Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
It has been called "moving meditation" and "kinesthesia of the body." And like other forms of stretching and low-impact aerobics, studies have shown that, if done properly, it can improve balance, breathing, circulation, flexibility and even reduce stress...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
The most recent open board meeting of the Mt. Washington Improvement Association was held Jan. 18, too late to report on it for my deadline for this column. Next time, though. Important stuff was on the agenda. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, all activis...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
> Loyola College, 4501 N. Charles St., will host its 55th annual Bull and Oyster Roast for alumni of all ages, with food, music and entertainment, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in DeChiaro College Center on the main campus. Call 410-617-2475.
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Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
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> Cinemagic Productions is looking for pictures of Baltimore City from 1903...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Janus, the Roman god of gates and doors and hence, of all beginnings - and the namesake of January - was represented with two opposite faces, symbolizing the faces of a door. So having packed up holiday decorations until next time and made our New Year's ...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
It pays to be a shrewd consumer, especially when you're wrestling with heightened insurance rates, decreased benefits and a need to insure your biggest investment.
Insurance industry experts suggest you follow a few procedures when buying and using ho...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Mark Harp was really Mark Linthicum. He was also The King Of Peru and Corky Neidermayer.
Harp was a man of multiple personalities and aliases, a charismatic figure whether wearing a bandana or a chef's hat, sunglasses or a suit and tie, playing guitar...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
David Blumberg was taken by surprise when his normally stable homeowners insurance premiums suddenly began to mushroom.
"I did a lot of things to make it less offensive," said Blumberg, president of the Roland Park Civic League and chairman of the Mar...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Del. Samuel "Sandy" Rosenberg was the state legislature's man of the moment Jan. 12 - and not a moment too soon.
Cutting short a trip to Israel, the north Baltimore Democrat booked a midnight flight home, survived engine trouble and a middle-of-the-ni...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Burglary suspects believed to be driving an old pickup
Police are looking for two men driving an old pickup truck who officers say are burglarizing homes along University Parkway in the lower Roland Park and Charles Village area.
The men have ...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Clipper Park Road
2000 block, between 9 p.m. Jan. 10 and 1:37 p.m. Jan. 11. The Bevelled Edge framing store was burglarized.
Falls Road
4000 block, between 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 12. A girl's bike was stolen from a residence.
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Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Nancy Blume, manager of the United Optical store in Belvedere Square for the last 12 years, remembers a day when the shopping center was new, with a busy market and a healthy base of retailers.
"And then they started dropping, one by one," she said. "...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
For Elan Hilaire, indoor track is far from a top priority.
The Park freshman only works out three days a week so she can spend time maintaining an "A" average, playing the violin in the school's string ensemble and participating in the French club....
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Teams
> The Baltimore Bays 94 Power club team will play in Washington Area Girls Soccer League's new fall developmental league for girls born Aug. 1, 1993-July 31, 1994. Call 410-308-0359 or e-mail mcerlean@comcast.net.
> First Baptist C...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Boys Basketball
Pallotti at Gilman, Saturday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.
Rematch of last year's MIAA B Conference championship game.
Key at Park, Friday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Loss to rising power Mount Carmel only blemish on Bruins' rec...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
This week's indoor soccer tussle between Friends and the Institute of Notre Dame may go a long way towards determining which undefeated team grabs a psychological advantage heading into the Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs.
A...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Business
The Hodson Trust presented more than $1.6 million to Johns Hopkins University at a luncheon Dec. 1. The grant will create a new endowed fund for a university archivist and increase the endowment for the Hodson Directorship of the Digital Knowledge Cent...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Business
There's a deceptively simple central concept behind Let's Dish!, a new business co-owned by a Roland Park couple.
It's like a cooking class, social hour, eclectic grocery deli and fast but healthy food shop, all rolled into one.
Above all else...
Published January 20, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
In the often messy work of lawmaking, human problems are sometimes obscured. For example, take Sandy Rosenberg and John Astle, two notable figures in the legislature's Jan. 11 vote to override Gov. Robert Ehrlich's veto of the bill on medical malpractice ...
Published January 25, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
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Published January 25, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
HUNT VALLEY
Erwin L. Greenberg Commercial Corp., which is redeveloping the former Hunt Valley Mall with a Main Street theme, also plans to develop condominiums and apartments on the site.
"We're looking to add other sorts of uses," said...
Published January 25, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
RewardsPlus finds $10.8M in funding
RewardsPlus, an employee benefits management company in Cockeysville, said received $10.8 million in new funding from several venture capital firms, including new investor QuestMark Partners of Baltimore and continu...
Published January 25, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Evidently, the re-election of George W. Bush is good for the economy.
When Drew Lenear got the phone call Dec. 27, there were two voices in his head, he says.
"One of them was jumping up and down, saying 'Oh, yeah,' and pumping his fist in the...
Published January 25, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
After years of community opposition, a plan to triple the number of residents on rural Holly Neck peninsula in Essex is nearing reality.
Land owner Leonard Berger's plans for a 153-acre site near the end of the peninsula calls for 98 townhouses and 12...
Published January 25, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
DUNDALK
Two little-known developers met for eight months with county officials and community leaders before revealing an ambitious redevelopment plan for the former Seagram warehouse site in Dundalk.
Bob Ward Jr. and Michael Campbell en...