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Henry P. 'Doc' Zetlin, pharmacist
Henry P. "Doc" Zetlin, a pharmacist who later became a kosher events caterer at a Baltimore hotel, died Monday of multiple organ failure at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital. He was 96.
Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Jewish...Tags: Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), Judaism, Dunkin' Donuts, Pikesville, Health and Medical Professionals
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Baltimore Sun donation allows New Year's Eve fireworks to go forward
Fireworks will light the sky over the Inner Harbor on New Year's Eve after a donation from The Baltimore Sun allowed organizers to meet their fundraising goal for putting on the annual display.
The Sun will serve as presenting sponsor for the 34-year-...Tags: Federal Hill, General Growth Properties Inc., WJZ-TV, Entertainment Events, Newspapers
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Hackerman proposes retail or warehouse project at former incinerator site
The former site of a waste incinerator in Northeast Baltimore could be developed into a big-box store or warehouses or a combination under a plan being proposed by construction magnate Willard Hackerman, who has a contract to purchase the vacant, 19-...Tags: Highway Transportation, Willard Hackerman
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Group to seek state funding for convention center, arena project
Backers of a proposed Inner Harbor arena linked to an expanded convention center expect to ask the state to provide funds for preliminary planning and design for the project's $420 million public portion. The Greater Baltimore Committee, the business...Tags: Pratt Street, Research, Management Change, Visit Baltimore, Baltimore Convention Center
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City sells development site to Hackerman for $1.1M
Baltimore officials have finalized the $1.1 million sale of a 19-acre "brownfields" site on Pulaski Highway to construction magnate Willard Hackerman, who plans to develop a big-box store or warehouses or both, a city economic development official said...Tags: M.J. Brodie, Highway Transportation, Willard Hackerman, Baltimore Development Corporation
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Stuart Halstead Dobson, engineering executive
Baltimore Sun reporterStuart Halstead Dobson, a retired Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. executive and civil engineer, died Nov. 20 of a massive stroke at Hospice of Queen Anne's in Centreville. The Stevensville resident was 76. The son of a Bethlehem Steel Corp. mechanical...Tags: Stevensville, Hamilton, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Chesapeake Bay, Colonial Williamsburg
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Five-year sewer project finally comes to an end
A construction site trailer at Wyman Park Drive and West 33rd Street is scheduled to leave Tuesday.
For all intents and purposes, that ends the 5-year, federally mandated Stony Run Interceptor sewer project.
"I think the neighborhood is relieved.
The...Tags: Dundalk, Water Pollution, Canterbury, Elections, Environmental Pollution
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City to pay part of arena, convention center study
Baltimore City will pay a third of the $150,000 cost of a Maryland Stadium Authority study to determine whether the city should build a new downtown arena linked to an expanded Baltimore Convention Center. Members of the Baltimore Convention & Tourism...Tags: Inner Harbor, Baltimore Convention Center, Willard Hackerman, Maryland Stadium Authority, Elections
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Woodward Reese "Wood" Smith, ironworker, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterWoodward Reese "Wood" Smith, a retired ironworker who during his nearly 50-year career worked on some of the nation's most notable bridges, died July 13 of pneumonia at his Loch Raven Village home. He was 93. The son of a construction superintendent and...Tags: Homes, Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Army, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, New York City
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Proposed downtown arena gets private financing commitment
Construction magnate Willard Hackerman has offered to finance and build an 18,500-seat arena in downtown Baltimore, civic leaders say, freeing taxpayers from having to foot the bill and significantly increasing the chances that plans for a $900 million...Tags: Ed Hale, Baltimore Blast, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Real Estate, Executive Branch
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Competing for conventions
If Baltimore manages to build the $900 million convention center expansion and arena proposed for the Inner Harbor, business and civic leaders say, the city will join a growing list of destinations competing to woo lucrative convention business with...Tags: Anirban Basu, Management Change, Sage, Chicago Hotels, Inner Harbor
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City raises stakes, questions in convention race
If you want to win an arms race, minor escalation is not the way to go. Only after President Ronald Reagan started developing a wildly expensive and impractical system to shoot down enemy missiles did the Soviet Union give up the Cold War.
The $900...Tags: Shriners, Ronald Reagan, Finance, Madison Square Garden, 1st Mariner Arena
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