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 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Governor Martin O’Malley, Comptroller Peter Franchot and Larry E. Walton, President and Chief [...]
Media Contact:
Amy Larimore / Amy Elias
Profiles, Inc.
410.243.3790
alarimore@profilespr.com
Calendar Listing
January 16, 2010
Italian Photographer Simona Monnati Presents Eyes Wide Shut
Exhibition to Showcase the Magic of Photographic Art in Capturing the Human Aesthetic
(Baltimore, MD) – Italian photographer [...]
A crash involving a car and an MTA bus sent eight people to the hospital.
Police said the crash happened at about 10 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Franklin Square and Abigail drives.
Officers said the impact sent the bus over an embankment.
Four people are being treated at Bayview, [...]
For Immediate Release
November 20, 2009
Contact Information
Heather Moeder Molino
202-225-3061
From the Office of Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger
Maryland’s 2nd District
Ruppersberger and Lyons to Announce Money for National Security STEM Initiative in Anne Arundel County
(Annapolis, MD) – Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) and Maryland Secretary of [...]
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 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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 [...]
If you haven’t heard already, Bill Toohey is being replaced as public information officer for the Baltimore County Police. The reaction in the internet has been swift and strongly in support of Toohey.
I suggested wider use of the #toohey hashtag after seeing @firepix1075 use it. The reaction is below. [...]
MARC Riders: Wednesday-Before-Thanksgiving MARC Schedule
In anticipation of early departures on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, for the Thanksgiving Holiday, MARC will operate amended services on each line.
PENN LINE
There will be an extra train departing Washington at 2:50 PM, making ALL stops to Baltimore.
CAMDEN LINE
Train 852 will be canceled. There [...]
The following traffic figures are from Maryland Politics Watch. Adam also provides the Top 10 list of politically oriented blogs and if you merged the two lists, Inside Charm City would still be #1.
Local Blogs, Site Visits 1/09-10/09
1. Inside Charm City: 267,283
2. Rockville Central: 92,498
3. Just Up [...]
Man Murdered Inside Convenience Store in Precinct 1/Wilkens is Identified
Baltimore County, Md. (November 18, 2009) – Baltimore County Police have identified the man who was shot and killed in a robbery inside the Yours Convenience Store in the 700-block of Frederick Road, 21228. He is identified as [...]
The Baltimore Sun now has this Twitter list of media members tweeting from inside the court room. None of them are Sun reporters, as we noted Monday.
new TWTR.Widget({
version: 2,
type: 'list',
rpp: 30,
interval: 6000,
title: 'Dixon Trial',
subject: 'Live Tweets from the #DixonTrial',
width: [...]
Baltimore County Police are investigating a shooting at a Catonsville convenience store that has left one person dead.
Police responded to the Your Convenience store in the 700 block of Frederick Rd. in Catonsville at around 7 p.m. Tuesday.
They arrived to find two people shot inside. One of the victims [...]
I saw a tweet from someone in my twitterstream that said goodbye Hauschka or something similar. I found nothing in Google News.
I just did a Twitter search and found that @RobLongShow of 1370 AM reported that he was cut. No replacement has been named but other information I saw [...]
News from
Senator
Kathy Klausmeier
8th Legislative District
IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE MORE THAN ONCE, PLEASE PARDON THE INCONVENIENCE. THE EMAIL SYSTEM EXPERIENCED AN ERROR WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY SENT OUT.
This is a reminder for you or your Medicare Part D eligible loved ones that the open enrollment period where [...]
Contact:
Paula Bragg
(410) 243-4000 x236
MEDIA ADVISORY
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland Presents
The 2nd Annual Holiday Wine Tasting & Silent Auction
WHAT: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland will be hosting the 2nd Annual Holiday Wine [...]
Jamie Harrison has a good post about the racial undercurrents in the Dixon Trial:
This is why Dixon’s attorneys used six challenges to exclude whites from the jury (three finally made it) and state prosecutors used three challenges to exclude blacks (seven ended up in the jury). Even if no [...]
“Heck yeah it was a cheap shot,” Lewis said after the Ravens’ 16-0 win. “When you’re running down and you’re looking at the quarterback going at somebody’s knees who doesn’t even have the ball. I want to see if he gets the same fine I got or even [...]
The Maryland Democractic Party has a new blog that has yet to debut. Currently it just has a RSS/Twitter link and a form to sign up for email that notifies you when it is up.
The blog name is The Online State and it will be at http://www.theonlinestate.com/blog/.
[...] It will be interesting to see if the members of the media providing live updates via Twitter from the courtroom will be allowed to continue to do so despite court orders and media protocols forbidding the use of electronic devices in the courtroom.
The Baltimore Sun now has this Twitter list [...]
Matthew Hay Brown of In Good Faith has a report that Monsignor Dennis Tinder of Immaculate Conception in Towson is retiring due to major health issues. Tinder was criticized by parents and students at Towson Catholic H.S. this summer for closing that school.
The Sun has moderation on their comments [...]
Threatening words or protected speech?
When Walter Carl Abbott Jr. posted comments last year on a Maryland government Web site saying he would “strangle” Gov. Martin O’Malley, he learned there’s a difference.
The 45-year-old Pikesville construction worker was found guilty of threatening a public official. He is serving two years’ [...]
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Amy Burke
Profiles, Inc.
410-243-3790
COALITION FOR A HEALTHY MARYLAND GIFTS
15 STATE-OF-THE-ART FITNESS MACHINES
(Columbia, MD) – The Coalition for a Healthy Maryland recently advanced its mission to promote prevention and improve the health of the residents of the State of Maryland by giving away 15 [...]
I’ve posted a lengthy piece at OnQ Social Media discussing most of the issues going this week regarding Twitter and the trial of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon. There seems to be some factionalism going on among some of the media people there who are using Twitter and ones who [...]
Warrant Obtained for Man in October 21 Shooting in Precinct 1/Wilkens
Baltimore County, Md. (November 16, 2009) – Baltimore County Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Damon Dameo Gray, 17, who was recently [...]
Spotlighters Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA
opening Friday, November 27 at 8pm and running through Sunday, December 20.
Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm, with a Thursday performance on December 17 at 8pm.
There will also be three special one hours children’s performances on Saturday, [...]
For Immediate Release Contact: Paulette Pettit-Austrich
November 9, 2009 410-323-0500 ext. 304
ppettit-austrich@leagueforpeople.org
Day of: (202) 257-7527
CALENDAR NOTICE
ANNUAL FUR SALE TO BENEFIT THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
- Gently worn fur coats to be recycled to raise funds to help residents with disabilities -
WHAT: The recycling of gently worn fur coats and jackets [...]
Outside the courtroom, efforts are under way to counter critical articles and columns about the mayor. Rachel Rice, Dixon’s campaign consultant, said she distributed an e-mail to “a couple hundred” of the mayor’s closest supporters asking them to post positive comments on the Web site for The Baltimore [...]
Today’s session of the Sheila Dixon trial starts at 9 a.m. WBAL TV has live updates here.
You can also follow the trial on Twitter via the #dixontrial hashtag. Be sure to include the hashtag if you’re tweeting about the trial whether you’re in the courtroom or not. We have [...]
Tyler Waldman of the Towerlight has a good profile story on Dundalk native and Towson alum Mike Rowe.
Related posts:T. Rowe Price Congratulates Mary J. Miller on Proposed Nomination to U.S. Treasury [...]
I just got a heads-up from someone asking about traffic on 175 and checked Traffic.com and found out that 175 is closed due to downed power lines between Burns Crossing and 2nd. BG&E is on the scene, but the road will be closed through the morning rush hour. Burns Crossing [...]
Stuck on MARC has more on this issue. Granted I don’t feel like I should even link to their blog anymore after her snotty little comment at the end of this post. A MARC blog that doesn’t even allow comments and who knows how little traffic they actually get [...]
An Army Reservist from Baltimore has died in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan.
The family of Specialist Christopher Coffland told WBAL-TV that Coffland was killed Friday in a roadside bombing in the Sayed Abud region. Two other Marines died in the attack.
The Pentagon has not released any information on Coffland’s [...]
Looking to spice up your Saturday evening? From 9PM – Midnight, come to Nolan’s for a guaranteed sexy night. Enjoy FREE pizza and win sex toys in a raffle. Play Family Planning Feud with your friends to earn prizes and find out what your classmates answered on the [...]
The following ad for Pat McDonough’s campaign for Governor ran in the Washington Times on November 12, 2009:
Click on the above image for a larger version.
Related posts:McDonough: Campaign picks up steamPat [...]
On Saturday the Roy Rogers on Buckeystown Road in Frederick, MD (locals call it Fred) will play host to the first ever real roast beef sandwich eating contest – the Roy Rogers Roast Beef Slider Eating World Championship.
The event, which features a $2,500 cash purse, filled up quickly and [...]
We blogged about The Blind Side, the movie about the life of Ravens’ rookie lineman Michael Oher, in recent weeks. That movie hits theaters today next Friday. The movie is based on the book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, by Michael Lewis.
Thanks to Twitter user @atrumb [...]
According to various reports, including WBFF, St. Mary’s County Schools are on a two hour delay today due to weather.
Related posts:Maryland Primary WeatherSchool delaysFog delays school start times
[...]Freeman Hrabowski has a problem. The president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), has been so successful at cultivating his school’s reputation for steering African-American students toward science and engineering — fields in which they have been traditionally under-represented — that he fears the university will [...]
November 12, 2009
TO: THE CITIZENS OF LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 32
MAKING GANG LAW TOUGHER SHOULD BE PRIORITY IN 2010
During the 2007 session, I was a co-sponsor of the Maryland Gang Protection Act of 2007. The measure, which became law with overwhelming Assembly approval, had the support of the Governor, law [...]
The Howard County WPUG will meet tonight at 7 at 2nd Chance Saloon. Mike Dougherty is the speaker.
Related posts:HoCo WPUG Meeting This Thursday[...]
WBAL TV and WBAL AM are liveblogging it here.
Related posts:No chance of change of venue for Dixon trial?Liveblogging the Maryland PrimaryTrial delayed [...]
From the Facebook page for the local event
On November 17th from 12PM until 7PM EST, Jim Cronin of the Real Estate Tomato will be holding the first of its kind, Virtual Real Estate BarCamp (http://www.vrebc.com). VREBC will be a “virtual” or online experience driven by various webinars presented during [...]
Just 15 minutes after stepping off the train at Baltimore’s Penn station I found myself standing behind the yellow crime-scene tape after a shooting. We had been alerted to the attack on N Milton Avenue, in the east of the city, via Twitter. In the UK, the micro-blogging site [...]
Lifehacker has the link to the Google Maps Flu Shot Finder. The map for the Baltimore area is here. It includes locations for both the seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccine.
Related posts:Free flu shots this Sunday [...]
The odd couple of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Rev. Al Sharpton will bring their quest for education reform to Baltimore on Friday.
Gingrich and Sharpton are on a three-city “listening and learning” tour to find out which school strategies are working and why.
[...]
Gingrich and Sharpton will be [...]
LaShawn Barber via Smitty
It seems the Naval Academy performed some real-life photoshopping. Academy leaders removed two white men from the color guard line-up for a performance at the recent World Series and replaced them with a “non-white” man and a white woman for purposes of diversity.
[...]
But here’s the [...]
The mayor made the comments to a group of reporters and photographers who were waiting at her SUV parked outside of City Hall today. In a brief exchange she also admonished her deputy press secretary Ian Brennan for allowing photographers to surround her.
“Ian if you don’t get these [...]
11/11/2009
Northwest Hospital’s Domestic Violence Program Marks Five Years of Service
Holly Hosler
410-601-8678
Release
For Immediate Release
Description Five years ago, Northwest Hospital initiated its Domestic Violence Program to help women, children and men who face emotionally, verbally or physically abusive situations.
“Over these five years, we have helped nearly [...]
For Immediate Release:
November 11, 2009
Media Contact:
Jamie Watt/Jessie Benson
Profiles, Inc.
(410) 243-3790
SAINT AGNES HOSPITAL TO INDUCT FOUNDING MEMBERS INTO THE HEALING HANDS SOCIETY
Physicians honored for dedication to clinical excellence and hospital mission
(Baltimore, MD)— Clinical excellence, innovation, [...]
I’m a bit amazed that this has to be said, but if we retweet something from the Inside Charm City Twitter account with no comment, then we are just passing it along for further discussion and reflection. No endorsement is implied nor should one be inferred. I’ll echo that for [...]
Death Penalty for Maryland Murders
Statement of Senate Minority Leader Allan Kittleman
Maryland State Senate
Our neighboring state of Virginia offers a stark contrast to Maryland in its criminal justice policy that provides for swift punishment of those who commit the most heinous crimes.
No one relishes the finality of a [...]
