Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from September 2005

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from September 2005

Hispanic, cable television keep up their strong ad revenue gains.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Kara Kridler Companies focused on reaching the growing Hispanic market helped drive up national advertising spending 5.7 percent to $59.5 billion during the first half of this year, according to a recent survey. While ad...

MD Legal Briefs: September 1, 2005.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Ex-DJS worker sentenced A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge yesterday gave a three-year suspended sentence to Monique Barnette Green, 38, of Abingdon, a former employee of the Maryland...

MD governor authorizes deployment of National Guard to assist with hurricane relief efforts.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports The deployment of 130 soldiers and airmen from the Maryland Army National Guard's 115th Military Police Battalion and the Maryland Air National Guard's 175th Wing to assist the state of...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, deploys employees, equipment to Gulf Coast.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, said it has deployed eight of its employees as well as mobile equipment to the stricken Gulf Coast area to provide emergency management...

USNS Comfort hospital ship, based in Baltimore, prepares to go to hurricane-stricken Gulf Coast.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports The USNS Comfort hospital ship, which is based at an industrial pier in Baltimore's Canton area, was preparing yesterday for an expected trip to the Gulf Coast area devastated by Hurricane...

Telkonet Inc., of Germantown, unveils its Rapid Deployment Mobile Network Kit.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Telkonet Inc., of Germantown, which develops products for high-speed Internet access over electrical power lines, unveiled its Rapid Deployment Mobile Network Kit, a self-contained version of the...

Duratek Inc., of Columbia, awarded contract by Dairyland Power Cooperative of Wisconsin.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Duratek Inc., of Columbia, which specializes in the disposition of radioactive wastes, said it has been awarded a contract by Dairyland Power Cooperative, of La Crosse, Wis., for the removal and...

NASA scientists work to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Scientists and engineers responsible for operations of the Hubble Space Telescope have shut down one of three operational gyroscopes aboard the observatory, in an effort to extend the life of the...

New traffic advisory service in Baltimore aims to help drivers avoid accidents and traffic jams.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Joe Bacchus Baltimore drivers looking to ease their daily commute have a new way to avoid accidents and unexpected traffic. Starting Tuesday, Annapolis-based Your Traffic Angel will monitor the ever-shifting state of...

MedImmune Inc. of Gaithersburg to take over U.S. sales of lung infection drug, Synagis.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports MedImmune Inc., of Gaithersburg, a biotechnology company focused on developing and manufacturing products to combat infectious disease, autoimmune disease and cancer, said it will amend an...

LaSalle Hotel Properties of Bethesda completes acquisition of Westin Copley Place in Boston.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports LaSalle Hotel Properties, of Bethesda, a real estate investment trust that owns upscale and luxury full-service hotels, said it completed its previously announced acquisition of the 803-room...

Oak Contracting Co. of Towson to begin construction of Bowie State University building.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Oak Contracting Co., of Towson, a general contracting and construction management company, said it has received the go-ahead to begin construction this month of the Center for Business and...

Lease approval clears the way for sale of World Trade Center tower on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Dori Berman A lease deal approved yesterday makes the job of selling the World Trade Center tower on Baltimore's Inner Harbor a lot easier. Under the agreement, Baltimore City no longer maintains its full right of first refusal...

Baltimore Ravens' Ray Lewis is the face of Medifast's new product line and fitness program.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Karen Buckelew Owings Mills-based weight loss firm Medifast Inc. has taken a turn away from the severely obese, and toward 6-foot-1-inch, 245-pound Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis. Lewis is the face of Medifast's new...

Firefighters sue Eastern Shore Gas for negligence in Worcester County Circuit Court.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Ann Parks Thirteen members of the Snow Hill Volunteer Fire Department and the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund have brought a $10.6 million lawsuit against the Eastern Shore Gas Co. Inc. for injuries stemming from a 2002 gas...

Towson-based Black & Decker Corp. sues two companies over laser level patents.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Kathleen Johnston Jarboe Black & Decker Corp. thinks rivals Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and The Stanley Works are not on the level. It sued the two companies this week alleging patent infringement involving its laser level tools....

Developer wants city of Baltimore to help fund building of new Ritz-Carlton Residences.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Jen DeGregorio Facing a $100 million cost overrun, and fighting a nasty court battle, developer Midtown Baltimore LLC wants the city of Baltimore to kick in public dollars to build the now $250 million Ritz-Carlton Residences. ...

MD judge runs for Baltimore County State's attorney; state law prohibits political campaign.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber At a time when a political candidate's ability to rake in the cash is critical, G. Darrell Russell Jr. knows he'll be at a competitive disadvantage in the race for Baltimore County State's Attorney. Russell, a...

Johns Hopkins professor seeks $20M from Computer Patent Annuities for lost patent.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daniel Ostrovsky A Johns Hopkins Hospital neurosurgery professor alleges he is out $20 million because the company hired to pay the annual maintenance fee for a Japanese patent of a pain-relieving drug failed to do so. Dr....

MD Board of Public Works approves state funding for the Inter-County Connector.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports The Board of Public Works yesterday approved state funding for the Inter-County Connector, a technical measure required by smart growth laws. When more than 20 percent of a state infrastructure...

MD Legal Briefs: September 2, 2005.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Johns trial set for July '06 Accused killer Kevin Gregory Johns will be tried almost 18 months after he allegedly strangled a fellow prisoner on a transport bus. Between the serious illness...

Black leaders decry high numbers of people arrested but never charged.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daniel Ostrovsky A group of black leaders criticized Baltimore's Mayor Martin O'Malley as well as the police department during a news conference in front of City Hall yesterday. The event, organized by Del. Jill P. Carter,...

Commentary: What is an investor to do in September 2005?
September 2, 2005... Byline: David Clogg It has been a little more than three years since I started writing this column. My first article appeared in August of 2002. It was titled "What is an investor to do?" At that time, the market had been in a nosedive...

Labor Day travel taking double hit.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Kara Kridler After a summer vacation season marked by packed hotels, tourism experts expect the high cost of gas and early start dates at many school systems across the state to dampen Labor Day travel this weekend. Once as...

Commentary: Getting to work getting harder.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Michael Sarbanes How do we know that workers have good choices about how to commute to their jobs? The commute to and from the job has a daily impact on the quality of life for all workers in the Baltimore area. While most...

Commentary: Investment in kids returns 12 percent annually.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Joe Nathanson With the beginning of the new school year, the region's roughly 400,000 public schoolchildren are settling into their classrooms and getting down to the business of learning. Of course, the "business" of education is...

MIE Properties changes name to St. John Properties Inc.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Jen DeGregorio In Maryland real estate circles, the name MIE Properties Inc. is synonymous with flex space. In the same way Xerox Corp. became known for its photocopy machines, MIE became the go-to developer for combination...

Northern migration, military growth spur Frederick expansion.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Dori Berman With its lush open spaces, large military complex, burgeoning technology industry and proximity to Washington, Frederick County is exploding. The county will be home to 243,220 people within the next five years, an...

Responding to market pressures, unlikely outfit adds videos, Internet cafes.
September 2, 2005... Byline: James Mosher Think libraries are immune to market pressures? Think again. Libraries, most of them government run, are evolving into video rental shops and Internet cafes. The 16 branches of the Baltimore County Public Library...

Md. economy growing at fastest clip in five years.
September 2, 2005... Byline: John Hopkins The RESI Maryland Leading Index increased 0.6 percent in June and was up 2.8 percent over the past 12 months, indicating that Maryland's economy should continue to strengthen through the end of the year and into 2006....

In time of war, Johns Hopkins recruited to care for the nation's 'military brats'.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Karen Buckelew It's not easy being a kid. And it's even tougher being a kid who's switched schools five times in as many years, or whose dad has been stationed in far-off, war-torn Iraq for the past year, or whose mom just...

Cell phone companies target 'tween' market; anxious parents, don't worry.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Larry Fiorino The latest market segment being addressed by the cellular industry is "tweens" children between the ages of 8 to 12. Several new phones are being designed for smaller hands, incorporating simple keypads and, most...

Commentary: Likely economic consequences from Hurricane Katrina broaden, deepen.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Peter Morici The national economic consequences of Hurricane Katrina will be much broader and deeper than initially estimated by economists, including this one. Even adjusting for the larger property destruction of Katrina, this...

American Urological Assn. Foundation hires executive director.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports The American Urological Association Foundation hired John M. Huber as executive director. Huber brings more than 20 years of experience from Goodwill Industries International Inc., where he was most...

Maryland banks announce staffing changes: September 2, 2005.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Annette Ferrell was named vice president, customer support, for the Columbia Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Howard County. Ferrell was formerly vice president, senior operations...

MD-based GenVec Inc. names chief medical officer.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Dr. Thomas A. Davis joined GenVec Inc. as its chief medical officer. As chief medical officer, Davis will serve on GenVec's senior management team and provide strategic and operational oversight of the...

Maryland consulting firms announce staffing changes: September 2, 2005.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports MMS Advisors, a business and financial consulting firm is pleased to announce that Ronald C. Diegelman has joined the firm as a Partner. Diegelman brings with him 40 years of experience in finance and...

Baltimore Chamber of Commerce adds two to staff.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce added Christine Crawford and Megan Wilson to its staff. Crawford, the new director of membership will be responsible for attracting new chamber members as well as...

Maryland educational facilities announce staffing changes: September 2, 2005.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Twelve new professor joined the ranks of St. Mary's College of Maryland in August: Betul Basaran, instructor of religious studies; Barbara Beliveau, assistant professor of economics; Adriana Brodsky,...

Maryland events management firms announce staffing changes: September 2, 2005.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Fandango Special Events hired Chase Clark and Engel Tomakin as senior director of corporate accounts and account executive, respectively. Clark will be responsible for developing Fandango's growing...

Maryland medical facilities announce staffing changes: September 2, 2005.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Ellen Keats Stifler, previously director of principal gifts for divisional programs at the Johns Hopkins University, was named director of development for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. In her...

Baltimore law firm Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler adds to staff.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Paula D. Miller is the new associate at Baltimore law firm Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler. Miller, previously an associate with Hogan & Hartson in Baltimore, concentrates in corporate, securities and...

Maryland marketing agencies announce staffing changes: September 2, 2005.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Jeffrey A. Davis, a 20-year veteran of the public relations industry in Maryland serving national and regional clients, joined Sawmill Marketing Public Relations as partner. A former daily newspaper...

Nonprofit Family Service Foundation appoints new chief executive officer.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Nonprofit Family Service Foundation appointed Jesse Greene Jr. as its new chief executive officer. As CEO, Greene will continue to work with the agency's Board of Directors and executive team to improve...

Loyola College in middle of legal battle over 53-acre tract.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber To Loyola College, the bucolic 53-acre tract bounded by Stablersville and York roads is the perfect spot for students to escape from the city, pray and contemplate their futures. To artist Lynne Jones, the property...

Commentary: Lessons gleaned from golf's legends.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Joe Rahnis Sept. 12-18, 81 of the top players on the PGA TOUR's Champions Tour will be in Baltimore for the 2005 Constellation Energy Classic at Hayfields Country Club in Hunt Valley. Champions Tour players competing for the $1.7...

U of MD biz school to begin offering full, partial tuition scholarships to MDA program.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports The University of Maryland, College Park's Robert H. Smith School of Business announced that it will begin offering full and partial tuition scholarships to the school's executive MBA program. The...

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to host 2005 DC LABOR FILMFEST.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, in Silver Spring, will host the 2005 DC LABOR FILMFEST, an annual festival of films that explores working life, from Sept. 15-21. This year's festival focuses on...

Antietam National Battlefield trail to open September 17.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports The 1.7-mile Final Attack Trail at the Antietam National Battlefield, depicting the last attack of the bloodiest one-day clash of the Civil War, officially opens on Sept. 17 during a weekend of...

Levi Strauss bringing new body measurement system to Baltimore.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Levi Strauss & Co., of San Francisco, is bringing a new electronic body measurement system to 12 cities, including Baltimore. It consists of a cylindrical glass booth which takes the body measurements of...

Sodexho USA shifting to trans fat-free oil products.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Sodexho USA, of Bethesda, one of the nation's largest providers of food and facilities management services, said it is shifting to trans fat-free oil products in its food service operations nationwide....

Convention planners turn to Baltimore, other cities in wake of Hurricane Katrina.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Kara Kridler New Orleans' critical convention and meetings business will be shut down for months in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, leaving tens of thousands of meeting planners and visitors scrambling for alternative meeting...

Md. health officials less fevered about flu season.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Karen Buckelew Flu season begins in just one month, and local health officials who've been preparing since the end of last season are breathing a sigh of relief after recent good news from the federal Food and Drug Administration....

Cardin school in Owings Mills snares 'high-end' college admissions guru.
September 6, 2005... Byline: James Mosher For college-bound teen-agers, it's like Michael Phelps coming to give swimming lessons. Steven Roy Goodman, who runs what he calls a "high-end college admissions consulting service," has signed on to advise the 31...

Baltimore port not in position to help Gulf biz.
September 6, 2005... Byline: James Mosher It's a case of the luck of geography cutting both ways. Hurricane Katrina didn't damage the Port of Baltimore. That's the good news. The bad news is that Baltimore isn't likely to see an increase in business due to...

Commentary: Employee stock ownership plans offer biz owners wealth, transition plan.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Ben Proctor Since many of you who read The Daily Record are business owners, this month's column is geared toward you. As a business owner, you spend a lot of time thinking about your customers, your employees and maybe even...

Superblock super stalled? Proposed retail strip for Baltimore's West Side remains in limbo.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Jen DeGregorio On many levels, Baltimore's West Side is thriving: The reopened Hippodrome Theatre is attracting national stage shows. More than 1,500 new apartments have opened to residents since 1999. And the city soon will launch...

Court of Special Appeals says parents can't fight backup plan for children's future.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Ann Parks The parents of two boys placed in emergency shelter care may not challenge a juvenile court's orders establishing concurrent plans of reunification and adoption for their sons, the Court of Special Appeals held last week....

4th Cir. nixes insurer's unjust enrichment claim.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Barbara Grzincic Insurers who are deceived into paying disability benefits have no equitable right to recover the amounts paid, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Such a right must be spelled out in the policy...

MD Legal Briefs: September 6, 2005.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Misdiagnosis alleged Glen Arm resident Judith Pazourek is suing Dr. J. Stephen Cunat and Advanced Radiology P.A., in Baltimore City Circuit Court, accusing the doctor of failing to diagnose...

Lawyer unfazed by capital case he inherited.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber A. Stephen Hut Jr. is no stranger to appellate argument. The Washington, D.C., attorney has argued plenty of cases in the federal courts of appeal, from mass torts to copyright matters. But his trip to the...

Frederick County officials say water-supply negotiations come to end.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports A Frederick County official said negotiations have ended over demands by the city of Frederick for a more favorable water-supply agreement. County Manager Douglas Browning said in a letter to Frederick...

Giant Eagle to close Hagerstown supermarket.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Supermarket operator Giant Eagle Inc. said it will close its Hagerstown store Sept. 24 due to low sales. A spokesman said the Pittsburgh-based company would try to find jobs at its other stores for the...

Baltimore County's East Side renaissance is finalist for econ. development award.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports Baltimore County's East Side renaissance has been named one of three finalists for an Excellence in Economic Development Award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, according to the county's...

Texas company wins $9.7M contract to build new commissary at Ft. Detrick.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Reports A Texas company has won a $9.7 million contract to build a new commissary at Fort Detrick. The contract was awarded Aug. 15 to Nelson Refrigeration, of San Antonio. The 34,000-square-foot center will be...

No liquor license for Galesville spot.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Barbara Grzincic A seafood packer is not entitled to a liquor license for a restaurant in the centuries-old waterfront community of Galesville, the Court of Special Appeals affirmed yesterday in a 2-1 split. The reason had...

MD-based McCormick & Co. sees lower earnings, shuffles execs.
September 7, 2005... Byline: James Mosher McCormick & Co. is preparing investors for a reduction in earnings, and reshuffled its executive suite with moves aimed at straightening its slouching industrial business. After the close of stock markets...

'Hot blooded' defense no help if victim lives, Court of Special Appeals says.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber A "hot blooded response" defense cannot reduce a first-degree assault case to second-degree assault, even though it may be used to downgrade a murder case to manslaughter, the Court of Special Appeals has held. ...

Md. employers called to back soldier-workers.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Ben Mook A number of Maryland businesses are responding to Hurricane Katrina by extending pay and benefits to their employees who have been activated for National Guard service. The extensions run as long as they are on duty. ...

MD-based JoS. A. Bank Clothiers earnings up 56 percent.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Karen Buckelew JoS. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. saw a 56 percent earnings increase during its second quarter, and company officials are raising expectations for the year based on its first-half performance. The Hampstead company...

Monument Bank quietly opens into commercial niche.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Dori Berman Monument Bank, Maryland's newest financial institution, opened yesterday in Bethesda, and the chief executive has little concern about competing with larger, established operations. "It's completely different from...

Serial offender must register as predator.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Ann Parks A Montgomery County man who was twice convicted of molesting young girls must register as a sexually violent predator, the Court of Special Appeals held yesterday. The intermediate appellate court concluded that the...

There's no summer doldrums in Maryland's real estate and development markets.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Mark R. Smith "Nothing is getting done right now; let's wait until after Labor Day" an oft-heard lament during summer's latter days. Still, numerous commercial real estate professionals report ample activity during the third...

Commentary: Million-dollar mortgages are available.
September 7, 2005... Byline: John P. Finnessy With the ever-exploding real estate values in the Baltimore marketplace, we find the limits of mortgage programs expanding just as quickly. In years past, obtaining a mortgage above the conforming limit was...

Home-auctions are opportunities for both buyers and sellers.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Liz Skinner Home auctions used to mean a fire-sale or that the seller was flat-out desperate. Today, in many cases, it represents opportunity for those on both sides of the sale. Property auctions allow owners to sell fast and...

BRAC realignment brings no surprises to Baltimore real estate executives.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Barnaby Wickham Regional real estate executives aren't exactly on the edges of their seats to hear the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission's official decision on Sept. 8. The real estate community's attitude isn't...

Coming to a room near you ...
September 7, 2005... Byline: Mary E. Medland Delbert Adams, president and co-owner of Baltimore-based Ilex Construction, knows about constructing the high-tech home theater: He once built a room that had sound quality suitable for Carnegie Hall or the Met. For...

Commentary: To buy or not to buy?
September 7, 2005... Byline: James E. Ellis Just drive down any road in the metro area and you will see "For Sale" signs on land and on commercial buildings. You start to think about the rent you pay every month, and the idea of owning starts to sound...

Making more Maryland residents into riders.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Alan Dessoff If planners, transit officials and developers can get it done, more Marylanders will park their cars at Metro and MARC stations and ride the train to work. Or they will leave their cars at home and take a bus to...

MD Legal Briefs: September 7, 2005.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Got space? Lawyers with office space to share can offer it to practitioners shut down by Hurricane Katrina by signing up on the American Bar Association's disaster Web site,...

Baltimore County's "renaissance strategy" running into roadblocks.
September 7, 2005... Byline: James Mosher Another storm has erupted over Baltimore County's handling of economic development issues. County Council Bill No. 88-05, a measure aimed at providing better disclosure of attempts to change land-use regulations,...

Lanham-based Radio One down to one national rep.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Kara Kridler Radio One Inc., the country's largest radio broadcaster serving black listeners, consolidated its national advertising sales representation to one company, hoping to increase revenue after a period of disappointing ad...

Mover's study shows more people left Maryland than moved in.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports During the first eight months of 2005, more people moved out of Maryland (55.3 percent of the total) than moved in (44.7 percent), according to the moving company United Van Lines. However,...

Parking and transportation infrastructure industries to hold convention in Baltimore.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Expecting more than 3,000 professionals to attend, the parking and transportation infrastructure industries will hold a conference and exhibition Sept. 27-29 at the Baltimore Convention Center....