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Bryan P. Sears

About Bryan

I'm a child of the eastside of Baltimore County and have lived here most of my life — first in Middle River then in Perry Hall, where I graduated from high school.  I now live in Towson.

I'm a county history junkie and have a fondness for all the places that make my "hometown" special. You'll frequently find me hiking around Oregon Ridge with my dog or grabbing a slice at Pizza Johns in Middle River.

Over the years I've worked for a number of area publications including The Times in Perry Hall, The Avenue and The Journal Northeast as well as writing for Reuters news service.

For much of the last decade I was a reporter for Patuxent Publishing Co.'s community papers in Baltimore County as it's senior politics and government reporter.

I've won numerous state, regional and national awards for coverage of stories such as the Joseph Palczynski spree killings and hostage standoff in 2000, coverage of Hurricane Katrina, as well as state and local government coverage.

I've also been honored for my investigative work which includes stories involving the Community College of Baltimore County, the hiring of a health officer who was not licensed to practice medicine in Maryland and an investigation that led to the indictment of a sitting county councilman for theft from his campaign finance account.

While at Patuxent, my political blog was honored as the best in the Maryland-Delaware-DC region. I continue to blog about politics for Patch.

I appear each Thursday morning in the 7 o'clock hour where I talk about local politics on WBAL 1090 AM. I've appeared regularly on a number of that station's programs and have made guest appearances on Midday with Dan Rodricks on WYPR 88.1 FM.

I also co-hosted the "All Politics is Local" radio show on WCBM 680 AM.

You can find me on Facebook and on Twitter.

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The Board

Leave a note for your neighbor

Roxane

12:57 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012

Brian, how about jumping on the story about the Maryland gun law being declared unconstitutional? Hot news!~!!!

amdactivist

9:38 pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2012

brian.. any chance on doing a story on a missing 56 year old man from millers island since dec 5, 2011?

Skip727

4:16 pm on Monday, August 29, 2011

Bryan,
I wanted to commend you for your updates during Irene. They were informative and useful. Thanks for putting yourself out there during the storm.

Melanie

12:49 pm on Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Please continue to post / cover anything on the follow-up of the murder and abuse case of Andrew Griffin. This was one of the most horrific cases of child abuse in the Towson community, and my fear is that over the years, the news stories will become buried and this boy eventually forgotten. Thank you for your coverage on Susan Griffin's appeal - please keep us updated. People need to know and remember this story.

Buzz Beeler

11:25 am on Sunday, January 9, 2011

Bryan, sorry you got caught up in this cyber- stalking which is defined under MD law, 555.c.

My suspicions were confirmed that this person would not stop unless there was some intervention.

The events of the last two days involving AZ and Baltimore City only convince me that people who choose to act in such a reprehensible manner, must be held accountable.

Robust dialog and debate are at the forefront of our nations history as shown in the colonist open dissent of British rule prior to the birth of the nation.

I have been involved as a blogger for some time and have taken many hits in the past based on the various agendas which is a legitimate part of the process . I even allowed this person to comment even though I knew that a lack of response would only embolden them.

Their mindless thought that these types of comments will give credence to their views only validates their immaturity.

Hopefully your action and that of Patch along with my response will put this to rest.

You and your editors stood up for the integrity of this site and that is commendable.

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