NEWS
By Erica L. Green, The Baltimore Sun | September 2, 2010
State and local leaders joined the community of Violetville Elementary/Middle School on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the school's brand-new building, which is the first new school facility to be constructed in Baltimore in more than a decade. The $14 million building opened to students Monday, and officials including Gov. Martin O'Malley attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, where members of the community described how the original 81-year-old, deteriorating facility has long had a negative effect on students.
BUSINESS
By Edward Gunts | October 30, 1991
True to their word, developers of $90 million Commerce Place office tower at Baltimore and South streets have re-erected the former entrance of the old Safe Deposit and Trust Co. building, which previously stood on the site, as part of the base of the new tower.Contractors finished work several weeks ago on the reconstructed entrance portal, which was dismantled piece by piece and placed in storage when the Beaux Arts-style bank at 13 South St. was razed four years ago to make way for the replacement project.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | November 18, 2004
Children will move into the new Marley Elementary School after spring break next year, Anne Arundel school facilities officials told school board members yesterday. "I think spring break is an appropriate time because it doesn't interfere with testing schedules," said Bill Wise, assistant superintendent for facilities planning, construction and management. Originally, pupils were to move from the old Marley building in Glen Burnie to the adjacent new building after the winter holiday vacation.
BUSINESS
By Timothy J. Mullaney and Timothy J. Mullaney,Staff Writer | October 10, 1992
Corridors doubling as waiting rooms and crowded surgical preparation rooms are about to become things of the past at St. Joseph as the Towson hospital prepares to open its South Building on Monday.The hospital's staff is praising -- and its patients will soon discover -- how much good $10 million can do."It's like moving to a new hospital for us," said Sherry Eldridge, senior director of nursing for the 460-bed Catholic hospital.The new building is designed to help St. Joseph deal better with patients who must move in and out of the hospital quickly, largely because of pressure from Medicare and other insurers that are trying to keep health care costs down.
NEWS
By Greg Tasker and Greg Tasker,Staff writer | October 17, 1990
WESTMINSTER -- For many students, going to Carroll Community College used to be like going to high school. Or even worse, elementary school."I felt like I was in high school," recalled 19-year-old David Watson of classes CCC previously conducted in its South Center Street building, a former elementary school. "There were even lockers."But the recently opened Washington Road campus -- with its $13.5 million Great Hall -- has changed all that."It's like going to a real college now," said Lisa Love, an early-childhood education major who attends CCC full time.
NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare and Mary Gail Hare,Staff Writer | September 5, 1993
A new church for the St. Joseph Catholic Community in Sykesville has received preliminary approval from the Baltimore archdiocese.The approval came as the pastor, members of the parish Renovation Committee and architects met Thursday with Archbishop William Keeler."