BUSINESS
December 2, 2007
Local lender in Chapter 11 Fieldstone Mortgage Co., the Columbia subprime lender that largely shut down in the midst of the nationwide credit crunch, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company had more than $100 million in liabilities and less than that in assets, according to its Chapter 11 filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Baltimore. Cordish takes a partner Baltimore developer Cordish Co. is teaming up with Dennis Gomes, a prominent gaming industry executive, to run gaming projects in the United States and internationally.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | November 15, 1999
A 55-year-old Edgewood man was in stable condition last night at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center after he was shot by an unknown gunman when he answered a knock at his door yesterday, state police said.Leroy M. Love of the 600 block of Lake Ave. was shot in the stomach about 2: 35 a.m., police said. The gunman drove off in a dark green 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier with Maryland tags GSK 110, and police were searching for the vehicle.Love was taken first to Fallston General Hospital, where his condition was stabilized before he was transferred to Bayview, police said.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | January 5, 1998
An elderly man was killed and his wife seriously injured last night when they were attacked in their Northeast Baltimore home by an assailant they knew, police said.Detective Robert Bowman of the homicide unit said James Taylor, 85, of the 5600 block of Todd Ave. was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center about 9: 40 p.m. and '' Augusta Taylor, 76, was in guarded condition at Bayview with a stab wound to the upper torso.Bowman said Mr. Taylor was stabbed in the chest shortly after 8: LTC p.m. during an argument in the living room.
NEWS
By FROM STAFF REPORTS | January 6, 1998
Police charged John Henry Harris yesterday in warrants with first-degree murder in the stabbing Sunday night of an elderly Northeast Baltimore man and the attempted murder of the man's wife.Harris, 56, of the 5600 block of Knell Ave. is being sought. He also is charged with stealing the couple's 1997 Toyota Camry with tags EKV 566, said Detective Robert Bowman of the homicide unit.Robert W. Weinhold Jr., a police spokesman, said the Camry was found yesterday evening in the 2000 block of Sinclair Lane by a Northeastern District officer who recognized the missing car and its license tags.
NEWS
By FROM STAFF REPORTS | January 6, 1998
Police charged John Henry Harris yesterday in warrants with first-degree murder in the stabbing Sunday night of an elderly Northeast Baltimore man and the attempted murder of the man's wife.Harris, 56, of the 5600 block of Knell Ave. is being sought. He also is charged with stealing the couple's 1997 Toyota Camry with tags EXV 566, said Detective Robert Bowman of the homicide unit.Bowman said James Taylor, 85, of the 5600 block of Todd Ave., who was legally blind, was stabbed in the chest shortly after 8: 30 p.m. during an argument at his home and died at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
FEATURES
By Diana K. Sugg | June 8, 1997
Once again, I'm in the cold exam room. Awkwardly, I climb up on the table and pull my winter coat tight around me. My brain feels prickly, as if someone is stirring its sludgy contents with a spoon.I know enough to catch rest where I can get it. I curl up in a ball. The banging of construction workers and the rusty engine rumbling outside roll over me. I want to be in a warm bed with pale blue sheets, with rain hitting the windows and splashing in the gutters.But I am at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, waiting to be told, once again, that they can't find anything.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | November 11, 1997
A state trooper and a motorist were slightly injured in a multivehicle mishap yesterday on Interstate 95 near Joppa.Trooper George Brantly had pulled onto the shoulder of the fast lane to help a stranded southbound motorist about 9 a.m., said Cpl. David Riggs of the Maryland State Police. Before Brantly could get out of the car, a driver swerved onto the shoulder and back into traffic, causing other cars to swerve.One car hit a bus, and the impact pushed the car, driven by Patricia Davis of Baltimore, into Brantly's cruiser.
NEWS
By Marina Sarris | January 14, 1997
Janet Goldstein took mass transit for years, but last summer she gave up on Baltimore buses that were no-shows, late, dirty and crowded. She reluctantly bought a car and joined the legions of commuters who clog the region's roadways during rush hours.Roger F. Trexler is her commuting opposite. A highway engineer, he drove himself to work for more than three decades. But a blizzard made that impossible one day last winter, so Trexler caught the light rail. He liked it so much he has been riding the rails ever since.
NEWS
By Kris Antonelli | November 13, 1996
An overloaded extension cord caused the Monday night blaze that fatally injured a Dundalk man and his son, Baltimore County fire officials said yesterday.John Jack Dembeck, 47, who shared the rowhouse in the 100 block of Patapsco Ave. with his wife, Margaret, 40, and son Jason, 16, was found by firefighters in the first-floor dining room.Mr. Dembeck was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center of apparent smoke inhalation, said Battalion Chief Mark Hubbard, a Fire Department spokesman.
BUSINESS
By John Fairhall | May 27, 1995
In the latest of several major changes, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System announced yesterday it was giving broad new authority to a man some believe could lead the system one day.Ronald R. Peterson, currently president of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, was elevated to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of the system.He'll be second-in-command to Dr. James A. Block, president and chief executive officer, and run many day-to-day operations.