Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in News
Ella White-Campbell speaks in enthusiastic bursts as she discusses the long-awaited agreement to build a Randallstown community center and the potential that one building could hold.
For years, the veteran educator has seen efforts to mentor Randallst...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in News
Residents can get discounts on prescription drugs through a new program the county joined recently.
Discounts in the program, sponsored by the National Association of Counties, average about 20 percent. About 40 counties participate at no cost to taxp...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in News
Shelly Demby eats and sleeps GardenVillage Community Association business.
"I will wake up in the middle of the night and say, 'I know how I can do that,'"said Demby when she is thinking about a certain event or how to promote the association.
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Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Baltimore County is calling for bids on the following contracts.
Due July 14
*2 p.m., RFQ 205499: Night vision goggles.
Buyer: Amber Butcher, 410-887-3887, abutcher@co.ba.md.us.
Due July 15
*2 p.m., ITB 205485: Signs fo...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
BALTIMORE AND WOODLAWN
The Crown Optical Laboratory, which finishes lenses and fits them into eyeglass frames, uses $15 million in automated equipment to fill more than half a million prescriptions a year.
But some jobs - such as making high-p...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
At the Crown Optical Laboratory in Baltimore, making eyeglasses is a multi-step process. Here's how it works:
*An operator enters orders for prescriptions and frames into a computer system, generating tickets. Each ticket goes into a tray, soon to be ...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
BOWLEYS QUARTERS
Bowleys Quarters residents may be getting some new neighbors soon - whether they want them or not.
Kimbrook LLC of Owings Mills has proposed one single-family house and 10 semi-detached houses in a gated community on 6.6 acres...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Regional council to analyze bus data
The Metropolitan Regional Council will soon analyze the data on which proposed changes - some of them controversial - to the Baltimore area's bus system were based.
The council, which this year is led by Ba...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
A sex offender unit operated on the grounds of the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School but not affiliated with it is likely to remain open, at least for the near future, even as the center for delinquent teenage boys is phased out, according to state officials.
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Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
ARBUTUS
Anyone worried how construction will affect the well-tended shrubbery and flowers that likely give thousands of visitors a year their first impressions of Arbutus can rest easy.
Builders soon may be displacing the flowers, shrubs and w...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Port-related businesses may buy two books for the price of one this year, thanks to the consolidation of Maryland's Port of Baltimore Directory and the Baltimore Shipping Services Directory into one volume.
The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce in ...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Cowan Systems, a trucking company based in Halethorpe, has purchased 12 acres of a former brewery from Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust for a new, 45,000-square-foot headquarters.
The new facility should open within 18 months, company offic...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
WOODLAWN
You can get just about anything at the mall these days. At Security Square Mall, that includes trade school education and perhaps a new career.
Nestled between an all-you-can-eat buffet and a sporting goods store in the spot where Mon...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Deputy State's Attorney Stephen Bailey will run for county state's attorney in 2006 - a job his current boss, Sandra O'Connor, has held since 1974.
Bailey, a Republican, was to make his candidacy official at a July 13 news conference outside the count...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
PIKESVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Pikesville 5K Run/Walk, held July 10, was a huge success.
More than 350 people came out to support the chamber and the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. WCBM provided musi...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
HUNT VALLEY BUSINESS FORUM
The deputy chief of police for the Maryland Transit Administration - which replaced Baltimore County police officers July 1 at stations from Lutherville to Hunt Valley - will explain new security measures at the Facilities, ...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in News
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Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Hunt Valley Saab's Jenny Trostel - whose father and brother ran a Saab business in Wilmington, Del. - learned about cars by necessity.
"My father told me when I was getting my license that if you learn how to drive 'em, you have to learn how to fix 'e...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
SPARKS
Jenny Trostel never expected to become the subject of a documentary.
But, after buying out her partners to become sole owner of a Saab dealership in Hunt Valley, she is now featured in a DVD that highlights some of the interesting aspec...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Moving eight C-130J aircraft - Maryland's entire tactical airlift capability - from the Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River could leave a corridor from New York to Washington vulnerable to enemy attacks, the adjutant general of the Maryland N...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The fast-moving northbound traffic that barrels through downtown Towson will be slowed to a retail-friendly crawl if the Greater Towson Committee has its way.
The well-connected group of business people, which has promoted investment in Towson since 1...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
A local developer is poised to place more than 460,000 square feet of retail and office space, possibly including a Super Wal-Mart, on 60 acres just inside the Beltway in Lansdowne.
David S. Brown of Owings Mills filed a site plan June 27 for consider...
Published July 19, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Thirteen years ago, politicians, community activists and residents began working on a plan to create a community in Perry Hall that linked neighborhoods together.
Two years later, on July 5, 1994, the County Council approved the Honeygo Plan. The plan...