Nusbaum

Fire Taneytown: Taneytown responded to a call of wires on fire in the 4300 block of Nusbaum Road at 8:40 p.m. Saturday. Units were out 43 minutes. Union Bridge: Union Bridge responded to a call of wires on fire in the 100 block of Lightner St. at 7:19 p.m. Saturday.

On December 20, 2003, JOAN GOLDBERG; beloved sister of the late Barbara Nusbaum, Sarah R. Greenberg, Diana Goldberg and Joseph Goldberg. Services and interment at the Beth Tfiloh Congregation Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road, on Monday, December 22, at 9 A.M. Please omit flowers. Arrangements by SOL LEVINSON BROS, INC.

Carroll County 4-H members tested their public speaking skills at their annual contest Feb. 17. Participants in the contest choose categories. Public speakers, teachers and community leaders evaluate their presentations. Each category has classes for clovers (ages 5 to 7), juniors (ages 8 to 10), intermediates (ages 11 to 13) and seniors (ages 14 to 18). Results of the contest are: Prepared speeches: Clovers - Participation, Brittany Hill, Casey Burtnick; Juniors - Champion, Josiah Nusbaum, Colleen Slevin; First Reserve Champion, Suzannah Macleod; Second Reserve Champion, Julia Schaefer; Red Award, Chad Becker, David Thomas, Bethany Ziegler, Laura Schaefer; White Award, Breanna Cutsail, Megan Rickell, Elena Cutsail.

In the first charges to stem from a broad federal investigation into Maryland's tax-sale auctions, a veteran real estate investor has admitted conspiring to rig bids over several years at auctions in Baltimore and five Maryland counties. Steven L. Berman, 50, of New Freedom, Pa., will pay a $750,000 fine and face a possible prison term, federal prosecutors said yesterday. In pleading guilty to the single felony count, Berman agreed to cooperate with the investigation. The Justice Department's antitrust division in Washington has been examining alleged collusion and restraint of trade in the annual auctions for more than a year.

FiresPleasant Valley: Firefighters from Pleasant Valley and Westminster responded at 5: 37 p.m. Sunday to a combine fire in the 1500 block of Hughes Shop Road. Units were out 40 minutes.New Windsor: Firefighters responded at 3: 18 p.m. Sunday to a trash fire on Marston Road. Units were out 52 minutes.Taneytown: Firefighters responded at 10: 58 p.m. Friday to a tree fire at Nusbaum and Otterdale Mill roads. Units were out 20 minutes.Pub Date: 10/27/98

On December 9, 2003, MAX KRAMER, beloved husband of the late Sophie Kramer (nee Nusbaum); loving father of Tina Kramer of Derwood, MD, and Roslyn Goldman, of Pikesville, MD; dear father-in-law of Peter Seligman and Richard Goldman; adored brother of Abraham Kramer, of Rockville, MD, and the late Rose Pollock; and loving grandfather of Sharon E. and Jeremy S. Goldman, Sam K. and Molly K. Seligman. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Wednesday, December 10, at 1 p.m. Interment Beth Tfiloh Congregation Cemetery, Windsor Mill Road.

Taking over the collection of unpaid tax and municipal debt cases became a lucrative business for two Baltimore real estate investors who made at least $10 million, largely from homeowners who paid to keep from losing their properties, according to federal prosecutors. Baltimore County lawyer Harvey M. Nusbaum and his longtime investment partner Jack W. Stollof allegedly rigged the bidding for municipal liens and then used the court system to threaten homeowners with seizure of their properties unless they paid legal fees, interest and other charges, according to the government.

A Baltimore businessman and aggressive ground rent investor pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to illegally rigging bids at Maryland tax lien auctions. Jack W. Stollof, 74, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. His co-defendant and one-time ground rent partner, Harvey M. Nusbaum, is scheduled to go to trial in March on the same charge. Stollof, who will be sentenced after the trial, is not expected to testify, unlike a third defendant who reached a plea deal with the government in 2008.