Community College of Baltimore County

American dreaming, from Gatsby to Draper

2013-05-16 13:13:00

Last weekend, the film "The Great Gatsby" was reported to have earned a whopping $51 million, according to Business Insider. Just prior to its release, however, many critics ripped the film for distorting the classic novel on which it is based with over-...

Edgewood man charged with robbing convenience store

2013-05-09 09:21:54

An Edgewood man arrested Tuesday and charged with robbing a convenience store in Edgewood earlier in the day allegedly gave police a false name. Jamal Nathaniel Jackson, 32, of the 700 block of Rainbow Court, is charged with armed robbery, robbery,...

HCC Awarded Grant by CareFirst

2013-05-06 06:05:15

Harford Community College has received a $25,000 grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to support development of an electronic health records system that will bolster training of the institution's nearly 2,200 Nursing and Allied Health students....

Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment

2013-04-26 21:31:28

DEEP CREEK LAKE-INVASIVE PLANT DNR won't poison pesky Deep Creek Lake plant SWANTON, Md. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources says it won't use a herbicide to attack an invasive aquatic plant in western Maryland's Deep Creek Lake this year....

Italian soccer stars form cancer awareness-soccer camp partnership

2013-04-26 00:47:02

BALTIMORE (AP) — Italian soccer stars are coming to Baltimore to promote a cancer awareness program. The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center says Alessandro "Billy" Costacurta and Paulo Taveggia will be at the center on Tuesday to announce the Red...

Demolition of Solo Cup plant making way for Foundry Row

2013-04-18 19:05:00

With the swipe of an excavator, a demolition crew began taking down the abandoned Solo Cup factory in Owings Mills on Thursday, work that will clear the way for new development that was once threatened by opposition. When the abandoned plant is...

Battle Monument and its architect inspire Essex student

2013-03-29 00:00:00

Chloe A. Gudmundsson is a senior at Eastern Technical High School in Essex, and at the suggestion of her English teacher, she decided to research a paper on Maximilian Godefroy, the quirky architect who designed Baltimore's Battle Monument to...

Twentey equals $10,000, as Parkville teacher nets Outstanding Young Educator Award

2013-03-19 11:52:00

Ryan Twentey, an advance placement photography teacher at Parkville High School and a resident of Bel Air, won $10,000 this week as one of two national honorees of the ASCD 2013 Outstanding Young Educator Award. The award was announced Sunday at the...

Baltimore County's long-planned Metro Centre showing signs of life

2013-03-17 14:07:00

The long-planned Metro Centre in Owings Mills is set to finally stir to life this week with the opening of Baltimore County's largest library. Officials envision the library branch, to open in a building called the County Campus next to the Owings Mills...

Robert W. Cos, crane safety consultant

2013-03-08 13:40:00

Robert W. Cos, a crane equipment safety consultant who raised awareness in the 1980s of the unsafe car practice called "clipping," died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime Canton resident was 65. Robert William Cos, whose...

County library at Owings Mills' Metro Centre slated to open March 21

2013-03-11 15:00:00

The new Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will officially open to the public on March 21. The branch�is housed in a 54,333-square-foot space at the County Campus Metro Centre at Owings Mills, 10302 Grand Central Avenue, Owings...

Letter: Family appreciates support of Catonsville community after death of loved one

2012-12-01 00:00:00

The Booth family would like to publicly thank everyone who has been so supportive of our family with cards, calls, e-mails and prayers during and since the passing of Tom. He has been honored and recognized over the last two months for his numerous...

A display of colored medicine and liquor bottles from the late 1800's at the booth of Jeff Burkhardt, a vendor from Cedarburg, WI.

2013-03-03 00:00:00

Organizers say that the annual Antique Bottle Show at the Essex campus of the Community College of Baltimore County is the world's largest, with over 300 vendors. Glassworks was a big industry in Baltimore's earlier days.

2013-03-03 00:00:00

A display of colored medicine and liquor bottles from the late 1800's at the booth of Jeff Burkhardt, a vendor from Cedarburg, Wis. Organizers say that the annual Antique Bottle Show at the Essex campus of the Community College of Baltimore County is the world's largest, with over 300 vendors

2013-03-02 00:00:00