Jasmine

On April 18, 2008, JASMINE MAE JONES - ALI. On Wednesday, memorial services will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Chapel, 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 11-11:30 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

Food **1/2 (2 1/2 stars) Service *** (3 stars) Atmosphere *** (3 stars) When I last ate at Jasmine Asian Bistro three years ago, it was in Towson. With the move to the new Shops at Quarry Lake, the place has upgraded itself. Jasmine is a prettier restaurant now. The contemporary dining room is filled with lots of warm wood, big windows and well-spaced, white-clothed tables. The biggest difference is probably that Jasmine now has a liquor license, not to mention endless free parking in the shopping center's lot. It also doesn't have the competition from other Asian restaurants that it did in Towson.

Jasmine Asian Bistro (2592 Quarry Lake Drive, 410-484-5170) opened a couple of weeks ago in the Shops at Quarry Lake off Greenspring Avenue. Yes, it's the same Jasmine that used to be in Towson, only it has a liquor license in its new incarnation, which it didn't when I reviewed it. The menu is a mixed bag. It's not fusion, but there are sushi and Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese dishes. These are served in a contemporary setting with handsome hard woods, pretty little light fixtures and an Oriental rug or two. Lunch and dinner are served Monday through Friday, with dinner all day on the weekends.

Ratcheting up the cute factor several more notches, Mayor Sheila Dixon is airing a new television ad that focuses on her family, specifically her children. The 30-second spot is Dixon's sixth and the 11th overall in the race. What the ad says: Dixon's children, Josh and Jasmine, are seen talking on a porch. "I'm Josh, the mayor's son," he begins. "Mayor?" Jasmine teases, "You mean ma?" Josh continues: "At home, Mom always asks us a lot, makes sure we rise to the occasion." Dixon is seen standing in the front yard of the house and says, "If you don't ask much of people, you can't expect much."

THE COUNT Homicides since Jan. 1: 213 THE VICTIMS Two people found dead in a house in the 6100 block of MacBeth Drive in Northeast Baltimore were victims of homicide, city police said yesterday. They were identified as Pauline Borum, 60, and her granddaughter, Jasmine Borum, 17. Police said both victims showed signs of trauma to the upper body. Results of autopsies were being awaited, they said. LAST YEAR: Baltimore had recorded 183 homicides as of Sept. 5, 2006. ONLINE: Details and locations of this year's city homicides at baltimoresun.

If there was one soul in the world Jasmine Borum could turn to, it was her grandmother. When Jasmine clashed with her mother, got expelled from high school and rebelliousness took hold, it was Pauline Borum who took Jasmine in, no questions asked. And when Jasmine, 17, felt the world was against her, she knew her grandmother, known affectionately as Nana, wouldn't leave her side. Tuesday morning, grandmother and granddaughter were found dead in their home in the 6100 block of MacBeth Drive in Northeast Baltimore, paralyzing their family members with grief and sending shock through this quiet street just east of Belvedere Square.

On March 29, 2007, JOHN D. McMULLEN, JR., loving father of Jasmine McMullen, caring brother of Jeraldine Williams and Evelyn Stephens. On Tuesday, Mr. McMullen will lie in state at VAUGHN C. GREENE WEST CHAPEL, 5151 Baltimore National Pike, where the family will receive friends from 6-6:30 P.M., with services to follow. Immediately following the interment at Garrison Forest on Wednesday, April 4, 10:45 A.M., the family will receive friends at 5110 Baltimore National Pike. Inquiries to (410)

A Baltimore man whose earlier conviction in the killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter was thrown out by the state's highest court was found guilty yesterday of second-degree murder and could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison, according to prosecutors. A jury heard five days of testimony and deliberated four hours before finding Erik Stoddard, 26, guilty of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault and second-degree child abuse resulting in death, the state's attorney's office said.

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