Howard County keeps its AAA bond rating
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
Howard County has kept its coveted AAA bond rating in preparation for the refinancing next week of $45 million worth of older securities.
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Study: Md. ranks 49th in spending to keep walkers, cyclists safe
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
Maryland, with a pedestrian death rate that is significantly higher than the national average, ranks second from the bottom nationally in its spending of federal transportation funds on resources for walkers and bicyclists, according to a study released Monday.
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Dixon pleads not guilty to theft charges
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
Selection process exhausts jury pool; Dixon, lawyers pore over hundreds of questionnaires Mayor Sheila Dixon is spending her day poring over hundreds of jury questionnaires as she and her attorneys select the 12 citizens to sit for her theft trial. In her first trip to court since being indicted in January, the mayor walked through the front door of Courthouse East in downtown Baltimore just after...
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Woman found dead in fire identified
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A woman who was found dead after an apartment fire Saturday in Reisterstown has been identified as Rose Lea Salzman, 67. Baltimore County police released her identity Monday morning, noting that Salzman had worked for 31 years as a crossing guard at Timber Grove Elementary School in Owings Mills. Fire investigators determined that the two-alarm blaze on the 100 block of Ewing Drive was accidental and...
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Crash on I-95 delays traffic near Edgewood in Harford Co.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Heavy northbound Interstate 95 traffic near Edgewood in Harford County was forced to turn around and take detours after at least two vehicles collided on the highway Sunday afternoon, said State Police at the John F. Kennedy Barracks. Shortly before 4 p.m., a sport utility vehicle collided with at least one vehicle near the Edgewood exit and brought traffic to a temporary halt. Police said an undetermined...
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At what point does safety trounce the right to drive?
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
T here are people who simply should not be permitted to own or operate motor vehicles.
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Helen Lauer
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Founder of Anne Arundel food markets believed fresh-baked goods were the key to success Helen Lauer, the matriarch of a family who founded two Anne Arundel County supermarkets and believed that traditionally made baked goods could win customers, died of lymphoma Wednesday at her Severna Park home. She was 80.
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Miriam H. Coffin dies at 92
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Former federal worker was active in church Miriam H. Coffin, a homemaker and former federal worker, died Friday of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. She was 92.
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George Frederick Alban dies at 71
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Retired security guard first worked as Westminster police officer George Frederick "Fred" Alban, a retired security guard who earlier had been a police officer, died Monday of cancer at his Westminster home. He was 71.
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Crash on I-95 delays traffic in Harford Co.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Heavy northbound Interstate 95 traffic near Edgewood in Harford County was forced to turn around and take detours after at least two vehicles collided on the highway Sunday afternoon, said State Police at the John F. Kennedy Barracks. Shortly before 4 p.m., a sport utility vehicle collided with at least one vehicle near the Edgewood exit and brought traffic to a temporary halt. Police said an undetermined...
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Howard County Council study predicts revenue gains from remaking Columbia
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
2 bills introduced to provide legal framework for General Growth plan If Columbia's proposed downtown redevelopment is completed, Howard County stands to gain an average of $6.9 million to $13.9 million in new net revenues each year, according to a detailed county government analysis of the financial impact presented to the County Council Monday night.
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This trick-or-treating was a special treat
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Hammond Elementary students get to spend Halloween at White House Makenna Burns is only 8, but she believes she'll never have a Halloween as memorable as this year's. Her Pocahontas costume garnered a slew of comments, including one from President Barack Obama.
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Pedal pusher
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Howard Neighbors D arwin Hindman is a man obsessed with ending society's love affair with the car.
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Community group tries to block plan for Doughoregan
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Opponents object to clustering houses on Carroll estate An Ellicott City community group is trying to block the Carroll family's latest plan to cluster 325 detached new homes on the same northeastern corner of Doughoregan Manor that was to have become an Erickson retirement community.
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Schools have distributed 3,000 swine flu vaccine doses
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
More than 3,000 Howard County students have received the swine flu vaccine during the past three weeks in one of the largest school-based efforts in the Baltimore area.
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homesmarket | 02/10/2009
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Why I'm Boycotting The Emmys(r)
adrienneanderson | 08/10/2008
It was such an ugly demise to an intense drama set on Baltimore, Maryland's tough, inner-city streets –and, no, I’m not talking about the shocking deaths of two of Baltimore's most notorious criminals. I’m talking about the ugly, dismissive and undeserving omission of HBO ’s incredibly taut series, The Wire , from 60th Primetime Emmy® Award nominations! The Emmy® Awards recognize and celebrate supposedly...