Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The 57-year-old who worked for Baltimore County died Monday.
Baltimore County police are now investigating the death of a county property management worker who died Monday while plowing snow. The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that Philip Wayne Higgins, 57, of the 4400 block of Declaration Circle in Belcamp, died from multiple injuries, and ruled the manner of death accidental, Baltimore County police said. Baltimore County Fire Department crews responded to a report of cardiac arrest at 11:34 a.m. in Kingsville. A bystander discovered Higgins lying about 10 to 20 feet away from his county-issued 2012 Ford F-550 truck in a county-owned parking lot at the former site of the Gunpowder Falls Golf Course, according to a news release. Emergency crews administered CPR and other …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Counties across the state took measures to deal with the Newtown, CT school shooting.
Communities across Maryland have been reeling in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Some residents said they feared dropping their children off at school while others demanded action from legislators. Hyattsville Elementary School's new principal, Julia Burton, addressed her students Monday before Prince George's County schools observed a minute of silence to honor the victims of Friday's school shooting in Newtown, CT. "Take care of yourself. Take care of each other. And take care of the place," she told students. In Wheaton, parents reacted to the tragic news and talked about school safety in Montgomery County. Frances Frost, a contributor to the Local Voices section on Wheaton Patch, wrote in an email: "As a mom of 4…
Friday, December 14, 2012
Local residents respond via social media to the tragic school shooting in Newton, CT.
(UPDATED) 5:48 p.m.—Baltimore metro area residents and leaders are sharing their sorrow and sympathy with residents of Newtown, CT where a gunman went on a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School. According to Newtown Patch, 27 people were killed—18 of them children—at the school on Friday. Newtown Patch is reporting the identification in the shooter is currently being withheld by law enforcement following the possible mis-identification of a shooter earlier in the day. In the wake of the tragedy Baltimore County police have stepped up patrols at local schools. The shooting in Newtown comes after a shooting at Perry Hall High School in August. One students was critically injured in that attack, but survived his wounds. Towson Patch Editor…
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Vaughn George and Marjorie Marie Pepper were residents of the Sudbrook Park home where they were found, and police are looking for their adult grandson.
UPDATE (3:46 p.m.)—Police have identified the elderly couple found dead in their Olmstead Road home Monday. Police continue to investigate the deaths of Vaughn George Pepper, 87, and Marjorie Marie Pepper, 85. Police are looking for an adult grandson who lived with the Peppers. Like Pikesville Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. The couple was found after relatives from out of town and a neighbor asked police to check in on the couple. Both had suffered traumatic wounds and were found inside their home. A weapon was found in the home, according to a news release from Baltimore County police, but they're not saying what kind of weapon. However, police said later Tuesday that the homicides were not shootings. At 4:01 p.m. Monday, …
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Monday, April 2, 2012
A Haitian immigrant who is the mother of seven and works at a Westport McDonald's told the New York Post that she has the winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Milford Mill.
UPDATE (1:39 p.m.)—A Westport McDonald's employee says she's the one who bought the winning Mega Millions ticket at the 7-Eleven in Milford Mill. Marlinde Wilson said she bought one for herself individually and also some in a pool with others at the McDonald's, according to a New York Post report. She plans to turn in the ticket Monday, the report states; however, "Pressed as the day went on, she became more cagey." "I don’t know if I won," she said in The Post. "Some of the numbers were familiar. I recognized some of [them]. “I don’t know why’’ people are saying differently. “I’m going to go to the lottery office [today]. I bought some tickets separately.” Carole Everett, director of communications for Mega Millions, told Pikesville …
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
One Maryland resident may have woken up at least $105 million richer.
UPDATE (1:46 p.m.)—This week friends, neighbors and colleagues have been asking the same question: what would I do if I won hundreds of millions of dollars overnight? The fantasy may have become a reality for someone you know. Maryland Lottery officials learned early Saturday that one of three winnng tickets in Friday night's record-breaking Mega Millions drawing was sold in Baltimore County. “This is truly remarkable and historic,” lottery Director Stephen Martino said in a statement. “We can’t wait to greet the winner of this world-record setting jackpot.” The other winning tickets were sold in Illinois and Kansas, meaning three people will split the $656 million jackpot. That works out to a $218.6 million annuity ($5.59 million per year…
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The proposal for the bridge that straddles Baltimore and Harford counties also involves widening it from one lane to two, a move many fear will only increase speeding on the rural road.
Baltimore and Harford County residents came out in full force to protest a proposal to widen and replace Hess Road Bridge at a public input meeting Tuesday night in Fallston. Monkton resident Ellen Reeder, who attended the meeting at the Veronica "Roni" Chenoweth Activity Center, has lived near the bridge in the 3800 block of Hess Road for more than 35 years. She said she is concerned about the increased traffic and speeds, especially from the Harford County side, if the bridge were to be widened. "The widening of the bridge will remove the single traffic calming device that exists," Reeder said. "Isn't this putting the fox inside the henhouse? It seems like you're servicing the people of Harford County and hurting the people in Baltimore …
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Here are some guidelines for keeping safe in case the hurricane affects the D.C./Baltimore area, including advice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Baltimore County Office of Emergency Management in Towson.
The rain we're experiencing today has nothing to do with Hurricane Irene, a category three hurricane, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Ocean City, MD, officials have ordered an emergency evacuation by midnight of the resort town. Gov. Martin O'Malley declared a state of emergency. Irene could hit the Baltimore area as a tropical storm on Sunday. To find out where Irene is now, and get details about the storm, visit the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center. As of 8 a.m. today, Irene's probable path could touch the southern tip of the Virginia coast, as well as Maryland's Eastern Shore, on Sunday as a hurricane, according to the website. At 2 p.m., that storm is expected to hit in and near Maryland at …
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Dundalk and Parkville men charged with stealing copper from county government-owned radio tower antenna sites.
Two Baltimore County government employees have each been charged with two counts of theft after they were accused of stealing copper wires from county work sites and selling the material for cash, according to court documents obtained by Patch. Steven Todd Ellick, 39, of the 7900 block of St. Monica Drive, Dundalk, whose job title is Carpenter II, was served a summons Aug. 17 and faces two charges of theft less than $1,000. A trial date has been set for Oct. 3. Phillip Lee Schlothauer, 52, of the 2400 block of Ellis, Parkville, whose job title is also Carpenter II, was arrested and charged Aug. 5 with two counts of theft less than $1,000. A trial date has been set for Oct. 11. According to charging documents, a Motorola contractor visited …
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Recovery efforts in Aberdeen Proving Ground have been postponed until Sunday morning.
UPDATE (11:15 p.m.)—An unidentified male who fell from a pontoon boat into Bush River is feared drowned Saturday evening. For instant updates, follow Bel Air Patch on Facebook and Twitter and Aberdeen Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Authorities conducted a water rescue near Abingdon from about 6:25 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. No body had been found as of 8:25 p.m. Further recovery efforts, which were postponed, are expected to continue shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday. According to Coast Guard News, the man is 55 years old. Harford County and Baltimore County rescue personnel assisted Aberdeen Proving Ground authorities in responding to the incident, according to Rich Gardiner, spokesman for Harford County emergency services. The incident occurred within …
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