The Daily Record (Baltimore) back issues from February 2007:
Top Maryland court weighs fate of ex-commissioner's lawsuit
Feb 01, 2007; ... Kevin P. Clark, apparently, still wants his job back. Though he declined to comment on the proceedings, the formerBaltimore City Police Commissioner was in Annapolis Thursday as theCourt of Appeals considered whether then-Mayor Martin O'Malley hadthe authority to remove Clark from ...
Is Legg Mason Inc. staying or leaving Baltimore?
Feb 01, 2007; ... Legg Mason Inc. is considering moving its company headquartersoutside of Baltimore, according to business leaders who fear such astep would deal a significant blow to the city. The financial firm denies that it is planning to leave Baltimore.But Legg Mason raised fears this week ...
Swinging in to Baltimore
Feb 01, 2007; ... Baltimore is banking on the sweet sounds of jazz to pump $10million into the local economy this summer. The city that gave birth to Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway hopesjazz aficionados from throughout the country and the world willattend its inaugural jazz festival Aug ....
Easton-based For All Seasons Inc. acquisition
Feb 01, 2007 ... For All Seasons Inc. has bought the Talbot Business Center with aplan of creating a site at which a number of providers of mentalhealth services can treat patients. For All Seasons, a communitymental health clinic and rape crisis center, had been a tenant of thebusiness center in Easton ...
Industrial building in Hanover sold
Feb 01, 2007 ... CB Richard Ellis, of Baltimore, a commercial real estate brokeragecompany, announced the sale of 7453 Candlewood Road, a 128,800-square-foot industrial building in Hanover, for $9 million. CBRE'sInvestment Property Group negotiated the sale on behalf of theseller, ...
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group Inc. offline
Feb 01, 2007 ... Constellation Energy Group Inc. stopped sending power to the gridthis morning from the Calvert Cliffs 1 nuclear unit in Maryland. Theturbine was taken offline to repair a steam leak in the high-pressure turbine exhaust piping, Kelly Shanefelter, a spokeswoman ...
Md. CSA revives suit against sheriff's deputy
Feb 01, 2007; ... A man who was shot following a traffic stop can pursue his lawsuitagainst the Queen Anne's County deputy sheriff who shot him, theCourt of Special Appeals has held. Andrew Pope III, 38, was left paralyzed from his neck to his waistby the March 2004 incident, according to the ...
Baltimore awards $1.5M in birth-injury lawsuit
Feb 01, 2007; ... A Baltimore jury has awarded nearly $1.5 million in a malpracticeaction brought by a woman whose child was injured during delivery,according to her attorneys. The six-person jury deliberated over a five-day span beforehanding down the verdict in favor of Tarajee King, on behalf of ...
News Summary
Feb 01, 2007 ... CommerceFirst improves profit CommerceFirst Bancorp Inc., of Annapolis, the holding company forCommerceFirst Bank, reported a fourth-quarter consolidated net profitof $343,000, versus a consolidated net profit of $296,000 for 2005'sfourth quarter. For the year ended Dec. 31, ...
Annapolis-based CommerceFirst Inc. improves profit
Feb 01, 2007 ... CommerceFirst Bancorp Inc., of Annapolis, the holding company forCommerceFirst Bank, reported a fourth-quarter consolidated net profitof $343,000, versus a consolidated net profit of $296,000 for 2005'sfourth quarter. For the year ended Dec. 31, ...
Cold climate for change
Feb 01, 2007 ... A report released Wednesday found more than half of the nation's500 largest publicly traded companies are doing a poor job ofdisclosing climate change risks to their investors. The first-everreport by David Gardiner & Associates, an environmental consultingfirm based in Arlington, ...
Baltimore-based Ripken Baseball Inc. in the running
Feb 01, 2007 ... A company headed by former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal RipkenJr. is among four bidders Harrisburg, Pa.'s minor-league baseballteam, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Although confidentialityagreements prohibit city officials from identifying bidders for theDouble-A Harrisburg Senators, ...
Senators urge arbitration for Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.
Feb 01, 2007 ... U.S. Sens. Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens have urged the FederalCommunications Commission to end an impasse that is blocking HuntValley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.'s television stations fromreaching 2 million cable-TV viewers served by Mediacom CommunicationsCorp. In a letter ...
Bill introduced to allow cameras in the courtroom during criminal sentencing proceedings
Feb 01, 2007 ... Del. Michael D. Smigiel Sr., R-Upper Shore, has introduced a billthat would allow cameras in the courtroom during criminal sentencingproceedings. Smigiel, whose bill last year to open all courtproceedings to cameras failed, said he thinks the public should getto ...
Repeat-offender law is ambiguous, Maryland Court of Special Appeals holds
Feb 01, 2007; ... Maryland's repeat offender law is unclear on whether a court canimpose enhanced sentences for multiple charges stemming from the sameincident, the Court of Special Appeals has held. The holding vacates Lawrence Price Jr.'s 28-year prison sentence.Under the repeat offender statute, ...
Recreational drinking of hand sanitizer a concern
Feb 01, 2007; ... When a normally docile 49-year old inmate at a Maryland prisonshowed signs of being intoxicated - becoming belligerent, combativeand even prone to lecturing fellow inmates about the meaning of life -prison officials were stumped about where he got the alcohol. Then, after they ...
Verizon Maryland offering FiOS to Prince George's County
Feb 01, 2007 ... Verizon Maryland, a subsidiary of New York-based VerizonCommunications Inc., said it is offering its all digital FiOS fiber-optic TV service to nearly 56,000 households in Prince George'sCounty. Verizon FiOS TV is available now in Accokeek, Beltsville,Calverton, Camp Springs, Capitol ...
Baltimore-based MidAtlantic Broadband broadens
Feb 01, 2007 ... MidAtlantic Broadband, of Baltimore, a telecommunications companythat manages the network facilities of hotels on military bases in 26states, said it created a new commercial telecommunications division,ATS Telecom Services, to provide business telephone systems andinformation technology ...
Maryland colleges agree on transfers
Feb 01, 2007 ... The College of Notre Dame of Maryland and the Community College ofBaltimore County said they have signed an articulation agreement toenable students to transfer credits from CCBC toward a bachelor'sdegree at the College of Notre Dame. The ...
Baltimore radio hosts are back on the air after three months of contract-enforced silence
Feb 02, 2007; ... After three months of contract-enforced silence, Baltimore radiohosts Kirk McEwen and Mark Ondayko were back on the air Thursdaymorning on WHFS-105.7, prompting CBS executives to predict a doublingof ad revenue. "This is big," said Robert E. Phillips, vice president ofoperations ...
Growing number of office tenants have landlords who require power usage to be metered
Feb 02, 2007; ... When Peter Notari pays utility bills for his architectural firm,Notari Associates, he writes his checks directly to Baltimore Gas &Electric Co., not his landlord. The company, headquartered on West Ostend Street in BaltimoreCity, has paid utilities separately from its rent for ...
Wellness programs gain stength in the workplace
Feb 02, 2007; ... Kelly Openshaw tried chiropractors and cortisone shots toalleviate the chronic pain in her knee and hip, but to no avail. Then last year, her employer, Kelly and Associates InsuranceGroup, sponsored a program to help workers determine their nutritionand fitness needs and picked up ...
University of Maryland Associate Law Professor's book addresses racial tensions
Feb 02, 2007; ... Few would disagree that racial tensions exist in the UnitedStates. What scholars tend to debate are the roots of that tensionand why it lingers roughly a half-century after Jim Crow laws wereabolished and civil rights for blacks were affirmed by the courts. A new book by University ...
Maryland-based Bradford Bancorp Inc. merges with Senator Bank of Cockeysville
Feb 02, 2007; ... This week, Bradford Bancorp Inc. made the latest in a five-monthseries of acquisitions, growing both its branch network and itsassets by agreeing to merge with Senator Bank of Cockeysville. It was the second deal of its kind in the space of a month for theBaltimore-based mutual ...
Week in Review
Feb 02, 2007; ... Jazz fest to Baltimore Baltimore is banking on the sweet sounds of jazz to pump $10million into the local economy this summer. The city that gave birthto Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway hopes jazz aficionados fromthroughout the country and the world will attend its inaugural ...
Md. lawmakers resurrect legislation to counteract the impediment to remarry among Orthodox Jews
Feb 02, 2007; ... In the wake of publicity about Orthodox Jewish "chained wives"whose husbands refuse to grant them a religious divorce, statelawmakers are resurrecting legislation to counteract that impedimentto remarriage. For the first time since 2000, Del. Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberghas ...
Virginia General Assembly committee may endorse a resolution to express regret for slavery
Feb 02, 2007; ... A committee in the Virginia General Assembly endorsed a resolutionWednesday that would express regret for the state's role in slavery. The bill passed unanimously in the House of Delegates' rulescommittee. A similar resolution is still pending in the state'sSenate ....
Maryland Retail Briefs: February 2, 2007
Feb 02, 2007; ... Target's profit declines Target Logistics Inc., of Baltimore, a freight forwarding andlogistics services company, reported net income of $589,504, or 3cents per diluted share, for its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31,compared to $976,314, or 5 cents per diluted share, for the ...
Md. Dept. of Natural Resources participating in International Environmental Poetry & Art contest
Feb 03, 2007; ... The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is participating inthe International Environmental Poetry & Art contest, also known asthe River of Words. Affiliated with the Library of Congress Centerfor the Book, the ongoing theme of the annual contest is watersheds.Information on the ...
Enoch Pratt Free Library launches rebranding campaign
Feb 03, 2007; ... It's been 125 years since Enoch Pratt first gave the city ofBaltimore $1,058,333 to start a citywide library system with acentral library and four branches. "My library," Pratt said at the time "shall be for all, rich andpoor without distinction of race or color." Much has ...
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield aids Easter Seals
Feb 03, 2007; ... Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region announced a$25,000 contribution from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to supportthe Easter Seals Adult and Senior Services Center in Baltimore. TheEaster Seals ADS program provides medical oversight and preventivehealth care for more than ...
Howard County-based Trinity Homes completes project in the Dominican Republic
Feb 03, 2007; ... Howard County-based custom home builder Trinity Homes, as part ofa philanthropic partnership with Food for the Poor, an internationalChristian humanitarian aid organization, said it completed a projectin the Dominican Republic. Trinity Homes constructed two aggregateponds with piping ...
Baltimore nonprofits honored
Feb 03, 2007; ... The Baltimore Mayor's Office of Employment Development, togetherwith the nonprofit organizations it funds, were recognized by theU.S. Department of Labor's Center for Faith-Based and CommunityInitiatives as "champions of compassion," for creating effectivepartnerships in service to ...
No agreement yet on Allegheny Energy's rate proposal
Feb 05, 2007; ... Allegheny Energy Inc. has not been able to reach an agreement withstate officials on a plan to ease the company's electric customersinto a rate increase expected for 2009. Allegheny had hoped to find common ground with the Maryland PublicService Commission staff and the Office of ...
Jurors' note leads to reversal of murder conviction
Feb 05, 2007; ... Two men convicted of murder and conspiracy for their alleged rolesin a 2003 shooting are entitled to a new trial, the Court of SpecialAppeals held. Clayton Damon Colkley was sentenced to life in prison plus 50years for the second-degree murder of James "Buck" Bowens and ...
Q&A with Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Assn. CEO Thomas Noonan
Feb 05, 2007; ... Nearing the end of his first month on the job as president and CEOof the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association, Thomas J.Noonan took time out of his schedule Jan. 30 to talk with reportersat The Daily Record. Over lunch, he discussed what he wants to accomplish ...
Demand high for 'safety net' health program funding
Feb 05, 2007; ... When the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission solicitedproposals for its first round of grants last September, the responsefar outstripped its budget. Community health programs across the state requested a total of$21.9 million in funding for 50 different projects to ...
Baltimore's Office of Youth Violence Prevention has funding for community programs
Feb 05, 2007; ... Federal funds are available through Baltimore's Office of YouthViolence Prevention for community-based violence programs, the city'shealth department announced. Community organizations in areas withhigh rates of violent crime are ...
Scott L. Rolle acts as defense atty. in case against man accused in baby's death
Feb 05, 2007; ... Scott L. Rolle, former Frederick County state's attorney andunsuccessful Republican attorney general candidate, last week came tothe defense of a Hagerstown man accused of beating and shaking hisgirlfriend's baby to death. Rolle, now in private practice, enteredhis appearance in ...
Maryland chapter of American Civil Liberties Union files suit over Baltimore County law
Feb 05, 2007; ... The Maryland chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union saidFriday it filed suit seeking to overturn a new Baltimore County lawthat it said "unconstitutionally limits when individuals can placepolitical signs on their private property." The law went into effectSaturday. Three of the ...
Baltimore to host inaugural jazz festival
Feb 01, 2007; ... Baltimore is banking on the sweet sounds of jazz to pump $10million into the local economy this summer. The city that gave birthto Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway hopes jazz aficionados fromthroughout the country and the world will attend its inaugural jazzfestival Aug. 9-11 ....
Maryland Public Service chairman submitts resignation
Feb 01, 2007; ... Kenneth Schisler, embattled chairman of the Maryland PublicService Commission, submitted his resignation Monday. Theresignation, effective today, ends months of speculation overSchisler's future with the state board that regulates publicutilities and transportation companies. Schisler, ...
Baltimore's historic Brexton building rehabilitation plans fall through
Feb 01, 2007; ... Plans to rehabilitate Baltimore's historic Brexton building havefallen through, putting the 19th-century former hotel back on thereal estate market. Owner and developer Park Avenue LLC failed toexecute ambitious plans to convert 868 Park Ave. into upscalecondominiums, a project proposed ...
Legg Mason Inc. considers moving company headquarters outside Baltimore
Feb 01, 2007; ... Legg Mason Inc. is considering moving its company headquartersoutside of Baltimore, according to business leaders, who fear such astep would deal a significant blow to the city. The financial firmdenies that it is planning to leave Baltimore. But Legg Mason raisedfears this week ...
No funds available for East-West transit line in the Washington suburbs
Feb 01, 2007; ... Just hours after advocates rallied Tuesday for political supportof an East-West transit line in the Washington suburbs,transportation officials told lawmakers that the state has no fundsfor new transit projects. Members of the House Ways and MeansCommittee received a briefing about the ...
Maryland's demand for power increases faster than production
Feb 01, 2007; ... Maryland's demand for power is increasing faster than the abilityto produce and distribute it, according to a report by the MarylandPublic Service Commission. Although the energy industry is looking atnew generation and transmission facilities in Maryland, utilitieslike Baltimore Gas & ...
Supercenter Wal-Mart moves in to Cockeysville, Md.
Feb 01, 2007; ... An empty 29.5-acre lot on York Road next to Chesapeake CadillacJaguar in Cockeysville will be home to a long-rumored 225,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter. An official announcement ceremony from thecompany and property owner Robert Frankel has been delayed due to ascheduling conflict ...
Environmentally friendly building can help cut energy costs in the home
Feb 01, 2007; ... Inspired by a speech from famed green architect William McDonough,Julie E. Gabrielli of Baltimore-based Gabrielli Design Studio beganadding environmentally aware elements like better insulation and morerecycling to her residential architecture projects about 17 yearsago, long before it ...
More homeowners installing surround-sound home audio systems throughout their homes
Feb 01, 2007; ... Are you weary of handling stacks of CDs while entertaining guestsat a dinner party? Tired of having to blast your stereo whilegardening or relaxing by your pool? Since the advent of MP3 technology and wireless networking, moreand more homeowners are installing surround-sound home ...
Bringing the garden indoors
Feb 01, 2007; ... Winter brings with it barren landscapes, but those nostalgic fortheir spring gardens need not wait months to utilize their greenthumbs indoors while also enhancing home decor. Most houseplants are native to tropical areas and thrive in sultryconditions. The indirect sunlight of ...
Winter is best time to buy second homes in Maryland
Feb 01, 2007; ... With interest rates low and housing inventory high, it's a buyer'smarket now for second homes in Maryland, whether solely forinvestment or for weekend and vacation living. From the Atlanticbeaches and the Eastern Shore to Southern Maryland farms andwaterways to Western Maryland lakes and ...
Information about fire prevention during the winter season
Feb 01, 2007; ... During this festive time of the year, ensure that the only warmtharound the house is coming from the Yule log and the cheer of friendsand family. Winter brings its own host of fire hazards to thehomestead, from wrapping paper on the fire to combustible decorationsand overcrowded heating ...
Suitable lighting will allow your home to truly shine
Feb 01, 2007; ... You've refurbished, renovated, painted and decorated, and stillyour house does not feel complete. The missing component is oftenappropriate interior lighting, and while it may seem a small detail,it is only suitable lighting that will allow your home to trulyshine. "When a room ...
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy sees profits rise for 2006
Feb 01, 2007; ... Constellation Energy Group Inc. reported increased profits for2006, beating company predictions on the gains from wholesale powerproduction and sales but falling short of some analysts' estimatesfor the year. The company overcame slowing returns from subsidiary utilitycompany ...
Full back pay includes state-offered benefits, rules Md. Court of Appeals
Feb 06, 2007; ... A state property assessor who lost his job more than 10 years agofor allegedly storing building permits haphazardly is entitled toreinstatement and back pay - including state-offered benefits, theCourt of Appeals held. The top court went beyond the Court of Special Appeals' ...
GXS Inc.s' Pepsi connection
Feb 05, 2007; ... GXS Inc., of Gaithersburg, which operates one of the world'slargest business-to-business e-commerce services, said PepsiAmericasInc., of Minneapolis, the second-largest Pepsi bottler in the world,selected GXS Managed Services to support and boost the company's next-generation B2B ...
Constellation Energy Group's nuclear unit up and running
Feb 05, 2007; ... Constellation Energy Group Inc. returned the Calvert Cliffs 1nuclear unit to full power in Maryland after performing maintenancelast week. The reactor was listed at 100 percent of capacity in areport Friday morning from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It hadbeen listed at 8 percent of ...
Sunny's Great Outdoors Inc. files for bankruptcy
Feb 05, 2007; ... Sunny's Great Outdoors Inc., a local retailer that got its startselling military leftovers in the aftermath of World War II, hasfiled for bankruptcy. The Elkridge-based company must holdliquidation sales and close its 15 Sunny's Surplus stores, it said inits Chapter 11 filing in ...
Record companies sue three in Maryland
Feb 05, 2007; ... A group of recording companies has collectively sued threeMaryland residents for illegal file-sharing. The three nearly identical complaints, filed in U.S. DistrictCourt in Greenbelt, claim Brendan Cullinane, Susanne Dorr and LisaProctor each violated the companies' copyrights by ...
End comes to Maryland's annual tobacco auction
Feb 05, 2007; ... Every spring since 1939, Maryland tobacco farmers have hauledtheir leaf-filled loads to warehouses where fast-talking auctioneersdealt their crops to cigarette makers and other buyers. But not this year. The number of tobacco farmers in Maryland has dropped to anemiclevels, ...
State weighs health care options
Feb 05, 2007; ... Gov. Martin O'Malley has sponsored a bill aimed at enabling morepeople to acquire health insurance, but lawmakers appear poised to gowell beyond the governor's proposed reforms. O'Malley and legislative leaders have placed expanding healthcoverage to some of Maryland's 750,000 ...
Telkonet stock sale completed
Feb 05, 2007; ... Telkonet Inc., of Germantown, a developer of products for high-speed Internet access over electrical power lines, said it completeda private placement of 4 million shares of common stock to twoinstitutional investors, for gross ...
What should lawyers learn in law school?
Feb 05, 2007; ... The University of Baltimore School of Law is asking Marylandlawyers just what they do at work. No, Web surfing is not an option on the "bench and bar" survey,but problem-solving, negotiating and discovery are. The school plans to use the results of the online questionnaire ...
Telkonet to acquires two companies
Feb 05, 2007; ... In a separate announcement, Telkonet said it has entered intoletters of intent to acquire two companies, one a technologydeveloper of energy management systems, the other a U.S. wirelesshospitality company. Neither of the companies was identified, norwere financial terms of the deals ...
Discount card regulations sought by Maryland lawmaker
Feb 06, 2007; ... The use of personal information gathered through the use ofdiscount cards at grocery stores and other retailers could beseriously curtailed if freshman Del. Saqib Ali, D-Montgomery, getshis way. Ali said he planned to submit legislation Monday night that wouldlimit the exposure ...