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Laura Duffy
'I've been here a lifetime'
- Cpl. Matthew Wallace served in Iraq only a few months before the 22-year-old died in a roadside bomb attack on his convoy while on a combat mission in Baghdad.
- Cpl. Matthew Wallace served in Iraq only a few months before the 22-year-old died in a roadside bomb attack on his convoy while on a combat mission in Baghdad.
Steadfast soldier understood sacrifice
- Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series of letters and stories about Maryland soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series of letters and stories about Maryland soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A soldier's final words
- Editor’s Note: This is part of an occasional series of letters and stories about Maryland soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Editor’s Note: This is part of an occasional series of letters and stories about Maryland soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mom: 'Something wasn’t right’
- Barely a month after leaving home, Pfc. Bryan Nicholas Spry’s tour of duty in Iraq was over. “I saw headlights in the driveway, and I walked out,” Spry’s mother, Beverly Fabri, said of that horrible day in February 2004. “I saw two men in uniforms, and I just turned back into the house and shut the door. I looked at my family and said, ‘Nick’s dead.’ ”
- Barely a month after leaving home, Pfc. Bryan Nicholas Spry’s tour of duty in Iraq was over. “I saw headlights in the driveway, and I walked out,” Spry’s mother, Beverly Fabri, said of that horrible day in February 2004. “I saw two men in uniforms, and I just turned back into the house and shut the door. I looked at my family and said, ‘Nick’s dead.’ ”
Dying Marine true to his men
- Not even his mother’s soft bedside singing could wake Sgt. Alessandro “Alex” Carbonaro, 28, as he lay unconscious in a German hospital.
- Not even his mother’s soft bedside singing could wake Sgt. Alessandro “Alex” Carbonaro, 28, as he lay unconscious in a German hospital.
A bond that can’t be broken
- Death could not divide the brothers in arms.
- Death could not divide the brothers in arms.
Bishops address child sex abuse
- Five years ago, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops responded to the riveting news of child abuse.
Somber ceremony commemorates Veterans Day
- Under cold gray skies, fire engines hoisted an enormous flag, and more than 100 people came to War Memorial Plaza to pay tribute to American soldiers.
- Under cold gray skies, fire engines hoisted an enormous flag, and more than 100 people came to War Memorial Plaza to pay tribute to American soldiers.
Senator’s Cup sets sail for charity
- In the sailing community, everyone knows the Senator’s Cup is a world-class race. Not so well know is that this exciting match-race regatta, which began Thursday and continues through Saturday at the Inner Harbor, benefits several local charities.
- In the sailing community, everyone knows the Senator’s Cup is a world-class race. Not so well know is that this exciting match-race regatta, which began Thursday and continues through Saturday at the Inner Harbor, benefits several local charities.
Family of rescuers mourns loss of matriarch in blaze
- The stunned family of an elderly Baltimore County woman is mourning the loss of its matriarch, who died after being pulled out of a house fire by her firefighter grandson this week.
Family of rescuers mourns their loss
- The stunned family of an elderly Baltimore County woman on Wednesday mourned the loss of their matriarch, who died after being pulled out of a house fire by her firefighter grandson early Tuesday morning.
New plan hopes to ease nursing shortage in Md.
- Staring down 10,000 empty nursing positions around Maryland, state hospital officials and local nursing schools announced a multimillion-dollar plan Monday to help fill those scrubs.
‘Macbeth’ enthralls inmates
- Patuxent Institution inmates enjoyed one of the finer things in life this past weekend: a performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”