Electrical Wiring

Faced with the threat of condemnation, the owners of a dilapidated, low-income apartment complex in Annapolis have promised to begin replacing faulty electrical wiring tomorrow.City officials warned last week that they would condemn Bay Ridge Gardens if the group of investors that owns the worn, 198-unit development did not begin correcting safety hazards within five days.Housing inspectors uncovered 600 violations, including rusting metal stairs, faulty plumbing and appliances, electrical hazards and outdated stoves, during a two-month inspection finished in December.

Annapolis city officials are threatening to condemn a dilapidated, low-income apartment complex if the owners do not begin correcting safety hazards in five days.The city has given the group of investors that owns Bay Ridge Gardens a deadline of March 1 to start fixing faulty electrical wiring and some 600 other violations discovered during a two-month inspection.This is the first time the city has threatened to condemn an apartment complex since it forced Boston Heights to close in 1989.

Jesse Wyatt shows up every day at the largely deserted Carroll County Career and Technology Center to practice electrical wiring.The North Carroll High School graduate could be working, making money from the skills he has learned during his two years at the vo-tech center.Instead, he is practicing for the National Vocational Industrial Clubs of America Skill Olympics in Louisville, Ky., this week."He's been in every day," said Charles Nightingale, the vo-tech's electrical wiring instructor.