Dundalk

Manuel M. Nicolaides, attorney

2013-05-17 13:59:00

Manuel M. Nicolaides, an attorney who served for many years on the Baltimore County property tax appeals board, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Timonium resident was 92. "Manny served with distinction for many...

Measure would reduce open-space fees for Balto. Co. developers

2013-05-15 20:52:23

The Baltimore County Council could vote next week to reduce fees that developers pay to help the county build parks and buy recreational land. A council resolution would lower — in some cases by nearly 90 percent — so-called open-space waiver...

Ground broken on Dundalk senior housing project

2013-05-15 14:15:00

Construction has begun on more than 100 housing units for senior citizens in Dundalk. Baltimore County officials gathered this week for a ground breaking for the Greens at Logan Field, a 102-unit development being built on the site of Baltimore's...

Sales tax should be for the point-of-sale state

2013-05-11 08:00:00

It is wrong to collect sales tax from online sales by the state where the customer lives ("Senate OKs online sales tax" May 6). If I take the highway to another state, I pay tax in that state. If I take the information superhighway, I should pay sales tax...

Port sales force makes pitch to attract, retain customers

2013-05-10 19:57:36

The sales force for the port of Baltimore travels the country and the world, looking for business. It could be farm equipment manufactured in the Midwest on its way to Australia or furniture coming from South America or Alabama-built Hondas headed for...

Why can't today's pols be more like the Founding Fathers?

2013-05-09 07:30:00

Where has honor gone? The Founding Fathers knew what it meant to serve the people first, and with honor, not in hopes of financial kickbacks or political favors. Yet in 2013 I am distraught by the lack of honor shown by our public servants. I think of...

Welcome to Marytaxland

2013-05-08 06:00:00

I think it's time we changed our state's name to Marytaxland. We are supposed to "watch our pennies" and save for a rainy day, but in the meantime, Maryland is finding ways to spend our pennies. Apparently, they do not understand the word, "budget."...

Charlie Zill, former Orioles usher, dies of lung cancer at 56

2013-04-29 14:08:00

Charlie Zill, the popular long-time usher at Camden Yards who entertained Orioles fans with his “Zillbilly” dance during the seventh-inning stretch, died late Saturday night of lung cancer. He was 56. Zill, who had been diagnosed with cancer...

BGE customers can get $25 for recycling old air-conditioning units

2013-04-30 08:50:00

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said it will give $25 to each residential customer who recycles a working room air-conditioning unit at an event this weekend. The utility said consumers can drop off the room units at two Sears locations, Eastpoint Mall...

Marcella E. Grice, artist

2013-04-28 13:02:44

Marcella E. Grice, an artist and calligrapher, died April 13 from complications of heart disease at Sinai Hospital. She was 87. The daughter of an insurance executive and a homemaker, the former Marcella Editha Harman was born in Baltimore and raised...

New barber shop opening as merchants in Hampden play musical chairs

2013-05-06 10:07:00

A shave and a haircut of yesteryear cost the proverbial two bits, 25 cents. A shave alone at The Old Bank Barbers, a soon-to-open barber shop on The Avenue in Hampden, will cost $25. It won't be any old shave, though. Owner Daniel Wells promises an old-...

STI havens within galloping distance of Preakness

2013-05-04 08:05:00

If indecent exposure laws aren't enough to give adventurous Pimlico infield visitors pause, here's another disincentive: The famous race course lies inside of one of Baltimore's statistical hot spots for gonorrhea. Just in time for the end of national...

Ray Rice holds Juanita Kiefner's camera as they pose for a picture together. Kiefner, of Dundalk, had a child that attended Rice's football camp at Calvert Hall.

2013-05-11 00:00:00

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday 04/27/2013 At all Family Center Y's (excluding the Y Swim Centers at Randallstown and Dundalk) Y HEALTHY KIDS DAY IS A FREE FAMILY EVENT! Families are children are encouraged to put a little play in their day at Y Healthy Kids Day!

2013-04-26 10:23:00

Thea Elisabeth Curley of Timonium (left) and Britney Myer of Dundalk enjoy the performances during the 2013 Privateer Festival, held April 19-21 in Fells Point.

2013-04-20 00:00:00