The installation of duplex chillers has helped increase cooling capacity and maximizes the efficiency of the existing plant at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus on the east side of downtown Baltimore. The campus has a year-round requirement for chilled water. The heating and cooling requirements for the campus were provided...
It's a rare sight these days to see any airline expanding with long haul domestic flights, but AirTran has decided to charge full speed ahead. This summer, the airline will operate two daily flights between Baltimore and both Seattle/Tacoma and Los Angeles. Now, it's no secret...
This article investigates whether structure type matters to the price dynamics of owner-occupied housing units. We use a transaction assessment database merged with census data. After controlling for lot/structure characteristics, spatial, and temporal effects, our semi-log hedonic regressions suggest that town houses and condominiums are different from single-family detached houses...
THE IDEA WAS BORN BEFORE Chipper Jones was, when the "old block" was just a chip himself. Larry Wayne Jones Sr. was a kid in Baltimore when he fell in love with the switch-hitting Yankee Mickey Mantle. He saw the power Mantle could generate left-handed from the right...
Players With Hitting Streaks of 30 or More GamesTHROUGH THE 2007 SEASON, THERE HAVE BEEN 43 HITTING STREAKS THATREACHED 30 CONSECUTIVE GAMES ACCOMPLISHED BY 41 different players--only Ty Cobb and George Sisler had two skeins of 30 or more games.It should be noted that some streaks occurred prior to 1900...
Total points in parentheses 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers: First baseman Doll Camilli (300), center fielder Pete Reiser (183) and pitcher Whitlow Wyatt (151). 1959 Chicago White Sox: Second baseman Nellie Fox (295), shortstop Luis Aparicio (255) and pitcher Early Wynn (123). 1966 Baltimore Orioles: Right...
Maryland sold $415 million in general obligation bonds Wednesday at a Board of Public Works meeting that featured discussion of transportation issues including airport shuttle bus service and the future of Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore. The state spending panel presided over and approved the bond sale...
With more than half a million visitors expected to flock to Central Baltimore this weekend for Artscape, the self-proclaimed largest free public arts festival in the country, business owners and the tourism board alike say they are excited for a chance to see Baltimore in the spotlight. ...
BCSB Bancorp's profit falls BCSB Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank FSB, reported net income during its fiscal third quarter ended June 30 of $285,000, or 9 cents per diluted share, compared to net income of $599,000, or 19 cents per diluted share,...
City officials moved forward Wednesday with the acquisition of properties for the redevelopment of East Baltimore's Oldtown Mall. The Board of Estimates, the city's spending panel, approved $1.6 million to procure six properties zoned for business use located at multiple addresses on the mall. So far,...
First Mariner Bancorp whittled its net loss to less than $1 million for the second quarter, but analysts said Wednesday they were concerned about an increase in nonperforming loans. The Baltimore-based parent of First Mariner Bank reported a net loss of $469,000, or 7 cents per share,...
Just one day after losing in state court, former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin P. Clark suffered a defeat in federal court Wednesday when a judge dismissed his claim that then-Mayor Martin O'Malley violated his constitutional rights in firing him as the city's top cop four years ago. ...
If all goes as planned, two well-known Baltimore businessmen will close a deal this fall in which they sell a pricey 560-acre waterfront estate in Cecil County with room for more than 100 homes. Two other Baltimore developers, Edward St. John and Walter J. Skayhan III, won't...
StubHub, the world's largest ticketmarketplace, today announced it has forged a partnership to become theOfficial Fan to Fan Ticket Marketplace of the third annual Virgin MobileFestival, the largest music and art event on the East Coast, which takesplace at Pimlico Race Course on August 9th and 10th in Baltimore, Maryland.StubHub...
The Karkis were devastated when they realized that power had not been restored to their Charles Street restaurant Tuesday morning because of Monday's underground electrical fire. "It's really terrible," said Kaji Karki, who runs the Nepalese and Indian restaurant Lumbini with his wife Mona. ...
Since 1993, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Maryland Public Service Commission and several investor-owned utilities has encouraged -- but not mandated --support of minority-owned businesses in Maryland. However, a Tuesday forum on the issue sponsored by the PSC may have been the first step toward...
A Baltimore judge has, for the second time, thrown out former city Police Commissioner Kevin P. Clark's wrongful termination lawsuit. Judge Albert J. Matricciani, who granted summary judgment for former Mayor Martin O'Malley and the city in the case in April 2005, again shot down Clark's claims...
With the help of more than $13 million in public money, a father- son team is planning to convert a landmark 19th-century Baltimore industrial building into a hub for community-oriented nonprofits and work force housing. Donald A. Manekin, a former partner at Manekin LLC, the Columbia-...
Strategic, "Niche" Additions to Laureate Global Network BALTIMORE -- Laureate Education, Inc. announced today that it has acquired NewSchool of Architecture and Design, based in San Diego, California, and has finalized its acquisition of Kendall College, based in Chicago, Illinois. These institutions strategically complement the Laureate International Universities...
After spending the first nine years of his NFL career with the Baltimore Colts, leading them to three division titles from 1975-77, being named league MVP in 1976 and giving the franchise its first bona fide star since Johnny Unitas, Bert Jones will never forget the beginning of his 10th...
