Archive for: September 2008

Headed out this morning to get the 5:10 MARC train at Martin State Airport and when I got there the platform was looking pretty empty. Got out and found out that train had been “cancelled” according to the people still …

WBAL TV
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) said Tuesday that its residential customers can anticipate a $110 average increase this winter from last winter in the gas portion of their bill.

Assuming what the company called a “normal” winter, the …

I wrote early this morning on my tumblr blog about what I observed at Union Station prior to 6:30 a.m. today

WBAL and the AP have more information:
Rail passengers from Virginia to Vermont were greeted by a heavy …

Examiner
Election boards statewide are using new strategies as they expect voter turnout to exceed 80 percent in the November election when ballots will be cast for a new president and slots.

Many polling stations, including those in Baltimore City and …

Baltimore Sun
A 15-year-old Northwest Baltimore boy has been arrested and charged as an adult with attempted murder in the Sept. 16 shooting of a 9-year-old girl near her East Baltimore home. Michael Baynor of the 3200 block of Gwynns …

WBAL TV
Theresa and Mary Oktavec said they were sitting at their kitchen table shortly after 3 a.m. Monday when a man broke into their home by kicking their door open.

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The sisters said the man stormed into the home and …

Baltimore Sun
The National Guard should have a seat at the table with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sen. Joe Biden told a convention of National Guard members at the Baltimore Convention Center yesterday.

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Biden vowed that the Democrats would …

WBAL.com
School officials say allegations that Dunbar High School football players were subjected to racial epithets during the Fort Hill-Dunbar game are “unjustified” and “have no substance.”

Dunbar Coach Craig Jefferies pulled his team off the field in the third quarter …

I was outside the BWI rail station waiting to be picked up last night after taking the MARC 442 train from Union Station. A gentleman asked me if the MTA bus that stopped there was the 17. I was on …

B reports that Margaret Cho’s October 2nd show at the Meyerhoff has been cancelled.