Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in News
Roula's Salon and Spa moves to Belair Road
A longtime Perry Hall hair salon has moved and added spa services.
Roula's Hair Studio has relocated from 4361 Ebenezer Road to 9660 Belair Road near Honeygo Boulevard.
After the Oct. 25 move,...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in News
Twenty poker machines have been removed from a Harford Road business, and charges are pending against its owner, police said.
Baltimore County police raided the Let's Play arcade at 8328 Harford Road between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Dec. 7, said Cpl. Mike Hil...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in News
Police are investigating whether an argument over a parking spot in Towson resulted in one motorist following another to White Marsh, where the one being followed found a warning message on his car. His vehicle also had been broken into.
Baltimore Cou...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in News
Timing is everything, especially when it comes to snow removal.
So the Dec. 7 press conference on how the county plans to do just that this winter was perfectly timed, considering the county's first snowfall of Dec. 2, which was salted away with ease....
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in News
The following crime report is gathered from local police precincts.
It is the policy of the Northeast Booster to give descriptions, including race, only when there is enough detail to contribute to identification.'
Pulaski Highway, 7900 block,...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in News
Student crowding may be on the decline at Perry Hall High School.
Crowding has been a problem at the school for a decade, but enrollment dipped a bit this year, and fewer trailers are being used.
"That is my hope as principal. It looks as if e...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in Sports
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Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in Sports
Boys Basketball
Overlea at Perry Hall, Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.
Neighborhood foes look forward to early-season meeting.
Perry Hall at Eastern Tech, Monday, Dec. 19 at 5 p.m.
Second rivalry game for Gators in four days.
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Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in Sports
High School Wrestling
Perry Hall doesn't have any team captains yet.
So Gator wrestlers are constantly asking Coach Kirk Mateer when he plans on selecting one or two leaders for the program.
That much- anticipated decision could come a...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in Opinion
There are times when the surest way to make something more attractive to teenagers is to label it "forbidden." For Carolyn Mackler's book, "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things," now is such a such a time in Carroll County.
Schools superinte...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in Opinion
The photograph on the cover of the Dec. 7 Northeast Booster misidentified the home neighborhood of the owner of the dog pictured. The neighborhood is Essex.
...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in Opinion
Editorial
All you need to know about firefighters, the saying goes, is that when people are running out of a burning building, they're the ones running in.
Courage like that comes in all colors, but there was a time in Baltimore County when Af...
Published December 14, 2005 by Northeast Booster in Opinion
Raising tax on HMOs only passes the cost to patients
If your neighbor ran a red light and you were not in the car at the time, should you be forced to pay his ticket?
Let's say that a co-worker is constantly filling up jugs of water at the off...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Mano Swartz Furs to Brooklandville
Mano Swartz Furs plans to move from the Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore to Greenspring Station in Brooklandville by Feb. 1.
The retailer will be moving into space near the Mercantile Bank branch formerly o...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
More than one month after leaving his post as county attorney, Jay Liner continues to receive a paycheck from the county.
Liner is still being paid his salary of $149,608 annually while he and the county negotiate a severance package, according to Don...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Greater Baltimore Medical Center is offering a cure for North County people who are sick of driving to Towson for medical care.
GBMC will open a satellite practice in Hereford in January 2006. Two primary care physicians will move into a new building ...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
For the second time in four months, a standing-room-only crowd filed into Catonsville Library last week to discuss proposed development of the Morsberger property.
As before, arguments ran high against the plan for 42 houses off Hilton Avenue, with mu...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
AG proposes tougher sex offender regulation
Attorney General Joseph Curran announced two proposed bills to toughen state sex offender laws at a press Dec. 7 press conference in Annapolis.
One of Curran's proposals would require child sex offen...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Few people voting in the gubernatorial election vote solely for the lieutenant governor. The election is about who will be governor.
The 2006 election will be a referendum of two issues - the outstanding record of Gov. Bob Ehrlich vs. the desir...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
When Michael Comeau was called up to serve in Afghanistan earlier this year, he didn't worry about how his family would take care of their health-care needs or make ends meet.
As a county employee, he said, he knew Baltimore County government would ta...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Timing is everything, especially when it comes to snow removal.
So the Dec. 7 press conference on how the county plans to do just that this winter was perfectly timed, considering the county's first snowfall of Dec. 2, which was salted away with ease....
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
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Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Richard Vatz cares about what you think, and why.
The 58-year-old professor of rhetoric, who teaches a class called "Persuasion" at Towson University, has spent a career teaching, thinking and talking about public opinion and how it is shaped.
...
Published December 14, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Software development company Invoke Systems recently moved from its Federal Hill headquarters to a newer, larger office space in the bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park adjacent to the UMBC campus in Catonsville.
The company is poised for tremend...