White Marsh

A Rockville real estate investment trust said yesterday that it has made a major push into the Baltimore-area market, buying the high-profile The Avenue at White Marsh and two nearby retail complexes in a deal valued at $189 million in equity and debt. Federal Realty Investment Trust purchased The Avenue, White Marsh Plaza and the Shoppes at Nottingham Square from Towson-based Nottingham Properties Inc., which recently sold its office properties to another local REIT. Nottingham executives did not return calls seeking comment.

Louis J. Averella, a World War II merchant mariner who later was port agent and spokesman for the National Maritime Union, died in his sleep Tuesday at his home in Lady Lake, Fla. The former East Baltimore resident was 86. Mr. Averella, the son of Italian immigrants, was born in Baltimore and raised on Exeter Street. He attended city public schools. During World War II, he sailed on Liberty ships, and his decorations included the Atlantic War Zone Bar, Pacific War Zone Bar and Victory Medal.

A man was killed and two people were injured yesterday in a two-car collision in White Marsh, Baltimore County police said.Rudi Tahedl, 79, who lived in the 800 block of Branford Court in Timonium, was stopped at a traffic sign on westbound Ebenezer Road about 12: 38 p.m. when he entered the northbound lane of Philadelphia Road. He was struck on the driver's side by an oncoming vehicle, police said.Tahedl died a short time later at Franklin Square Hospital Center, police said. Tahedl's passenger, Lena Zapz, 68, of Essex, and the driver of the second vehicle, Ernest Preston, 46, of Joppa were in fair condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, a nursing supervisor said.

A pair of highway accidents -- including an overturned tanker truck and a separate crash that left a White Marsh man trapped beneath tons of metal in his truck-mounted crane -- snared motorists in traffic yesterday along Interstate 95 in Baltimore and Howard counties.In the worst of the two accidents, mid-morning traffic on southbound I-95 was backed up about two hours, from White Marsh to Mountain Road about eight miles away in Harford County.A crane careened off I-95 north of the Baltimore Beltway and skidded to a stop on its side, requiring rescuers to gingerly lift the heavy rig while they cut the driver free from the wreckage.

A tractor-trailer, traveling south on Interstate 95 to Baltimore City, jackknifed yesterday morning north of the Beltway near White Marsh, spilling hydrochloric acid and prompting heavy traffic delays for several hours, state police said.Witnesses told police that a Chevrolet Celebrity was stopped in the middle lane of the interstate about 7: 30 a.m. when it was struck from behind by a Dodge pickup truck and sent spinning into the far left lane. The tractor-trailer, carrying several 5-gallon containers of the highly corrosive acid, collided with the car, said Trooper Joseph Comer of the JFK Highway barracks.

A Baltimore County man died yesterday after plummeting 70 feet while climbing in Rocks State Park in Harford County.Maryland Department of Natural Resources spokesman John Surrick said Donato L. Pozon, 32, of the first block of Whitelaw Place in White Marsh, was climbing the rock formation alone and without safety equipment when he slipped on a wet surface about 11: 50 a.m.Witnesses and park rangers tried unsuccessfully to revive the man. He was pronounced dead...

Mattie Olean Myers, a retired White Marsh restaurateur and caterer, died Sunday of heart failure at Franklin Square Hospital Center. She was 75 and lived in Chase.Known for her skills as a cook, she worked in the kitchen of Miller Brothers Restaurant on Fayette Street in Baltimore in the early 1940s and then at Lakeside Restaurant on U.S. 40 in Harford County.In 1958, she purchased Brown's Grove Inn, known as the Boat House, on Loreley Road at Gunpowder Falls in White Marsh. She also operated a catering business from the restaurant, serving such groups as the Jaycees and the Shriners, and private parties.

On a day when clear skies and dry roads should have afforded drivers a safe and easy commute, more than a dozen accidents ensnared thousands of motorists yesterday, leaving one driver dead and creating a 10-mile backup in Interstate 95.The accidents affected both ends of the daily commute, with one deadly crash crushing a car between two trucks and snarling evening rush hour -- jamming some of the same motorists frustrated by the morning accident on I-95."It...

Federal officials are expected to approve next month the much-awaited $63 million extension of White Marsh Boulevard, a highway carrying the promise of commerce, jobs and quality housing to Baltimore County's economically depressed east side.In addition to opening for development about 2,000 acres of prime woodland, county leaders predict the road will attract investors for the county's expansive waterfront, envisioned as a tourist gold coast of marinas, restaurants, shops and parks."After more than 30 years of neglect, the east side and the region have a brighter future," said County Executive C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger.

A 71-year-old man who apparently set his shirt on fire was found dead last night, slumped over the bathtub of his White Marsh home -- with the water running.The victim, identified as Joseph Kosyjana, was found dead by firefighters responding to a call from a neighbor about 9 p.m. in the 5600 block of Allender Road.Police said it appeared that Kosyjana had been standing near his gas stove, warming his hands, when his shirt caught fire. He apparently panicked, rushing to the bathroom to try to put the fire out, but passed out after turning on the water.

An Essex man who was caring for his girlfriend's 15-month-old baby was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday after the child died of what police called "severe internal injuries and heavy bruising from blunt-force trauma." Brian Maurice Savage, 21, and the boy's mother were living together in an apartment in the 1400 block of Hadwick Drive, where the woman left the toddler in Savage's care Sunday afternoon while she went to work, said Bill Toohey, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department.

Capital Beltway death toll highest in Prince George's New statistics show that the portion of the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County is by far the deadliest section of the roadway. Forty-two people were killed in crashes between 2006 and 2008 between the Virginia border and the interchange where Interstate 95 splits off toward Baltimore. During the same period, 18 people died on the rest of the highway. The numbers come from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

Like most 15-year-olds, Eric Kane loves watching movies, sometimes as many as three a night. Yet they're almost always DVDs. Seeing the latest blockbusters on the big screen in a darkened theater wasn't always easy for the autistic teenager. "He would start making noises when he would get overwhelmed, and it bothered the people around us," said Kane's tutor, Kelly Slaski. But yesterday, Kane and about a dozen other autistic children took in a screening of "Where the Wild Things Are" at AMC Loews Theatre in White Marsh.

One killed in truck-SUV crash in White Marsh A collision between a sport-utility vehicle and a tractor early Sunday in White Marsh claimed the life of a Harford County woman and critically injured her husband. Linda Buckland, 57, of Edgewood, was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Tracker westbound on Pulaski Highway at 1:44 a.m. when she collided with a Kenworth tractor driven by Irvin Jones, of Dublin, Va., who was entering the highway from Stevens Road. Police said Linda Buckland died later at Maryland Shock Trauma Center and that her husband, Charles, 62, was in critical condition there.

General Growth Properties Inc.'s decision to file one of the biggest Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in U.S. history Thursday resulted from its inability to refinance mounds of debt, taken on during a rapid expansion, when credit markets crumbled. The nation's second-largest mall owner wasn't helped by a weak economy that crimped consumer spending; a drift by some shoppers away from mall stores to big-box stores, discounters and the Internet; and a consolidation of the department store industry that put some mall anchors out of business.

Police reports in baltimore city: and county: Southeastern Baltimore Burglary Two laptop computers, a DVD player, video games and their accessories, and cash, all valued at $4,550, were stolen Monday from a house in the 600 block of Fagley St. by someone who entered through a rear window. Southwestern Baltimore Stolen vehicle A maroon four-door 2006 Hyundai Sonata with tags 4DT A39 was parked in the 1600 block of Sexton St. early Monday with its engine running when someone stole it. Police said the owner was given a traffic ticket for leaving a motor vehicle unattended with its engine running.

Man, 26, is found shot, killed in South Baltimore A 26-year-old Baltimore man was found shot and killed early Saturday in South Baltimore. Police were called to the 1200 block of Bayard St. at 12:20 a.m. for a report of gunshots and found Jaiwan C. Jones slumped over the central console of an Infiniti truck, said Agent Donny Moses, a city police spokesman. Jones, whose last known address was the 800 block of Washington Blvd., was pronounced dead at the scene. No suspect or motive was known, Moses said.

PATRICIA ANN JOHNSTON beloved daughter of the late Harold and Ann (nee Williams) Johnston was born on May 15, 1949 in Fullerton, MD. She departed this life on Monday, December 8, 2008 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Funeral service will be held Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Asbury United Methodist Church, 11501 Old Philadelphia Road, White Marsh, MD. Family Hour 10 A.M to 12. Service at 12 noon. Arrangements by William C. Brown Community Funeral Home, Aberdeen, MD.

On August 28, 2008, ALICE FIELDS, of Kingsville, MD. She is survived by three children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Friends may call on Tuesday from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. at the William C. Brown Community Funeral Home, 321 S. Philadelphia Blvd., Aberdeen, MD. Services at Monkton Christian Church, 1824 Monkton Road, Joppa, MD, on Wednesday, September 3, 10 A.M. Funeral service 11 A.M. Interment in Asbury U.M. Church Cemetery, White Marsh, MD.

Three Baltimore-area regional malls could be left with gaping holes for years or even fail when they lose Boscov's department store as an anchor, real estate and retail analysts said yesterday. Because of a slowdown in consumer spending, few retailers are looking to expand and some are in a fight for survival, which could make it tough to fill the large stores being vacated by Boscov's. The chain said yesterday it would shut its two-year-old department stores in White Marsh Mall, Marley Station and Owings Mills Mall in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.