Archive for: January 2008

The Examiner:
A dozen protestors marched Wednesday outside the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center, demanding prosecutors drop all charges against the so-called “MTA 9,” the black teenagers accused of brutally beating a white woman on a Baltimore City bus in …

Senator Anthony Muse of Prince George’s County has proposed a $20 tax on the purchase of bongs and water pipes.

WBAL.com
Muse says the tobacco accessories are now subject only to the regular 6 percent state sales tax. He says …

Borrowing a page from other sites, like Outside the Beltway, I’ve decided to have a caption contest ocasionally. Just enter your pithy or witty caption in the comments below and I’ll post the winner in a few days….

From The Sun:
One man was shot this afternoon during what Baltimore police said was a “home-invasion robbery gone very, very bad.”

Police have surrounded a three-story West Baltimore rowhouse in the 1700 block of Harlem Ave. in hopes of talking …

Frederick News-Post:
The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center is one of several labs planned or being built for the National Interagency Biodefense Campus.

Construction on the $143 million project is on schedule at 60 percent complete, and should be finished …

Delusional Duck has also blogged on this issue.

Excerpts from the Sun article:
An attempt by the Naval Academy to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. this week by serving fried chicken, greens and cornbread in the midshipmen’s dining …

An article from last week’s Arbutus Times talks about expansion of the UMBC Research Park on the edge of campus along with more details on the business incubator area that can be seen from I-95. Details on efforts to …

Elected officials in Harford County have been critical of Governor Martin O’Malley’s legislative agenda which doesn’t include BRAC funding for the county.

Some quotes:
“I want to see more focus on ground zero for BRAC, and that’s us,” said County Council …

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WBAL.com
The Week Ahead At The State House: “Beg-a-Thon” & Sales Tax Hearings

Bush To Visit Baltimore This Week …

A bill proposed by Delegate Ron George of Anne Arundel County would require anyone born since December 1, 1964 to provide proof of U.S. citizenship or proof that they are in the country legally before a driver’s license could …