Locations

Beginning at 10:30 Saturday night, ice will be distributed to city residents at the following locations: 4501 Reisterstown Road 601 Cherry Hill Road 1700 N. Gay St. 1601 Baker St.

Dickey's Barbecue Pit, a Dallas-based barbecue chain, will open a location in Abingdon on Thursday. Former Harford County Public Schools teacher and administrator Mark Buzminsky will operate the fast-casual restaurant on Emmorton Road. He plans to open several more locations in the area. Dickey's was picked this year as a Top 10 growth chain by Nation's Restaurant News. Buzminsky has been looking at potential franchises for three years and thought the Dickey's concept would be a good fit near schools and military bases.

The Harford County Department of Public Works, Recycling Office has announced the location and availability of recycling for Christmas trees and similar greenery following the holiday season. The Harford Waste Disposal Center Yard Trim Facility will be open Monday through Saturday, from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. The Harford Waste Disposal Center Yard Trim Facility is at 3135 Scarboro Road in Street. The Tollgate Yard Trim Drop-off site will be open on Saturdays only from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Tollgate Yard Trim Drop-off site is at 703 N. Tollgate Road in Bel Air. For additional information, contact Robert Ernst, recycling program ,manager for Harford County, 410-638-3417 or crernst@harfordcountymd.gov .

Nutritional studies and an increase in consumer knowledge have put the benefits of organic and all-natural foods in the national spotlight. If simpler ingredients are proven to be healthier for humans, should we consider the same standards for our pets? Bark! Pawsitive Pet Food thinks so. What makes Bark! remarkable is its dedication to humane, eco-friendly sourcing for products, whether it's organic food and treats (all made by American brands) or beds, leashes and toys crafted from recycled materials.

Below is a list of the 10 locations where the most citations from the school zone speed cameras were issued. The citations shown were issued between November 2011 through December 2012. School(s) Location Citations Hours Centennial HS/ES and Burleigh Manor MS Centennial Lane (Ellicott City) 4,378 463.68 Long Reach HS Old Dobbin Road (Columbia) 3,695 322.76 Hollifield Station ES Rogers Avenue (Ellicott City) 2,937 250.9 MD School for the Deaf Old Montgomery Road (Columbia)

Pool supplier NAMCO LCC is closing four Maryland locations, the company announced Friday. The stores, in Glen Burnie, Perry Hall, Westminster and Frederick, will close after their inventory is sold. Deep discounts will be offered on inventory beginning Saturday, NAMCO said. In all, the company is closing 14 stores. In addition to the Maryland locations, stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey will close, according to a statement from the company. The New Jersey stores operate under the name Branch Book.

Merritt Athletic Clubs and the Michael Phelps Swim School are partnering on additional swim-school locations. The Michael Phelps Swim School will expand from a single location at Meadowbrook Aquatics Center to include the Merritt Athletic Clubs' Towson, Eldersburg and Canton locations. Swim classes include personal safety, stroke development, water sports and games, personal growth and rescue skills.

Fans at the Super Bowl sometimes have to tough it out. Here are five games whose site was less than ideal: Location Year Result Skinny New Orleans 1975 Steelers 16, Vikings 6 Played outdoors at Tulane Stadium in 39-degree weather. Pontiac, Mich. 1982 49ers 26, Bengals 21 Traffic jams created major pre-game problems. Minneapolis 1992 Redskins 37, Bills 24 Outdoor attractions were at a minimum. Atlanta 2000 Rams 23, Titans 16 Ice storm hit city day before the game. Jacksonville, Fla. 2005 Patriots 24, Eagles 21 Not enough hotel rooms and restaurants.

Could Crumbs cupcakes be saved by Dippin' Dots? Just days after the financially troubled Crumbs Bake Shops Inc. closed all 48 stores, including three at malls in the Baltimore area, the New York specialty chain stands to be acquired as part of a voluntary bankruptcy. And some of the shops, known for their oversized, gourmet cupcakes, could re-open. The investors, a joint venture created by Dippin' Dots ice cream owner Marcus Lemonis LLC and Fischer Enterprises LLC, announced Friday they will provide financing in hopes of acquiring the chain through a bankruptcy auction.

Two of the city's six mobile speed cameras were moved to new locations this week: One on northbound Van Dusen Road, between Laurel Park Drive and Olive Branch Way; and another on Sandy Spring Road, near Phillip Powers Drive. The cameras were installed and activated Monday, July 18, in anticipation of schools opening next month, according to city officials. Other speed camera locations in the city include one on Seventh Street, at Main Street; two on Cherry Lane; and a second camera on Van Dusen Road.

Last fall, Timonium - home to the state fair and a head-spinning number of chain businesses - welcomed a city favorite, Ryleigh's Oyster. Since then, the Baltimore County version (it calls itself Ryleigh's Oyster Hunt Valley) of the Federal Hill staple has seen steady crowds regularly fill its tidy, well-designed space. On a recent Friday evening, with the location's one-year anniversary weeks away, Ryleigh's hummed along at an appropriately brisk pace. It was the end of the workweek for many in the area, and both bar areas (one near the front entrance and another in the back)

I attended the Baltimore Book Festival on Saturday and was pleased with the Inner Harbor location ( "Book Festival gets positive reviews on Inner Harbor move," Sept. 27). As opposed to the Mt. Vernon area, there was much more room for the crowds to navigate the festival, and being close to the Harborplace restaurants was a definite plus. When the Inner Harbor was first developed there were frequent festivals on the promenade and Rash Field during the summer months. In recent years that has been lacking, and the Book Festival filled that void if only for one weekend.

Baltimore police are looking for witnesses in the beating of a wedding photographer near downtown. Eric Suydam remains at Maryland Shock Trauma after being robbed Saturday, said family friend Jim Sheckells. Suydam, 22, was working as a wedding photographer nearby, Sheckells said, when he went to his car to grab something and was beaten and robbed Police found him unconscious on the sidewalk in the area of Plowman and South Front streets at about 10 p.m. without any identification and labeled him a "John Doe. " A police report said he was bleeding from his mouth, nose and back of the head.

A running debate among my friends is which Baltimore bar has the most prime location. We all prioritize different elements, but the answer always seemed clear in my mind: 1629 Thames St., the peninsular Fells Point spot that most recently housed Shuckers for an eight-year run that ended last summer. When I first arrived in Baltimore in 2008, we would often visit Shuckers, for bar crawls, happy hours and late at night. We could drink on the patio and enjoy the view of the harbor, and the atmosphere was laid-back.

Anne Arundel County Police said Tuesday that a teen with developmental disabilities who was reported missing from the Tracy's Landing area has been found. The 15-year-old had been missing since 12:47 p.m. Tuesday, triggering a police "critical" alert, but at about 3:30 p.m. police said he had been found unharmed.

An inner-city Baltimore grocery chain is closing its stores, delivering a blow to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's efforts to eliminate the city's "food deserts" and provide more residents with healthy eating options. An official of Stop Shop Save, a minority-owned business that has been a Baltimore mainstay since 1978, confirmed Tuesday that it had already closed five stores and will close the last one — on Harford Avenue in Oliver — leaving neighborhoods across the city without a convenient grocery store.

We knew these were coming, but they managed to open without our noticing. We need some new scouts. Stone Mill Bakery opened a second cafe a few months ago in the Stevenson Village Shopping Center. It operates much like the one in Green Spring Station , except there's no dinner service and none planned for now. Ordering is done at a counter, but the food is delivered to the table. The cafe is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. And last month, Greg Nalley opened his second Nalley Fresh location on Schilling Circle in Hunt Valley.

Expect to see a lot more Smoothie Kings pop up over the next couple of years. The New Orleans-based franchise company wants to open 10 new stores in the Baltimore area, part of a push to add 1,000 new franchised and corporate locations in five years. The chain now has more than 500 stores, but considers the mid-Atlantic a strong growth area. It's specifically targeting Baltimore, Washington and New York. Besides smoothies, the stores offer energy bars, snacks and vitamin supplements.

Could Crumbs cupcakes be saved by Dippin' Dots? Just days after the financially troubled Crumbs Bake Shops Inc. closed all 48 stores, including three at malls in the Baltimore area, the New York specialty chain stands to be acquired as part of a voluntary bankruptcy. And some of the shops, known for their oversized, gourmet cupcakes, could re-open. The investors, a joint venture created by Dippin' Dots ice cream owner Marcus Lemonis LLC and Fischer Enterprises LLC, announced Friday they will provide financing in hopes of acquiring the chain through a bankruptcy auction.

A fire badly damaged a recently-renovated building at Sagamore Farm in northern Baltimore County Monday night into Tuesday, the farm's management and Baltimore County fire officials said. The fire, which occurred in the 3500 block of Belmont Avenue in Reisterstown, began around 11:28 p.m. Monday and was under control by 1:18 a.m. Tuesday, Baltimore County fire officials said in a statement. Tom Mullikin, manager of Sagamore Farm - which is owned by Under Armour founder Kevin Plank - said in a statement the fire took place at "our newly constructed employee quarters" and caused "significant" damage.