The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) back issues from February 2005:
Baltimore biotech wins 'fast track' clearance for stem-cell-based drug.
Feb 01, 2005
Cendant's spinoff to begin trading on New York Stock Exchange.
Feb 01, 2005
Major mergers likely a good economic sign, expert says.
Feb 01, 2005
SBC, AT&T deal puts pressure on Verizon.
Feb 01, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Bill Atkinson column.
Feb 01, 2005
Bell ringing history could be silenced as church seeks repairs
Feb 01, 2005; ... ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, AT LEAST eight parishioners at The Church of the Advent climb a narrow, winding staircase up to the church's bell tower at the foot of Beacon Hill. When the group reaches the tower's bell room, the parishioners form a circle facing one another and go to work - keeping time ...
Melt rather than truck snow away?
Feb 01, 2005; ... COULD SNOW-MELTING MACHINES more efficiently unclog grid-locked roads banked sky-high in dense neighborhoods like Beacon Hill? City Council President Michael F. Flaherty thinks so, and he's asked the city to look into it. At last Wednesday's meeting, Flaherty ordered the Boston City ...
Beyond black tie at the Winter Escape
Feb 01, 2005 ... WITH THE BEACON HILL CMC Association's annual Winter Dance just days away, a lot of attention has been paid to what tropical twist the ladies will add to their formal wear. But don't forget the fellas. This year's dance is billed as a "tropical escape," and bright colors are encouraged ...
Athletic clubs help Hill residents realize their fitness goals
Feb 01, 2005; ... WITH MILLIONS OF AMERICANS resolving to "eat healthier," "lose weight," or "get in shape" in the new year, it is not surprising that Beacon Hill health clubs are seeing a huge jump in attendance. Bally Total Fitness on Winter Street reported that they are doing about 17 new tours per ...
Menino blames contractor for Cambridge St. delays
Feb 01, 2005; ... MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO LAID the blame for the desultory reconstruction of Cambridge Street squarely on the Mass Highway Department's choice of contractor at a well-attended meeting of the Beacon Hill Business Association last week. In a wide-ranging, chatty and relatively long talk ...
Sprinkler system rupture causes hotel closure
Feb 01, 2005; ... A FROZEN WATER LINE IN THE FIRE protection system of the Beacon Hill Hotel and Bistro on Charles Street broke in the wee hours of the morning early last week, forcing a temporary closing of the establishment. "From the beginning we have felt it's our mission to always be here for the ...
Teen arraigned in Joy Street rape incident
Feb 01, 2005 ... ACCORDING TO REPORTS IN THE Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, the teenager accused of kidnapping and raping a Joy Street resident at gunpoint was held on $1.2 million bail on January 26. At his arraignment in Boston Juvenile Court, Zaquan Martin, 16, of Roxbury, was charged as a ...
From our State Rep; First observations from the State House
Feb 01, 2005; ... "Four weeks ago, I was honored to become the State Representative for the 8th Suffolk District, which includes Beacon Hill, the West End, the Back Bay and parts of Cambridge. I took an oath to uphold a constitution drafted by John Adams in 1779. It was at once an exhilarating and humbling ...
Mood is good among Testa Hurwitz employees
Feb 01, 2005; ... WHEN THE GIANT HIGH-TECH LAW firm Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault announced in mid-January that it would close its doors on March 15, the jobs of about ten Beacon Hill residents were doomed. But, at least two of those affected say the firm's overall mood is good and the employees ...
MGH doctor to aid in tsunami disaster relief
Feb 01, 2005; ... DR. ANN KAO OF TEMPLE STREET is using her expertise to help those suffering from the deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26. She headed to Baltimore on Wednesday, January 26, for two days of training with Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People ...
NATURE IN THE CITY
Feb 01, 2005; ... Context matters. That sentence doesn't raise many eyebrows when it appears in the current Beacon Hill Times. But the same words would probably be regarded with considerable perplexity if they were found embossed on a toilet seat in the Kremlin. As with jewelry, the beholder's response is ...
Bina leads business association again
Feb 01, 2005 ... KAREN FABBRI OF MOXIE HANDED over the presidency of the Beacon Hill Business Association to Babak Bina, co-owner of Lala Rokh, at the group's annual meeting last week. Bina served as president in 2002 and 2003. Joe Green of Store 24 was named vice president. The clerk is Jari Ford of ...
Groups gather to discuss Cambridge St.
Feb 01, 2005 ... WHAT SERVICES SHOULD WE REASONABLY expect from our city government? CityState owner and Pinckney Street resident David Thomas asked that question at a gathering of business owners and residents last Thursday at the Harrison Gray Otis House. He answered the question himself. "I think ...
A case of snow rage
Feb 01, 2005 ... WHILE COUNCILOR JAMES KELLY of South Boston defended shovelers' rights to save their hard-earned parking spaces on national television and Mayor Thomas Menino waffled on his threat to confiscate parking markers, a local student took things in his own hands and found himself spending the night in ...
Frightful? Delightful?
Feb 01, 2005 ... One young woman we know once came back home from college in California to Beacon Hill for her month-long Christmas vacation. Her parents mentioned at the end of her stay how sorry they were that during the time she had been home the weather had either been raining, snowing or ...
Whole Foods Market shuts down after mouse is spotted shopping.
Feb 02, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Jay Hancock column.
Feb 02, 2005
Maryland's biotech leaders are skeptical about state's commitment.
Feb 03, 2005
Baltimore posts strong job growth in 2004.
Feb 03, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Eileen Ambrose column.
Feb 04, 2005
Bargain retailer to close Forest Hill, Md., store.
Feb 04, 2005
Baltimore event planner Fandango scores big with Super Bowl suite for Reebok.
Feb 04, 2005
Baltimore's GM plant gets final vehicle orders.
Feb 04, 2005
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers to change store sales calculation method.
Feb 04, 2005
MedImmune post loss for year despite boost in FluMist sales.
Feb 04, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Bill Atkinson column.
Feb 04, 2005
Civil suits merge in major bank fraud case.
Feb 05, 2005
Kellogg's plan to use nutritional supplement boosts Columbia, Md., biotech firm.
Feb 05, 2005
Changes in tax laws mean changes in preparation.
Feb 05, 2005
CORRECTION: Changes in tax laws mean changes in preparation.
Feb 05, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Eileen Ambrose column.
Feb 06, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Jay Hancock column.
Feb 06, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Bill Atkinson column.
Feb 08, 2005
Turning the snow into some serious dough; Local entrepreneurs cash in on the Blizzard of '05
Feb 08, 2005; ... HOW CAN A RECORD SNOWFALL translate into some serious cash? Just ask Bobby Dias and Suchyo Sife. You may not recognize their names or faces, but they could be a Beacon Hill resident's best friend when extreme winter weather hits. The two men, both of Boston, have become a fixture in the ...
Charges dropped against Hill resident
Feb 08, 2005; ... CHARGES AGAINST WALNUT Street resident David Benton Bradley for breaking and entering and threatening to commit a crime have been dropped by Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley. "We determined that the evidence initially cited against Mr. Bradley was called into question by ...
Cherry Trees on their way
Feb 08, 2005; ... The Esplanade's controversial cherry trees should see new homes by mid-March, this time with the full blessing of the same folks so irked when the trees were first planted in single file along Storrow Lagoon. At last week's public hearing, state Representative Marty Walz, Department of ...
PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD; Horace Seldon - Tracing the path to freedom
Feb 08, 2005; ... It's a bitter cold January afternoon and snow of the first serious storm of the season is just starting to fall. But the foul weather hasn't stopped 81-year-old Horace Seldon from making his routine trek from his home in Wakefield to the north slope of Beacon Hill. It seems the trip via ...
Americus L.V. McQueen
Feb 08, 2005 ... Americus L.V. McQueen, who lived at the Bowdoin School Apartments on Myrtle Street in recent years, died the last week of January after a brief illness, at the age of 89. Mr. McQueen, known to his many friends as "Mac," was born on August 28, 1915 in North Carolina. He grew up and was ...
Ward 5 Dems "elect" delegates to state convention; Amidst low turnout, new faces hope to add new life to the party
Feb 08, 2005; ... THE WARD 5 DEMOCRATIC Committee held its caucus to elect delegates to the party's upcoming state convention last Saturday. It turns out, though, that no elections were necessary, as the party was only able to find exactly enough people to fill the twenty-one slots they were allotted. Of those ...
Hill of Beans; Chasing the blahs away
Feb 08, 2005; ... Now that the fun part of winter - the holidays - has been packed away, we are faced with the stark reality of a long, dreary New England winter. This can be a depressing time of gloomy days and bone-chilling nights. I have a suggestion to alleviate the misery. Tourism! I'm not talking ...
Cambridge Street: pros and cons of private maintenance
Feb 08, 2005 ... Three years ago, just before Cambridge Street reconstruction began, city officials asked businesses and institutions along Cambridge Street to take over and pay for maintenance of the street. After many discussions, the city officials seem now to have confined their request for help to the ...
City may dump Saturday trash pick-up; Hill would still have 3 days of collection
Feb 08, 2005; ... CITY HALL IS TALKING TRASH TO Beacon Hill and other neighborhoods, such as the South End, which currently have Saturday garbage pickup. Boston's Public Works Department wants to limit the city's trash collection schedule to weekdays when the new waste collection contracts go into effect on July ...
Homeless show heart for cancer patient
Feb 08, 2005; ... A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN ON Beacon Hill have been emptying their pockets this week to help a young girl recently diagnosed with cancer, but the philanthropists might seem an unlikely group - they're homeless. The guests of Neighborhood Action Inc., a nonprofit shelter offering meals to ...
Local orgs' bucks buck the trend
Feb 08, 2005; ... WE'RE FRESH OFF THE SEASON OF giving but according to one end-of-the-year story reported by the Associated Press, New Engenders traditionally make more and give less than people in all other states. In such a climate of stinginess, however, it appears that Beacon Hill's non-profits are holding ...
Marshall Lykins
Feb 08, 2005 ... Marshall Lykins, 60, of Byron Street died suddenly on January 19 returning home from a stress test at Mass, General Hospital. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lykins was a resident of Beacon Hill for more than 34 years. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Chicago in 1966 and ...
Beacon Hill Nursery School turns 50
Feb 08, 2005; ... SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES is THE right celebrity endorsement to make a new product launch initially successful. Its longevity, however, will depend on whether the product does what the marketers say it will. In 1955 when a group of Beacon Hill moms got together to form a parent co-op there ...
Valentines Day on the Hill
Feb 08, 2005; ... WITH VALENTINES DAY LESS THAN one week away, anxiety over finding the perfect gift is probably starting to set in. Finding the right balance between showing that certain someone you care and not going over the top can be difficult. But take heart in knowing that all of your answers can be ...
Ma Soba's new owners get support for liquor license transfer
Feb 08, 2005; ... THE FEELING OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT made for a positive and conflict free gathering last Tuesday night at the Beacon Hill Civic Association's zoning &c licensing committee's February meeting. Jeff Lee, one of the new owners of Ma Soba restaurant, was warmly welcomed by Committee Chair ...
Hill dietician offers diet advice
Feb 08, 2005; ... ON JANUARY 12, THE FEDERAL government released a revised set of dietary guidelines, and Temple Street dietician and nurse practitioner Robin Kievit believes that they have a lot of merit. For those people trying to implement a healthier lifestyle in the new year, the new guidelines ...
VIEWPOINT; PERSPECTIVES ON OUR COMMUNITY; The La Perle Project
Feb 08, 2005; ... There is a small and insignificant parcel here on Beacon Hill that went unnoticed for the longest time. The prior owner, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, had left the lot in an unsightly condition for decades after abandoning it around the time that the Arthur Fiedler Bridge was built in the ...
Baltimore development group seeks to revitalize vacant properties.
Feb 09, 2005
Baltimore GM plant to close May 13.
Feb 09, 2005
Maryland health-care plan seeks to use tobacco settlement, forced contribution.
Feb 09, 2005
W.R. Grace & Co. to face tougher road to recovery due to indictment.
Feb 09, 2005
The Baltimore Sun Jay Hancock column.
Feb 09, 2005
Beltsville, Md., shop was part of W.R. Grace's asbestos empire.
Feb 10, 2005
Internet message boards savage ousted Hewlett-Packard executive.
Feb 10, 2005
Home prices climb 18 percent in Baltimore area.
Feb 10, 2005
FCC votes to require cable firms to carry one signal per broadcast company.
Feb 11, 2005
Fight to raise Maryland's minimum wage begins.
Feb 11, 2005