Published June 11, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in News
Today, Thursday, June 12
> The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce will hold a power breakfast at Gramercy Mansion from 8-10 a.m. Members $20, guests $40. Call 410-825-6200 or the Eastern Division at 410-282-9100.
> The Better Business ...
Published June 11, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in News
Crime Log consists of reports of crimes against businesses or on business properties compiled from the Catonsville, Woodlawn, Garrison, Cockeysville, Towson, Parkville and White Marsh precinct police reports.
Catonsville
Edmondson Avenue, 5300...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Owings Mills
When Georgina Klanica heard she could travel abroad for free in exchange for helping out a needy company, she recognized a good situation.
"You're trading your experience, education and abilities for a travel experience," said Kla...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
With a 2003 goal of 100 active members, the association is pleased to be on track with 82 members as of June. Prospects looks good, too, as we are expecting the addition of several more this month.
Our efforts to take the lead in getting our members i...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Summer is always filled with music in Catonsville, which is one reason our community is known as "Music City Maryland." Music for all tastes and ages is performed at the Lurman Woodland Theatre 2003 Summer Concert Series.
Included in this year's sched...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Opinion
The turn of the 20th century witnessed the introduction of what is probably one of the most famous and desirable types of glass today, known as "iridescent." Characterized by a satiny, shimmering surface, iridescent glass was inspired by ancient glass ...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in News
Parkville's gets is own police precinct at long last
At long last, after 10 years, Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith took action to give Parkville its own police precinct.
Despite citizen protests, in an effort to cut county government cost...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
>The Real Estate Million Dollar Association Ltd. serving Greater Baltimore has named the following individuals as its 2003-2004 officers and Board members:
Officers:
President: Debbie Attman, of Long & Foster Real Estate - Lutherville...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Patrick Wilson has toured the Port of Baltimore three times and he's still awed by the experience.
"It has really awakened us to the renaissance that is going on," said Wilson, a teacher at Patapsco High School.
Last week the Port of Ba...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Maryland line
Customers who buy hand tools at Lowe's may be impressed that the national home-improvement warehouse chain has begun a "Made in the U.S.A." campaign.
But the story behind the tools is even more impressive.
More than 1 mil...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Nancy Sewell and her family felt so bad that they had to kennel their black Labrador, Captain Midnight, while they vacationed in the Bahamas that they searched for a souvenir to bring back to him.
But there were no doggie souvenirs to be found....
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in Business
By day, Glenn Newton is a mild-mannered accountant with Dunbar Armored in Hunt Valley.
By night, the Perry Hall resident is an entrepreneur and a singing fool.
In May 2000, Newton channeled his love of music into a board game using four catego...
Published June 12, 2003 by The Jeffersonian in News
"Tomorrow may never come," says an old song, and that seems to be the theme of our consumer economy. Evidence lies in the recent news that more of us are out of work and that we are spending more money we don't have.
The U.S. Labor Department reports ...
Published June 17, 2003 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Downtown Towson, a shopping magnet for many North Baltimore residents, may be getting a facelift.
The Towson Revitalization Partnership has a tentative blueprint for revitalization of the downtown area, including York Road, which focusing on legislati...
Published June 17, 2003 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Boys' Latin history teacher Nick Nicolls was walking in Timonium recently when a police cruiser passed him on the street.
As the car went by, the officer inside stared at Nicolls intently, then stopped, turned around, pulled over and rolled down his w...
Published June 17, 2003 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
The folks who hire the folks who teach our kids are on the griddle.
Down at College Park, there's a flap over the case of a University of Maryland vice president who is stepping down amid criticism of his job performance - but who'll still be paid his...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in Community
Some 40 years after she marched up and down the football field as a majorette with the Baltimore Colts Band, Nancy Mattheu used her baton-twirling talent to help her win the title "Ms. Baltimore County Senior America."
The Parkton resident now goes on...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in Community
If you don't know Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D, you'll know it well enough to play it yourself by the end of Chinese director and co-writer Chen Kaige's "Together." Like its main character, a violin prodigy training to play that hyper-romantic conce...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in News
The day after the Hereford Community Association voted at its June 10 meeting to oppose Carl Yarema's proposed retail/office building on Mt. Carmel Road, Yarema instructed his engineer to redraw the plans.
The new plans for an 11,000-square-foot build...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in News
As Scott and Bo North slowly dismantle a house on York Road in Hereford that dates back to the mid-1800s, they are finding the good, the bad and the ugly.
The good _ hand-hewn chestnut beams that were held together with wooden pegs, wood roof rafters ...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in News
Overall, crime in Baltimore County was down last year, but don't tell that to the residents of Parkville.
Following a countywide trend of an increase in motor vehicle thefts, residents of that precinct experienced a 31.5 percent increase in auto theft...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in News
Community leaders in the county's two designated growth areas are skeptical of a County Council move to test whether roads in certain areas are too overburdened to handle new growth.
They say a council resolution ordering a transportation component to...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in News
The Baltimore County Public Schools operating budget for 2003-04 may have been officially adopted last week, but teachers and other employees are not giving up their fight for better wages.
Last week, hundreds of school bus drivers, teachers, administ...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in News
The Board of Education's effort to get a jump on negotiating a new contract with its superintendent may have landed the board in hot water.
At issue is a closed meeting held to discuss renewing the contract of schools superintendent Joe A. Hairston, w...
Published June 17, 2003 by North County News in Sports
Marathon swimming
While Frank Sinatra may have crooned that love is better "The Second Time Around," Emily Watts did not share the same sentiments about her follow-up swim around Manhattan Island Saturday morning.
The defending Manhattan Islan...