Ramada Inn

The Ramada Inn Inner Harbor, an 87-room hotel at 8 N. Howard St., was sold at auction yesterday for $1 million to out-of-town investors.The successful bidder declined to identify himself or discuss his plans for the seven-story building, which opened in the early 1900s as the Howard House Hotel. Auctioneer Bill Fox, of Michael Fox Auctioneers, said the bidder represents an investment group from Batavia, N.Y., that owns other U.S. hotels.The auction was a foreclosure sale on behalf of Trisun Investment Group of Pikesville.

A 19-year-old man was arrested in the fatal shooting of another teen last month during a large party at a Catonsville Ramada Inn, Baltimore County police said. Savion Devante Moore, 19, of no fixed address, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Kelvin Glasgow on Aug. 19, when police were called to 6422 Baltimore National Pike for a fight. Officers found Glasgow suffering from a gunshot wound in the rear parking lot, and he was pronounced dead on scene. Police said the party got out of hand, the hostess asked people to leave and several fights broke out in the parking lot. Police reviewed footage from hotel surveillance cameras that they said shows Moore firing the weapon.

A private security officer at the Ramada Inn in Baynesville was shot and killed early this morning during what police presume was a botched robbery.Baltimore County police said John Harold Bowling, 42, of the 1400 block of Mirable Way in Pasadena, was shot two times in the chest with a handgun as he opened a locked lobby door.The gunman then ran from the motel without attempting a robbery, said Sgt. Stephen R. Doarnberger, a Baltimore County police spokesman.The victim had pulled his gun but had not fired the weapon, Sergeant Doarnberger said.

Dorothy Marie Vizzini, daughter of Frank and Mary Vizzini, of Edmondson Heights, wed Christopher Jay Bullough, son of Bill and Carol Marshall, of Luray, VA. The ceremony took place on February 12, 2005 at the Ramada Inn at BWI.

Dorothy Marie Vizzini, daughter of Frank and Mary Vizzini, of Edmondson Heights, wed Christopher Jay Bullough, son of Bill and Carol Marshall, of Luray, VA. The ceremony took place on February 12, 2005 at the Ramada Inn at BWI.

The Best Buy Co. Inc. has contracted to purchase a Ramada Inn in the Woodlawn section of Baltimore County as part of the discount consumer electronics retailer's push into the metropolitan area.The Minnesota-based chain recently received initial approval from the county for its development plan for a 60,000-square-foot store, which would involve razing the eight-story hotel.Best Buy is expected to complete the purchase of the 3-acre site with owner Alex. Brown Realty Inc. in the first quarter of next year.

A man with a silver revolver robbed the Dash-In convenience store inGlen Burnie Tuesday.Police said the robber walked into the store, in the 7900 block of Crain Highway, at 10 p.m. and asked for a packof cigarettes.He gave the clerk $5, then demanded money after she opened the register.The man was given an undetermined amount of money and leftthe store when a customer arrived.The robber was described as a black male about 5-feet, 7-inches tall. He was wearing a black leather jacket and blue jeans.

An Anne Arundel Circuit judge yesterday blasted the way federal officials supervised a bank robber, paroled three years ago, who remained free despite repeated positive drug tests and then committed three armed robberies.Thomas Jeffrey Kirsch was sentenced to 10 years in state prison yesterday for robbing three Annapolis motel clerks at knifepoint in 1992. At the time, he was on parole and under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office in Baltimore."Federal probation's handling of this case was a joke," Judge Raymond G. Thieme said yesterday before sentencing.

FREDERICK -- A network of off-track betting parlors, long envisioned by Maryland's racing industry, is closer to reality.By a 6-1 vote yesterday, the Frederick County Planning Commission approved a site plan for the first proposed outlet at the Cracked Claw Restaurant near Urbana.Tom Lattanzi, OTB project director for Laurel-Pimlico, said five other facilities have gained zoning and liquor board approval in their local jurisdictions and are considered likely sites.They are the Ramada Inn Convention Center in Hagerstown; the Seahorses Restaurant in Solomons, Calvert County; Chesapeake Rod n' Reel Club in Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County; the Shoals Restaurant in Cambridge, Dorchester County; and the Westminster Inn in Westminster.

Howard County police hope that the arrest of four robbery suspects charged in nine crimes since mid-August might curb a spate of armed holdups. The business and street robberies - the victims included a Krispy Kreme store, an Exxon station, a High's store, a Pizza Boli's and a Ramada Inn - were committed by a loosely associated group of young men, police said. Police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said police believe the group committed the robberies impulsively, with whichever members of their social circle were available.

Howard County police hope that the arrest of four robbery suspects charged in nine crimes since mid-August might curb a spate of armed holdups. The business and street robberies - the victims included a Krispy Kreme store, an Exxon station, a High's store, a Pizza Boli's and a Ramada Inn - were committed by a loosely associated group of young men, police said. Police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said police believe the group committed the robberies impulsively, with whichever members of their social circle were available.

The Ramada Inn Inner Harbor, an 87-room hotel at 8 N. Howard St., was sold at auction yesterday for $1 million to out-of-town investors.The successful bidder declined to identify himself or discuss his plans for the seven-story building, which opened in the early 1900s as the Howard House Hotel. Auctioneer Bill Fox, of Michael Fox Auctioneers, said the bidder represents an investment group from Batavia, N.Y., that owns other U.S. hotels.The auction was a foreclosure sale on behalf of Trisun Investment Group of Pikesville.

The Best Buy Co. Inc. has contracted to purchase a Ramada Inn in the Woodlawn section of Baltimore County as part of the discount consumer electronics retailer's push into the metropolitan area.The Minnesota-based chain recently received initial approval from the county for its development plan for a 60,000-square-foot store, which would involve razing the eight-story hotel.Best Buy is expected to complete the purchase of the 3-acre site with owner Alex. Brown Realty Inc. in the first quarter of next year.

An Anne Arundel Circuit judge yesterday blasted the way federal officials supervised a bank robber, paroled three years ago, who remained free despite repeated positive drug tests and then committed three armed robberies.Thomas Jeffrey Kirsch was sentenced to 10 years in state prison yesterday for robbing three Annapolis motel clerks at knifepoint in 1992. At the time, he was on parole and under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office in Baltimore."Federal probation's handling of this case was a joke," Judge Raymond G. Thieme said yesterday before sentencing.

FREDERICK -- A network of off-track betting parlors, long envisioned by Maryland's racing industry, is closer to reality.By a 6-1 vote yesterday, the Frederick County Planning Commission approved a site plan for the first proposed outlet at the Cracked Claw Restaurant near Urbana.Tom Lattanzi, OTB project director for Laurel-Pimlico, said five other facilities have gained zoning and liquor board approval in their local jurisdictions and are considered likely sites.They are the Ramada Inn Convention Center in Hagerstown; the Seahorses Restaurant in Solomons, Calvert County; Chesapeake Rod n' Reel Club in Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County; the Shoals Restaurant in Cambridge, Dorchester County; and the Westminster Inn in Westminster.

In the morning, he puts on a thick gold necklace to match his gold upper plate. The gold teeth are his version of class. He makes $350,000 a year and thinks it's a big night on the town to sleep at the Ramada Inn.Six years ago, he was making $9.45 an hour clerking at a local Super Pride, but gave it up to contribute to the destruction of human beings. At this, he's succeeding brilliantly. The city decays, predator by predator, junkie by junkie, but he has his hotel nights and his days in 15 different luxury cars in the last two years.

In the morning, he puts on a thick gold necklace to match his gold upper plate. The gold teeth are his version of class. He makes $350,000 a year and thinks it's a big night on the town to sleep at the Ramada Inn.Six years ago, he was making $9.45 an hour clerking at a local Super Pride, but gave it up to contribute to the destruction of human beings. At this, he's succeeding brilliantly. The city decays, predator by predator, junkie by junkie, but he has his hotel nights and his days in 15 different luxury cars in the last two years.

A gunman shot and killed a moonlighting security guard at the Ramada Inn in Baynesville yesterday after the guard attempted to draw his gun to thwart a robbery, Baltimore County police said.The security officer, John Harold Bowling, 43, died after being shot twice in the chest. Police said last night that a suspect had not been identified and leads were being sought.Witnesses told police that the gunman was a black male wearing a cap and a green or blue jogging suit.Mr. Bowling went to the motel lobby door at 12:05 a.m. and saw the man waiting to be admitted.

Eight months after it was sold to new owners, Baltimore's oldest hotel is now aligned with the newest entrant in the city's growing hotel business.The Howard House Hotel at 8 N. Howard St., which dates from 1904, has become the Ramada Inn-Inner Harbor, marking its affiliation with the Ramada Hotels chain of Parsippany, N.J.Lloyd Simon, general manager of the 90-room inn, said it became Ramada franchise and part of Ramada's reservations system this summer...

A gunman shot and killed a moonlighting security guard at the Ramada Inn in Baynesville yesterday after the guard attempted to draw his gun to thwart a robbery, Baltimore County police said.The security officer, John Harold Bowling, 43, died after being shot twice in the chest. Police said last night that a suspect had not been identified and leads were being sought.Witnesses told police that the gunman was a black male wearing a cap and a green or blue jogging suit.Mr. Bowling went to the motel lobby door at 12:05 a.m. and saw the man waiting to be admitted.