Liberty Street

Editor's note: Embracing the diversity of newcomers, one neighborhood's children take on a local tyrant to protect them. Once there was a street called Liberty Street, and Liberty Street was lined with white houses that were so much alike it was difficult to tell one from another. This was just the way fat General Pinch and his skinny wife liked it. The Pinches spied on their neighbors all day long. They had nothing better to do. They hated anything that looked like fun. And whenever the Pinches got upset, or angry, or furious, the General would grab his bullhorn and shout "I'll call in the army!"

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Samantha Welch, 20, of the 400 block of Ruby Drive, was charged Monday with driving while her license and privilege were revoked, displaying suspended license, possessing suspended license, negligent driving, passenger age 16 or older in outboard front seat without seat belt restraint, failure to obey properly placed traffic control device instructions, operating...

FireReese: Firefighters responded at 8: 44 a.m. Monday to a fire in the 2600 block of Sandymount Road. Units were out 20 minutes.PoliceWestminster: A resident of Liberty Street told police Sunday that his bicycle was stolen from the first block of Bond St. The loss was estimated at $150.Pub Date: 12/18/96

NEW YORK -- A renewed search for human remains at Ground Zero will be expanded to a service road there, several area streets and the rooftops of two nearby buildings, Mayor Michael R Bloomberg announced yesterday. Two city and state agencies looking into the recovery of remains at the World Trade Center site expressed particular concern about a 60-foot-wide service road running the length of the site from Liberty Street to Vesey Street. That road, just inside the trade center's western edge, was rebuilt in March 2002 as part of the post-Sept.

FireWestminster: A resident of Liberty Street told police Friday that someone threw a paint ball at her home. Damage was estimated at $200.Westminster: A resident of Eckard Court told police Thursday that someone punctured the tires on his motorcycle while it was parked outside his home. The loss was estimated at $325.Pub Date: 5/07/97

POLICE* Westminster: An employee of Cranberry Exxon reported to city police that a motorist filled the tank of his car with gasoline and drove off without paying Wednesday. He said the theft was $21.13.FIRE* Westminster: Westminster firefighters responded to a call about a lockout in the 100 block of Liberty Street at 12:49 a.m. Thursday. They were out for 18 minutes.

Three Baltimore men were arrested on drug charges Friday night at Main Street and Washington Road in Westminster, police said.Police said they seized a small quantity of marijuana and cocaine worth an estimated $2,500. Each man was charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and possession of cocaine, marijuana and paraphernalia.Arrested were Carlton J. Moulden, 21, of Pimlico; Winfred E. Cox III, 19, of Walbrook; and Gary L. Hayes Jr., 18, of Forest Park.

Two roads will be closed in downtown Baltimore on Sunday so that heavy equipment can be lifted onto the NationsBank building at Charles and Lombard streets, the Department of Public Works said yesterday.Lombard Street between Hopkins Place and Charles Street, and Hanover Street between Lombard and Pratt Street, will be closed to traffic from 6: 30 a.m. to noon, said a department spokesman.A suggested alternate route is for motorists to travel north on Charles, west on Fayette Street and south on Liberty 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.

The Westminster City Council is expected to award a $2.1 million contract tomorrow night to renovate West Green Street. The project, which includes reconstructing the road and sidewalks between Liberty Street and New Windsor Road, has been in the works for at least two years, said Thomas B. Beyard, the city's director of planning and public works. The street lacks storm water drains, and West Green Street often floods. "The whole street is like a big river when it rains," said Councilman Robert P. Wack, who lives on the street.

Public schools announce plans for bus detours on Bond Street The Westminster City Department of Public Works and Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. have informed the Carroll County Public Schools Office of Transportation Services that the intersection of West Green Street at Bond Street will be closed on or about Oct. 1 and will remain closed for about three weeks. The earlier detour on West Green Street between Old New Windsor Pike and Bond Street will remain in effect until further notice.

Marconi's restaurant already looks a little forlorn: the white marble steps need scrubbing, the impatiens in the flower boxes need watering and the chic black and white awnings need dusting. Until two weeks ago Marconi's restaurant remained a bastion of fading gentility on a downtown street that sometimes forgets its manners. Ali Morsy, the last manager and a waiter for more than 22 years, last week stood on the well-worn steps at the entrance to the restaurant on Saratoga Street and lamented the ending of its 85-year run. He closed the doors June 18. He and Keith Watson, the chef, had kept the landmark restaurant going with a combination of hard work, perseverance and love after Peter G. Angelos, the lawyer and the owner of the Orioles, bought it five years ago. "This location is not doing any good for him anymore," Morsy, 51, says.

CENTRAL Annual run slated for Wednesday The Westminster Road Runners Club will hold its 24th annual Main Street Mile on Wednesday evening in downtown Westminster. One-mile events begin at 7 p.m. at 360 E. Main St. and end near the Westminster library branch at 50 E. Main St. Motorists should be advised that both lanes of East Main Street will be closed to traffic between Colonial Avenue and Liberty Street (Route 27) from 6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to ensure the safety of runners. Information: 410-848-8332.

Editor's note: Embracing the diversity of newcomers, one neighborhood's children take on a local tyrant to protect them. Once there was a street called Liberty Street, and Liberty Street was lined with white houses that were so much alike it was difficult to tell one from another. This was just the way fat General Pinch and his skinny wife liked it. The Pinches spied on their neighbors all day long. They had nothing better to do. They hated anything that looked like fun. And whenever the Pinches got upset, or angry, or furious, the General would grab his bullhorn and shout "I'll call in the army!"

NEW YORK - Charred ruins behind St. Paul's Chapel on Broadway usher visitors into line at what amounts to a national wake. What remains of one decapitated trade tower stands just behind the chapel's cemetery. A dark metal rib cage, three or four stories high, seems oddly reassuring. Yes, it happened. Of course, it did. One comes here to pay respects but also to deal with the lingering unreality of an atrocity. Architects and politicians, whistling past uncertainty, debate the form and size of a memorial to the victims even as many are still coming to terms with 9/11.