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WJZ meteorologist Bernadette Woods is leaving the CBS-owned station to join a non-profit firm in New Jersey focused on climate change, she said Wednesday night. Woods, who has been with WJZ for seven years, said she will remain at the station helping with the transition for the next month. After that, she, her husband and their two children will be moving to Princeton, N.J., where she will join Climate Central as staff meteorologist. "I'm very excited about the opportunity in Princeton," she said.

Century senior Julian Woods doesn't have time to reflect on his sensational four-year career or think ahead to graduating and running at Mount St. Mary's next year. There's no time for that right now. Woods, who owes a large part of his success to his diligent preparation, is focused on helping the No. 1 Knights win the program's first boys outdoor track and field state championship starting Thursday at Morgan State. Century dominated the Class 2A West region last weekend - with Woods once again taking the lead role - defeating second-place Liberty by a 174.5-83.5 margin.

Always, there were those lovely old country estates and gracious manor taverns with roaring fireplaces, but in the old days fine dining was associated with the city. Not so anymore. Now, there are more compelling reasons than ever for diners to cross county lines for a good meal. The 50 best county restaurants in Howard County, Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County is a mix of the old and the new, destinations for special occasions and joints for Monday night suppers, the chef-driven and crowd-pleasing.

Your paper has given us, side-by-side, three glaring examples of the sheer gall and/or utter shamelessness of the proponents of CA's scrapping of Symphony Woods Park in favor of turning over control of Symphony Woods (and at least 1.6 million of our lien payer dollars) to a new corporation, one which will be unbound by sunshine, transparency and accountability protections to which CA must hold. On page 16 (May 2) you give us CA Director Tom Coale telling us first that the recent election results show public support for CA's current direction.

Anne Arundel County police charged a man with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting and stabbing death of a man found in the woods in Glen Burnie early Sunday morning. Eric Glenn Banks, 47, of Baltimore County, was charged with first-degree murder late Sunday. The victim was identified as Darren Dwayne Bell, 26, of Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood. Bell was pronounced dead at the scene. Police responded to an area near Tanyard Cove Road and Marley Neck Boulevard shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday, when they found two suspicious vehicles on a dirt road: one empty, and the other occupied by a male and female.

Barreling along Virginia's back-country roads almost an hour west of Richmond, I'm beginning to doubt we'll ever reach Farmville. It's been nearly three hours since we crossed the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Washington and plowed down I-95, though the last 30 miles have been lovely. A gothic-looking railroad bridge rivaling a Roman aqueduct crosses the James River, then it's rolling green countryside and woods. But I'm ready to shop. A friend who is about to open an interior design business has heard about Green Front Furniture, an import business in rural Farmville that offers a huge selection of higher-end furniture, accessories and especially Oriental rugs at up to 50 percent off regular retail prices, and she is eager to check it out. I want to cover a roomful of bare floor without spending the equivalent of the national debt.

On Thursday, August 9, 2007, ALFRED WOODS, Beloved husband of Alice Woods (nee Bondy), loving father of Diane Hall, Robert Woods, Ruth Faris, all of Baltimore and David Woods of Virginia, loving father-in-law of Robert Roche, Patricia Woods, and Stacie Woods, devoted brother of the late Frances Sapphire and Irene Russell, beloved grandfather of Cheryl and Matthew Meyer, Michael Hall, Paul Faris, Harrison, Julia, and Austin Woods. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Sunday, August 12 at 9am, interment Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery-Berrymans Lane, Please omit flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Jewish Family Services, 5750 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD (21215)

On March 24, 2005, MITCHELL WOODS. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Tuesday after 3 P.M., where services will take place on Wednesday at 9:30 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

Tiger Woods might be the favorite to win the 100th U.S. Open, but here are five players with a good chance to beat him. Phil Mickelson: When he turned pro for the 1992 Open, most figured that Mickelson would win his share of majors. When he turns 30 this week, he will still be looking for his first. But after finishing second to Payne Stewart last year and having won three times this year, Lefty seems ready. Colin Montgomerie: Many figured he had won the Open the last time it was at Pebble Beach when he came off the course at even-par and the winds were kicking up to 50 mph. He finished third, and has come close a couple of other times, most recently at Congressional in 1997.

Eighteen suddenly seems like an awfully large number, like Roger Maris' 61 and Hank Aaron's 755. Those figures towered over baseball until sluggers began injecting power into their veins. But Tiger Woods won't be able to ingest his way to Jack Nicklaus' record for major championships. If there existed a pill to help make 12-footers, we all would have taken it by now. Just 81/2 months ago, around the time Americans were pouring gravy on their stuffing and dark meat, Woods seemed an absolute cinch to reach 18. Not yet 34, Woods had claimed 14 majors, one by 15 strokes (the 2000 U.S. Open)

When the United States Golf Association packed up its corporate tents after the 2002 Senior Open concluded, Caves Valley returned to its roots as a private club that was selective in the tournaments it hosted. Mandated to promote the amateur ranks, the Owings Mills club welcomed a handful of events in the intervening years - none involving professionals. That will change in the summer of 2014, when the Ladies Professional Golf Association's inaugural International Crown comes to Baltimore County for a four-day, match-play event featuring four-player teams from eight different countries.

How some of our columnists and editors feel about the two-stroke penalty given to Tiger Woods at the Masters Saturday: Peter Schmuck, columnist: By most accounts, the ruling was correct and penalty appropriate, which is a sign that professional golf has evolved from the time when a player could have days of honorable competition wiped out by some subtle violation he wasn't even aware he committed. I'm still disgusted over the silly ruling that knocked Dustin Johnson out of the PGA Championship in 2010.

Alex Hekimian exemplifies the best qualifications to represent Oakland Mills on the CA Board of Directors! I have known Alex for over 15 years and he has consistently impressed me with his dedication. He is honest, knowledgeable and tireless in his efforts to maintain the highest standards for our city and its citizens! In 2011 as CA was finalizing plans for a $6 million clubhouse construction at Hobbits Glen, they were also planning to close three pools and some tot lots in Oakland Mills.

John Wood has a room filled with junk: steel pots, a wooden foot massager, heavy safe, TV antenna, plates, silver-plated brush, rolling pin, can opener, assorted gold-colored chains, lamps without shades, a New York Yankees baseball hat adorned in glitter. Everyone else's trash became his treasure, which came easily for Mr. Wood, who worked as a city sanitation worker for more than 35 years. He became one of the nation's most celebrated trash collectors, inspiring the television sitcom "Roc," but he also developed a reputation at home as an anchor for his Northeast Baltimore community.

Baltimore actor Charles S. Dutton said the murder of John Wood, a retired city sanitation worker who was the inspiration behind the character Dutton played on the 1990s show “Roc,” was difficult to digest. “I wasn't expecting ever in a lifetime that John would go out that way,” Dutton told the Sun on Thursday. Wood, 80, was killed Monday after police said he was in argument that resulted with him taking a punch that caused Wood to fall back and hit his head on a concrete step, which killed him. Police on Wednesday charged Lorenzo Thornton, 25, with second-degree murder.

The 80-year-old man killed in Northeast Baltimore on Monday - after a punch caused him to fall and hit his head, police said - was the inspiration for the 1990s TV show "Roc. " John Wood formed the basis for the lead character on the Fox show portrayed by Baltimore actor Charles S. Dutton. Dutton grew up in Wood's neighborhood, and in the show portrayed a trash worker who believed in an honest day's work and went beyond his means to help his neighbors. Wood retired as a Baltimore sanitation worker after more than 35 years, his wife said.

On December 29, 2004, WALTER PAUL WOODS, JR.; beloved husband of the late Mary Woods; devoted father of Raymond and James Woods; loving grandfather of Kelly Shultz, Eric and Erin Woods; great-grandfather of Everette, Sydney and Derek. Friends may call at CVACH/ROSEDALE FUNERAL HOME, 1211 Chesaco Avenue, on Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral will be Monday 11 A.M. from the funeral home. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his memory to Hospice of Baltimore, 6601 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204.

Firefighters from several volunteer companies in Harford and Baltimore counties battled a woods fire in Fallston Tuesday afternoon. On Friday evening, another woods fire in Joppatowne required several area fire companies to control. The Fallston fire was reported in the rear of Fallston Valley Drive at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association's media Facebook page. Several dozen firefighters from volunteer companies in Fallston, Bel Air, Kingsville and Long Green responded to the blaze, which consumed several acres, association spokesman Rich Gardiner said.

We've come too far in taking a positive step forward for the future of Columbia to be dragged down into the endless negativity of conspiracy, stagnation and paralysis. In the interest of creating a new vision for Symphony Woods greater than anything the Columbia Association could ever do on its own, the board has voted to create a non-profit 501(c)(3) trust. This trust would allow the receipt of county, state and private funds, while protecting Columbia lien-payers from liabilities undertaken in the pursuit of the Inner Arbor Plan.