University of Maryland Baltimore County

Britton, Rudisill awarded Dr. Tom Altizer scholarships

2013-06-16 18:55:00

The Center for Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine announced that high school seniors John C. Britton III of North Hagerstown High School and Natalie Rudisill of Williamsport High School are the recipients of its annual Dr. Tom Altizer Memorial...

Flacco's contract shows America's skewed priorities

2013-06-11 09:37:00

A few days ago, yet another article appeared in The Baltimore Sun about Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco and his contract that will pay him more than $20 million per year for the next six years. That's a total of over $120 million. I don't know Joe Flacco....

Digest: Stevenson men receive Ciccarone Award

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Lacrosse Stevenson men receive Ciccarone Award After winning the school's first national championship, the Stevenson men's lacrosse team has been selected to receive the Henry Ciccarone Memorial Award by the Touchdown Club of Annapolis as the...

Steven M. Smith, respiratory therapist

2013-06-12 12:45:09

Steven M. Smith, a respiratory therapist and outdoorsman, died Saturday from cancer at the Golden Living Center in Westminster. He was 56. The son of a United Methodist minister and a social worker, Steven Montgomery Smith was born in Laurel. He was...

Digest: Calvert Hall grad Kruger leaves post as Shenandoah coach

2013-06-11 21:59:00

College lacrosse Calvert Hall grad Kruger leaves post as Shenandoah coach Shenandoah announced that Mike Kruger (Calvert Hall) has resigned as men's lacrosse coach. Kruger, who led the Hornets to five wins this season — matching the win total of...

A year after bankruptcy, lives unsettled still

2013-06-08 12:56:00

The closing of the steel mill at Sparrows Point overwhelmed Bob Jennings. Too young to retire at 59, he faced a gloomy job market for local manufacturing workers and a bureaucracy that couldn't get him timely training help. He felt like a failure. No,...

Digest: UMBC's Brown wins Under Armour AD of the Year Award

2013-06-11 00:00:00

Administration UMBC's Brown wins Under Armour AD of the Year Award UMBC athletic director Charles Brown has been named a Division I-AAA Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year Award recipient by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of...

Notebook: John Tucker promoted to coach of MLL's Cannons

2013-06-10 16:20:00

The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse announced that assistant coach John Tucker (Johns Hopkins) will take over head coaching duties from Steve Duffy for the remaining eight games of the season. Tucker is a former Chesapeake Bayhawks and Baltimore...

Digest: Russell takes Pimlico jockey title; Vazquez wins trainer crown

2013-06-08 22:22:00

Pimlico Race Course Russell takes jockey title; Vazquez wins trainer crown The Pimlico Race Course spring meeting ended Saturday with jockey Sheldon Russell and trainer Juan Vazquez winning individual titles. The 36-day stand began April 4. Russell...

South High alumni group awards five scholarships

2013-06-02 13:27:00

The South Hagerstown High School Rebel Alumni Association recently presented $1,000 scholarships to students graduating from South High in June. Scholarship recipients: Michaela Brewer Brewer� maintains a 3.88 grade-point average.� She serves as...

At 30, Charlestown Retirement Community comes of age

2013-06-06 17:28:00

Engelina van Opstal remembers having a problem with the air conditioning in her apartment at Charlestown Retirement Community and calling for someone to come repair it. "John came," van Opstal recalled Thursday, "and he got it working." That would...

Janet Garrity

2013-06-06 13:08:00

Janet Virginia Garrity, who enrolled in college at age 47 and went on to earn a master's degree in social work, died of heart disease Tuesday at Brightview Assisted Living in Towson. She was 81 and lived in Salisbury. Born Janet Virginia Green in...

Even the most positive of people can have a hard time using the words "hope" and "cancer" in the same sentence. Even with early detection, the diagnosis can be devastating, psyche-shattering. It could be easy for some to remain strong. It's not as easy to remain unfailingly hopeful.

2013-03-19 11:08:00

Beau Adkins and Zuly Gonzalez of Light Point Security in their start-up space at the BWTech Cyber Incubator building on the campus of UMBC.

2013-03-13 00:00:00

Left, Hannah Hollamon, Davidsonville, and Jennie Williams, Catonsville, UMBC American Studies students, listen as Thomas Capecci, Dundalk, talks about his 36 years at Bethlehem Steel. Capecci is president of local 2610 retirees and is on the executive board of retirees for local 9477.

2013-02-06 00:00:00