Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland)

Molly Elizabeth (Ward) Marshall, 86, a resident of Falling Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg, Pa., and of the Pentecostal faith, went home to be with her Lord Jesus on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Molly attended services in The...

Two Anne Arundel County lawmakers want to protect millions in expected gambling money from being spent in neighborhoods away from the state's largest casino. Their proposed bill would siphon Anne Arundel's local impact grants, which are estimated to...

Elaine Sarver, 39, of Carlisle, Pa., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born Monday, Oct. 29, 1973, in Baltimore, a daughter of Patrick Nelka of Millersville, Md., and Donna E. (Dale) Getter and her husband,...

Diane Townes waited in line for 12 hours to get her door-buster deals — printers, a laptop and a 50-inch television — so imagine her chagrin when it looked like she wouldn't be able to squeeze it all into her car Friday morning. The Owings...

The Rev. Ricky Spain, pastor of East Baltimore's Waters African Methodist Episcopal Church who had also been a community activist in his years as an Annapolis-area pastor, died of cancer Nov. 16 at the Tate Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum. The...

Charles Ernest Fisher Sr., 83, of Williamsport, Md., passed away on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at his home. Born April 24, 1929, in Owings Mills, Md., to the late Charles Macklefresh and Bertha Ette Uhler Fisher. He was preceded in death by his first wife,...

Best Story Time   WINNER: Howard County Library Central, East Columbia, Elkridge, Glenwood, Miller, Savage Hclibrary.org   Best Museum for Families WINNER: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 600 Independence Ave. Southwest...

A 41-year-old man died early Monday when his car struck a guard rail and caught fire in Hanover. The Anne Arundel County police department identified the deceased driver as Vernon Bryant Jr. of the 7500 block of Maiden Head Drive in Hanover. According...

Caesars Entertainment, which plans to bring a casino to Baltimore, announced Thursday that it would spend $25 million more and hire 500 more people than originally planned to take advantage of opportunities presented by the passage of Question 7. Caesars...

The death of a Baltimore man whose hand was found separate from the rest of his remains in Reisterstown last week was determined a suicide, Baltimore County police said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Darnell William Butler, 24, took...

With no table games, will Maryland Live casino draw young gamblers? Last month, David Tewell gathered a group of friends and headed north to Atlantic City's new Golden Nugget casino and resort for two nights of eating well, club-hopping and, of course,...

A proposed new bus route would ferry passengers from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to the Maryland Live Casino and elsewhere through the Hanover neighborhoods of Anne Arundel County. Money generated by the casino and sent to Anne Arundel County...