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Lansdowne Softball Eyes Return Trip to States
Arbutus Patch
Apr 27One may think that after losing six starters from a team that made it all the way to the state finals last year, Lansdowne varsity softball may have considered reducing their expectations in 2012. Well, whomever thought that, thought wrong. After con... »
Baltimore Co. Police to Halt DNA Collections of Suspects
Arbutus Patch
Apr 27Baltimore County police said they have, effective immediately, stopped collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested and charged with certain violent crimes. The policy switch comes after Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that part of a state law... »
Summer Movie Season Starts Next Week
Arbutus Patch
Apr 27A few sequels, one or two reboots, and Johnny Depp in weird costumes. The summer movie season is about to start. MTV is calling 2012 a nerdy movie summer, and also one of the biggest. Says MTV: It's a crowded landscape to be sure; you'll want to spend ... »
FBI Asked to Investigate Possible Islamic Center Hate Crime
Arbutus Patch
Apr 26The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Thursday asked the Baltimore office of the FBI to investigate a recent act of vandalism at an Islamic community center in Riverview, the organization announced in response to a story in Arbutus Patch. A... »
Cigarette Smuggling On Rise in Maryland
Arbutus Patch
Apr 26Cigarette smuggling in Maryland is on the rise, according to Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. "We've got an epidemic of this smuggling in our state," Franchot said during a Thursday news conference in Towson with Baltimore County State's Attorney S... »
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Press Release: Orioles to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day at Camden Yards
Oriole Post
Apr 25From the good folks at the Baltimore Orioles... ***Orioles to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day at Camden YardsIn recognition of the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson becoming the first African-American player in Major League Baseball, the Orioles will h... »
Gov. Mitt Romney in Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich’s Arbutus; Some Confident Signs for November Amid Largely Irrelevant Noise
Red Maryland
Mar 22--Richard E. VatzWell, if you don’t like Gov. Mitt Romney, you will say that on this day his aide made a stupid gaffe by saying of the odds-on favorite to secure the Republican Presidential nomination, "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch” in description... »
Romney PAC on the air in Maryland
BaltimoreSun.com Maryland Politics
Mar 21A political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will spend $464,000 on television advertising in Maryland, the first instance of a major third-party television buy in the state and the first ads supporting any cand... »
Bye-Bye Bobo???
53 Beers on Tap
Dec 19The next (and last, as far as Howard County is concerned) domin has fallen in redistricting a-go-go for the decade, with the unveiling of the Governor's proposed state legislative redistricting map. Oh, is this one ever interesting. For methinks someon... »