Dealership

We're at the finale already (didn't this season seem short?). I'll say it right here at the top of the episode - unless William falls repeatedly on his keister, requiring the judges to give him 5's across the board, there's no way he's not winning this thing. That being said, I'd be OK with any of the three finalists winning, even though I'm personally Team Driver. Tonight's show will have each couple dancing two dances:  1. Judge's pick, which are new routines danced to new music, but in a style the couple has previously danced and in which the judges would like to see them improve.  2. Freestyle Tomorrow night, the couples will be doing some sort of third scored dance, details about which we'll learn later.

Clarence Cromwell Boyle Sr., a Harford County automobile dealership owner who served in World War II, died of heart disease at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on March 27. He was 85 and lived in Bel Air. Born at home on his family's farm in the Level section of Harford County, he was the son of Howard Benjamin Boyle, a county roads supervisor, and Ethel Bowman, a homemaker. Family members said he learned to fly an airplane before he had a driver's license. He practiced at Aldino Airport near his home.

Thank God for Joan and Don. Without their lunchtime escape from the office, replete with witty, sexy banter, this episode, the worst of the season, would have been pointless. Nothing else quite worked here, in what clearly was a transitional throwaway leading up to the final few episodes this season. I, for one, do not care about Lane's financial issues (though, surely him forging Don's signature on a check to pay debts will come back to bite him). Anything involving Harry is sort of blah, even though his subplot this week brought back and old friend, Paul Kinsey, who has, ahem, gone through some changes.

The man killed as he was unloading vehicles at a Towson car dealership Sunday has been identified as Glaucio Marcelo Dasilva, a 45-year-old resident of Roselle Park, N.J., Baltimore County police say. Dasilva died after he became pinned under a car carrier at the Heritage Hyundai dealership on York Road. Police believe the incident was accidental, Cpl. John Wachter said Tuesday. A medical examiner determined that he died of asphyxiation. Investigators think Dasilva might have been trying to fix something on the truck when part of it fell and suffocated him, Wachter said.

An eight-acre swath of Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood would be transformed from a longtime auto dealership into a mix of housing and shops under preliminary plans from a developer buying the site. The owner of Anderson Automotive, one of the 1,100 dealerships whose franchises won't be renewed next year by General Motors Corp., plans to sell a portion of his property to a developer planning to invest tens of millions of dollars and bring in hundreds of jobs, said an attorney for the developer.

A man was killed Sunday morning as he was unloading vehicles at a Towson car dealership, Baltimore County police say. The man was taking vehicles off a car-carrier at the Heritage Hyundai dealership on York Road around 9:50 a.m. when he somehow became pinned under the carrier, Cpl. George Erhardt said. Police are investigating how the incident occurred. The man, who had driven from New Jersey, was pronounced dead at the scene, Erhardt said. His identity has not been released.

The man killed as he was unloading vehicles at a Towson car dealership Sunday has been identified as Glaucio Marcelo Dasilva, a 45-year-old resident of Roselle Park, N.J., Baltimore County police say. Dasilva died after he became pinned under a car carrier at the Heritage Hyundai dealership on York Road. Police believe the incident was accidental, Cpl. John Wachter said Tuesday. A medical examiner determined that he died of asphyxiation. Investigators think Dasilva might have been trying to fix something on the truck when part of it fell and suffocated him, Wachter said.

Carroll car dealer Jeff Barnes will sell his Chevrolet-Geo dealership in Hampstead to spend more time at his Eldersburg dealership, he said yesterday."

The embattled owner of Thacker Oldsmobile-Cadillac is selling the Annapolis dealership, effectively ending a state attempt to revoke his dealership license.Joseph Thacker had been the target of pickets and of action by the Motor Vehicle Administration for alleged improprieties in used-car sales.He is selling his Annapolis dealership to a Kensington company and the dealership is then to be known as Fitzgerald Oldsmobile-Cadillac. Thacker plans to retire."I never thought I'd see the day I'd be so glad to get out of this business," Thacker said.

Clarence Cromwell Boyle Sr., a Harford County automobile dealership owner who served in World War II, died of heart disease at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on March 27. He was 85 and lived in Bel Air. Born at home on his family's farm in the Level section of Harford County, he was the son of Howard Benjamin Boyle, a county roads supervisor, and Ethel Bowman, a homemaker. Family members said he learned to fly an airplane before he had a driver's license. He practiced at Aldino Airport near his home.

A man was killed Sunday morning as he was unloading vehicles at a Towson car dealership, Baltimore County police say. The man was taking vehicles off a car-carrier at the Heritage Hyundai dealership on York Road around 9:50 a.m. when he somehow became pinned under the carrier, Cpl. George Erhardt said. Police are investigating how the incident occurred. The man, who had driven from New Jersey, was pronounced dead at the scene, Erhardt said. His identity has not been released.

Anne Arundel County police arrested and charged one man in a Christmas morning break-in at an Annapolis automobile dealership. A video security service notified police shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday of two people on the lot of Fitzgerald Oldsmobile Cadillac. Officers saw two men running, and arrested one when he tried to climb over a fence, said Lt. Doyle Batten. Police found bolt cutters and other tools on the lot that they suspect were used to cut catalytic converters from two vehicles there.

Thomas Talbott Bond, founder of the T. Talbott Bond Co., a Baltimore-Washington photocopier dealership, died Friday from complications of dementia and a broken hip at Keswick Multicare Center. The longtime Ruxton resident was 85. The son of Henry M. Bond, who had been president of the Bond Brothers Paint Co., and Lala Belle Bond, a homemaker, Mr. Bond was born in Baltimore and raised on Roland Avenue. Mr. Bond was a descendant of and named for Thomas Talbott Bond, one of the defenders of Fort McHenry during the British invasion of 1814.

Car buyers will have to pay dealers as much as $200 in transaction fees starting July 1, because of a budget provision approved by the General Assembly in its final moments of lawmaking last week. They'll pay more to title that car, too. Lawmakers also increased motor vehicle titling fees, to $100 — except for rental fleets, which are excused from the increase. These sweeteners for auto dealers and rental car companies were carved out of the state's $14.6 billion budget in the final days of the 2011 legislative session, when a small group of lawmakers reconciled the House and Senate versions of the spending plan.

- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Toyota owners Wednesday they should stop driving their vehicles, then quickly took back his words, adding to confusion over the safety of millions of recalled cars. Toyota, for its part, tried to reassure drivers that sticky gas pedals have been rare - and that the cars can be stopped in any event by firmly stepping on the brakes. The final word from LaHood: "What I meant to say or what I thought I said was, if you own one of these cars or if you're in doubt, take it to the dealer and they're going to fix it."

An eight-acre swath of Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood would be transformed from a longtime auto dealership into a mix of housing and shops under preliminary plans from a developer buying the site. The owner of Anderson Automotive, one of the 1,100 dealerships whose franchises won't be renewed next year by General Motors Corp., plans to sell a portion of his property to a developer planning to invest tens of millions of dollars and bring in hundreds of jobs, said an attorney for the developer.

Anne Arundel County police arrested and charged one man in a Christmas morning break-in at an Annapolis automobile dealership. A video security service notified police shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday of two people on the lot of Fitzgerald Oldsmobile Cadillac. Officers saw two men running, and arrested one when he tried to climb over a fence, said Lt. Doyle Batten. Police found bolt cutters and other tools on the lot that they suspect were used to cut catalytic converters from two vehicles there.

Mike Martino is about to open his third automobile dealership in Harford County.Joining his Volvo and Saab franchises on U.S. 1 in Bel Air will be Village Mitsubishi. Mr. Martino has targeted mid-July for the grand opening.The dealership will be in a renovated 10,000-square-foot building formerly the home of The Lumber Yard. The $600,000 renovation, which took six months, added a complete service and parts department, offices and a showroom."I'm extremely pleased with what we've been able to do at this location," Mr. Martino said.

An eight-acre swath of Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood would be transformed from a longtime auto dealership into a mix of housing and shops under preliminary plans from a developer buying the site. The owner of Anderson Automotive, one of the 1,100 dealerships whose franchises won't be renewed next year by General Motors Corp., plans to sell a portion of his property to a developer planning to invest tens of millions of dollars and bring in hundreds of jobs, said an attorney for the developer.