Maryland Avenue

For decades, Ethelda "Miss Peggy" Kimbo was a beloved Annapolitan who befriended midshipmen and charmed diners at the old Little Campus Inn. Her legacy will be commemorated in Annapolis on Saturday, when a stretch of Maryland Avenue will be designated as "Peggy Kimbo Way. " Kimbo grew up in the area and worked at the Little Campus Inn, now Galway Bay. The kitchen at Galway Bay still serves "Miss Peggy's crab cakes," which the restaurant says...

One lane and one shoulder of westbound Route 100 in Anne Arundel County are closed at WB&A Road due to a crash that happened at 8:46 a.m., according to the State Highway Administration. A four-car crash on the outer loop of the Baltimore Beltway at Providence Road closed the left shoulder and left lane at 8:13 a.m., according to the State Highway Administration. Route 7B at Maryland Avenue in Cecil County remains closed in both directions due to a utility problem. The Maryland Transit Administration reported that Train 894 (7:10 a.m. Frederick departure)

Responding to protests, Taneytown City Council has deferred a plan to extend Maryland Avenue from Commerce Street to Route 194.Prospective residents of the Freestate Heights subdivision urged the council on Monday to retain an existing cul-de-sac on Maryland Avenue, leaving Commerce Street as the only access. The affected section of the subdivision is a self-help project of 22 single-family homes sponsored by Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland."Our 8-, 9- and 10-year-olds will ride their bikes in the streets," said parent representative Jodi A. DaRoja.

For decades, Ethelda "Miss Peggy" Kimbo was a beloved Annapolitan who befriended midshipmen and charmed diners at the old Little Campus Inn. Her legacy will be commemorated in Annapolis on Saturday, when a stretch of Maryland Avenue will be designated as "Peggy Kimbo Way. " Kimbo grew up in the area and worked at the Little Campus Inn, now Galway Bay. The kitchen at Galway Bay still serves "Miss Peggy's crab cakes," which the restaurant says...

I'VE BEEN COMMUTING on the Jones Falls Expressway into Baltimore for more than 10 years, and it isn't hard to remember the good old days when backups to Cold Spring Lane were, although annoying, reasonably tolerable. Even when backups became so routine that my feet would automatically pump the brakes when approaching Television Hill, there was no cursing, no teeth grinding and certainly no searching maps for possible alternate routes into the city. The backups were simply like television commercials; no one wants or asks to sit through them but, because they don't last too long, we do. Besides, the heavy traffic on the bottom leg of the JFX was moderately bearable because sometimes we got a taste of true gridlock -- when, without warning, some sinister force would actually back cars up the entire eight miles of the JFX, all the way back to the Beltway.

A stretch of Charles Street that was damaged and closed after a 90-year-old water main broke beneath it and sent torrents of water downhill two weeks ago was reopened Wednesday night, according to Baltimore's Department of Public Works. The stretch reopened - "just in time for holiday travel," the city said - about 8:20 p.m., after being closed between W. North Avenue and W. 21st Street in the city's Charles North neighborhood Nov. 7. All sidewalks, road surfaces and utilities on the street damaged by the break are also fixed, the department said.

New York has Lafayette Street and the 26th Street flea Market. In London, Bond Street is famous for antique shopping. Philadelphia has an Antique Row. But Annapolis, where history is woven into the fabric of the community, makes do with an antique scene scattered throughout the city and the area, rather than a central destination for those seeking interesting, unusual and high-quality period pieces. Shops are clustered on Maryland Avenue, in West Annapolis, with several on West Street near Route 2 and along Ritchie Highway and Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard north into Severna Park.

Of all the trendy pubs and historic restaurants in Annapolis, Bill Clinton chose a dim tavern on Maryland Avenue.That impromptu visit from the leader of the free world Monday was all it took to nudge The Little Campus Inn into the limelight. And it was more than enough to cause a ripple of wistful envy from other hot spots in a city where the owners of even the tiniest pub vie for the title of the political place to be seen."Oh sure, we would have loved to have had him in here," said Rusty Romo, owner of Harry Browne's on State Circle, where politicians and lobbyists go for a dining experience rather than a quick bite before a hearing.

Paramount Pictures will film scenes for the movie "Patriot Games" atthe U.S. Naval Academy Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. Various traffic, parking and gate restrictions will be in effect.* Nov. 30 -- Decater Road will be blocked from Balch Road to Maryland Avenue. No access to Decatur Road from Maryland Avenue or Parker Road. Stribling Walk, the brick sidewalk between Tecumseh Court and Maryland Avenue, will also be closed to pedestrians that day.* Dec. 2-4 -- Gate 3 at Maryland Avenue is closed to all vehiclesand pedestrians.

On April 26, 2008, James G. Horseman Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 7:30 P.M. on Friday, May 2, 2008 at Essex United Methodist Church, 524 S. Maryland Avenue, Essex, MD 21221. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Essex United Methodist Church Daycare, 524 S. Maryland Avenue, Essex, MD 21221.

A stretch of Charles Street that was damaged and closed after a 90-year-old water main broke beneath it and sent torrents of water downhill two weeks ago was reopened Wednesday night, according to Baltimore's Department of Public Works. The stretch reopened - "just in time for holiday travel," the city said - about 8:20 p.m., after being closed between W. North Avenue and W. 21st Street in the city's Charles North neighborhood Nov. 7. All sidewalks, road surfaces and utilities on the street damaged by the break are also fixed, the department said.

A 37-year-old man was stabbed in the back Monday afternoon during what Baltimore police say was an apparent robbery on St. Paul Street near Penn Station and the Jones Falls Expressway. Officers arrested three juveniles within minutes of the attack. Police spokeswoman Nicole Monroe said the victim was rushed to an undisclosed hospital and is expected to survive. The suspects were being questioned Monday evening and could be charged as adults after the investigation is completed. Monroe said the victim was attacked about 3:35 p.m. as he walked in the 1500 block of St. Paul St., at the northern edge of the Mid-Town Belvedere neighborhood.

On December 14, 2009, JUANITA E. BROWN (nee Church); beloved wife Philip J. Brown; devoted mother of Lisa Class, Jessica Frederick, Raymond J. Murphy, II, Philip M. Brown and Tracy Bandell; loving grandmother of Savannah, Jade, Jessica, Travis, Philip, Kayla, Alyssa, and Keeley. Also survived by one brother William R. Church. Friends may call on Saturday at the Essex United Methodist Church, 524 Maryland Avenue, Essex, MD, at 2 P.M., for a memorial service celebrating her life. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

A $65 million retail and housing development proposed to replace the Anderson Automotive dealership at Howard and 25th streets in Baltimore would benefit the surrounding area more if its design were not so inward-oriented, neighboring property owners told city planners Thursday. During the first presentation of plans for the project to Baltimore's Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel, property owners from Remington and lower Charles Village said they would like the developers to consider saving a former church on 24th Street rather than razing it. City planning director Tom Stosur said he was excited about the project but urged the architects to do more to make the design as environmentally sensitive as possible.

I applaud Michael Dresser's and Laura Vozzella's articles, "At what point does safety trump the right to drive" and "A ride for remembering" (Nov. 9) about the respective tragic pedestrian and bicycle deaths of Johns Hopkins student Miriam Frankl and Greater Homewood Community Corp. member Jack Yates. Thomas Meighan, who had numerous drunk driving violations but still kept his license and vehicle, faces charges in connection with Ms. Frankl's death, and Mr. Yates, whose August death is still being investigated by Baltimore City Police, was struck by a truck turning right from Maryland Avenue onto Lafayette Avenue.

A group of bicyclists gathered at a downtown intersection Sunday evening to dedicate a "ghost-bike" memorial to a 67-year-old cyclist killed last week in a collision with a truck. At least 50 people observed a moment of silence to remember John R. "Jack" Yates, whose bike became tangled in the rear wheels of a truck at Maryland and West Lafayette avenues while on his way to the University of Baltimore nearby to drop off a document. As a memorial to Yates, a tire-less bike painted white was chained and locked to a traffic pole at the site of the fatal accident.

An item in South County news in the Anne Arundel edition yesterday gave the incorrect date for the 11th annual Fall Festival of the Maryland Avenue and State Circle Association. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Historic District of Annapolis on Maryland Avenue.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 9/22/98

ARTSCAPE '93, Baltimore's annual celebration of the arts, takes place 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and noon to 10:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday outside the Maryland Institute on Mount Royal Avenue. Baltimore City Public Works Director George G. Balog yesterday announced several changes in traffic patterns in the area that will be in effect during the three-day festival. Some of the changes went into effect Monday.CLOSURES (through 11 a.m. Monday)Already in effect: The 1200 block of Mount Royal Avenue, curb lanes only; 1300 block of Mount Royal Avenue, median (left lanes)

Numerous streets near the Maryland Institute College of Art will be closed as workers prepare for the Artscape celebration that begins Friday, according to the city's Department of Transportation. Dolphin Street between Mount Royal Avenue and Howard Street closed on Friday and will remain shut to traffic through 5 p.m. July 22. Starting 7 a.m. today through July 22, these streets will be off-limits to traffic: * The northside and southside curb lanes of Mount Royal Avenue from North to Maryland avenues.

On April 26, 2008, James G. Horseman Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 7:30 P.M. on Friday, May 2, 2008 at Essex United Methodist Church, 524 S. Maryland Avenue, Essex, MD 21221. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Essex United Methodist Church Daycare, 524 S. Maryland Avenue, Essex, MD 21221.