BREAKING: Eastpoint Mall to go on auction block
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:36

    Eastpoint Mall will be auctioned on May 29, according to a legal notice published this week.
    The auction, to be conducted by Towson-based Tidewater Auctions LLC, will be held at the Baltimore County Courthouse on Bosley Road in Towson at 11 a.m. on May 29. A $1 million deposit wil be required at the time of purchase, according to the legal notice.

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Patapsco grad injured in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:32

Sgt. Haag recovering at Walter Reed

by Ben Boehl

    Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts alum Sgt. Chase Haag is recovering from injuries after his team was hit with an improvised explosive device on May 1 while serving in Afghanistan.
    The 2008 Patapsco graduate has been on active duty in the U.S. Army and was living in Germany with his fianceé before he was stationed in Afghanistan. Haag says he didn’t black out and remembers every horrifying detail of the attack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dunfest 2012 brings fun, info to the community
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:26

Event featured a variety of local resources, fun

by Nicole Rodman

    If you passed by Heritage Park this weekend and thought the Heritage Fair had come early, don’t worry. It was actually Dunfest 2012.
    Organized by the new Dundalk Community Partnership (DCP), the first Dunfest event was held last Saturday in the same park that will host the annual Heritage Fair this summer.
    The Dunfest event featured a variety of festivities, including music, food, face painting and games.
    According to  DCP spokesperson Sammi Turner, herself a longtime Dundalk resident, Dunfest was designed to introduce residents to a variety of available resources.

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Lacks’ legacy lives on in Turner Station and beyond
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:29

by Nicole Rodman

    There is something about Turner Station that produces greatness.
    It has to be something in the water.
    How else do you explain the fact that such a small community in southeastern Baltimore County has turned out such notable citizens as Henrietta Lacks, Kevin Clash and NASA astronaut Robert Curbeam?
    Last Saturday, May 12, one of Turner Station’s hometown heroes was recognized as London artist Helen Wilson-Roe arrived in town to begin work on her upcoming exhibition on the life of Henrietta Lacks.

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Port workers trained at 16th annual Ro/Ro Rodeo
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:23

More than 200 participated in two-day event

by Nicole Rodman

    Even for those living minutes away, the Dundalk Marine Terminal is often overlooked.
    Though chronically underrated, the Dundalk Marine Terminal is one of the area’s economic engines.
    Employing thousands of local residents, the marine terminal brings billions of dollars into the area each year.
    “It’s amazing how many people don’t know about the importance of the port,” explained J.B. Hanson, a communications representative for the Maryland Port Administration.
    One of the reasons for the port’s success is its handling of roll on/roll off cargo.

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