Category: Baltimore

The U.S.S. Sterrett will be commissioned at South Locust Point tonight and I’ll be there. I’ll post pictures later. Here’s some information on the past week’s events and the current Sterrett family. More info on the …

Laura Vozzella
The Gazette put Jim Smith, the term-limited Baltimore County exec running for who knows what, on its list of 10 Marylanders with the most clout. “He has God-like popularity,” Potomac Inc. pollster G. Keith Haller told the paper. …

Renee Zellweger had previously been seen at locations including the Target in Towson.

Dining@Large:
I hear that Renée Zellweger was spotted at Donna’s at Cross Keys over the weekend. She sat at the bar to eat her beet salad, and ordered …

WBAL.com
WBAL Radio has learned that former State Senator Tommy Bromwell is in Massachusetts today and will report to federal prison tomorrow.

Bromwell was sentenced back in November to seven years in prison after admitting to racketeering, conspiracy and filing a …

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Laura Vozzella
South Baltimore newbie Jenna Bush seems to have settled on a watering hole she likes: Regi’s American Bistro in Federal Hill. I hear she’s been in several times, including Wednesday, when she …

The Examiner
About 225,000 Baltimore County residents will pay more to turn on the water tap and flush the toilet this summer when a 7.5 percent rate increase goes into effect July 1, officials said.

The increase affects all of the …

Mark Newgent at Red Maryland last week pointed out an Adam Meister blog post detailing ethical issues relating to Baltimore City Councilwoman Rikki Spector. Newgent also pointed to a City Paper piece that …

WBAL.com
WBAL’s Tamara Nelson reports an accident involving two tractor trailers has closed both tubes of the northbound Fort McHenry Tunnel.

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Police, fire and rescue are on the scene of the accident that has closed both tubes at the northbound Fort …

Baltimore Sun
Investigators with the Maryland state prosecutor’s office are inside Mayor Sheila Dixon’s Southwest Baltimore home this morning, according to the mayor’s spokesman.

Two unmarked police cruisers are parked outside the home, in addition to her city police protection detail. …

UMBC Police Dept. Email:
CRIME ALERT from the UMBC Police Department 05/21/2008

UMBC Police responded to a call for a reported armed robbery at the
Patuxent Apartments this morning at approximately 12:19 AM.

The suspects entered the apartment through an …