A 41-year-old man who was fatally shot outside his Northeast Baltimore home this week may have been deprived of prompt medical attention for hours by a policing error. The Baltimore Police Department confirmed it is conducting a “full review” of its response to the shooting of Harold J. Blandon...
Patricia Knott Smyth, a philanthropist and former Good Samaritan hospital board chair, died of leukemia complications Jan. 14 at her North Baltimore home. She was 89. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of contractor and developer Henry J. Knott and his wife, Marion I. Burk, local philanthropists....
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joined with three other former county executives in a ceremony Monday marking 50 years of charter government in the county. Voters adopted the charter and elected Omar Jones as the first county executive in November 1968. In a press release, Ball said, “It is...
The voters have spoken and Mike Mussina will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 21, but there’s one more big decision to make before his plaque gets hung in Cooperstown. Will he go in representing the Orioles or the New York Yankees … or neither? It’s not entirely up to...
Our view: The specter of a Supreme Court ready, willing and eager to expand gun rights hovers over Baltimore’s crime-fighting challenge The decision of Baltimore’s school board on Tuesday not to allow school police officers to carry weapons during the day and the ongoing debate over whether to...
We, like everyone else, have only the videos to go on in determining what went down on the National Mall last week when Catholic high school students from Kentucky encountered a group of Native Americans. And for the most part, they tell a similar story: A bunch of teen-age boys, many in “Make...
Looking south from the corner of East Eager and North Chester streets in Baltimore, you’ll see the results of Johns Hopkins-spurred development: the new Henderson-Hopkins school, mixed-income housing, amenities including a Walgreens and an Atwater’s. Turn 180 degrees and face north, and you will...
For better or for worse, the 2020 presidential campaign has already begun. A number of Democratic candidates, including Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Julian Castro and John Delaney, have announced their candidacies. On the Republican side, Donald Trump never stopped running...
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Erickson Living, a Catonsville-based operator of senior living communities, acquired the Bethesda headquarters of Marriott International in December with a plan to convert the massive property into a continuing care retirement community. Hotel giant Marriott is relocating its home office to a new...
In the wake of a promise to revamp its corporate culture, Under Armour said Wednesday that it has hired a Harley-Davidson Inc. veteran in an executive role as chief people and culture officer. Tchernavia Rocker, who worked at Harley-Davidson for 22 years, will lead human resources and direct a...
Knockout Fitness plans to expand to Towson by this summer, opening a second location in a building at 321 York Road. The boxing and fitness studio gym opened its first location in Federal Hill in 2012. The new Towson location will span about 9,750 square feet, twice the size of its first studio....
Esskay Orioles Franks, the hot dog once made in Baltimore and long devoured at Orioles games, will disappear soon from store shelves, the brand’s owner said Tuesday. “Our organization has made the difficult decision to discontinue Esskay hotdogs,” said Chad McFadden, Esskay brand manager for Smithfield...
Cafe Andamiro, the Midtown-Belvedere Korean sandwich and coffee shop, will close Jan. 27, according to a Tuesday morning Facebook post. The business, which has been open since September 2016, said it appreciated the business and support. “Being able to share food, drinks and moments with you was...
Nepenthe Brewing Co., a brewpub, brewery and relocated home brew supply store, opens in Hampden on Friday. The brewery begins a new adventure for husband-and-wife co-owners Brian Arnold and Jill Antos, whose Nepenthe Homebrew supply store opened in Woodberry in February 2013, but was forced to...
The Brothers Osborne will make their debut on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Tuesday night. The Deale, Anne Arundel County, natives plan to perform their single, “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You),” on the show at 11:35 p.m. The song is featured on their newest album, “Port Saint Joe,”...
Diners walked up a flight of steps to reach Mee Jun Low, the Chinese restaurant whose regular patrons loved its seedy bohemian atmosphere and its affordable prices. Its fame crested in the 1960s and early 1970s when lines formed outside the door at 219 W. Mulberry St., above the Brass Towne antiques...
Duff Goldman, 44, the famous cake maker of Baltimore, married Johnna Colbry, 25, in Los Angeles’ Museum of Natural History on Saturday, according to People magazine. Goldman started Charm City Cakes in 2002 and starred in the reality cake decorating series, “Ace of Cakes.” He opened a Los Angeles...
It was a hot summer day in May 1827, and Johann Maelzel’s robot exhibition was not going well. Crowds had gathered inside Baltimore’s Fountain Inn on Light Street to see the star of the show, a European chess-playing robot (or “automaton,” in the language of the era) that had impressed the likes...
What retirement? Ed Asner, who originated the character of Lou Grant in the beloved 1970s-era newspaper drama bearing his name and before that, in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” — Ed Asner, who so memorably portrayed Santa Claus in the 2003 film “Elf” and whose voice starred in the 2009 Pixar animated...
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The Maryland General Assembly is back in full swing in Annapolis, and so are the lobbyists looking to educate lawmakers about their issues over lunch, dinner and, perhaps, wine. The Department of Legislative Services compiles a weekly “protocol calendar” of social events that lobbyists host for...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered each year in January for giving his life while leading the charge to attain full civil rights for black Americans. But it’s also important to remember how King was perceived by the very power structure he hoped to reform — as a national security threat...
The Maryland Park Service is eliminating several dozen park-unique social media accounts, consolidating its messaging on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram into single accounts, much to the chagrin of parkgoers who like and want park-specific information. Word of the consolidation came on Twitter...