Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
A 57-year-old male pedestrian was struck and killed at Harford Road and Interstate 695 on the Inner Loop late Saturday morning, after stepping into the path of an Exxon tank truck. "He was dead at the scene and alcohol was not a factor," said Cpl. John Krysiak of the Golden Ring Barracks of the Maryland State Police.
East Coast Wineries (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Harford Vineyard and Winery is a 20 acre farm located in the Piedmont Region of Harford County, Maryland. They planted their first grapes in 2003, opened their wine facility in 2005 and then became a winery in 2009. They will opn their doors to the public for the firs time on the weekend starting on Nov 28th and 29th . They are on the Piedmont wine trail Harford also specializes...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Site was also considered for new energy facility Facing opposition from Edgewood residents, Harford County Executive David R. Craig has pulled the bill to have the county purchase Prologis Park, a 113-acre lot in Edgewood.
The Baltimore Business Journal (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Harford County is in talks with a unidentified distribution company to set up shop in Edgewood after being forced to back away from earlier plans to buy the 134-acre property as a solid waste storage area.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard formalize cooperation When millions of gallons of water erupted in mid-September from a ruptured 72-inch water main flooding dozens of Dundalk homes, Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith got help quickly from state and local officials all over Central Maryland.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard formalize cooperation When millions of gallons of water erupted in mid-September from a ruptured 72-inch water main flooding dozens of Dundalk homes, Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith got help quickly from state and local officials all over Central Maryland.
Urbanomics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a much larger share of customers visiting the smaller display purchased a jam. However, as Tim Harford writes , subsequent experiments on similar contexts (including jam and luxury chocolates) find inconclusive evidence that increasing choice demotivates consumers. He writes, "The average of all these studies suggests that offering lots of extra choices seems to make no important difference...
Center for Global Development (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Over the weekend the Financial Times carried a column by Undercover Economist Tim Harford on the randomized microcredit impact studies. Longtime readers of this blog (every time I use a phrase like that I think to myself that there must be at least one of you…) will probably not learn much from the column, except about [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Maryland State Police on Sunday identified the pedestrian killed this weekend after stepping into the path of an Exxon tanker truck as 57-year-old Joseph Mark Scannell, of the 7500 block of Moyer Ave. in Parkville. Scannell died Saturday morning at the accident scene, at Harford Road and Interstate 695. Alcohol was not a factor, according to a corporal from the Golden Ring Barracks.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Maryland State Police on Sunday identified the pedestrian killed this weekend after stepping into the path of an Exxon tanker truck as 57-year-old Joseph Mark Scannell, of the 7500 block of Moyer Ave. in Parkville. Scannell died Saturday morning at the accident scene, at Harford Road and Interstate 695. Alcohol was not a factor, according to a corporal from the Golden Ring Barracks.
Bedazzled! (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... . Alot of great artists and bands will be playing including: Elvis Perkins, David Berkeley, Chris Harford , Chris Collingwood (of Fountains of Wayne), Jounce (little Pete from Pete and Pete ), Butterflies of Love, Winterpills, School for The Dead, The Zambonis, Frank Critelli, The Reducers, The Furors Come down early if you want to see me and Dumptruck. We're on very close to the start of...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Harford students' plays deal with bullying, abuse and other compelling issues A chaotic dress rehearsal did not rattle the drama teacher at Havre de Grace High School. Mark Cummins seemed to be in the thick of the student practices on stage and in corners of Harford County's largest school auditorium. He kept track of it all, even those who spilled into the lobby to study their lines...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
A Harford County restaurant manager is continuing his efforts to assist families coping with childhood cancer by holding a superhero event in Bel Air on Saturday.
MKNE political information (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... The reality may be the ‘Tournament System’ so ably described for lay readers in Tim Harfords book ‘ The logic of Life’ . Specifically the chapter on ‘why your boss is overpaid’. This is how I understand Harford’s argument. Basically most jobs cannot easily be assessed by performance by results. And jobs that involve handling big flows of money...
Overcoming Bias (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... millions of people a modicum of greater control over their lives … is that so bad'” More from Tim Harford. Gee, another anti-poverty silver bullet turns to rubber. Guess we’ll need another decade or two to build up another great white hope, before it too disappoints. Yet we’ve known for many decades how to help the world’s poor while actually benefiting us in the process: allow more immigration...
