These expenditures – culled from thousands of line items released Monday by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House – are just a fraction of the $300 million spent last quarter by House offices. But while the bulk of congressional office spending goes to salaries and routine office expenses, [...]
The 23rd season of MTV’s The Real World was filmed this past summer in DC and is set to air soon. There was a lot of coverage on DC blogs and in the media prior to the filming and after it started. Now it seems they may [...]
Pat McDonough email
Dear Friend,
I will be hosting a Season’s Greetings Dinner Reception on Thursday, December 17, 2009 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Towson United Methodist Church. The event will feature a hot buffet. Our special guest will be Ed Norris, talk show host on 105.7 FM, [...]
Downtown Diane reported via Twitter today that Rosedale native Stacy Keibler, of Dancing with the Stars and WWE fame, was spotted Friday evening sharing sushi with actor Geoff Stults at RA Sushi in Harbor East.
Stults is most known for playing Ben Kinkirk in the series 7th [...]
Sankofa release
THIS JUST IN!!!!
Master Drummer Mamady Keita is coming to Baltimore/Washington Area!
This is MAJOR! Please see the flier for Mamady Keita’s workshop at the link below for more details about the workshop:
http://www.holygoat.com/TTMWashingtonDC/Tam%20Tam%20MandingueWashingtonDC8×11Mamady2009.pdf
Weekend Classes:
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Sankofa Studio
(Home of the Sankofa Dance Thetaer)
2901 Druid [...]
Verne Troyer is guest host of WWE Raw tonight live from 1st Mariner Arena. The show will air at 9 p.m. EST on USA Network.
When Troyer’s name was first announced, Kevin Eck wondered why Rosedale native Stacy Keibler or Ray Lewis wasn’t the host [...]
Media Advisory & Calendar Listing
December 2, 2009
Cardin School to Host Lecture and Exhibit by Renowned Israeli Artist Tamar Messer
Tamar Messer to Lecture and Present an Artistic Representation of Illustrations on the 5 [...]
Police Ask For Help Locating Missing 23-Year-Old Woman in Precinct 7/Cockeysville
Baltimore County, Md. (November 30, 2009) – Baltimore County Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 23-year-old woman from her home in the unit-block [...]
John Patti of WBAL AM points out TrainsRCool.com has a listing of all the regional model train displays for the holidays.
Related posts:Amtrak train kills pedestrianHoliday ClosingsBlack Friday [...]
I will be giving away a Google Wave nomination (invitation) to the first 8 people to post a comment on this post. You must put the email address you want the nomination sent to in the email field on the comment. Comments will be closed after the first 8 reply.
Just [...]
Click here to see our Monday News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You need to already have Google Wave to participate.
Please join the discussion and let us know your opinion on today’s news items. We’ve included a handful of things to [...]
The above picture from a display in the gingerbread village was one I took at Kennedy Krieger’s Festival of Trees this weekend at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. You can see the rest of my pictures below the fold on this [...]
Good morning. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend.
The jury returns to deliberations today in the Sheila Dixon trial after having the holiday weekend off. Nobody knows what has kept them deliberating this long for sure, but I’m guessing if it keeps up much longer that we may [...]
We asked people for their favorite Maryland place names on Twitter yesterday. Some of the ones we got were Assawoman Bay, Whiskey Bottom, Scaggsville, Boring, Parole, Tuckahoe and North East. Today on our news wave we also got two other names – Accokeek and Accident.
Feel free to add [...]
Click here to see our Wednesday News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You need to already have Google Wave to participate. (We don’t have any invitations to give out right now.)
Please join the discussion and let us know your opinion on [...]
For those of you travelling today, be sure to check our transit and traffic page for delays. Michael Dresser’s blog has a post with alternate routes for missing the bad traffic whether you’re going north or south today. There’s also a report on I95travelinfo.net being [...]
McDonough newsletter
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING WISHES
Of all the many things for which I am thankful, I want you to know that your support is deeply appreciated.
Happy Thanksgiving To You And Your Families!
Pat McDonough
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Pat McDonough Testing the Waters for Governor, Part II
Earlier in the week, I attended the Maryland Republican Party convention [...]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or
MARCIA MURPHY at 410-209-4885
November 24, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md
MISSOURI MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR SENDING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES TO AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Anthony Thomas [...]
Smith Opposes Panel Recommendation for Salary Increase
Council Chair Bartenfelder Says Council Also Rejects Increase
Towson, Md. (November 24, 2009) – Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith and Baltimore County Council Chair Joe Bartenfelder both indicated that no legislation will be introduced to change the salary for either the [...]
Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Pucino, 34, of Cockeysville, Md., died Nov. 23 in Pashay Kala, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group of the Maryland Army National Guard in Glen [...]
As the NFL regular season starts approaching the final downhill run to the finish, lists of potential coaches have been coming out for all the expected firings (one already took place at Buffalo.)
Don Banks of SI wrote a column sizing up all the potential hires. Here’s the blurb he [...]
The jurors in the Sheila Dixon trial continued their deliberations with no verdict today. They will return Wednesday morning. Some observers expect a decision prior to Thanksgiving.
Abe Pollin, who purchased the Baltimore Bullets in 1964, died today at the age of 85. Pollin moved the team to [...]
Holiday Collection Schedule – Thanksgiving Week
RECYCLING AND TRASH FACILITIES CLOSED, NO CURBSIDE COLLECTION ON THURSDAY
Annapolis (November 20, 2009) – The Department of Public Works, Waste Management Services will close the Millersville Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility, the Glen Burnie Convenience Center and Sudley Convenience Center on Thursday, [...]
County’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 1
Towson, Md. (November 20, 2009) —Baltimore County’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, December 1 at 6 p.m. It will be held in the downtown Towson shopping district at Olympian Park, located at the corner of [...]
There was a previous blog post here previewing the Maryland Democratic Party’s new blog, called The Online State. The blog is now live and its contributors include Susan Turnbull and Isaac Salazar.
Related posts:Maryland Democrats prepare to launch [...]
County Offices, Facilities Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Normal Schedules on Friday, November 27
Towson, Md. (November 23, 2009) — Baltimore County government offices, and the District and Circuit Courts, will be closed on Thursday, November 26, in recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Closings
On that day, there will be no [...]
OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY
FOR
BALTIMORE CITY
208 THE CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. COURTHOUSE
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202
Patricia C. Jessamy
State’s Attorney
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Information Contact: Margaret T. Burns
Chief, Communications & Governmental Affairs
Office (443) 984-1121 or Cell Phone (443) 474-7479
Or
Joseph Sviatko, Deputy Division Chief
Office (443) 984-1122 or [...]
Statement from Governor Martin O’Malley Supporting Proposed Negro League Baseball Museum in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, MD (November 20, 2009) –Governor Martin O’Malley issued this statement today in support of a proposed Negro League Baseball Museum along the Pennsylvania Avenue corridor in Baltimore.
“Establishing the Negro League Baseball Museum along Pennsylvania [...]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or
MARCIA MURPHY at 410-209-4885
November 23, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md
FOUR-TIME FELON EXILED TO 15 YEARS ON GUN CHARGES
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Andre Kirby, age 29, of Baltimore, today to 15 years in prison, [...]
Press Release of Senator Cardin
WE HAVE A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO ENACT HEALTH CARE REFORM
Contact: Sue Walitsky: 202-224-4524
Monday, November 23, 2009
Click here for associated multimedia.
Access to affordable, quality health care should be a right of all Americans. Yet today, millions of middle-class Americans [...]
In Monday’s News Wave, we had a reader mention that at the rate the jury deliberations were going in the Sheila Dixon trial, that the jury would be ruining some Thanksgiving plans. We asked what might happen with that in our morning news roundup today and in our [...]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or
MARCIA MURPHY at 410-209-4885
November 23, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md
ANNAPOLIS CRACK DEALER SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Santino Tubaya, age 24, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 14 years in [...]
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley Proclaims November 20th Special Day of Tribute to the Honorable Donna Edwards
11/20/09
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2009
Washington, D.C. – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley proclaimed Friday, November 20, 2009, a “special day of Tribute to the Honorable Donna Edwards” for her successful efforts to [...]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or
MARCIA MURPHY at 410-209-4885
November 23, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md
TWO SOUTHERN MARYLAND DRUG DEALERS EACH SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 18 YEARS IN PRISON
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Otis Renaldo Harris, age 36 of Washington, [...]
11/20/09
Today, Rep. Frank Kratovil joined Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan and other City officials for a tour of the erosion and damage done to the city’s beaches and shoreline as a result of last week’s Nor’easter and [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Steve Appel/Lee Whitehead
410-962-8248
stevenouveau@earthlink.net
Stephanie Gamble
410-464-1440
thehousedowntown@aol.com
Vicki Aversa
410-338-0318
Vicki@aversacommunications.com
CALENDAR NOTICE
“NAUGHTY AND NICE” HOLIDAY SHOPPING NIGHT
- Belvedere Square’s Nouveau, The House Downtown plan Black Friday celebration -
WHAT:
You don’t have to watch out for other shoppers. You don’t have to cry. And, there’s no [...]
The new Miss California Nicole Johnson has been reported to have dated Michael Phelps in fall of 2008. It made the tabloid/entertainment shows last night as well as other sites online.
This morning on WMMX (106.5) Reagan Warfield reported on the news in his entertainment report. He mentioned that [...]
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CONTACT: Sarah Fait, Communications Manager, (202) 778-8439, sfait@zuckerman.com
ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP PARTNER GREGG L. BERNSTEIN NAMED BALTIMORE WHITE-COLLAR “LAWYER OF THE YEAR”
Baltimore, MD—Zuckerman Spaeder LLP is pleased to announce that partner Gregg L. Bernstein has been named “Baltimore [...]
We were originally inspired by this Mashable post, so we initially tried this yesterday. The first day was so successful that we’re going to keep doing it.
Click here to see our Tuesday News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You [...]
Meade TV presents Meade Week every week for the Ft. Meade community. This week’s edition is below.
Related posts:Ft. Meade supply specialist charged with Human Trafficking[...]
This post is a roundup of what’s in the news. You can discuss today’s news items on our Tuesday News Wave on Google Wave.
The jury in the Sheila Dixon trial is headed into a fourth day of deliberations today. How long will the judge let them go before [...]
Esquire’s Monday Morning Cheerleader feature includes an analysis of yesterday’s Ravens-Colts game from Ravens’ cheerleader Abbie M. (More on Abbie here.)
Related posts:Ravens lose 27-13Ravens Cheerleader Swimsuit Calendar[...]
Inspired by this Mashable post, we’re trying something new today.
Click here to see our Monday Morning News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You need to already have Google Wave to participate. (We don’t have any invitations to give out right [...]
Two students face possible misdemeanor charges after Baltimore County police broke up a fight in a hallway this past hour at Overlea High School.
County police said two students were held and sent home after the disturbance in which officers used pepper spray to control the crowd.
County school spokesman Charles [...]
According to a tax lien filed last year — which is still active — the Golden Boy owes the State of California $23,289.16 for tax returns back in 2005 and 2006.
Related posts:Michael Phelps and Miss California?[...]
Maryland lost its sixth straight game at Florida State yesterday. A loss next week would result in the first 10-loss season in program history.
Also, the University of Maryland is meeting with reps of Ralph Friedgen to discuss a possible buyout of his contract.
Testudo Times speculates that [...]
WBAL.com reports on a Daily Record report
Reporters covering Mayor Sheila Dixon’s theft trial have been twittering away from the courtroom all week long.
But no more.
The Daily Record reports Judge Dennis Sweeney is threatening to eject any reporter who lets his fingers do the talking while court is in session.
[...]
This post has been updated in two spots. The updated portions are additions that are boldfaced and italicized.
On October 6, Stan Moore of Inside Charm City posted about circumstances at UMBC. On October 5, The Retriever ran a story about an allegation that ” [...]
A Maryland lobbyist with seven drunken-driving convictions has been let out of jail after spending a little more than a month there for his latest arrest.
Fifty-three-year-old David A. Jacobs had been in jail since pleading guilty Oct. 13 in connection with an April crash. Jacobs, of Mitchellville, was drunk [...]
I saw headlines on Twitter earlier that a penthouse condo at the Ritz-Carlton had sold for $12.6M.
It was later reported by the Daily Record that author Tom Clancy is the buyer.
More details:
In what is being billed as the largest condominium transaction in Baltimore’s history, novelist Tom Clancy has paid [...]
