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If City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway really thinks she's going to get $21 million out of Examiner columnist Adam Meister, she'd better hurry. Looks like he's about to spend a fortune. An invite he's posted on Facebook reads: "Adam Meister's $21 million 4th of July Party. " Conaway is suing Meister and Examiner newspapers over an online column he wrote claiming that she lives in Baltimore County instead of the city she represents. He linked to public records indicating that Conaway not only owns a house in the county, but claims it as her primary residence for tax purposes.

Isaiah Dixon Jr., a jazz fan, world traveler and four-term state delegate from Baltimore City whose accomplishments included introducing a bill that made cross burnings a felony in Maryland, died of heart failure April 26 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 90. "He took his position very seriously," said Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway, a longtime friend who served two terms alongside Mr. Dixon in the General Assembly. "He thought that he needed to make a difference, and he tried.

Two Democrats who lost in close Baltimore City Council campaigns in September say they're not giving up. Incumbent 7th District Councilwoman Belinda Conaway and 13th District challenger Shannon Sneed have launched write-in campaigns for the November general election, seeking to defeat the candidates who beat them in the Sept. 13 primary. Longtime political observers said they've never heard of a successful write-in campaign in Baltimore, but the primary election's record-low voter turnout could give the challengers hope.

Activist Kim Trueheart, a vocal critic of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration who was arrested and jailed Wednesday after trying to enter City Hall, said Thursday that she was dismayed that police officers would attempt to keep a citizen from a public building. "I'm upset and disappointed in the police force of Baltimore City," said Trueheart, 55, who was released early Thursday morning. "One of the supervisors said City Hall is a private building and I have trespassed on a private building.

On Sunday, April 25, 2004, NORMAN C. CONAWAY, SR., loving husband of Jean Conaway; devoted father of Norman Conaway, Jr., Bernard Conaway and Ron Conaway; caring brother of two sisters and one brother; devoted grandfather of two grandsons and two granddaughters. A Funeral Ceremony will be held in the Lighthouse Mission Chapel at 11:00 AM on Thursday. Interment in Mount Zion Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Lighthouse Mission Church, 7129 Forest Avenue, Hanover, Maryland 21076.

Frank M. Conaway Sr., the elected clerk of the Baltimore Circuit Court, thinks the city's jury commissioner has bungled the way people are summoned for jury duty. He wants to take over the job, and he argued his case Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee in Annapolis. No one was there to oppose him. Conaway has the backing of Del. Curt Anderson, a Democrat who chairs the city delegation and agreed to sponsor legislation fulfilling the court clerk's desires. Conaway hugged the committee's tough-minded chairman, Joseph F. Vallario Jr., who made sure the former two-term delegate (he served 1971 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1983)

On November 16, 2008, GEORGE F. CONAWAY JR. On Sunday November 23, 2008, family will receive friends at Vaughn Greene West from 2 to 8 PM.

On April 21, 2005, SHANA YVONNE CONAWAY, beloved daughter of Lewis and Deborah Conaway. On Wednesday, friends may call at the NEW VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERALSERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. On Thursday, Ms. Conaway will lie instate at the New Antioch Baptist Church, 5616 Old Court Rd. from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M., with services to follow. Interment will take place in Kilmarnock, VA. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

On December 20, 2008, LILLIAN EVA (nee Knell) Conaway, beloved wife of the late Louis H. Conaway; devoted mother of Joseph F. Conaway, Lois I. Rouse and Lawrence F. Conaway; dear sister of Charles Knell, Henrietta, Edna Kraft, Anna Akehurst, Andrew Fleischmann and the late Clarence and Henry Knell; loving grandmother of Joseph F. Conaway Jr., Denise Irwin, Doreen Geason, Timothy Schlothauer, Max L. Schlothauer and nine great grandchildren. Friend may call at the CVACH/ROSEDALE FUNERAL HOME, 1211 Chesaco Ave. on Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral service will be held Tuesday 11:30 A.M. from the funeral home.

On February 9, 2008; DEACON HENRY R. CONAWAY. On today friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Balto. Nat'l Pike, from 3:00-8:00PM. On Thursday, Deacon Conaway will lie instate at New Psalmist Baptist Church, 4501 1/2 Old Frederick Rd., where the family will receive friends from 10:30-11:00AM with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)233-2400

Just days after Comptroller Joan M. Pratt filed suit against the city, another prominent Baltimore official has filed notice of his intention to take City Hall to court. Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway has formally notified the city of his plans to file a class-action lawsuit over erroneous charges to residents by the municipal water billing system. "People have been overcharged and taken advantage of," Conaway said. "People have lost their homes. It's horrible.

Baltimore's clerk of the Circuit Court announced plans Monday for a class action lawsuit to force the city to collect delinquent water bills from businesses and other large customers. Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway cited a Baltimore Sun report that counted more than $10 million owed by corporations, nonprofits and government offices. The figure included RG Steel in Sparrows Point, which owed nearly $7 million, according to city records; W.R. Grace & Co., which owed almost $500,000; and the Maryland Zoo, which owed more than $135,000.

No criminal charges will be filed against Baltimore Clerk of Courts Frank M. Conaway Sr. or blogger Adam Meister stemming from a November altercation outside Conaway's home.  The determination was made by Steven Kroll, a special prosecutor appointed by State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein to handle the investigation. "I found that the state could not prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt," Kroll said in a brief interview. Police had said that on Nov. 20, officers had witnessed Meister try to kick Conaway and saw Conaway display a handgun that state police said had an expired permit. Both men potentially faced charges; a police report described Meister's actions as a "common assault," and classified the report about Conaway's weapon as a "handgun violation.

Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway Sr. has paid more than $3,600 in back property taxes on a rental home he owns, months after it emerged that he'd wrongly been receiving a homestead tax break on the house for years. "I was very happy to pay it, to tell you the truth," he said Tuesday. "If I owed it, I wanted to pay it. " Conaway paid the bill Dec. 21, the same day city finance officials were quoted in a Baltimore Sun article saying they were still awaiting a check from him. Conaway says that's the first time he knew how much money he owed.

A police report documenting last month's altercation between Baltimore Clerk of Courts Frank M. Conaway Sr. and a blogger says officers saw Conaway display a holstered handgun, but also lists him as the victim of an assault. Conaway, 78, and blogger Adam Meister, 35, have given different versions of the incident, and the eyewitness account of police who were driving by contradicts some of their key assertions. Police had withheld the report, citing the investigation by a special prosecutor, but released it Thursday morning after inquiries from The Baltimore Sun. The report is written as a "common assault," with Meister listed as the suspect and Conaway's name redacted from the "victim" field.

In the case involving an altercation last week between Baltimore Clerk of Circuit Court Frank M. Conaway Sr. and a blogger, State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein has said his office won't make the decision on whether to file criminal charges or handle any ensuing court proceedings. That responsibility will instead fall to Steven I. Kroll, a former Baltimore County prosecutor who now works as a coordinator for Maryland's association of state's attorneys. In recent months, Kroll's position has evolved from one that deals with ethics and training issues, to also serving as a special outside counsel for cases in which prosecutors say their offices have a potential conflict of interest.

Howard H. Conaway, a retired partner in the law firm of Frank, Bernstein, Conaway and Goldman, died early yesterday after an apparent heart attack on his way home after visiting friends.Mr. Conaway, who was 82 and lived in the Warrington Condominiums, retired about nine years ago but had remained active in the firm he joined in 1932.A trial lawyer, he was the chief rationing attorney in Maryland for the Office of Price Administration early in World War II before enlisting in the Army.Later, as an Army officer, he was decorated for finding records of the German Alien Property Custodian.

An outside prosecutor is being called in to take charge of the investigation involving Baltimore Clerk of Circuit Court Frank M. Conaway Sr.'s expired gun permit, a spokesman for the Baltimore's state's attorney's office said Wednesday. Conaway "brandished" a firearm during an argument Monday with blogger Adam Meister outside Conaway's Northwest Baltimore home, according to city police. Conaway has said Meister tried to kick him in an altercation that was observed by officers who happened to be nearby.

State police said Baltimore Clerk of Circuit Court Frank M. Conaway Sr.'s permit to carry a concealed handgun expired in March, raising the possibility that he could face criminal charges after Monday's altercation with a blogger. According to city police, Conaway "brandished" a firearm during an argument with blogger Adam Meister outside the city official's Northwest Baltimore home. Conaway said he had a permit to carry the weapon, but state police spokeswoman Elena Russo said records show it expired in March.