 70 residents of Pigtown, Washington Village, Ridgely's Delight and other communities gathered in a church basement last night to voice concerns about the negative impact of football crowds -- and to demand some of the stadium jobs and beautification projects.

MARIAN ROSE ULRICH, age 61 of Crystal River, FL died Thursday, July 22, 2004 at Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center in Crystal River. She was born February 28, 1943 in Baltimore, MD to Anton and Anna (Krederer) Turc and came to this area 7 years ago from Pasadena, MD. She was Catholic and a homemaker. She was a member of the Maryland Club and the Crystal River Village Homeowners Association. She was a member of the Women of the Moose Lodge #1434 Crystal River, Fla. Citrus Co. Invitational Pool League.