Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Insurgents are entrenched in Iraq and are perceived as "operating at will," U.S. Rep. Benjamin Cardin said last week after a four-day visit to Iraq and Israel.
He said the war in Iraq could drag on for years unless the United States gets more internat...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Mary Jo Ebo suffered four miscarriages and underwent treatments for infertility as she and her husband Ken tried to start a family at Gilman School, where the couple live and teach music.
In April, Ken Ebo, a U.S. Marine reservist with the 4th Civil A...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
East University Parkway
200 block between 8 a.m. Dec. 13 and 8 a.m. Dec. 14. A mountain bike was stolen from a garage.
East 33rd Street
400 block, Blockbuster Video, between 12 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. Dec. 12. A safe was pried open. Nothin...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
John Maynard recently received a property tax bill that raised his Baltimore taxes from $6,700 to $8,000 in July 2005.
"And after I pushed myself up off the kitchen floor, I decided I had to look into this," said Maynard, a 30-year-old Guilford reside...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Johns Hopkins University plans to build a $75 million "front door" at the southern entrance to its Homewood campus.
The South Quadrangle Project will feature a visitor and admissions center, a computational sciences building, an underground parking ga...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Graffiti suspect charged in city spray incidents
The so-called "APES" graffiti artist was charged this week with 10 counts of malicious destruction of property and three counts of trespassing in Baltimore City, according to George Winfield, director o...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Recreation
> The Baltimore Blizzard women's ice hockey organization is looking for a coach with hockey knowledge and coaching experience for a paid position. Call 410-472-4528.
Teams
> The Baltimore Bays 94 Power club team will p...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Boys Basketball
Hoops for Habitat Holiday Basketball Tournament, Park vs. Grace Bible, Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 4:30 p.m. at Park School.
Winner plays Bowling Brook or Loch Raven.
Girls Basketball
Comet Holiday Classic at Catonsvi...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
When organizers of the fifth annual Paul Sherry Shootout, a fund-raiser at Bryn Mawr School, asked Boys' Latin Coach Doug Nichols for help, he didn't hesitate.
Nichols agreed to enter his varsity team in the event, even though it meant having to give ...
Published December 23, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
Because of a family birthday celebration, I wouldn't have been able to attend that meeting between the governor and the Sun folks even if I had been invited, which I wasn't. But I wish I could have been a fly on the wall to spy on what must have been the ...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Mary Jo Ebo suffered four miscarriages and underwent treatments for infertility as she and her husband Ken tried to start a family at Gilman School, where the couple live and teach music.
In April, Ken Ebo, a Marine Corps reservist with the 4th...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Developers have filed a site plan for Towson Circle _ a residential, retail and entertainment complex just south of Joppa Road and bordered by Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia avenues.
If it comes to fruition, the 3.67-acre project "will be ...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
CARNEY
An elementary school principal accused of sexually abusing two sisters more than 20 years ago said this week he will take legal action against the Baltimore County Public Schools if he is not reinstated in his position.
"I was humiliate...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Three companies committed separately in recent months to buying about 35 acres in the Riparius Center office park on Red Run Boulevard in Owings Mills, according to the Brooklandville firm that brokered the deals.
The seller was Highwoods Prope...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The holiday shopping season is almost over. You and your employees are tired and probably a little punchy from the constant onslaught of busy and, at times, demanding customers.
So tired, in fact, that security may slip while you are taking care of yo...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
HEREFORD
Cathy and Bruce Wisnom are beginning to wonder just how many times they have to tell people that their Foster Brothers Hardware Store is not only still open, but has more merchandise than ever.
Since they moved the store to the lower ...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The Lansdowne Library won't open on time.
Librarians have been hired and books have been ordered, but the new facility is still looking for a home.
The branch was to have opened in the first week of January. Now the opening has been pushed bac...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
WASHINGTON
Maryland's median age grew by more than eight months from 2000 to 2003, according to new Census Bureau statistics, mirroring a national trend that is largely due to the graying of the baby boomer generation.
But while the state's me...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
CATONSVILLE
"Hello, I'm Christina. I'll be your waitress."
With a smile and a shuffle of menus, Christina Barber welcomes another group of hungry people to a late-night meal at the Double-T Diner on Rolling Road, where she works the overnight ...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
When the Royal Farms store on Hazelwood Avenue recently closed after 20 years, Manpreet Singh felt compelled to buy the convenience store even though it had been robbed three times this year.
"We want to be a benefit to the community," he said. "We ha...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Baltimore County officials are reviewing three proposed housing developments along the Liberty Road corridor in Randallstown.
Harvard Homes is proposing to build 14 new homes on 29 acres beside Offutt Road, south of Liberty Road. Each home is slated t...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in Business
ARBUTUS
He arrived late, delayed by a meeting in Annapolis, but Gov. Robert Ehrlich made good on his promise of a movie date in Arbutus Friday.
And his presence at the Hollywood theater - for a special showing of the firefighter flick "Ladder ...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in News
The new year often begins with a toast, a kiss and a list of resolutions. Evaluating successes and failures in 2004, companies inevitably will resolve to make changes to their business plan to increase profit for 2005.
Most businesspeople know that th...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in News
Baltimore County officials blame dying trees at Frostee Tree Farm on the 2001 drought ("Dispute drives grower up a tree," The Jeffersonian, Dec. 9).
The farm owners' contract with the county called for 12 inches of topsoil to be placed in a right of w...
Published December 23, 2004 by The Jeffersonian in News
Because of a family birthday celebration, I wouldn't have been able to attend that meeting between the governor and the Sun folks even if I had been invited, which I wasn't. But I wish I could have been a fly on the wall to spy on what must have been the ...