Franklin Street

Centre Street at Eutaw Street, and Franklin Street at Cathedral Street will close at 7 o'clock tonight so that track for the light-rail system can be installed. The intersections will reopen to traffic at 5 a.m. Sunday.Eastbound traffic on Centre Street will be detoured north on Eutaw, east on Monument Street, south on Cathedral and back to Centre.Westbound traffic on Franklin Street will be directed south on Cathedral to Liberty Street, west on Fayette Street, north on Paca and back to Franklin.

Uh, oh, dear readers, the British are coming! Planned for many months, the War of 1812 re-enactment will reoccur this weekend (May 3-5) all over Havre de Grace. Unlike the surprise British attack on the city, May 3, 1813, during which it was sacked and burned, this attack will be coordinated through the Office of Tourism, 1-800-851-7756 or visit http://www.hdgtourism.com . Start Saturday, May 4: join the United Methodist Men for breakfast, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. at the church, 101 South Union Avenue.

As many times as I have stood on the MARC station platform in West Baltimore, I never considered there was a fantastic, Jules Verne-like interior just across Franklin Street. I assumed the fire-damaged brick building alongside the rail tracks was just another derelict structure. After a visit there this week, I learned that one of Baltimore's fascinating industrial archaeological sites endures in the Midtown Edmondson neighborhood. The story of this dusty old West Baltimore ice-making and storage plant has been making the rounds of planners and architects.

As many times as I have stood on the MARC station platform in West Baltimore, I never considered there was a fantastic, Jules Verne-like interior just across Franklin Street. I assumed the fire-damaged brick building alongside the rail tracks was just another derelict structure. After a visit there this week, I learned that one of Baltimore's fascinating industrial archaeological sites endures in the Midtown Edmondson neighborhood. The story of this dusty old West Baltimore ice-making and storage plant has been making the rounds of planners and architects.

On October 15, 2004 TERESA BRAXTON of Mosher Street. On Saturday, Ms. Braxton will lie in state in Nicodemus Baptist Church, 1300 W. Franklin Street. Family hour 10 A.M. Celebration 10:30 A.M. Services entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE P.A., 410-327-3100.

On August 5, 2004, LEONARD "Bobby" Mc KNIGHT, JR., of Flowerton Road. On Saturday Mr. Mc Knight will lie in state in Nicodemus Baptist Church, 1300 W. Franklin Street. Family hour 10 A.M. Celebration 10:30. Services entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A., 410-327-3100.

On November 18, 2004, EDNA F. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue, on Monday 3 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at New St. Johns Baptist Church, 1106 W. Franklin Street, on Tuesday 10 A.M. Funeral at 11 A.M.

On July 4, 2008, Norma Mildred Charlow A graveside service will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 A.M. at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, 730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501, Chicago, IL, 60610-7224.

On November 29, 2004 LILLIAN EVANS of W. Franklin Street. On Saturday, Mrs. Evans will lie in state in Greater Faith Baptist Church, 3000 Huntingdon Ave. Family hour 10 a.m. Celebration 10:30. Services entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A., 410-327-3100.

On December 29, 2007, REV. DR. ANTOINETTE PHILLIPS, of W. Franklin Street. On Thursday, Dr. Phillips will lie instate at 9AM in New Psalmist Baptist Church, 4501 1/2 Old Frederick Road. Family hour 10AM. Celebration 11AM. Services entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A., 410-327-3100.

Baltimore City fire officials say no one was injured in a blaze at a vacant house on West Franklin Street in the city late Saturday night. Firefighters responded to the house around 11:55 p.m. Saturday night, officials said. Upon arrival, companies found heavy fire on all three floors of a vacant house in the 1100 block of W. Franklin Street.  Firefighters began working the blaze, but officials said holes in the floors on upper levels created unsafe conditions, and responders were ordered to evacuate.

A 33-year-old man was shot and killed near the intersection of North Loudon Avenue and West Franklin Street at 4:42 p.m. Sunday, according to the Baltimore Police Department. The man was pronounced dead at Shock Trauma at 5:32, according to Sgt. Anthony Smith. Baltimore City police reported three other shootings Sunday. •Homicide investigators were called to the scene of a shooting at 9:15 p.m. in the 200 block of Herring Court in Southeast Baltimore. The shooter approached a 22-year-old man and shot him multiple times in the head, according to police.

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Patricia Anne Ramirez, 49, of the 400 block of Battery Drive, was arrested Tuesday on a bench warrant in a case in which she was charged with theft less than $500 and theft more than $500. Donald Fitzgerald Taylor, 18, of the first block of Liberty Street, was charged Tuesday with obtaining drugs by fraud, possession of marijuana and two counts of theft less than $1,000. Darrin J. Mitchell, 18, of the 600 block of Aberdeen Thruway, was charged Saturday with possession of marijuana and possession of a drug other than marijuana.

The problem: Why is a lane of a busy downtown Baltimore street closed to traffic during the evening rush? The back story: Charlie Dell has had plenty of time to observe what's been slowing down traffic along Franklin Street just east of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. For more than a month, the Catonsville resident noticed that the southernmost lane of westbound Franklin has been blocked off to allow drivers to enter and exit a garage between Paca and Greene streets near the Social Security Administration building.

For religious leaders, it's a spiritual oasis near the heart of the city. For nature lovers, it's a much-needed green space, open to all. For those who value historic architecture, it symbolizes the failure of the preservation process in Baltimore. Even though it covers no more ground than a tennis court, it's hard to think of another public space with the ability to trigger so many conflicting reactions as the Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden that was dedicated last week. The $1.5 million garden was built as a complement to the recently restored Basilica of the Assumption, which occupies the same block in Baltimore's Cathedral Hill district.

On July 4, 2008, Norma Mildred Charlow A graveside service will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 A.M. at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, 730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501, Chicago, IL, 60610-7224.

Two men, one armed with a knife, robbed a Baltimore man of cash and jewelry early yesterday in Brooklyn Park, county police said.James E. Gollick, 23, told police he was walking along Church Street near Franklin Street when two men approached and demanded money.Gollick refused to give them any and one of the men pulled out a knife and repeated the demand, police said. Gollick gave the man $123, and the man demanded a ring Gollick was wearing. Gollick handed it over and the man threatened to kill Gollick if he called police, then slashed his hand, police said.

On October 18, 2004 CAROL POSTEN MILLER a resident of Oak Crest Village, Parkville, MD beloved wife of William Middendorf Miller, Sr.; devoted mother of William M. Miller, Jr. of Durham, NC, Margaret Miller Jarosinski of Towson, MD, Susan M. Lloyd of Heightstown, NJ and Timothy K. Miller of Chambersburg, PA; dear sister of Patricia P. Noyes of Dataw Island, SC and the late William S. Posten. Also survived by 10 grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Mitchell Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., 6500 York Road (at Overbrook)

On December 29, 2007, REV. DR. ANTOINETTE PHILLIPS, of W. Franklin Street. On Thursday, Dr. Phillips will lie instate at 9AM in New Psalmist Baptist Church, 4501 1/2 Old Frederick Road. Family hour 10AM. Celebration 11AM. Services entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A., 410-327-3100.

Three male strippers drop lawsuit against MdTA police Three male strippers have dropped their lawsuit alleging that Maryland Transportation Authority police officers forced them to pose nude for photographs after a traffic stop. Edward Cloyd of Washington, David A. Lawrence Jr. of Severn, and Derrick Williams of College Park dropped their lawsuit last month, MdTA police officials said yesterday. After a March 2006 performance in Philadelphia, the three exotic dancers were being driven to the Washington area when the driver was pulled over for speeding just south of the Harbor Tunnel on Interstate 895. Police confiscated $9,645 from the three men and charged them with marijuana possession.