Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Baltimore County is calling for bids on the following contracts. Proposals will be publicly opened in the Purchasing Bureau, Room 148, 400 Washington Ave., Towson.
Dec. 29
*2 p.m., RFP 206084: Intensive inpatient treatment services for methado...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Crime
Crime Log is compiled from police reports. The Jeffersonian describes suspects only when a description might contribute to apprehension.
Carroll Island Road, Wayne's Towing, 200 block, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 20. Someone cut a padlock on two s...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Crime
Timonium resident pleads guilty to fraud
A Timonium resident pleaded guilty Dec. 21 to wire fraud.
According to Rod Rosenstein, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, the fraud was part of a scheme in which Patrick McDevitt, 38, stole app...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The following hearings and meetings concern cases in the county land-use planning process. They are open to the public.
Development Review Committee
No meetings will be held Dec. 26.
First District
1/2/07 Annapolis Road
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Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
With every Ravens victory, the buzz surrounding the team turns into a roar.
If Baltimore's National Football League squad advances through the playoffs and qualifying for the Super Bowl in Miami in February, it will be on the arm of Steve McNair and b...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in News
Reporter, paper took BGE's side in dispute over trimming trees
I am absolutely livid over your reporting ("BGE takes hard line," The Jeffersonian, Dec. 14).
After I contacted your reporter and presented all the information, leads and law to pr...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in News
If there's anything messier than an outgoing, lame-duck legislature, it's an incoming newly elected legislature that has trouble getting its act together.
In the case of the Maryland General Assembly, the mess probably will be cleaned up before the 20...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
While it may not count as a New Year's resolution, Moses Rodriguez says he hopes to see dozens of new members join the Greater Baltimore Highlands Community Association in 2007.
Rodriguez, the group's president, says that 15,000 people live in the sou...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Thomas Bromwell will step down as president and chief executive officer of the Maryland Injured Workers' Insurance Fund on Dec. 31, although he will continue to be paid for two years.
Bromwell, a former state senator, has been president and chief exec...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The fate of the old Bendix property in Hillendale looks to be up in the air again as plans for a retailer to occupy the spot seem to have stalled.
Representatives with Costco Wholesale Corp. had scheduled to meet with residents in the area around 1400...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The sale of the the Hillendale and Pleasant Plains shopping centers is the latest in a recent string of sales by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, of Owings Mills.
The charity, which was founded by the late Harry Weinberg, has owned real est...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
As residents know it now, the intersection of Loch Raven Boulevard and Taylor Avenue is one big shopping area.
It wasn't always this way. In fact, it might surprise recent arrivals to know how relatively new it all is.
Old aerial photos, some ...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Landowners now have an extra incentive for preserving their undeveloped land through conservation easements.
Under a new law, landowners who donate conservation easements for their land are allowed to deduct 50 percent of their adjusted gross i...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The Web site of the Washington, D.C.-based Land Trust Alliance provides specific examples of how the new deductions work for landowners who donate conservation easements.
Under a new law, landowners are allowed to deduct 50 percent of their adjusted g...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
A public meeting to obtain citizen input on ways to protect, preserve and restore the Prettyboy watershed's natural environment will be held from 9 a..m. to noon Jan. 20 at the Fifth District Elementary School in Upperco.
The meeting is part of an eff...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Preliminary work has begun on a renovation project at Lansdowne Middle School that is projected to cost more than $12 million in state and county funds.
The work, which will include upgrades to science classrooms, is expected to be mostly complete by ...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
A wood-and-granite farmhouse built before the Revolutionary War -- and protected by county laws -- is the centerpiece of a new subdivision in Woodstock.
NVHomes, a division of Reston, Va.-based NVR, is building 23 single-family houses priced at $780,0...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
The disappearance of a Martin O'Malley campaign sign from Salvatore "Mannie" Anello's office building some weeks ago resulted from high winds, not a shift in his politics.
In fact, the Arbutus attorney still boasts of having persuaded hundreds of area...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
On a mild Sunday afternoon in December, Susan Wooden, as she does most Sundays, is cooking dinner.
This is no ordinary dinner. She is roasting a goose with fresh vegetables and fruit in the 18th century style, in an 18th century house wearing 18th cen...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Nottingham to sell holdings for $363M
Corporate Office Properties Trust intends to pay $362.5 million for holdings of Towson-based Nottingham Properties, according to a Dec. 21 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Columbia-b...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Gail Industries, a speciality advertising business in Arbutus, was able to upgrade three properties on Leeds Avenue thanks to more than $120,000 in no-interest loans from Baltimore County.
That work includes significant exterior upgrades at 4210 Leeds...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Recently released enrollment figures show that overcrowding problems still dog county schools in the northeast area.
However, northeast schools do not have the worst overcrowding in the county.
At Chapel Hill Elementary School on East Joppa Ro...
Published December 28, 2006 by The Jeffersonian in Business
It's not too early to make an important New Year's resolution. Why not look into joining an organization that will be helpful to your business and the community you serve?
The Police and Community Relations Council could be just what you're loo...