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City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant

2013-04-16 17:37:37

The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...

Yorkie dog stolen in Bel Air [Harford County police blotter]

2013-04-09 15:29:00

Aberdeen Michael Alan Morrison, 21, of the 2000 block of Tower Road, was charged Monday with second-degree assault. Phallen Jai Price, 25, and Phillip Hampton, 25, both of the 200 block of Mayberry Drive, were charged Friday with scheming to commit...

Prostitution reported in Aberdeen [Police blotter]

2013-03-26 15:23:00

Aberdeen Charles William Gilbert, 76, whose address is listed as the Aberdeen Post Office, was charged Friday with failing to appear in court in a case in which he was charged with having an alcoholic beverage in a retail area. Justin P. Walters, 30,...

Remington is making a comeback

2013-02-22 15:25:00

After walking the byways of Remington, I agreed with my guide, a builder named Roy Skeen, who told me, "This is a neighborhood of nooks and crannies." While most people sail though the North Baltimore community as they leave or enter the Jones Falls...

Police blotter

2013-02-05 14:03:00

Maryland State Police and Sheriff's Office reports: Aberdeen Christopher Mayhew, 24, of the 400 block of South Philadelphia Boulevard, was charged last Thursday with two counts of vandalism. Alexander Brown, 28, of the 200 block of Engle Court,...

Harford County Police blotter: Street lights shot out in Forest Hill

2012-12-11 15:44:00

Aberdeen Aberdeen police report: A man was exposing himself Thursday at Route 22 and Beards Hill Road. A theft was reported Thursday in the 600 block of West Bel Air Avenue. Construction equipment was stolen at the pumping station in the 300 block...

Harford County police blotter: Neighborhood children ringing doorbells

2012-10-04 16:31:00

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Kevin Michelle Shanahan, 36, of the 600 block of Possum Trot Way, was arrested Monday on a bench warrant in a case in which he was charged with possession of marijuana and...

More than 50 vehicles struck in Hampstead in wave of theft, damage

2012-09-25 11:59:00

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said thieves struck the Northbrook neighborhood of Hampstead early on Sunday, Sept. 23, taking more than $1,300 worth of electronics, change, jewelry and other valuables from unlocked vehicles. According to the...

Ryan Hunter-Reay wins 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore

2012-09-02 19:12:00

When rain began to fall as forecast in Sunday's Grand Prix of Baltimore, Ryan Hunter-Reay's car owner Michael Andretti had a game plan. Andretti's bold decision to stick with the treadless slicks used on a dry track — combined with perhaps an...

Weather turns Grand Prix of Baltimore into guessing game for IndyCar teams

2012-09-02 18:25:00

Rain tires are meant for wet racetracks. Slick tires drive best on a dry course. It doesn't take a Firestone engineer to figure that out. What had Ryan Hunter-Reay muttering a prayer to Mother Nature early in Sunday's IndyCar Series Grand Prix of...

With many roles, Johnny Unser leaves his mark on IndyCar

2012-08-29 06:15:00

When Johnny Unser leaves the race control booth of the USF 2000 series, one of the support races for this weekend's Grand Prix of Baltimore, he will head to the garages to help young drivers understand how to compete. The USF 2000 series is part of the...

School daze: Ten warning signs you've spent too much time touring college campuses

2012-07-14 05:00:00

Parents of rising high school seniors with college aspirations have likely spent a good chunk of time this year experiencing that peculiar educational tradition known as the "college visit." Even those who have already criss-crossed the country catering...

Kisha Alice Victoria Sampson Jumpp, 25 was arrested Tuesday after she was accused of chasing her ex boyfriend with a collapsible baton and trying to slash his car tires in a Delray Beach Arby�s parking lot.

2013-06-05 15:49:00

An experimental Super Cub aircraft crashed in a Sterling home's yard Thursday afternoon, severely injuring two people. Neighbor Chris Crawford says her husband helped rescue its two badly hurt occupants, with responders using a car tire to prop up the plane's right wing.

2013-02-28 20:00:00

I will renew my Auto Club card with a happy heart because it saves money -- and more. (Always ask about hotel room discounts and retail savings.) Let's say you are driving back on a lonely road (maybe from southern Arizona early in the morning or on the road to Darwin, Calif.

2012-12-31 14:57:21