Good afternoon, Baltimore: Monday lunchtime lowdown

ON THE SITE...

Man dies after being shot and stabbed in Central Park Heights: A 43-year-old man found shot and stabbed in the city's Central Park Heights neighborhood late Sunday died from the wounds early Monday at Sinai Hospital.

Sunday storm outages less than anticipated: A fast-moving thunderstorm Sunday evening knocked out power to about 4,350 BGE customers, most of them in Baltimore City and County.

Pastor: Md. boys who drowned in creek never swam before: A pastor says three boys who drowned in a shallow creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore did not know how to swim and had never before been in the water.

Joe Patrick Byrne, of J. Patrick's Irish Pub, dies: Joe Patrick Byrne, who for decades ran J. Patrick's Irish Pub in Locust Point, passed away last Saturday of cancer. The future of the pub is uncertain.

Baltimore Diner's Restaurant Week menu rankings: Food critic Richard Gorelick highlights some of the most delicious-sounding fare local eateries are planning for the promotional week, which starts July 27.

 

COMING LATER...

• Organizers of a push for a voter referendum on the state's new Congressional district map are expected to announce petition signature totals later Monday.
• A preservation effort is under way to save the recently closed Forest Diner in Ellicott City.
• Dan Rodricks' column will look at the farewell to a closing city fire company.
• Baltimore County schools officials are expected to review plans for a Mays Chapel elementary school Tuesday.
• The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is Tuesday, and Tuesday's sports section will look at the probable starters as well as at the Orioles' lone first-time All-Star, closer Jim Johnson.