Locust Point

Housing slumps aside, home buying is usually brisk in the spring and early fall, slowish in the summer and really slow this time of year, as buyers set aside visions of settlement tables for sugar plums. So does it make sense to try to time the market if you've got something to sell? Inquiring minds, and a reader who needs to unload a Locust Point house in the next six months, want to know. I turned to Dave Wright with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Annapolis, a real estate agent since 1976.

To get the bridge near her Locust Point home fixed, Karen Johns says she'll stand naked with a sign. No one wants it to come to that, but after nearly a decade of ignored letters, phone calls and so many appeals to politicians that she's lost count, it just might. "I'm just afraid the bridge is going to collapse one day," she says. "I've been trying to get someone to take care of this for 10 years. "I don't care how safe they tell me it is. I'm not in another world that I can't see what's right and what's wrong.

Baltimore's new Roman Catholic archbishop removed a priest who was pastor of three South Baltimore parishes for offenses that include officiating at a funeral Mass with an Episcopal priest, which violates canon law. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien personally ordered the Rev. Ray Martin, who has led the Catholic Community of South Baltimore for five years, to resign from the three churches and sign a statement yesterday apologizing for "bringing scandal to...

Advertising.com Inc., the Baltimore company that started with an idea in a college dormitory room and was bought three years ago by America Online Inc., will remain a corporate fixture along the city's waterfront - though it might also expand elsewhere as it grows, the company said yesterday. The online marketing and advertising company has reached an agreement to extend its lease at its Tide Point headquarters in Locust Point. With its lease set to expire late this year, the growing technology company underwent a competitive search process that included Baltimore and the surrounding area, as well as in the Washington area, said Lynda M. Clarizio, president of Advertising.

Suddenly, on August 16, 2007, ROBERT L. FRONCKOSKI ; dearest husband of Donna L. (nee Bloom); devoted father of Robert T. Fronckoski and Amy M. David and husband Jeremiah; beloved son of Joan F. Fronckoski and the late Robert L. Fronckoski, Sr. loving son-in-law of Jo Ann Bloom and the late Thomas Bloom; dear brother of Gary Fronckoski and Nancy Furman and husband Michael; loving grandfahter of Jeremiah, Bradley, Kiera and Owen David; Also survived by...

City leaders expressed renewed concern over the safety of Baltimore's industrial rail lines after a CSX Transportation tanker carrying motor oil tipped off the tracks in South Baltimore yesterday. No fuel spilled and no one was injured in the accident in Locust Point, a longtime industrial area that has undergone a resurgence in new homes and corporate offices. It was the second time in less than a month that a CSX freight train derailed in South Baltimore. Mayor Sheila Dixon, in a statement, called the incident alarming.

Amayor, transportation officials and road planners underestimated the diminutive woman with the black beehive, whose tenacious love of her Locust Point community and knack for grass-roots organizing changed the course of Interstate 95 during the 1970s. Ann Shirley Doda, who died Wednesday of a heart attack at her Fort Avenue home, successfully stopped I-95 and a proposed bridge from being built over historic Fort McHenry. The retired funeral home owner was 74. In 1972, Mrs. Doda and her husband, Victor, organized the Locust Point Civic Association to fight an elevated highway that would have sliced through their community as the final inner-city link of I-95 between Washington and Delaware.

Baltimore-based Under Armour Inc. is planning to add 350 employees at a site in walking distance of its waterfront headquarters, significantly increasing its city work force at a time when it is aggressively expanding into new markets. The sports apparel company expects to open offices in a building now used as a warehouse and freight terminal in Locust Point. Baltimore developer Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse has a contract to purchase the 7.2-acre property, between Beason Street and Key Highway, and wants to do a $14.2 million renovation if it can get zoning approval.

Preservation law saved Locust Point What do the obituary of Baltimore legend Ann Shirley Doda ("She stood up for Locust Point," Oct. 12) and the article about the reuse of Fort Howard ("Former fort to house vets," Oct. 12) in Friday's Sun have in common? The underlying federal law that made the U.S. Department of Transportation build a tunnel for Interstate 95 instead of a bridge over Fort McHenry and made the Department of Veterans Affairs think about alternatives to demolition at Fort Howard.

In Baltimore CityPlanning Commission OKs plan for site at Locust PointA local developer's plan to convert the Procter & Gamble Co. soap-making plant into a $53 million office and retail complex called The Point passed a key hurdle yesterday when the city Planning Commission approved a bill that would allow the project to be carried out as an "Industrial Planned Unit Development."Conversion of the property at 1422 Nicholson St. by Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse is expected to bring up to 2,000 jobs to Locust Point, an area decimated by closings of manufacturing plants.

On October 16, 2009 JOSEPH FONTE "Junior", dearest husband of the late Margaret Fonte (nee Riddell), devoted father of Joseph E. Fonte and wife Keli, Marlene Vogel and husband Ed, and Kimberly Blueford, loving brother of Harry Fonte and Dorothy Nazarenus, beloved grandfather of Jeffrey Vogel, Jennifer McMillian, Stephanie Lilly, Kayla and Ryan Blueford, loving great-grandfather of Kobe and Landon Lilly, Aaron and Abby McMillian and Gabriel and Olivia Vogel....

On October 7, 2009 CATHERINE R. RASINSKI (nee Lenivy) of Uniontown, PA., formerly of Locust Point, MD., dearest wife of John H. Rasinski "Wahoo", beloved daughter of the late Peter and Johanna Lenivy, devoted mother of Peter Lenivy, John H. Rasinski, Jr. and wife Monica, Katherine Whoolery and husband George and Paulette R. Cavey and husband Jack, dear mother-in-law of the late Patricia Lenivy. Mrs. Rasinski was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters, she is survived by six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and many other loving nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

On September 23, 2009, Raymond E. Baumann. Dearest husband of Tegan Beth Baumann (nee Harby). Devoted father of Kemp M. Buettner and wife Jennifer A. Beloved brother of Betty A. Fletcher and husband Adrian. Loving grandfather of Lucas Kemp and Scarlett Lynn Buettner. Also survived by many other loving relatives and friends. Family will receive friends at the Christ United Church of Christ,1308 Beason Street, Locust Point, MD 21230 on Saturday October 3, 2009 from 6 to 7 P.M. A memorial service will follow in the church at 8:00 P.M. Family request in lieu of flowers contributions be made to the Christ United Church of Christ.

Baltimore City is getting a touch of Venice with a fleet of water taxis to whisk commuters downtown from Fells Point, Canton and Locust Point via the Inner Harbor. Even if the snappy blue-and-white vessels aren't quite on a par with Venice's famed Vaporettos, they certainly make city commuting more scenic, and on top of that, they're free. But should they be? The system, which is being expanded with a $1.6 million federal stimulus grant, costs about $150,000 a year to operate. But so far, it's only attracted about 90 passengers a day, which seems a lot for a relative handful of commuters, most of whom probably could afford at least a token fare.

Using a new grant of federal stimulus money announced Tuesday, Baltimore plans to build a network of water taxis to carry workers year-round among the burgeoning neighborhoods of Canton, Fells Point and Locust Point. The grant will allow the city to make pier improvements and buy two additional boats, significantly expanding a free, commuter-oriented service that began on a small scale in May. The runs between Fells Point and Tide Point have attracted a regular daily ridership of about 90 in less than three months, said Jamie Kendrick, deputy director of the Baltimore Department of Transportation.

On May 31, 2009, HARVEY PACK. Born August 19, 1964. Survived by his wife Sue Pack; mother Ida Pack; brothers Mike and Pat; step sons, Frank, Jerry and Tommy; grandchildren Helen and Frank. Memorial service will be held at the Church of the Redemption, 1401 Towson Street, Locust Point on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 4 P.M.

Megan Cameron-Scott, a Baltimore City School Teacher from Atlantic City, NJ and Theodore Scott, also known as "T.C.", from Locust Point, MD announce their marriage after eloping in the Baltimore City Courthouse on Friday, February 13th. The couple reside together in East Baltimore with their "daughter" (a pitbull named Dutchess) and 3 kitties.

The time is 3:30 p.m. Mark Manureman, a maintenance supervisor, hears gunshots in a luxury loft on the 19th floor of Silo Point, a new condominium complex built in an old grain elevator in Locust Point. The cops come and confront the nervous super. "How old are you?" He answers 34. "Why are you shaking?" "Because I saw something I've never seen before." "What?" "I saw a man, and I think he's dead. I didn't know what to do so I called 911." Manureman is really Baltimore Police Officer Ron Teufer.

Changes tarnish Fells Point's charm I take exception to Elizabeth Large's article "Miss Irene's comes back as bistro" (Dec. 17). Most residents of Fells Point who have lived here over the period she refers to as the neighborhood's "gentrification" would disagree with that terminology. I, for one, moved here in 1979 because the neighborhood was a little bohemian, culturally mixed and somewhat seedy. It was a fine place to be. Folks were friendly, many were artistic and there were plenty of genuine characters.

On November 12, 2008, ROSE MARIE LEAKE, beloved wife of Robert M. Leake, Sr., loving mother of Debbie, Robert Jr., Christina, Kevin, Lisa, and Bobby. Predeceased by daughter Victoria. Also survived by many loving grandchildren, great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and other loving relatives and friends. Funeral Services will be held at Charles L. Stevens Funeral Home Inc., 1501 E. Fort Ave., Locust Point, MD., on Saturday at 10am. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Family invites friends to call at the funeral home, on Friday 3-5 and 7-9pm.