Week in review – 2/3/12: O’Malley backs taxes for jobs 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 2, 2012
Tags: board of public works, Cinemark, counsel at bail, Court of Special Appeals Judge James R. Eyler, entertainment complex, exelon, gasoline tax, gay marriage law, Harbor Point, internet, jobs, maryland house judiciary committee, md. lottery, O'Malley, sex abuse, state of the state speech, Taxes, Towson, Week in Review

O’Malley backs taxes for jobs
Gov. Martin O’Malley called for tax increases Wednesday in his State of the State address, urging lawmakers to weigh those “tough choices, the costs and the trade-offs” against the jobs he hopes to support through increased spending on infrastructure.
Exelon picks Harbor Point
Exelon Corp.’s choice of a potential $120 million Baltimore headquarters site [...]

Week in review – 1/27/12: Sparrows Point is back to work 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 26, 2012
Tags: baltimore brew, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore County, Court of Appeals, cross keys, fee, foreclosure, furlough, O'Malley, proposal, RG Steel, sale, Sparrows Point, steel mill, tech tax, trademark, Week in Review, wind power, workers

Sparrows Point is back to work
Employees of the RG Steel plant in Baltimore County’s Sparrows Point have returned to work earlier than expected after about 720 of them were furloughed Dec. 22. Most returned last week, with about 250 more expected to resume by early February. “Everybody’s coming back,” said Chris MacLarion, vice president of United [...]

Week in review: 1/20/12 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 19, 2012
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, Aberdeen Proving Ground, acquisition, action sports, Americans with Disabilities Act, Baltimore County Circuit Court, Baltimore Crossroads @ 95, budget, Constellation Energy Group, damages, dew tour, electricite de france, Exelon Corp., gov. martin o'malley, grab-n-go burgers, in-n-out burger, internet, lawsuit, maryland public information act, national institutes of health, Ocean City, prince george's county board of education, restaurant week, Restaurants, security guards, Settlement, Taxes, tolls, white marsh

Ramping up at Crossroads@95
Completion of the first wave of arrivals up the road at the Aberdeen Proving Ground is getting credit for renewed construction at and near the $1 billion mixed-use Baltimore Crossroads@95 community near White Marsh in Eastern Baltimore County.

O’Malley seeks tax hike
Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday called for higher taxes [...]

Week in review: 1/13/12 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 12, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein, baltimore election change coalition, gas tax, gov. o'malley, hike, lee e. stephens, maryland, maryland live casino, murder, schools, State Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., tremont, trial, Week in Review

Apartments at Tremont
Baltimore’s Tremont Plaza Hotel will soon convert back to its original purpose: apartments. The owners of the 390-suite property said Monday the rooms would soon be altered into apartments and long-term stay places.
Sales tax increase proposed
Gov. Martin O’Malley floated a 1-cent increase in the state sales tax on Wednesday as another potential remedy [...]

Week in review: 12/30/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 29, 2011
Tags: Court of Appeals, furlough, gun conviction, increase, inoperable weapon, Jimmy A. Bell, lawsuit, marine repair, mbe, nancy s. forster, Ports America, Sparrows Point, truck tolls, U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis, Week in Review, workers

720 furloughed at steel mill
About 720 workers at the Sparrows Point steel mill south of Baltimore will be laid off until early March, according to the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. New owner RG Steel informed the department’s unemployment insurance division last Friday, a DLLR spokeswoman said.
Marine Repair files suit
Marine Repair Services of Maryland, [...]

Week in review – 12/23/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 22, 2011
Tags: baltimore city board of school commissioners, Court of Appeals, dean, EBDI, hopkins, lawsuit, maryland insurance administration, Maryland Jockey Club, Maryland State Lottery Agency, Paul B. Rothman, State Center claim dismissed, Week in Review

Marchers demand jobs from EBDI
Chanting “We want jobs!” and “If we don’t work, nobody works,” city residents marched on East Baltimore Development Inc. headquarters Tuesday, demanding more employment opportunities at the redevelopment site. EBDI CEO Christopher Shea told them his organization has a process for evaluating and recommending residents to employers, and he urged the protesters [...]

Week in review: 12/16/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 15, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Board of Estimates, Bozzuto Group, court of special appeals, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Gov. Martin O’Malley, merger, middle east, occupy baltimore, pension, raises, state center, union wharf, University of Maryland, Week in Review

More apartments for Fells Point
Ground was formally broken Tuesday on Union Wharf, a 281-unit luxury apartment mixed-use complex in Fells Point in Baltimore. The property had been sold by developer Larry Silverstein to the Bozzuto Group this fall for $9.5 million. For a decade Silverstein had planned to build Class A office space and apartments on [...]

Week in review: 12/9/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 8, 2011
Tags: constellation, deal, jack johnson, jewish times, Maryland State Board of Physicians, mayor rawlings-blake, Public Service Commission, robocall, st joseph, taser, trial, umuc, verdict, Week in Review

City swears in Rawlings-Blake
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivers her inaugural address Tuesday as Baltimore mayor’s after being elected to a full four-year term in November. The former City Council president has served as mayor since February 2010, when she replaced Sheila Dixon, who resigned. In her speech, Rawlings-Blake said she wants to attract 10,000 new families to [...]

Week in review: 12/2/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 1, 2011
Tags: ASG Sports Inc., Court of Appeals, Eagle Bancorp, EBDI, middle east, National Harbor, Phillips Seafood, robert l. ehrlich jr., robocall, walt disney co., Week in Review

Weekend warriors play at Pimlico
ASG Sports Inc. said it hopes to attract up to 1,500 people to the first Baltimore Flag Festival on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, and it expects to get back at least the $80,000 it will cost to hold the event. No admission will be charged, though donations will be accepted. Adult [...]

Week in review: 11/25/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 24, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, grand prix, medical malpractice lawsuit, minority businesses, O'Malley, Philippe H. DeRosier Jr., ritz-carlton residences, tax lien, u..s district court, Under Armour Inc., Unemployment, Week in Review, wikileaks

Ritz units sell at lower prices
The $220 million Ritz-Carlton Residences on the Baltimore waterfront is back in the hands of its Long Island, N.Y.-based developers nearly two years after the luxury development underwent a massive refinancing amid problems stemming from construction lawsuits and the recession.
Grand Prix hit with tax lien
Maryland is seeking nearly $570,000 in [...]