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Harford County

Bel Air Town Center $1M renovation complete

Bel Air Town Center, which will soon be home to Maryland's first drive-through only Starbucks, recently got a facelift. The 93,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping destination, at the intersection of Routes 1 and 24, has undergone a $1 million renovation and improvement program.
Bel Air Town Center $1M renovation complete


Want a new iPhone? Here's how to get one Friday in Baltimore

On Friday, Apple will release the latest version of its flagship phone, the iPhone 5S, along with a colorful budget conscience model, the iPhone 5C. As with other product launches, the new phones are expected to be in demand, so much so that area retailers have geared up for the occasion.

Want a new iPhone? Here's how to get one Friday in Baltimore





Police investigating arson attack against Muslims [North Baltimore Crime Log]

The following is compiled from police reports. It is the Baltimore Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Baltimore City Police Department's Northern District at 410-396-2455.



Editorial

WiFi for all

The FCC's proposal to leave some of the wireless spectrum available for unlicensed use serves the public interest much more than auctioning it to wireless communications companies.
WiFi for all






Owner repositioning Green Spring shopping center for 'national tenants'

Green Spring Tower Square shopping center in Hampden is repositioning itself to attract national tenants, now that it has Giant has an anchor, says Mark Manzo, whose family owns the center. Manzo also says he wants to be a partner in redevelopment of the Rotunda and the building of 25th Street Station. And he hopes to get the on-again, off-again Skyview condo development off the ground, on land that overlooks the center, and that that project is closely linked with the repositioning of the

Owner repositioning Green Spring shopping center for 'national tenants'

For Giant store manager, it's all about the customers

Meet Nick Hyson, manager of the new Giant store in Hampden. He came over from the Rotunda, knows many of his customers by name, and is a tireless, youthful, engaging, rise-through-the-ranks kind of guy, who says he has not had a day off in three weeks — "by choice."

For Giant store manager, it's all about the customers

Rotunda Giant makes a quiet exit

Longtime Rotunda Giant closes March 29 at 6 p.m., and new Giant opens in Green Spring Tower Shopping Center at the same time.

Rotunda Giant makes a quiet exit

A look inside the new Giant in Hampden

Hampden: Converted former SuperFresh and Fresh and Green's store in Greenspring Tower Shopping Center in Hampden will reopen March 29 as the new Giant for the area. The Giant in the Rotunda will close the same day.

A look inside the new Giant in Hampden


Troublesome towers

Cell phone towers often go unnoticed in the populous parts of Howard County, as antenna are often attached to existing structures, such as government and commercial buildings. But in the rural western part of Howard County, where farmland and residences stretch for miles, the proliferation of cell phone towers has caused quite an uproar in the community.

Troublesome towers


Council clears barrier for cell phone tower in West Friendship

The resolution, which had been tabled since April, authorizes the county to release a small portion of property in West Friendship belonging to Trent Kittleman, the Republican nominee for county executive last year and widow of former state Sen. Robert Kittleman, from its Agricultural Land Preservation Easement so T-Mobile can install a 150-foot cell phone tower on it.






45,000 Verizon workers go on strike over contract

Tens of thousands of unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike early Sunday after they failed to agree on a new labor contract with the telecommunications company.



















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