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Renovated garage gets couple in gear for move to Baltimore

2013-06-13 16:06:00

"Have I ever got a house for you!" The call came a few months ago from Matt Knoepfle, co-owner with his brother, Mike Knoepfle, of the construction company Building Character LLC. That remark is always an invitation to be amazed at a challenging project...

For former Texan, Reservoir Hill is now deep in his heart

2013-05-31 13:19:00

It is a long way from Lubbock, Texas, to Baltimore's Reservoir Hill, but Kelly Dale Terrill was up for the change. "I wanted to do something different, and I liked the Mid-Atlantic," said Terrill, 32. "So I got a job at the University of Maryland as a...

In federal prison, ol' Bulldog faces sensual shock

2013-05-18 13:23:57

If the federal prison that gets Tavon White is anything like the last one I visited, even a charmer such as Bulldog will have a tough time recreating the life of the libertine he had at the Baltimore City Detention Center. White, a reputed leader of...

No longer vacant, Baltimore home is where couple's heart is

2013-05-02 15:00:00

Jamila Ward and Lionel Jennings had been house hunting on and off for two years when their agent pointed the couple in a new direction: a formerly condemned property in a revitalized area of Baltimore. Some city neighborhoods, just years ago marked by...

Dream home: Renovated home gathers family to the farm

2013-04-18 13:16:00

When hearth and home — together with a growing family and an onsite family business — are at the center of day-to-day living, a small and dated one-story farmhouse in Ellicott City begins to burst at the seams. To keep their extended family...

Crunching numbers on Maryland's land crunch

2013-04-17 15:12:00

Today is "Skeptical Reader Day" at the Dan Rodricks column. Today, at no extra charge, I will answer a letter from an anonymous reader who questioned a figure that appeared in this space last week, to wit: "The Department of Natural Resources says...

Family enjoys park setting in midst of urban environment

2013-04-11 16:40:00

Situated in the city's Bolton Hill neighborhood is a relatively new development of brick townhouses solidly placed among the late Victorian and early-20th-century structures that once housed the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Woodrow Wilson and, more...

Old Catonsville is happiness squared

2013-04-04 13:45:00

Old Catonsville boasts turn-of-the-last-century buildings and schools, fine restaurants, antiques and music shops, and a library. But scattered among the Victorian structures are Arts and Crafts-style homes built in the early 20th century. It is in one of...

Living on the bay and loving it

2013-03-21 09:26:00

Driving the back roads that hug the periphery of Maryland's shoreline, there is no singular characteristic that defines the homes. The ones that date back to summer-only retreats are usually one-story clapboard structures with the give-away air...

Harford housing market making a slow comeback

2013-03-20 06:05:00

While homes continue to be built around Harford County, the market has a long way to go before it gets to the heights it sustained before the nationwide housing market crash began in 2007. "In general, we are tracking equal to, or slightly above the...

Business reps learn shape of Harford County

2013-03-18 08:39:00

About 35 members of the Mason-Dixon Business Association learned about the economic status of Harford County at the organization's Feb. 20 meeting. James Richardson, director of the Harford County Office of Economic Development, was present at the...

Dream home: Downsizing to comfortable perfection

2013-03-14 15:53:00

Robert and Miriam Stern's condominium in the Annen Woods community in Pikesville is emblematic of their many years together — interesting, colorful, tastefully artistic and comfortably eclectic in style. This latest chapter in their story finds the...

National homebuilders are reporting on a great first quarter. In the Chicago area, housing starts rose 37 percent.

2013-05-03 15:48:00

Kelly Dale Terrill in his dream home on Eutaw Place.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Dream home of Jamila Ward and her fiance, Lionel Jennings.

2013-03-18 00:00:00