Arundel tax auction nets $2.5 million
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Anne Arundel County held its annual delinquent tax auction online for the first time this year, netting $2.5 million in revenue. The number of successful bidders increased from three last year to 32 during this month's auction, with the overall number of bidders up 55 percent. Ninety-eight percent of the approximately 1,400 properties with delinquent taxes and fees were sold. "The online tax sale process makes it easier for small investors in the community to participate, and at the same time brings needed revenue in this difficult budget climate," said County Executive John R. Leopold. "I am pleased that our first online tax sale was such a success."
- Nicole Fuller
St. Joseph Medical Center names interim chief executive
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Robert M. Lovell, a hospital executive with 30 years' experience, was named Friday to run St. Joseph Medical Center, the Towson hospital at the center of a federal investigation. Lovell becomes the facility's interim chief executive officer, replacing Beth O'Brien, a senior executive of St. Joseph's parent company, Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives. O'Brien - who will remain Lovell's supervisor - took over in February when three top St. Joseph executives were placed on leave after the hospital announced it was being investigated for its financial dealings with an affiliated doctors group. Those executives - CEO John K. Tolmie, chief operating officer Sly C. Moore and Lucy Shamash, vice president of operations - resigned last month. Lovell served as interim COO at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia last year. He has run hospitals in Buffalo, Louisville, Ky., Rochester, N.Y., and Cortland, N.Y., over his career. St. Joseph's search for a permanent leader began this month and is expected to last for the next several months.
- Stephanie Desmon
Police investigating 2 stabbing deaths
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Baltimore police are investigating the stabbing deaths of two men early Saturday on the city's west side. Officer Troy Harris, a spokesman for the police department, said they were found about 4 a.m. in the 3000 block of Baker St. with "cutting and slashing" wounds. Police said the men were attacked at one house on Baker Street and that one of the victims stumbled to another rowhouse three doors away, where he collapsed just inside the front door. Police said both men had been stabbed in the chest; their identities have not been released.
- Sun staff reports
