Eutaw

On March 5, 2009, BERNICE B.; beloved mother of Angela Booker. She is also survived by two granddaughters, two godsons, host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives. Friends may call at the Estep Bros. Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place, Friday 1 to 7:30 P.M. Family will receive friends Saturday 10:30 to 11 A.M at St. James Episcopal Church, 205 S. Augusta Avenue, mass will follow. Entombment Loudon Park Cemetery.

Play `Annie' performance Little orphan Annie comes to the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, 12 N. Eutaw St., at 8 tonight. Tickets are $25-$65. Information: 410-547-SEAT or go to france-merrickpac.com. FYI Susan Reimer is off today. Her column does not appear.

The Lord called MICHAEL EUGENE BUTLER home on December 5, 2007 from his battle with MS. Viewing will be held on Monday, December 10, 2007 from 11 to 7 p.m. at Estep Brothers Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217. A Wake will be held on Tuesday, December 11, at 12 noon immediately followed by Funeral Services at 12:30 p.m. at Pennsylvania A.M.E. Zion Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Ave., 21201.

On November 14, 2007, OLIVIA V.; first daughter of Dorothy and William Robertson, She is survived by one son Travis, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives. Friends may call at the Estep Brothers Furneral Home, P.A., 1300 Eutaw Place, Monday after 1 P.M. Family will receive friends Tuesday, 10-10:30 A.M. at Bethany Baptist Church, 4200 Townsend Ave., (Brooklyn). Funeral Service to follow. Interment Arbutus Memorial Park.

It's hard not to be charmed by a show that warns squeamish theatergoers that it features "full puppet nudity." But what makes the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q special isn't the floppy dummies, though they are oddly beguiling. Nor is it the skill with which the actors manipulate the puppets during the national tour, which is running at the Hippodrome Theatre for two weeks. If you go Avenue Q runs at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, 12 N. Eutaw St., through Dec. 23. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sundays.

Four recently completed projects have been selected for 1999 Preservation Awards from Baltimore Heritage, to be presented during the preservation advocacy group's awards dinner and annual meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple, 225 N. Charles St.Awards will be given to the Can Co. for its conversion of the former American Can Co. complex in Canton to a $30 million commercial center; Mount Calvary Episcopal Church, whose sanctuary at 816 N....

Payne Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, committed to social ministry in the Madison Park neighborhood, is expanding its service to the community as it opens its third outreach building tomorrow.The congregation, at 1714 Madison Ave., will hold an 11 a.m. worship service to celebrate its 102nd anniversary. After unveiling a sign in front of the church proclaiming the street "Payne Memorial Way," the congregation will march three blocks to the new outreach building at 1505 Eutaw Place.

A 24-year-old Baltimore man has been sentenced to three consecutive life terms in prison plus 20 years for murdering two men and shooting a third as they waited at a traffic light while out "cruising" near Lexington Market.Shelby "Muddy" Waters opened fire on the three men Nov. 3, 1997, after a brief spat with the victims over girls that both groups of men were trying to talk to, city prosecutors said.Waters, of the 900 block of Druid Park Drive, received the sentence on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE from Baltimore if you still call us The Sunpaper. ... If you reached fourth grade before realizing that the state with the Great Salt Lake was not spelled "Eutaw." ... If you fully expect to smell vinegar while using the Jones Falls Expressway (but only at night). ... If you went to Thompson's Sea Girt House and never knew what a "girt" was. ... If you know how to carry at least four cardboard plates full of oysters back from the shucking bar, without getting the liquor on your shirt, at a bull-n-oyster roast.

Ground was broken for a housing development in Bolton Hill this week that will be built at the former site of Eutaw Gardens, a public housing complex at Eutaw Place and North Avenue that was demolished last year.City officials said the $13 million community of 86 brick townhouses, priced at more than $100,000 each, will be known as Spicer's Run. Spicer's Run development is designed to attract young professionals and moderate-income families to city living and to revitalize the area.Pub Date: 7/24/98

On August 10, 2009, EVELYN SMITH PARKER. She is survived by nieces, nephews, in-laws, and other relatives. Friends may call at the Estep Brothers Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place, Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Family will receive friends Monday, 10 to 11 a.m. at Berea Temple of Seven Day Adventists, 1901 Madison Avenue. Service to follow. Interment Middle Ridge Memorial Park.

In loving memory of CALVIN H. BARNES. Memorial Service will be held July 20, 2009 Estep Brothers Funeral Services P.A., 1300 Eutaw Place 10:00 A.M.

JOAN E. BAILEY died 5/21/09. Services will be at Estep Brothers Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place on 5/30/09 at 9:30 a.m. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.

THE PROBLEM: A broken traffic light was sending mixed signals to some North Avenue drivers. THE BACKSTORY: You may remember two-time Maryland candidate Mike Schaefer, a recurring character in columns by Watchdog colleague Laura Vozzella. (No, he's not related to the former governor but yes, he was the one who called Sheila Dixon a "queen for a day.") Schaefer makes a brief appearance here because he requested assistance solving a mystery he encountered while traveling west on North Avenue.

On March 5, 2009, BERNICE B.; beloved mother of Angela Booker. She is also survived by two granddaughters, two godsons, host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives. Friends may call at the Estep Bros. Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place, Friday 1 to 7:30 P.M. Family will receive friends Saturday 10:30 to 11 A.M at St. James Episcopal Church, 205 S. Augusta Avenue, mass will follow. Entombment Loudon Park Cemetery.

On February 10, 2009, MERLEE S. PERKINS. Friends may visit the family-owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Monday after 8:30 AM. The family will receive friends on Tuesday at 10 AM. Funeral service will follow at 11 AM at the Masonic Temple, 1301 Eutaw Place. Interment 10:45 AM Wednesday at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery.

On January 10, 2009, ROBERT. Visitation 2140 N. Fulton Ave. Monday 3 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends Tuesday at Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 1307 N. Eutaw Place 10:00 A.M. funeral to follow at 11:00 A.M.

On December 1, 2008, SHAWN, beloved son of Andrea Peace, dear grandson of Addelbert Ray, Charlotte Weems, William Law and Amelia Weems-Howard. He is also survived by four sisters, one brother, six aunts, two uncles and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call on Sunday, December 7, 2008 from 11 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. at the Estep Bros. Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place. Family will receive friends on Monday 11 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. at the New Elizabeth Baptist Church, 4901 Park Heights Ave. Funeral Services to follow.

The problem : A downtown crosswalk is poorly marked, leaving pedestrians at risk. The backstory : Ben Nuckols is too chicken to cross the road - at least, Pratt Street at Eutaw Street. The painted crosswalk stripes are extremely faded and sometimes completely missing, particularly on the east side of the intersection. Nuckols said that's a problem for impatient drivers lined up to turn left from southbound Eutaw onto Pratt, in front of the new convention center hotel. Most "don't realize it's a crosswalk, and they've generally been waiting a while to turn left and it's a pretty short light," Nuckols said.

City liquor board revokes permits of store, bar 2 The city liquor board revoked the license this week of a Park Heights store owner after finding him guilty of selling alcohol to a minor for the fourth time in three years. Jong Sub Park, owner of J&J Discount Liquors in the 5100 block of Park Heights Ave., has 180 days to sell his liquor license, according to liquor board Chairman Stephan Fogleman. Liquor board commissioners also reached an agreement with the owners of Club Mate, a Brooklyn bar that residents and police say is the site of gang activity, to sell the liquor license in the next 60 days.