NEWS
Dan Rodricks | February 9, 2013
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti says the team will make plans for a statue of Ray Lewis to honor The Great Mufasa for his stellar football career in Baltimore. And that's a good idea, but what about Lenny Moore ? First things first, please. "Without a doubt Ray Lewis is one of the greatest middle linebackers in NFL history, if not the greatest," says Marvin "Doc" Cheatham, coordinator of a Lenny Moore statue committee that formed a couple of years ago. "However, there must be a statue made this year, when the great Lenny Moore turns 80 years young, to finally recognize him for his great athletic accomplishments, but also for his outstanding and long-standing contributions to just about every public service and philanthropic cause Maryland has had. "We can talk about many athletes, but none in the history of Maryland has given to the community for as long, in as many areas, to just about every cause imaginable and without due recognition and thanks.
NEWS
By Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson | February 4, 2013
This is the story of a can-do, adorkable girl-in-the-city and her wacky entourage of colleagues who spoof the vagaries of a media conglomerate - and joust with their lovable anti-hero boss - to make comedy and some sense of the world. Could be the tagline of 30 Rock. Could also be a tagline for the '70s Mary Tyler Moore Show. And so, as 30 Rock winds down its seven seasons with the show's finale Thursday on NBC, I've been thinking about these comedy classics' quirky parallels.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | January 22, 2013
Ryan C. Moore, a state beverage company sales manager who was also an avid sports fan, died Friday of an apparent heart attack. The Jarrettsville resident was 38. Mr. Moore was on his way to an appointment when stricken and was transported to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, where he was pronounced dead, family members said. Born in Baltimore and raised in the Loch Raven neighborhood of Baltimore County, Mr. Moore was a 1992 graduate of Loch Raven High School. During his high school years, he lettered in several sports and was selected as Baltimore County Athlete of the Year in 1992.
FEATURES
By Dave Rosenthal | December 12, 2012
I'd love to see "The Other Wes Moore," developed into a movie, as Oprah Winfrey is planning. The book, by a former Johns Hopkins student named Wes Moore, focuses on the factors that can affect whether a child grows into a meaningful life or is dragged down into depair. It's a cautious tale for American cities such as Baltimore, where dangers of crime and addiction derail many lives each year. Moore contrasts his own upbringing with that of another Wes Moore, one who was involved in a notorious crime in Baltimore County.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun | December 11, 2012
Alleyn Wagandt Moore, a gardener who was a judge in national horticultural competitions, died of cancer Nov. 21 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The North Baltimore resident was 92. Born Alleyn Hays Wagandt in Baltimore, she was a great-granddaughter of William James Dickey, the 19th-century textile mill owner. Raised in Catonsville and later on Blythewood Road, she was a 1937 Bryn Mawr School graduate who also earned a bachelor of arts degree at Bryn Mawr College. In 1944, she married Dr. J. Raymond Moore, a dentist who practiced on West University Parkway.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Rebecca Messner, For The Baltimore Sun | December 11, 2012
When Wes Moore swings a sledgehammer, he does it with his whole body, with the easy confidence of someone who's used to manual labor. It's early on a Saturday morning, and Wes is one of a couple dozen volunteers who have gathered in the Oliver neighborhood of East Baltimore to break up the concrete of old row house foundations in preparation for a park. The project is called Operation Oliver, and it's orchestrated and executed by the 6th Branch, a group of military veterans who are hoping to make change at home.