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A Sykesville chiropractor and his wife who were arrested last week on drug charges say they were the unwitting victims of a friend who had been living in their home.Howard County police arrested Steven Craig Boesche, 39, of the 13800 block of Forsythe Road and four others, including his wife, Michelle Marie Boesche, 27, during a series of raids Nov. 4. A housemate, Taoufik Benhamd Salah, who police describe as a )) key figure in the ring, also was arrested."I'm not involved with this conspiracy," Mr. Boesche said.

H&S Properties Development Corp. plans to push its Harbor East development east across Central Avenue with an expanded Whole Foods Market, a possible department store and apartments on two sites, baker-turned-developer John Paterakis Sr. said Friday. The developer will convert the one-story, brown-painted H&S Bakery distribution center into one or two floors of retail space, with apartments above, Paterakis said. H&S Bakery revealed intentions last month to move the center to an East Baltimore office park, freeing up the real estate by the end of 2014, he said.

The Sun's recent article about breweries hit the nail on the head ("Md. breweries booming," Nov. 10). As the brewers observe, "...a change in the law - like allowing micro-breweries to self-distribute - would encourage more to get into the business. " Modifying Maryland's distribution laws would ultimately benefit consumers by providing greater choice of products made in Maryland. We consumers have been deprived far too long. James Bauernschmidt, Severna Park

The United Way of Central Maryland's Access to Healthy Food Initiative distributed more than 2.8 million pounds of groceries - enough to fill 56 tractor trailers - to low-income individuals and families, the organization announced Tuesday. Businesses, organizations and individuals, including 89 healthy food drives across the region hosted by Constellation Energy, Johns Hopkins institutions, LifeBridge Health and others, made contributions. The amount of food is nearly double the initiative's first-year goal set when it kicked off in 2011.

Loch Raven Technical Academy, in partnership with the Maryland Food Bank, will be distributing food at the LRTA Food Pantry inside the school, 8101 LaSalle Road, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The program is a new outreach effort at the school. Families in need in the community are invited to come and receive food items. The food bank provides the food for the pantry only on designated dates. The next date after Nov. 19 will be in December. Loch Raven program designed to map a path for students Students in gifted and talented courses in Grades seven, eight and nine and their parents are invited to Loch Raven High School, 1212 Cowpens Avenue in Towson, on Nov. 2, at 6:45 p.m., for a presentation on the choices and challenges as they prepare for their high school and postsecondary education.

Low-income Baltimore County residents will be able to receive surplus federal food at nine sites today through Sept. 25.Applesauce, canned corn, cornmeal, peanut butter, canned pork, flour and canned tomatoes will be distributed from 8:30 a.m. until supplies are gone. Distribution at the Parkton site will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The distribution begins today at the county government building in at Wise Avenue and Merritt Boulevard in Dundalk.The other distribution dates and sites are:* Tomorrow, St. Luke's Church, 7517 North Point Road, Edgemere.

A 31-year-old Ellicott City man who police say was a key supplier ina Columbia cocaine ring pleaded guilty Monday in Circuit Court to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.Timothy Joseph O'Neill of the 8500 block of Spring Harvest Way was part of a local drug distribution network that did $15,000 in business a month, selling cocaine primarily in the Wilde Lake Village Center and the Lakefront area, county police said.He faces up to 10 years in prison at his sentencing Nov. 26 before Judge Cornelius F. Sybert Jr.Police say the case is unusual because O'Neill and others involved in the drug network are affluent, longtime county residents.

The expanded Random House Inc. facility on the edge of Westminster is poised to become the sole national distribution center for all of its titles by mid-2000."

WHEN HARFORD COUNTY began to attract corporations looking to build distribution facilities for their products, some scoffed at the projects as "warehouses" that offered only minimal, low-cost jobs.Whatever weight that argument held, it diminishes with each new project. The other day, Solo Cup Co. announced the final stages of acquisition of a tract near Havre de Grace to build a $20 million warehouse facility.The container-maker's intention to create 75 to 100 jobs initially, and perhaps 250 eventually, is significant in itself, but even more so against the roster of nationally known corporations that have opened similar facilities along Maryland's Interstate 95 corridor in recent years: Mercedes-Benz of North America, Pier One Imports Inc., The Gap, Proctor & Gamble, Saks Fifth Avenue, Michelin Tire Corp.

To cut costs and improve profitability in response to widening losses, Fila USA said yesterday that it will outsource its distribution capabilities to Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc. in Miami.The Sparks-based footwear and clothing company said it expects the restructuring, which will take effect in May, to save the company about $10 million over five years.About 85 Fila employees and an additional 85 temporary employees work at the company's two distribution warehouses in Point Breeze and Brandon Woods.

Furniture mega-retailer Ikea on Tuesday plugged in Maryland's largest rooftop array of solar panels, atop its distribution center in Perryville. The 769,000-square-foot field of panels will generate 3.4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, the company said in a statement. That's the equivalent of avoiding a year's worth of greenhouse gas emission from about 500 cars, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. "As one of the largest rooftop arrays in the country, this installation will ensure that the Ikea Perryville distribution center consumes very little power from the electric grid," said Ed Morris, the manager of the Perryville distribution center.

Ronald J. Biglin, a former business professor and dean of graduate programs at what is now Loyola University Maryland who owned a winery and a distribution company, died Monday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Lutherville resident was 81. "Ron always got outstanding ratings from the students. He taught in the executive program and marketing, plus he had lots of professional experience. For instance, he knew what it meant to do a payroll," said Charles R. "Bob" Margenthaler, who was dean of the business school at Loyola from 1985 to 1992.

H&S Bakery is moving its Harbor East distribution center to an East Baltimore business park, freeing up prime real estate that the breadmaker-turned-developer has eyed for development for more than a decade. The facility, bounded by South Central Avenue and South Eden, Fleet and Aliceanna streets, lies on the edge of the fast-growing shopping, hotel and business district. Its future home, meanwhile, is a development that was once in bankruptcy and has struggled to attract tenants.

Kevin Spacey calls “House of Cards” “the new television series that isn't on television.” And therein lies one of the biggest media stories of the year: Whether spending $100 million to hire an Oscar-winning star and one of the most gifted feature film directors in Hollywood can lead to a TV series compelling enough to change the way viewers have been watching television most or all of their lives. In one of the biggest media gambles of the decade, Spacey, David Fincher, Netflix and a production company you probably never heard of named Media Rights Capital are betting that the 13 episodes of a political drama they created in and around Baltimore last year can alter the basic TV business model that's essentially been in place since the 1950s.

Charles Louis von Nordeck, a jazz guitarist who led a quartet and was later a wine salesman, died of cancer Dec. 25 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 66 and lived in Stoneleigh. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Royden Blaine von Nordeck, a Martin Marietta engineer, and Elizabeth Mary Bell, a homemaker. He grew up in Gardenville and attended City College from 1960 to 1963, when he earned his General Educational Development certificate. Mr. von Nordeck joined the Air Force and became an airplane mechanic.

State regulators considering Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s request for higher rates will hear this week and next from the people least likely to agree: BGE's ratepayers. So far, though, the volume is hardly deafening: Only one person spoke Monday night at the first of five public hearings about the case. "This is pretty sad," said Julie Grudzinskas of Annapolis after giving the evening's only testimony. "It's pathetic, actually. But I know why more people aren't here. ... It's daunting.

WASHINGTON -- The federal and state governments could buy childhood vaccines and distribute them free under a plan being considered by the Clinton administration to ensure virtually all U.S. children are vaccinated.At present, the government says, only 40 percent to 60 percent of preschool children get the recommended shots, and in some inner-city neighborhoods the number is just 10 percent. Health officials say the low level of immunization is one reason for outbreaks of measles and other diseases in the last few years.

At this time of year, many fund investors' thoughts turn to capital gains. That's not surprising because funds are paying out some big ones this year, sometimes on top of losses. That kind of activity prompted several readers to ask about automatically reinvesting gains distributions, and whether it's always a good idea to plow gains back into a fund. Reinvestment is a decision every fund investor should explore before buying a fund. Funds generally reinvest distributions as a matter of course, paying gains out by check only when the customer opts out of the rollover program.

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman moved Tuesday to ban the sale of high-sugar drinks such as soda in parks, libraries and other county properties and at county-sponsored events - hoping yet again to make the county a progressive model. "I believe Howard County government should lead by example," Ulman said. "That's why today I've signed an executive order to increase the availability of healthy beverage options in our county departments and programs. "The vending machines will look different, starting right away," Ulman said at an event in Ellicott City.

In an effort to reverse an "overwhelming increase" in heroin abuse in Ocean City this year, police in Maryland's largest beach resort launched a broad, weeks-long investigation into the local drug trade — resulting last week in the indictments of more than 20 people on felony drug charges. The large bust — which has netted more than 100 bags of heroin — comes at a time when law enforcement agencies across the state have focused on prescription drug fraud and abuse, resulting in prescription addicts unable to obtain the drugs they are dependent on turning to the streets for their fix, said Officer Michael Levy, an Ocean City police spokesman.