NEWS
By Julie Scharper and Chris Korman, The Baltimore Sun | August 30, 2012
Drivers are urged to plan alternate routes to travel through downtown Baltimore, as significant road closures are slated to begin Thursday evening to prepare for the second annual Grand Prix of Baltimore. At 8 a.m. Thursday, Baltimore Police warned drivers to expect delays on 395 due to the Grand Prix. Traffic is diverted to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Pratt Street from MLK to Paca Street is currently closed and Conway Street is currently closed. Light Street between Key Highway and Pratt Street, and Howard Street between Lombard and Pratt streets will be closed beginning at 7:30 p.m. The northbound Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard exit to Russell Street will close at 1:30 p.m., shortly after the start of the Orioles game.
NEWS
By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun | August 21, 2012
The derailment that killed two young women in Ellicott City Tuesday morning adds one more incident to a long history of CSX trains leaving the tracks in Maryland - from little-remembered events in the company's own railyards to the spectacular fire in the Howard Street Tunnel in 2001. It could be months before federal investigators determine the cause of the bizarre tragedy that occurred overnight in the historic Howard County mill town. The facts that emerged Tuesday suggested the fatalities were largely the result of trespassing on the tracks.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun | October 8, 2011
James "Jimmie" Judd, a well-known antiques dealer recalled for his elaborate homes and discerning eye for art, died of prostate cancer Thursday at his Inner Harbor home. He was 82. Born in Baltimore and raised on East North Avenue at Collington Avenue, he attend city public schools until he was in the eighth grade. "He was severely dyslexic," said his wife, Barbara Katz Judd, who had owned the old White Coffee Pot restaurant chain. "He was a rags-to-riches story and had a reading disability that he was able to transcend later in life.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun | October 1, 2011
Barney "Barr" Harris, who was born above his father's Howard Street cabinetmaking business and turned it into a successful antiques auction house, died of dementia complications Thursday at Arden Court in Pikesville. The longtime Bolton Hill resident was 94. "His auctions were like the original 'Antiques Road Show,'" said John Huppert, a collector who lives in Charles Village. "You sat there and were entertained and informed. You learned as he spoke. It was a delightful spectacle.
NEWS
Jacques Kelly | September 30, 2011
The door at 831 N. Howard St. swings open to one of Baltimore's more charming salesrooms. But Friday, when I stopped by the place known as the Imperial Half Bushel, it was a dispiriting and depressing sight. The 19th-century walnut and oak showcases were empty. Gone were the silver forks and spoons made by Baltimore silversmiths. The water pitchers, the cups, the napkin holders had disappeared. Sometime between Sept. 17 and Sept. 20, thieves looted $100,000 worth of silver from this little shop located on a stretch known as Antiques Row. Fred and Nancy Duggan and their son, Patrick, opened their silver business in 1976.
EXPLORE
August 11, 2011
Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Stephanie Johnson, 30, of the first block of Pritchard Avenue, was arrested Wednesday on two warrants in cases in which she was charged with fourth-degree burglary, second-degree assault, animal abuse and abandonment of animal. Marc Philippe Steele, 44, of the first block of Liberty Street, was charged Wednesday with being a fugitive from Pennsylvania. A caller in the 1400 block of Old Philadelphia Road reported Saturday vandals broke a window.