Burtonsville

There are all kinds of ways to choose a real estate agent to sell your house. You may use your brother-in-law, for example, or take a recommendation from a co-worker. But according to an informal survey of agents from across the country, there are...

Dorothy I. Levin, a longtime Columbia resident who was known for her colorful personality and lively parties for members of the burgeoning dinner theater scene in Maryland, died Monday in her home after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was...

UConn's 24 recruits (with Rivals.com number of stars): 3: QB Tim Boyle, 6-4, 216, Middletown 3: WR Dhameer Bradley, 5-10, 166, Elkington, Md. U: LB Chris Britton, 6-3, 205, Harrisburg, Pa. 2: DT Folorunso Fatukasi, 6-4, 280, Rockaway Park, N.Y. 2:...

Gun control could be at the forefront of the 2013 Maryland General Assembly session after the shooting in Newtown, Conn., last month, and Hagerstown resident Virginia Fennel said it should be. “They need some kind of laws or legislation to...

UConn's 19 recruits (with Rivals.com number of stars): 3 stars: WR Dhameer Bradley, 5-feet-10, 166 pounds, Elkington, Md. 3: DT Lance Burlingame, 6-4, 290, Franklin, Mass. 2: DT Folorunso Fatukasi, 6-4, 280, Rockaway Park, N.Y. 2: DB Javon Hadley, 5-...

Advocates of the Dream Act, which would allow the children of illegal immigrants to take advantage of the in-state tuition paid by other Maryland residents at state universities, are planning a big push in congregations in the weeks leading up to Election...

Walter S. "Bud" Fialkewicz, who had worked as an agent supervisor for the Drug Enforcement Administration, died Aug. 28 of a heart attack at a grandson's home in Coral Gables, Fla. He was 86 and lived in Silver Spring. The son of a baker and a...

The Abell Foundation, a decades-old Baltimore philanthropic institution that increasingly invests in technology startups to spur economic growth in Baltimore, said Monday it is paying $75,000 to fund a study to investigate the needs of the city's...

Maurice Joseph Murphy, 87, of Luray, Va., died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Born June 17, 1924, in Silver Spring, Md., he was the son of the late Bernard Murphy and Helen Barnes Murphy Hull. Mr. Murphy proudly served in the U.S. Army from March 1943 to...

OCT. 21, 1956-JAN. 10, 2011 ROHRERSVILLE — Cathleen J. Foster-Smith, 54, of Rohrersville, Md., died on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at the Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown, Md. Born on Oct. 21, 1956 in Boston, Mass., she was the daughter of the...

Vaughn Elvin Long, 83, of Burtonsville, Md., and formerly of Hagerstown, died Thursday, July 14, 2011, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The family will receive friends Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. at Bast-Stauffer Funeral Home,...

Rosina D. Squires, a retired Montgomery Ward catalog worker who liked to garden, died Wednesday of vascular dementia at Ellicott City Rehabilitation Center. The longtime Elkridge resident was 87. The daughter of an immigrant Italian construction...