Santoni

On February 11, 2006, ANTOINETTE (nee Amonica), beloved wife of the late Mario Santoni and loving sister of Vera Chinquina, Mary Baranouskas, Amelia Headington and late Anna Miller and Messers Frank, Michael and Vincent Amonica. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Funeral Services at the family owned and operated JOSEPH N. ZANNINO, JR. FUNERAL HOME, 263 S. Conkling Street (at Gough), on Wednesday at 9 A.M. with Mass of Resurrection at Our Lady of Pompei Church at 10 A.M. Interment Holy Redeemer.

North St. John's The North St. John's Blue Marlins defeated Dulaney, 302-186, in the second meet of the Central Maryland Swim League season. North St. John's had 25 Straehle qualifiers and 173 improvement ribbons were given. Anika Ekanyake, Samantha Ekanyake and Deanna Parsons placed first in all three of their events. Parsons broke another pool record with her 50 breaststroke time of 37.78. Other first-place finishers included Emily Bullock, Alyssa Corb, Brendan Demek, Alex Holland, Matthew Kohler, Aaron Luther, Cassie Meyers, Brendan Rice, Tharen Rice, Jeffrey Roman, Maggie Roman, Benjamin Skopic, Kayla Snyder, Katherine Stagg, Anne Warren, Dylan Wilson, Kevin Zgorski and Kyle Zgorski.

On January 12, 2004, JOSEPHINE H. AND on February 8, 2000, DAVID A. SANTONI, devoted parents of Wayne, Dennis, David and Alessandra Santoni; also survived by eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at the family owned McCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME P.A., 3204 Mountain Rd. (Pasadena) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 3 P.M. Interment in the Wicomico Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Salisbury Zoo, P.O. Box 2979, Salisbury, MD 21802.

On February 11, 2006, ANTOINETTE (nee Amonica), beloved wife of the late Mario Santoni and loving sister of Vera Chinquina, Mary Baranouskas, Amelia Headington and late Anna Miller and Messers Frank, Michael and Vincent Amonica. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Funeral Services at the family owned and operated JOSEPH N. ZANNINO, JR. FUNERAL HOME, 263 S. Conkling Street (at Gough), on Wednesday at 9 A.M. with Mass of Resurrection at Our Lady of Pompei Church at 10 A.M. Interment Holy Redeemer.

Valu Food Inc. says it wants to become a major supermarket player in the Baltimore area and, as part of its plan, will buy three new stores and shift to a local supplier.For $4.5 million, Valu Food will buy three supermarkets from Santoni's Inc. It will also move $40 million in business from its Pennsylvania supplier to Baltimore-based B. Green & Co., Valu Food announced yesterday."Our strategy is obviously to be a dominant supermarket factor in the region, and right now our growth is going to be concentrated around the Baltimore area," said Louis Denrich, Valu Food president.

Republicans Robert N. Santoni Sr. and Joseph Brown Jr. were falling far short in early returns last night in their bids to become the first members of the GOP elected to the Baltimore City Council in 60 years.Santoni, president of a popular local grocery store founded by his father, was running a distant fourth behind three Democratic incumbents in Southeast Baltimore's 1st Councilmanic District.Brown, a bank manager active in the federal empowerment zone urban revitalization effort, was far behind three Democratic incumbents in the Southwest 6th District.

Daniel Ellison's days as a footnote to Baltimore political history could be numbered.Ellison was the last Republican elected to the City Council -- in 1939. Three years after winning a fifth term representing the 4th District, he left the council to mount a successful campaign for Congress.In the 14 elections since, not one Republican council member has been elected in the overwhelmingly Democratic city.But this year, two GOP candidates are running well-financed, well-organized campaigns in an effort to end that six-decade record of futility in the Nov. 2 general election.

An East Baltimore supermarket founded 73 years ago by an Italian immigrant is embarking on a $2.4 million expansion of its Highlandtown location that appears to have bagged the financial backing of the city and state. The city's Board of Estimates is to vote today on approving a $300,000 loan to Santoni's Super Market at East Lombard and South Eaton streets that would clear the way to completing additional bank and state loans needed to expand the store. "This is a major expansion and upgrade," said Chief Financial Officer Robert Santoni Jr., who is the third generation to run the store's operations.

WiTH ITS 18 members -- plus a separately elected president -- Baltimore's City Council is an ordinary citizen's most direct link to municipal government. While the most important duties of the council concern fiscal, legislative and oversight matters, many taxpayers know their council representatives only as the persons to contact for filling potholes, planting trees or taking care of rodent and trash problems.Under the new mayor, the next council could play a bigger leadership role than during Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke's 12-year administration.

IT'S NOT THAT Bob Santoni is an impatient man, you understand. It's just that at the tender age of 55, he has little patience for certain things. The Republican businessman -- who's running for a City Council seat in the 1st District -- says Baltimoreans aren't getting their money's worth from the $7,400 the school system spends per student."

On December 18, 2004, MARY L. (nee Ruta), beloved wife of Clifton C. Wissner; devoted mother of Jo Ann Williams, Jerry Brigerman and her husband Joe, Mary Lou Miller and her husband Mark; dear sister of Anne Santoni and her husband Paul; loving grandmother of Matthew, Zachary and Luke Miller, and Amanda Williams; also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends may call at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck, Inc Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Rd (at Echodale) on Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph Fullerton Church on Wednesday 10:30 A.M. Entombment Highview Memorial Cemetery.

Sophomore right fielder Amanda Santoni took a couple of bad steps, but her reflexes allowed her to make a quick adjustment and a clutch catch. The result snuffed out a potential sixth-inning rally by Old Mill and preserved a 2-0 victory for Chesapeake-Anne Arundel in yesterday's Class 4A East region softball final at Randazzo Park. The victory vaulted the Cougars into next week's state semifinals. Old Mill finished its season with a 15-8 record, including an upset of Anne Arundel County champion North County Thursday, but three losses to Chesapeake.

On January 12, 2004, JOSEPHINE H. AND on February 8, 2000, DAVID A. SANTONI, devoted parents of Wayne, Dennis, David and Alessandra Santoni; also survived by eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at the family owned McCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME P.A., 3204 Mountain Rd. (Pasadena) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 3 P.M. Interment in the Wicomico Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Salisbury Zoo, P.O. Box 2979, Salisbury, MD 21802.

It often takes a lot of things to go right to squeeze out a 1-0 win. For the Chesapeake softball team, those things were stellar pitching from Lindsay Ettinger, good defense at third base from Brittany Owen and a close call or two going its way yesterday against visiting Old Mill. Emily Bolling beat out an infield chop at third to score Meghan Hickman with two outs in the fifth, and Ettinger took care of the rest, one-hitting the No. 9 Patriots in the 1-0 win for the top-ranked Cougars.

In Baltimore City Board OKs loan of $300,000 for Santoni's expansion The city's Board of Estimates approved yesterday a $300,000 loan to help pay for an expansion of Santoni's Supermarket, a landmark of East Baltimore since 1930. Santoni's, operated by the family of Robert N. Santoni, is at 3800 E. Lombard St. in the Highlandtown Village Shopping Center. Currently 26,828 feet, the store will grow by 3,000 square feet, according to Santoni and city officials. The store's staff of 107 will grow by 15 employees.

An East Baltimore supermarket founded 73 years ago by an Italian immigrant is embarking on a $2.4 million expansion of its Highlandtown location that appears to have bagged the financial backing of the city and state. The city's Board of Estimates is to vote today on approving a $300,000 loan to Santoni's Super Market at East Lombard and South Eaton streets that would clear the way to completing additional bank and state loans needed to expand the store. "This is a major expansion and upgrade," said Chief Financial Officer Robert Santoni Jr., who is the third generation to run the store's operations.

Yolanda D. Santoni, 86, helped create supermarketsYolanda D. Santoni, who helped established an independent chain of Baltimore supermarkets and smaller markets, died of a stroke Wednesday at her Joppa residence. She was 86.Mrs. Santoni was married to the late Savino Santoni, who opened the first Santoni's store in 1930 with his brother, Terzo, in the rear of the family home at 119 S. Eaton St. in Highlandtown.Today, Santoni's has expanded to include three supermarkets in Highlandtown, Dundalk and Edgewood, with smaller stores in Glyndon, Rosedale and Abingdon.

A Highlandtown grocery store, shut down by the health department when mice feces were found on walls and shelves, was abruptly reopened after a city councilman threatened inspectors with cutting the agency's budget, health officials allege.First District Councilman Nicholas C. D'Adamo Jr., vice chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, denied the allegations yesterday.Health inspectors said in a departmental report obtained by The Sun that D'Adamo interfered in the inspection of Santoni's Market on East Lombard Street as they were tallying violations.

In the Region Malaria vaccine effort joins with Oxford U., Oxxon Pharmaccines The Rockville-based Malaria Vaccine Initiative announced yesterday a two-year, $1.5 million partnership with the University of Oxford and the biotechnology company Oxxon Pharmaccines for research and testing of a malaria vaccine. The alliance of the three entities will allow the development and testing in human volunteers of a vaccine based on Oxxon's "prime-boost" technology, said Dr. Regina Rabinovich, the initiative's director.