Reisterstown Road

Beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday, ice will be distributed to city residents at the following locations: 4501 Reisterstown Road 1700 N. Gay St. 1601 Baker St. 1500 Havenwood Road (Northwood Shopping Center)

Responsible planning and growth policy calls for key infrastructure to be in place before the country government approves new development projects. In the case of the Solo Cup property in Owings Mills, that means the road improvements to relieve the congestion along Reisterstown Road need to in place before 400,000 square feet of new retail is approved. As CouncilmanKenneth N. Oliverrecently pointed out, state officials have barely begun two comprehensive studies of the Reisterstown Road corridor.

Rose Pollack, who had been synagogue administrator at Beth El Congregation, died Tuesday of complications from a stroke. She was 87. The daughter of Russian immigrants, Rose Nusbaum was born in Baltimore and lived a number of years on Exeter Street before moving to Hilldale Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. She was a 1942 graduate of Eastern High School, and four years later married Sidney Pollack, who owned a delicatessen. Mr. Pollack, who later established Sid Pollack Inc., which sold home furnishings, carpets and drapes, died in 1968.

As of 9 a.m. Thursday, traffic was slow on the inner loop of I-695 near Reisterstown Road, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on I-695 at the Curtis Creek Drawbridge in Baltimore County, Oliver Street and Milton Avenue in Baltimore City, and Darien Drive and Parkland Place in Glen Burnie. A disabled vehicle was blocking traffic on U.S. 50 westbound at the Bay Bridge. Debris in the road was blocking traffic on I-95 northbound at Route 100 in Howard County.

Attention, Baltimore commuters: The JFX has been reduced to two lanes in each direction. That means, come Monday morning, it's going to be extra-crowded on the expressway. To get to work on time, check out the directions below for alternate routes into the city. And leave early! The expressway's left lanes have been closed near 29 t h St. and Druid Lake Drive to permit repairs to damaged drainage pipes under the highway, said the Baltimore Department of Transportation, which expects the project to take as many as eight weeks.

Attention, Baltimore commuters: The JFX has been reduced to two lanes in each direction. That means, come Monday morning, it's going to be extra-crowded on the expressway. To get to work on time, check out the directions below for alternate routes into the city. And leave early! The expressway's left lanes have been closed near 29th St. and Druid Lake Drive to permit repairs to damaged drainage pipes under the highway, said the Baltimore Department of Transportation, which expects the project to take as many as eight weeks.

Police investigating the death of a 7-year-old boy who was struck by a car while riding his bike in front of his home on Thursday said he rode into the path of vehicle at an intersection, according to a department spokeswoman. Prosecutors will have the final say on whether charges are filed, but police said preliminary conclusions point to pedestrian error. The boy, Marcell Wagstaff, was riding in the street against traffic in front of his house in the 5700 block of Rubin Ave., in the Glen neighborhood of Northwest Baltimore, according to police.

When Baltimore County officials gathered for a news conference in the fall to reveal plans to revitalize the half-empty Owings Mills Mall, a cheery slogan lit up a screen behind them: "Owings Mills — it's happening!" The mall event was one of three major economic development announcements within six months for an area that has long awaited a makeover. But behind the scenes, a battle is brewing between the prominent developers investing in the projects. Plans for Owings Mills include a $65 million revamping of the mall; a huge, mixed-use development called Metro Centre near the end of Baltimore's subway line; and Foundry Row, an upscale retail complex anchored by a Wegmans grocery store at the Solo Cup manufacturing site off Reisterstown Road.

The Dish : The Rachel Is nothing sacred? Suburban House Restaurant at 1700 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville offers its Reuben with a choice of corned beef, pastrami, roasted turkey or brisket. Can it be a Reuben without corned beef? Shouldn't there be a name for kraut, Swiss, rye, 1,000 Island dressing and pastrami? The Rachel ($9.79) is essentially a Reuben with slaw instead of kraut. And it's called the Rachel. After the first sampling of Suburban's Rachel, I stopped caring what they call it. Their corned beef was sweet, pink, sliced thin and stacked high — not too lean and just firm enough to keep from crumbling.