NEWS
By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun | May 13, 2013
A man was found badly injured outside a home on fire in East Baltimore on Monday night, and he may have been injured escaping from the flames, the city Fire Department said. The fire was underway at a home in the 800 block of North Luzerne Avenue in the Milton-Montford neighborhood about 9 p.m., Fire Department spokesman Capt. Roman Clark said. The injured man was taken to a hospital in serious condition, and the fire had not spread beyond the house, Clark said. cwells@baltsun.com twitter.com/cwellssun
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | May 13, 2013
A man was fatally shot Monday afternoon in the Ellwood Park neighborhood of East Baltimore, police said. The victim's clothing, including his shoes and other items, could be seen on the sidewalk in the 500 block of N. Decker Ave. as school children, still wearing their backpacks, looked on. Police did not immediately identify the victim, but said he was a 25-year-old who court records show lived in the block. The shooting was reported at about 2 p.m., police said. Anyone with information was asked to call homicide detectives at 410-396-2100.
FEATURES
Tim Wheeler | May 10, 2013
Federal officials announced Friday a major expansion of the “ urban waters ” initiative they kicked off in Baltimore nearly two years ago, adding 11 new blighted water ways around the country to the seven they've already pledged to help clean up and redevelop, including the Patapsco River. Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency and 12 other federal agencies gathered for the announcement this time in Grand Rapids, Mich. A group of kayakers there has teamed up with a private engineering firm to push a $27 million white-water park on the Grand River flowing through the city's downtown.
BUSINESS
By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun | May 10, 2013
John Paterakis Sr. didn't believe it when Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke told him nearly two decades ago that Harbor East's Marriott Waterfront Hotel would spur revitalization from the Inner Harbor to Canton. The city had picked Paterakis' H&S Properties Development Corp. to build the hotel, launching a parallel career for the baker and developer. Today, Paterakis marvels at the upscale shops, luxurious living spaces and top-flight office space set to line the southeastern Baltimore waterfront - and already booming along it. "You have to give a lot of credit that he was right," said Paterakis, president of H&S Bakery Inc., which grew from a two-man operation that opened in 1943 to a baking empire spanning more than two dozen states.
BUSINESS
By Scott Dance and Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun | May 10, 2013
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.
NEWS
By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun | May 5, 2013
Three men were shot in East Baltimore on Sunday night, and all are expected to survive their injuries, city police said. The men were shot in the 2900 block of East Monument Street after 7 p.m., police said. One man was shot in the hand, one in the abdomen and one shot in the leg, said Detective Vernon Davis, a police spokesman. Two of the victims left in a car and were stopped by police about a mile away, near the intersection of Orleans Street and North Duncan Street, and taken to a local hospital.