Roland Park

Open space menaced in Padonia, Roland Park

As I read Nick Madigan's article "Unwelcome plan" (Sept. 1), I thought: It's deja vu all over again - acres of green space in a residential area are now at risk of being paved over.

Roland Park land was never a park

I am neither a member of the Baltimore Country Club nor a resident of Roland Park. But I find the signs "Keep the Park in Roland Park" arrogant and misleading ("Big senior center remains a bad fit," letters, Aug. 16).

Glimpsed

Brigit Bowers

Stylish Brigit Bowers has a philosophy about fashion: "Fashion is a means of individual expression, transforming and changing along with your life's phases and experiences." Right now, this 21-year-old Roland Park resident is experiencing her summer job as a hostess at Salt Restaurant before beginning her senior year at Vanderbilt University. But, we'd say her fashion reflects an individual expression that promises a chic future.

Colleges: Drinking age 'not working'

Top university officials in Maryland - including the chancellor of the state university system and the president of the Johns Hopkins University - say the current drinking age of 21 "is not working" and has led to dangerous binges in which students have harmed themselves and others.

Neurofibromatosis: Battle against nerves

As a teenager, Jeannine Lancaster started to see spots like mosquito bites on her arms and back. She didn't think much of them then. A decade later, the bumps started to multiply on her face.

Christopher Rouse

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse was born and raised in Mount Washington, attended the Gilman School and went on to earn degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Cornell University. He has taught at the Juilliard School since 1997 and this spring was named composer-in-residence at Peabody Conservatory. BSO music director Marin Alsop is an avid champion of Rouse's work.

Country club OKs sale to Keswick

Baltimore Country Club members voted last night to sell 17 acres of unoccupied land in Roland Park to a care facility, a potential $12.5 million deal that has met strong opposition from the surrounding neighborhood.

Club land not core of Roland Park

I have lived in Roland Park most of my life, and I happen to know that the piece of property under discussion in the Keswick Multi-Care Center controversy is not in the center of Roland Park but across the street from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute playing field and a few blocks north of a nursing home ("A more sensible site for Keswick center," Commentary, July 10).

The park in Roland Park

At the outset, Edward H. Bouton recognized how much appeal a country club would have for prospective homeowners in the new Roland Park. A place for men to golf, for women to lunch, for debutantes to preen, for families to socialize, for children to play on the rolling hills and under the canopy of trees that distinguished the setting in North Baltimore. Mr. Bouton, the general manager of the development company, had the right instinct, and sales reflected that.

Laura Vozzella: A bit 'quirky' in Roland Park

So a country club wants to sell off 17 acres, and the people from the stately homes nearby go berserk and you're thinking that's one stirred-up WASPs' nest.

Two named to school board

A PTA parent and a retired educator from Bel Air were appointed to five-year terms on the Harford County Board of Education yesterday by Gov. Martin O'Malley.

Upscale Cross Keys for sale

Facing financial pressure, the owner of the Village of Cross Keys shops is seeking a buyer for the upscale North Baltimore retail center at a challenging time.

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Friday

Open space fight roils Roland Park

The editorial "Talk it over" (July 6) trivializes the loss of irreplaceable green space by treating it as a silly conflict between a neighborhood and the Baltimore Country Club and the Keswick Multi-Care Center.

The week that was

Land row in Roland Park

It's free for all

When Bobby Brown's neighbors needed a computer to play CDs to learn English, he went on a one-man scavenger hunt and found a mouse, monitor and other gadgets. He soon had a free, functional computer for his neighbors, who had recently emigrated from Ecuador.

Talk it over

Roland Park residents are distressed by the prospect that their neighbor, the Baltimore Country Club, may sell 17 prime acres of open space in the community to a company that wants to build an assisted-living facility on the property. If the sale goes through, the property would have to be rezoned and the battle would shift as city officials try to balance the benefits of preserving the city's green spaces against the long-term need for more housing tailored to the elderly as the population ages.

Country club part of Roland Park plan

Thanks for the coverage of the Roland Park Civic League's meeting on Tuesday evening to determine the sense of the community regarding the proposed sale of 17 acres of Baltimore Country Club land to the Keswick Multi-Care Center ("Residents decry Keswick deal," July 2).

Jean Marbella: Surprise sparked ire in land proposal

The insurgents met to plot their next move, over lemonade and chocolate chip cookies. The level of their anger was such that even the tiniest revolutionary, a mere child, used the strongest language that her young ears probably had ever heard.

Residents decry Keswick deal

About 400 Roland Park residents overflowed St. David's Church and spilled onto the sidewalk last night at a meeting that organizers called to gauge interest in the Baltimore Country Club's proposed sale of 17 prime acres of green space.

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Tuesday

Club land-sale proposal protested

About 30 Roland Park residents waved signs yesterday outside the Baltimore Country Club, urging the club's members to scrap plans that would sell off 17 acres of its property to a care facility.

Land row in Roland Park

Roland Park residents are putting up a fight to preserve what they have come to consider their own patch of green within the city.

Child's play ... by play

Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and their respective teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics lob a few final warmup jumpers. The referees trade dramatic nods. Nearly 20,000 spectators at TD Banknorth Garden get to their feet, jazzed for the opening tipoff.

Laura Vozzella: Not personal, just business

You've heard of friends with benefits. Now, lovers with benefits.

Aileen Gabbey, executive director of the Maryland SPCA

Animal lover Aileen Gabbey has been with the Maryland SPCA since 1997. She began as the director of volunteers and events and moved to her current position of executive director in 1999.

$195 million expansion planned by Keswick

Keswick Multi-Care Center in Baltimore plans to build a $195 million continuing-care retirement community on Roland Park land now owned by the Baltimore Country Club, its CEO said yesterday.

All-Baltimore City: Girls lacrosse

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Dana Cahill, Mercy

Whatever happened to... Sujata Massey?

Her five Rei Shimura mystery novels have brought her plenty of awards, including a highly esteemed Agatha for best first novel - The Salaryman's Wife - in 1998; an Edgar nomination for best paperback original for Zen Attitude, published in 1998; a 2000 Macavity Award for best novel, The Flower Master; and an Agatha nomination for best novel for The Bride's Kimono in 2000.

Sally White, vice president for Academic Affairs at the College of Notre Dame

Since the beginning of her term in the fall as the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, Sally White has been working to bring a school of pharmacy to the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. The program, slated to start next year, will be the first of its kind created by a women's college. In her spare time, White enjoys spending time with her family and playing golf. She lives in Pikesville.

Six-Pack to Stardom?

Even with military training, acting and modeling experience and his share of ex-girlfriends, Greg Plitt's resume didn't quite prepare him for his new job: trainer on Bravo's reality show Work Out.

Local Easter egg hunts

Update: Curb outside Lyric Opera House

Patrons of the Lyric Opera House will soon have an easier time getting to performances.

Police Blotter

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County.

Proposal would broaden state policy on minority contractors

Private groups that receive state bond money from the General Assembly would have to meet minority contracting goals under a proposal discussed yesterday by the state Board of Public Works.

Glimpsed

Dana MacDonald

Layering, a major trend of the past several seasons, has mainly been couched in terms of women's fashions.

Smaller stores benefit from big toy recalls

Shopping at Barstons Child's Play in North Baltimore yesterday, Elizabeth Carhuapoma had safety on her mind as she heard news of the latest toy recall by Mattel.

Mitchell reaching across the racial divide

It was a hot Sunday afternoon, and City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. was standing on a platform in front of a South Baltimore crowd, pounding away at the theme of diversity.

Laura Vozzella: It's a free press when you own it

From the pecan cabinetry to the flagstone patio, no detail about the Roland Park charmer featured in The Examiner's real estate section goes unnoticed, but for this: The guy trying to sell the place, Examiner Publisher Michael Phelps.