In Baltimore City
Bodies of 2 men, one tied with sheets and tape, are found
The bodies of two unidentified men - one of them wrapped in sheets and sealed with tape - were found in separate areas of the city yesterday, and police were treating each as a homicide victim while awaiting autopsies.
About 9 p.m., a male passer-by found the body of the man wrapped in sheets and tightly sealed with duct tape lying in plain view in an alley behind the 3600 block of Elmley Ave. in Northeast Baltimore.
Three hours earlier, a woman about to inject herself with heroin in a vacant house in the 1900 block of W. Baltimore St. saw the body of a fully clothed man lying in the rear yard. Police said it appeared he had been beaten or shot.
Investigators try to find cause of Fells Point blaze
City fire investigators continued to search for the cause of a blaze that burned out a row of buildings in the Fells Point neighborhood early Sunday.
The fire in the 400 block of S. Broadway began inside a Rite Aid pharmacy, which was destroyed with the neighboring Scratch and Dent Liquidators and Star Express takeout restaurant just north of the Broadway Market. It also damaged two nearby businesses.
The cause remains under investigation, according to Fire Department spokesman Mike Maybin. "It's a science, and it will take time to know what happened," he said.
O'Malley honored in N.Y. as 'best young mayor'
Mayor Martin O'Malley was in New York last night to be honored with 42 other people named by Esquire magazine as the "best and brightest" in their fields.
During a reception at the W Hotel in Union Square, O'Malley was praised as being "the best young mayor in America." Others honored included: U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican; Newark attorney Corey Booker; heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz; Dave Lavery, head of NASA's Mars program; actor Ryan Gosling; author Nicole Krauss; and Van Toffler, president of MTV.
Schaefer Tower to open this morning after flooding
The William Donald Schaefer Tower, closed by flooding when a water main broke Friday on St. Paul Street, will be open today.
On Friday, the lower garage level of the office building at 6 St. Paul St. was flooded with 300,000 to 350,000 gallons of water, and traffic was snarled in the downtown area. The water was pumped out of the garage and into storm drains, according to a spokesman for the Maryland Department of General Services, the state agency that runs the building.
About 1,600 state employees work in the 28-story building.
Goodwill Industries to hold Thanksgiving meal, job fair
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake will hold its Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 2:45 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
Volunteers will provide turkey to more than 2,500 people with disabilities or special needs. Tickets are available through social service agencies such as the Department of Social Services, Baltimore Rescue Mission and the Maryland Food Bank.
The organization also will hold a Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the same day at the Convention Center.
Information on donations or to volunteer: 410-837-1800, Ext. 135.
In Baltimore County
County offers residents programs to stop smoking
TOWSON - The Baltimore County Department of Health has started a program that offers county residents help to stop smoking.
Funded through the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund, the program offers one-on-one and group counseling, acupuncture, hypnosis and combinations of these treatments.
Information: 410-887-3395.
College board of trustees set to meet tomorrow
CATONSVILLE - The board of trustees for the Community College of Baltimore County will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Catonsville campus, 800 S. Rolling Road.
The meeting will be held in Room H-308 of the Technical Arts Building. Information: JoAnn Klatt, 410-869-1222.
Calvert Hall to present show Thursday to Sunday
TOWSON - Calvert Hall College High School will present One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest from Thursday through Sunday in the school's McManus Theater, 8102 LaSalle Road.
The show will include students from Maryvale Preparatory School, Mercy and Towson high schools.
It will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $6, and group rates are available. Information: 410-825-4266, Ext. 211.