Home Delivery

Nate Weiner used to do most of his grocery shopping at the Wegmans in Hunt Valley and the Giant near his Hampden home. Now he orders most of his groceries online from Relay Foods and picks it up at designated spot on Sundays. "I get most of my produce from them," said Weiner, 26, a mechanical engineer and part-time student. "The local stuff is picked that morning. They're some of the best vegetables I've ever had. " While the aspect of fresh and local food is an attraction, the real selling point for him is convenience.

Nate Weiner used to do most of his grocery shopping at the Wegmans in Hunt Valley and the Giant near his Hampden home. Now he orders most of his groceries online from Relay Foods and picks it up at designated spot on Sundays. "I get most of my produce from them," said Weiner, 26, a mechanical engineer and part-time student. "The local stuff is picked that morning. They're some of the best vegetables I've ever had. " While the aspect of fresh and local food is an attraction, the real selling point for him is convenience.

The Sun's daily circulation showed signs of stabilizing in the six months ending Sept. 30, with home delivery - the largest component of the printed newspaper's sales - rising slightly, according to numbers released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Combined readership of The Sun's print edition and its Web site, baltimoresun.com, reached 1.2 million adults on average - or 58 percent of the market. This is the first time the ABC has released total-audience numbers, which newspapers argue is now a more accurate measurement of readership.

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Back in the old days in Howard County, if you wanted a carry-out pizza you had to go to your favorite pizza joint and pick it up yourself. By the time you got it home, it was usually cold, soggy and cardboard-flavored (and we liked it!).But then a certain Pizza Delivery Chain appeared on the county scene, and things haven't been the same since. Suddenly, you could get hot, non-soggy pizza delivered in a reasonable amount of time to your door.Not to be outdone by the new kid in town, many of the establishedpizza purveyors began to offer delivery service.

The Baltimore Examiner, the free tabloid that made its debut two years ago, will launch a Sunday edition this summer, cut home delivery of the newspaper to two days a week and reduce by 80 percent the number of papers printed on days it's not delivered. Denver-based Clarity Media Group Inc., which also owns the Washington and San Francisco Examiners, said all three papers would begin Sunday home delivery to targeted neighborhoods July 13. The Baltimore Examiner will be distributed in boxes, by hawkers and at convenience stores Sunday through Friday, with papers also delivered to homes on Thursdays.

Jeff Semmont is nostalgic for a time he has never experienced. The 32-year-old from Ellicott City thinks fondly of times when residents could leave their homes and cars unlocked, and daydreams about a drive-in movie theater and restaurant where teens can hang out. So it is no wonder that when Semmont sold his dry-cleaning delivery business, he settled into a job that harks back to days gone by. Dressed in a starched white uniform, driving a refrigerated truck...

Jeff Semmont is nostalgic for a time he has never experienced. The 32-year-old from Ellicott City thinks fondly of times when residents could leave their homes and cars unlocked, and daydreams about a drive-in movie theater and restaurant where teens could hang out. So it is no wonder that when Semmont sold his dry-cleaning delivery business, he settled into a job that harks backs to days gone by. Dressed in a starched white uniform, driving a refrigerated...

The Maryland Board of Nursing has added a sixth case in its order suspending the license of an Ellicott City nurse midwife for her alleged actions during home births in recent years — including a case in which Johns Hopkins Hospital was ordered to pay one of the largest malpractice judgments in the state. The newest case cited by the board involved an infant whose delivery was aided by Evelyn Muhlhan and who later died. The baby turned blue shortly after birth and died about a month later at a hospital after being removed from an advanced breathing machine, according her mother, who complained to the board.

Today The Sun is introducing a new weekend home delivery package, Weekend Plus, consisting of the Thursday, Saturday and Sunday papers.All current home delivery weekend subscribers (Saturday and Sunday) will automatically receive Weekend Plus, which on Thursdays features the new "Live" entertainment guide.The Thursday paper will be delivered free to all weekend subscribers until Nov. 30. After Nov. 30, the additional charge will be 25 cents per week.Home delivery subscribers also have the option of Sunday-only delivery.

The online grocer Relay Foods started service in the Baltimore area back in December. Starting this weekend, Relay will offer pickup service for customers who have placed orders online. Previously, the only option for Baltimore customers purchasing groceries from Relay has been home delivery. The pickup locations are Baltimore Clayworks (5707 Smith Ave. in Mount Washington) and in front of Trohv (921 W. 36th St. in Hampden ). The pickups will operate from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Wanda Feagen pulled on her blue United States Postal Service coat and a pair of thick black gloves shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, blinking against a hard wind and waiting for her mail delivery truck to fill up on gas. "Hoo hoo!" she said of the cold weather. Feagen had just set out from the Gwynn Oak post office after cataloging mail since the start of her day at 7:30 a.m., and was on her way to the rolling residential hills nearby to begin her regular weekend delivery route.

At the Dundalk Post Office this week, news that the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service would stop delivering mail on Saturdays beginning in August was greeted with a mix of apathy and understanding. Twenty-four-year-old Jordan Gillis said he wasn't surprised by the announcement. "It'll just be something that people will adjust to," said Gillis, who was running errands Wednesday for the Dundalk Music Center, where he teaches guitar. Paul Tomczewski, 75, said the announcement seemed to be a sign of a wider issue with government finances.

Online grocer Relay Foods of Charlottesville, Va., is rolling out service Tuesday in Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia and plans to offer groceries from local suppliers and farms through home delivery and, eventually, at pick-up sites. Relay, which until now has operated only in the Charlottesville and Richmond markets, sees untapped demand in Baltimore, Zach Buckner, Relay's CEO, said Monday. The company is expanding thanks to its June acquisition of Washington-based Arganica Farm Club, an online farmers' market now serving Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia.

The Maryland Board of Nursing has added a sixth case in its order suspending the license of an Ellicott City nurse midwife for her alleged actions during home births in recent years — including a case in which Johns Hopkins Hospital was ordered to pay one of the largest malpractice judgments in the state. The newest case cited by the board involved an infant whose delivery was aided by Evelyn Muhlhan and who later died. The baby turned blue shortly after birth and died about a month later at a hospital after being removed from an advanced breathing machine, according her mother, who complained to the board.

The recent $55 million jury verdict against Johns Hopkins Hospital is a malpractice outrage, praised by lawyers, as usual, smacking their lips for more of the same ("Waverly family awarded $55 million in lawsuit," June 27). From the article in The Sun, I understand that the Waverly couple, awarded this large sum, Rebecca Fielding and Enso Martinez, waited for hours at home, with Rebecca in futile labor, until they saw the light all of a sudden and ran to Hopkins for rescue. Somehow, as per Mr. Martinez, the obstetrics department at Hopkins was not on its toes to save his child from oxygen deprivation and its attendant complications.

Effective Sunday, Aug. 6, the price for seven-day home delivery will increase from $12.95 to $13.67 per month. The home delivery price for weekend-only service will increase from $7.70 pTC to $8.23 per month. The rates for daily home delivery (Mon.-Sat.) and for newsstand copies will not change. All rates are subject to a 5 percent Maryland sales tax.The increase is the first for home delivery subscribers in this area since 1990. It is necessary because of sharp increases in the cost of newsprint, our crucial raw material.

The unusually heavy snowfall made it impossible for us to deliver yesterday's editions of The Sun to some home delivery subcribers. Every effort will be made to deliver Monday's paper today to those who didn't receive it yesterday. Home delivery subscribers of the Carroll County, Anne Arundel County and Howard County editions will receive a combined edition of The Sun today.We regret any inconvenience to our readers. We plan to resume normal distribution and publishing schedules as soon as weather permits.

I understand the decision you have taken to charge for access to the digital content at The Sun, and frankly I'm glad you've done it. We face a very simple problem: News is expensive to produce. If readers don't pay for the news, it cannot be produced. And of course, without an active, critical, independent press, democracy cannot succeed. I therefore value the service you provide highly, and I'm willing to pay for it. In fact, I already do pay for it: I have subscribed to home delivery service of The Sun for years.