By Kristi Funderburk and Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun Aug. 3--Story time was about to begin yesterday at the Randallstown library, but first the county executive surfed through the newly created kids' section on the county's Web site.

By Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun Apr. 30--Just beyond the playground at Chapel Hill Elementary School, a bulldozer sits among dirt lots that will soon be dotted with single-family homes. Across the street, contractors hammer away on the last of more than 60 houses built on an old farm.