Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from September 2006

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from September 2006

Commentary: Celebrate Labor Day as Leadership Day.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Satish B. Parekh This is all about celebrating Labor Day -- I wish we would rename it Leadership Day. This is not about brawn versus the brain or the bandwidth, but about celebrating the leadership potential of those who are...

Commentary: Maryland's economy grows for second consecutive month.
September 1, 2006... Byline: John Hopkins The RESI Maryland Leading Index increased 0.4 percent in June, the second consecutive monthly increase. An indicator of economic performance eight to 12 months out, the index is up 2.2 percent over the past 12 months,...

Commentary: If no one is there to be with you.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Bob Sheff Dr. Bob Sheff, a retired Maryland physician and author of "The Medical Mentor," has graciously agreed to answer questions from Daily Record readers every Friday. To ask a question, e-mail Dr. Sheff at...

Will Harford Co. be ready when the military jobs arrive?
September 1, 2006... Byline: Jen Degregorio By 2012, thousands of military jobs will transfer to Aberdeen Proving Ground, attracting tens of thousands of related private-sector jobs to nearby sites. This growth is the culmination of last year's military Base...

Architecture firm Hord Coplan Macht hires John Lange as director of marketing.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) has hired John Lange as director of marketing. He is now responsible for strategic planning, client development and promotion. Lange has 17 years of marketing and business...

MD banks announce staffing changes: September 1, 2006.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Owings Mills-based K Bank, a leader in the regional banking industry for nearly 45 years, announced that Diana T. Wolfe has joined the community bank's construction permanent lending office as a...

Maryland boards announce staffing changes: September 1, 2006.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Dailly Record Staff Report Anna Vitale Lybrook has been elected to serve on the board of the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation. Lybrook is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Maryland Association...

Latimer named deputy director of Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Comm.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports The Washington County Board of County Commissioners appointed Cassandra H. Latimer as deputy director of the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission (EDC). In her new role,...

Karen Kissam named health and benefits practice leader in Aon Consulting's Baltimore/Bethesda office.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation, announced that Karen Kissam, a senior vice president, has assumed the role of health and benefits practice leader in...

Maryland law firms announce staffing changes: September 1, 2006.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Stephen M. Cordi, former deputy comptroller for Maryland and a nationally regarded tax expert, recently joined Ober|Kaler as counsel. Cordi brings to the Baltimore-based law firm more than 30...

Robert Armstrong hired as VP of commercial real estate lending for Citizens National BanK.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Robert Armstrong has been hired as vice president of commercial real estate lending for Citizens National Bank. He is responsible for generating loan business for the bank, focusing on commercial...

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel appoints Hayley D. Grimes the director of sales and marketing.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Renaissance Harborplace Hotel appointed Hayley D. Grimes the director of sales and marketing. In her new role, Grimes will oversee all aspects of the sales process, revenue, guest and associate...

Hilton Hotels Corp. names Matthew Dykstra director of sales at Hilton Baltimore.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Hilton Hotels Corp. has named Matthew Dykstra director of sales at Hilton Baltimore, where he will lead sales efforts for the exciting new hotel now under construction and scheduled to open in...

Commentary: Before viewing YouTube.com, a few warnings.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Larry Fiorino YouTube.com, which is backed by funding from Sequoia Capital -- the same venture capital firm that funded Google in its early years -- has taken the world by storm since its founding. If you don't already know what...

SF-Steady as it goes in the commercial real estate market.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Mark R. Smith It's still good -- not all good. But still, good ain't bad. That is the general consensus within the commercial real estate community. Leasing just isn't as brisk as it has been in recent years, when pent-up demand...

SF- On Maryland's Eastern Shore, Tilghman Island's time to shine.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth Stocklin Surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay, Tilghman Island has long been considered a quiet waterman's community on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Though it remains a true working waterman's village with excellent fishing and...

Commentary: SF-Building Up: Vertical Communities.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Robert C. Kettler A host of factors are causing an intersection of urban and suburban development, leading to the spread of suburban communities that look and feel drastically different than those of recent decades. With...

SF-National Harbor buoys Prince George's County's future.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Arlene Karidis The National Harbor project, a $2 billion, 300-acre mixed-use community planned for Prince George's County, is finally getting off the ground. The project was at a standstill for years due to lawsuits filed by...

SF-Architects meet the needs of students.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Barnaby Wickham What kids learn in school hasn't changed that much over the decades -- how they learn has. Today, students are more likely to be immersed in technologically intensive environments that are at the same time more...

SF-The fall of sprawl.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Laura Fick Dru Schmidt-Perkins' role models taught her at an early age how important it is to be part of the solution. Her father was an Episcopal minister who traveled the world to fight apartheid and advocate for international...

Greenwich Place development in Owings Mills offers urban living within security of the suburbs.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Alan Dessoff Residents of the new Greenwich Place development, currently under construction at Town Center in Owings Mills, will soon be able to enjoy many of the features of classy city living without leaving the comfort and...

Commentary: SF-Smart Dealmakers Rely on Letters of Intent.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Cynthia L. Stewart Time is frequently of the essence in the context of commercial real estate transactions. Yet, as anyone who has sold or bought commercial property understands, such deals are typically complex and time consuming....

DTLR announces hiring of a new addition to its team: Antonio Gray.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports DTLR, the nation's fastest growing urban destination chain for men's apparel, shoes and music, is pleased to announce the hiring of a new addition to its team: Antonio Gray. Gray joins DTLR as an...

Twilight horse racing at Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County judged a success.
September 1, 2006... Byline: James Mosher An experiment in new starting times for thoroughbred races has been judged a success by track management, with one prominent executive considering using the hours on some days during the Preakness meeting next year....

Growing number of Hispanics starting businesses in Maryland and beyond.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Louis Llovio Julio Lopez-Brito is an entrepreneur. And like all good entrepreneurs, when he sees an opportunity he grabs it. In doing so, the Potomac man has joined the growing legion of Hispanics starting businesses in Maryland...

Will slowing home sales lead to industry job losses in Maryland?
September 1, 2006... Byline: Jen Degregorio A national downturn in residential real-estate sales will continue to spur job losses nationwide, analysts said this week -- a trend that could carry over to Maryland. The housing industry has shed 25,000 jobs...

Commentary: Area biotech growing up.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Christian S. Johansson It has been exciting to watch Greater Baltimore become a leader in the life sciences industry over the years with its large federal research and development expenditures, National Institutes of Health...

MD Court of Appeals ends tenant's quest for relocation expenses.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber A business that was kicked out of its rental space after the city of Baltimore pressured its landlord to redevelop the building is not entitled to compensation or damages from the city, the state's top court has...

MD charter schools win equal per-student funding bid on appeal.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Louis Llovio The Maryland State Department of Education has the authority to set charter school guidelines and can dictate to the Baltimore city school system how much it has to pay out to individual charter schools, the Court of...

Former Baltimore police officers become lawyers and launch their own practice.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daniel Ostrovsky When three people filed two separate $2 million lawsuits this summer alleging they were subjected to unnecessary force at the 2004 Sowebo Arts Festival by members of Baltimore City Police Department, it wasn't...

MD Court of Appeals changes rule on key pattern jury instructions.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Daniel Ostrovsky Jury instructions on the presumption of innocence and proof beyond a reasonable doubt must closely adhere to those set out in the Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction, a split Court of Appeals held yesterday....

News Summary.
September 2, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Algae warning issued The Maryland departments of Natural Resources, Health and Mental Hygiene, and Environment advised Marylanders to take precautions in swimming, boating or other activities in...

Maryland agencies issue algae warning.
September 2, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Maryland departments of Natural Resources, Health and Mental Hygiene, and Environment advised Marylanders to take precautions in swimming, boating or other activities in the Charles County and Prince...

Retirement housing age lowered in Salisbury.
September 2, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff You don't have to be 62 to live in retirement communities in Salisbury anymore. The City Council on Monday voted to lower the age to 55, recognizing the trend of early retirement, The (Salisbury) Daily Times...

Frederick County Landmarks Foundation seeking living history demonstrators.
September 2, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Frederick County Landmarks Foundation is looking for living history demonstrators, as well as authentic art/craft/ethnic goods relating to the mid- to late 18th century for inclusion in its First Colonial...

Baltimore-based R&R Events acquires assets of Pro Image Inc.
September 2, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff R&R Events, a Baltimore-based event planning and production company, said it acquired the assets of Pro Image Inc., also of Baltimore, an entertainment and events management company. Financial terms were not...

Anne Arundel Tech Council signs 200th member.
September 2, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Anne Arundel Tech Council, a nonprofit organization that supports the area's growing technology industry, said it has signed on its 200th member, a 100 percent increase over membership just a year ago. Two...

Baltimore charitable foundation invests in nanobiotech.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Karen Buckelew Making its first-ever research grant, a Baltimore charitable foundation awarded $1 million to professors at four University System of Maryland institutions to fund a nanobiotechnology project. The Robert W. Deutsch...

Baltimore County councilman eyes bill to reduce development errors.
September 5, 2006... Byline: James Mosher A Baltimore County councilman said he is considering legislation to reduce errors on development applications, although the government department that reviews them says progress is being made. "It's outrageous,"...

News Summary.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Cable TV issue A bill regarding a cable television franchise sought by Verizon Communications Inc. is to be voted on tonight by the Baltimore County Council. The vote is to certify whether Verizon...

Developers eyeing mixed-income project for East Baltimore.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Jen Degregorio With a long-planned urban renewal project in East Baltimore finally underway, the private real estate market is beginning to pick up steam in the neighborhood. A team of New York and Baltimore investors are buying...

Towson Chamber office idea runs out of gas.
September 5, 2006... Byline: James Mosher Baltimore County's chief elected official is no longer leaving the motor running on the concept of combining a public park with a private office building at a former Towson gasoline station but a local business leader...

MD Court of Appeals has plenty to do before Deane.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Ann W. Parks Try asking anyone in the state what the Court of Appeals will be hearing this term. Unless they've been living under a rock since January -- Jan. 20, to be precise -- you'll likely hear something about same-sex...

Man convicted of killing two Prince George's County sheriff's deputies to get new trial.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber A man convicted of killing two Prince George's County sheriff's deputies when they tried to pick him up for emergency psychiatric testing will get a new trial, the Court of Appeals has decided. The decision Friday...

Baltimore City's superblock ultimatum postponed.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Jen Degregorio Baltimore City officials are still negotiating with the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation over the redevelopment of the city's West Side, despite an expired deadline Mayor Martin O'Malley gave the charity to sell...

MD Legal Briefs: Septemner 5, 2006.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff EEOC honors Mikulski Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., has been honored by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Baltimore district office for her successful fight to keep it from being downgraded to a...

Charles Village residents win again.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale Charles Village residents who have fought for years against the construction of an apartment building catering to college students in their neighborhood prevailed on a procedural issue in the courts on Friday --...

Baltimore County Council to vote on cable television bill.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff A bill regarding a cable television franchise sought by Verizon Communications Inc. is to be voted on tonight by the Baltimore County Council. The vote is to certify whether Verizon is financially and...

Building ban extension for Carney and Cub Hill areas of Baltimore County may be approved.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Extension of a ban on issuing building permits in the Carney and Cub Hill areas of Baltimore County is likely to be approved by the County Council tonight. Bill No. 106-06, introduced by Councilman Vincent J....

MD residents get special buy-one admission in the month of September.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Maryland Science Center and the National Aquarium in Baltimore said they will give Maryland residents a special buy-one admission, get one free, in addition to reducing the ticket price to $8, each Friday in...

Baltimore-based Thomson Prometric signs agreement with Canadian company.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Thomson Prometric, of Baltimore, a provider of educational testing and assessment services, announced a deal to provide test development and delivery services for Cognos Inc., an Ottawa, Canada-based provider of...

To cultivate small biotechs, MD to open $60M center.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Karen Buckelew The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute is set to open its newest building in just weeks, a 140,000-square-foot facility aimed at enhancing the region's biotechnology resources. The $60 million...

Towson Manor Village Greenbelt-based Bozzuto Group developer 'generally pleased'.
September 6, 2006... Byline: James Mosher A plan to redevelop this 9.6-acre parcel near Towson University is likely to go up for a vote tomorrow. A company that would like to redevelop a 9.6-acre parcel close to Towson University is optimistic as a plan...

MD Legal Briefs: Septemner 6, 2006.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff JHU tuition lock The Johns Hopkins University has become the 257th institution to join Tuition Plan Consortium's Independent 529 Plan, which allows parents to lock in tuition rates at less than present levels...

Law Summary.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports A little off the top Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Daniel R. The Wig Man Vovak will appear on the Sept. 12 primary ballot without the The in his nickname, Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Ronald...

Jury workers in Baltimore hail change, hope for more.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Daniel Ostrovsky The union representing clerk's office employees at the Baltimore City Circuit Court has declared partial victory in its fight against the leadership and policies of Jury Commissioner Nancy Dennis and her lead...

MD Court of Special Appeals rules captain was entitled to put divorce action on hold.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale An Army captain's divorce proceedings should have been stayed since he offered the court documentation that military duty would prevent him from appearing at trial, the Court of Special Appeals has held. ...

Baltimore County Circuit Court judges on defensive about endorsements.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber The four sitting judges seeking election to the Baltimore County Circuit Court apparently have been claiming political endorsements they do not have. Some politicians listed in advertisements as supporters of...

Affordable housing at all new projects?
September 6, 2006... Byline: Jen Degregorio Leaders of the Greater Baltimore Committee are critical of an inclusionary zoning policy being crafted by the Baltimore City Council that could make affordable housing mandatory in all new residential development...

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court rules politician must drop nickname.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Daniel R. "The Wig Man" Vovak will appear on the Sept. 12 primary ballot without the "The" in his nickname, Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Ronald Silkworth has ruled. Vovak,...

Federal judge in N.Y. rules Argentina company can make Bazooka bubble gum.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff An Argentine company can continue to make Bazooka bubble gum even though its agreements with Topps Co. expired 10 years ago, a federal judge in New York has ruled. After various contracts between New York-based...

Austrian Supreme Court upholds conviction for denying the Holocaust.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Austrian Supreme Court has upheld British historian David Irving's conviction for denying the Holocaust. At his February trial, Irving admitted that in 1989, he had denied the slaughter of millions of Jews by...

Maryland Legal Briefs: September 7, 2006.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff COURT OF APPEALS Administrative, Rejection of subpoena request: Fowler v. Motor Vehicle Administration, No. 111, September Term, 2005. ALJ improperly denied request for issuance of subpoena to motorist whose...

News Summary.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports New MedChi head The Maryland State Medical Society, also known as MedChi, named Dr. Martin P. Wasserman, former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as its new...

Hagerstown paper plant sold to huge Quebec firm.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Joe Bacchus A Hagerstown paper plant that once gave new life to used paper may have found a new life of its own. Cascades Tissue Group, a division of Quebec-based Cascades Inc., purchased the pulp facility on Sept. 1 from Newstech...

Celsion Corp. clears hurdle in race to remain listed with AMEX.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Karen Buckelew Columbia-based biotechnology company Celsion Corp. slowly is moving away from the delisting the American Stock and Options Exchange threatened in a letter earlier this summer. The company, traded as CLN, yesterday...

Next to tee off in Maryland: a major senior tournament.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Louis Llovio When Arnold Palmer tees off at the Constellation Classic in Hunt Valley next week, he and about 100 other golfers will be bring to an end the annual PGA Champions Tour event and make way for a major championship that...

Adoption option sets stage for immediate appeal, Court of Appeals rules.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Ann W. Parks A Charles County father had the right to immediately appeal a court order under which his two sons would either be reunited with him or freed for adoption, the Court of Appeals held yesterday. The December 2004 order...

Exposure to elements no basis for variance, Court of Special Appeals holds.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber An elderly Montgomery County woman will not get a variance to build a garage adjoining her house so she can avoid going outside to get into her car, the Court of Special Appeals has held. Judge Peter B. Krauser wrote...

Md. to consider alternative to new Bay Bridge.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Dori Berman After months of study by a task force on possible routes for another bridge across the Chesapeake Bay and a slew of comments from citizens opposed to the bridge in their neighborhoods, the Maryland Department of...

Member of Stuart O. Simms' campaign mistakenly endorses judges.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber A member of Stuart O. Simms' campaign mistakenly gave permission for the sitting judges of Baltimore County Circuit Court to send out an advertisement with the attorney general candidate's picture and a supportive...

Court of Special Appeals affirms acquisition of title by adverse possession.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Barbara Grzincic A Cecil County man who was on the losing end of a land dispute remains out of luck after a trip to Rowe Boulevard, where the Court of Special Appeals found his challenge didn't go far enough. John M. Bailiff...

MD State Medical Society names new executive director.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Maryland State Medical Society, also known as MedChi, named Dr. Martin P. Wasserman, former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as its new executive director. Wasserman succeeds...

BUCS Financial Corp., Community Banks Inc. merge.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The boards of directors of Community Banks, Inc., parent company of Community Banks, and BUCS Financial Corp., parent company of BUCS Federal Bank, have unanimously approved a $22.5 million merger agreement....

Columbia-based Martek Biosciences announces financial results.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Columbia-based Martek Biosciences Corp. announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended July 31. The company saw revenues of $70.4 million, compared to $39.5 million for the...

Independent Community Bankers of America adds Maryland to jurisdiction.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff A Washington-based bankers association plans to begin dispensing advice and assistance to Maryland banks. The Independent Community Bankers of America said yesterday it is adding Maryland and West Virginia to the...

Towson Chamber of Commerce forming electricity purchasing cooperative.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Towson Chamber of Commerce Inc., a Baltimore County-based nonprofit business association, said it is forming an electricity purchasing cooperative to serve member businesses. The chamber will have meetings...

Are you ready for some local MD sports radio?
September 8, 2006... Byline: Louis Llovio Basements and barbershops used to be where sports fans went to vent when their team dropped a critical fourth-down pass or the clean-up hitter struck out in the bottom of the ninth with the winning run on third....

MD's regional business groups have different views on election.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Dori Berman It's easy to think of them as one big cohesive group, but Maryland's myriad business associations often have very different needs and concerns depending on their location in the state. As this year's election season...

Small Rockville firm takes on worldwide killer.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Karen Buckelew On the list of the world's top funders of tuberculosis research and development in 2005, the first name is not surprising -- the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is part of the...

A smoke-free Baltimore?
September 8, 2006... Byline: Dori Berman A year and a half after introducing legislation to prohibit smoking in all Baltimore bars and restaurants, Councilman Robert Curran has finally scheduled a hearing on the bill in an attempt to create a launching pad for...

Future of smoking ban in MD getting hazier.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Dori Berman While the Restaurant Association of Maryland remains the most vocal opponent to a statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, some restaurant and business associations around the country have begun to re-evaluate...

Maryland accounting firms announce staffing changes: September 8, 2006.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff ACCOUNTING Reznick Group has promoted Damien Nickle and Karyn Heckman to managers in the firm's Baltimore office. Nickle joined Reznick Group in 2000 in an administrative position and moved into the tax...

Maryland banks announce staffing changes: September 8, 2006.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff BANKING Martin H. Madera has been named a vice president of commercial banking for The Columbia Bank. He was formerly vice president for Bradford Bank. In his new position, Madera will work to develop and...