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By DAN RODRICKS | September 13, 2009
Heber Brown III, a young pastor from the York Road corridor, could not get to his mother's house on Radnor Road on Thursday night because, at 8:45, Radnor Road became a crime scene. Three men had been shot there, and by 9:15 police officers and detectives with flashlights were all over the place. So Mr. Brown, in a T-shirt and jeans, stood with me on York Road, behind the long streams of yellow police tape slung between street lamps. Mr. Brown, one of the rising leaders in Baltimore's faith community, came from his home a few blocks away with business cards giving his phone number at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church.
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By Nick Madigan | August 18, 2009
Everybody knows that once a bank note has passed through a few hands, it's not the cleanest thing in the world. What you might not know is that, in addition to germs, grime and other visitors, the bills in your wallet probably contain cocaine. Although such traces have been reported in the past, a scientists' group said Monday that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of the paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such as Baltimore, Boston and Detroit. The 90 percent figure represents a significant jump from a similar study conducted two years ago. In the earlier survey, 67 percent of U.S. paper money was found to contain traces of cocaine.
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By Jacques Kelly | July 4, 2009
2 The first tenants are moving into Miller's Court, a $20 million conversion of a North Baltimore factory building designed to house young teachers and non-profit organizations. "There are so many things about this project that give us a smile each day," said Donald Manekin, who worked alongside his son, Thibault, and his Seawall Development Corp. to develop the project. Manekin said that much of the building will house agencies such as Teach for America, Catholic Charities' foster care and adoption division, the Baltimore Urban Debate League, Wide Angle Youth Media, Building Educated Leaders for Life and the Experience Corps.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | May 19, 2009
Clarence Lee Hollenshade III, whose family's automotive repair and former towing company has been a North Baltimore fixture for 70 years, died Friday of heart failure at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The longtime Towson resident was 82. Mr. Hollenshade, who was known as Lee, was born in Baltimore and raised on Beech Avenue in Hampden. While a student at Loyola High School, he began working for his father, who had established Hollenshade's Texaco at York Road and Burke Avenue in 1939.
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By Chris Kaltenbach | April 19, 2009
What makes the Senator Theatre so special? Why all the fuss when it sounded like it might be shuttered? Why is cash-strapped Baltimore proposing to buy it? Why are people flipping through the memorabilia for sale in the building's lobby and walking away in tears? An awful lot of attention over the past few weeks has been paid to a single struggling business, at a time when businesses everywhere are fighting desperately to stay afloat. Why all the concern over one North Baltimore movie theater that's been an economic basket case for years, that employs just 23 people and sometimes strains to attract even that many paying customers?
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By Jacques Kelly | August 23, 2008
H. Mebane Turner now has the time to spend a summer in Ocean City. After nearly four decades in school administration, he's taken off his signature bow tie and put on a sports shirt. Perhaps best known for his many years as University of Baltimore's president, from 1969 to 2002, he recently stepped down after 2 1/2 years in a similar position at Boys' Latin School in North Baltimore. "I made my last alumni call June 30, greeted my successor and left for Ocean City," he said. "I've been taking my son and my step-grandchildren tubing on Assawoman Bay. I've had a home there for 30 years but never had the time to use it for more than 10 days."
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By Julie Scharper | August 23, 2008
A stray kitten that wandered into a North Baltimore backyard this month had rabies, the first city cat or dog found to have the disease in more than 20 years, officials said yesterday. Two people who tried to help the kitten are receiving medical treatment. Others who are concerned that they or their pets may have had contact with the kitten are asked to call the Bureau of Animal Control. The cream-colored male tabby kitten was found in a yard in the 7100 block of Marlborough Drive, near the city-county line, Aug. 5. The kitten, which appeared to be about 4 months old, was wounded on his back and a hind leg, said Bob Anderson, the director of the Animal Control Bureau.
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By Andrea K. Walker | July 9, 2008
Facing financial pressure, the owner of the Village of Cross Keys shops is seeking a buyer for the upscale North Baltimore retail center at a challenging time. Chicago-based General Growth Properties is looking to sell or find equity partners for several of its 200 properties throughout the nation as it faces looming debt and mortgages that need to be refinanced in the coming months, analysts said. The company told The Wall Street Journal in April that it was trying to pay off $27 billion in debt and was approaching pension funds and life insurance firms as partners.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | May 9, 2008
Raymond C. Bryant, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. executive and former North Baltimore resident, died Tuesday of leukemia at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. He was 86. Mr. Bryant was born in Baltimore and raised near Wyman Park. He was a 1940 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned a bachelor's degree in business from Loyola College in 1943. He also studied economics at the Johns Hopkins University. During World War II, he served in the Navy in the Pacific and attained the rank of lieutenant commander.
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By Sloane Brown | March 16, 2008
Fashion should be fun, according to Alfred Wainwright. This North Baltimore resident buys clothes that don't just make him smile. He especially enjoys it when his outfit brings a smile to the faces of others. Age: 49 Residence: North Baltimore Job: Baltimore City Public Schools, Instructions Team Associate Self-described style: "Fun. It's positive." The look: Kuhlma Co. white button-down shirt. Brown-striped Pierre Cardin tie. Black, burgundy and beige Giorgio Armani houndstooth sports jacket.