Week in review – 3/16/12: Exelon takeover becomes official 
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 15, 2012
Tags: Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold, basketball, constellation, Department of General Services, Department of Labor, exelon, jewish times, lawsuit, Loyola, maryland, Nancy S. Grasmick, Retired Howard County Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney, Rosalind A. Hall, senate, snow, takeover, Towson, Under Armour, Unemployment, Week in Review
Exelon takeover becomes official Exelon Corp. will proceed immediately with staffing decisions now that the company has completed its $7.9 billion acquisition of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group, a company spokeswoman said. The deal, which had been in the works for nearly a year, became official on Monday. About 600 jobs are expected to be cut companywide; [...]
Week in review: 3/9/12
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 8, 2012
Tags: abolished, archdiocese of baltimore, Baltimore, baltimore convention center, board of public works, Cardinal Gibbons School, commutations, death penalty, Department of Legislative Services, doomsday budget, fundraising, gun law, i-95, maryland, picketers, plaza, UB, Week in Review
State approves I-95 plaza deal The Board of Public Works voted 2-1 Wednesday, with Comptroller Peter Franchot dissenting, to approve a disputed contract with Areas USA to renovate the Maryland House and the Chesapeake House on Interstate 95 to make them “like new” and up to par with other plazas along the East Coast. Demolition and [...]
Week in review – 3/2/12: Makeover for Harborplace
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 1, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore development corp., bodog, exxon quorom, harborplace, maryland, Week in Review
Makeover for Harborplace Officials hope that by Memorial Day weekend, Baltimore’s renovated Light Street Pavilion will be 95 percent occupied, returning it to its 2007 level, said Christopher Schardt, senior general manager of Harborplace & The Gallery. Schardt called the recent work at the pavilion the most extensive since it opened three decades ago. Exxon quorum [...]
Week in review – 2/24/12: Grand Prix deal gets OK
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 23, 2012
Tags: angelos, Baltimore, conviction, cybersecurity, deal, facebook, george huguely, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Grand Prix, h.l. mencken, Hollywood diner, lee e. stephens, maryland, maryland transportation authority, murder, murphy, national historic landmark, national institute of standards and technology, sen. barbara mikulski, trial, Week in Review
Grand Prix deal gets OK Baltimore’s Board of Estimates voted 3-2 Wednesday to approve a contract with Downforce Racing LLC for the right to run the Baltimore Grand Prix for the next five years. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City Solicitor George A. Nilson and Director of Public Works Alfred H. Foxx voted to approve the contract; Comptroller [...]
Week in review – 2/17/12: Grand Prix group picked
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 16, 2012
Tags: ambulance, audit, Baltimore Grand Prix, court of special appeals, dbed, downforce, gas tax, george huguely, Hollywood diner, lawsuit, legislation, maryland, med-mal verdict, murder, O'Malley, plan, professor, trial, U.S. District Court in Baltimore, University of Maryland University College, University of Virginia lacrosse player, Vorbeck Materials, website accessibility bill, Week in Review, wrongful termination, yeardley love
Grand Prix group picked The managers of Downforce Racing LLC, the group chosen to run the Baltimore Grand Prix for the next five years, say this year’s race will be better than last year’s, the first, for which debts exist. The city Board of Estimates will review the contract Feb. 22 and consider approving Downforce Racing. [...]
Week in review – 2/10/12: Exelon picks Harbor Point
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 9, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Barry Landau, Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals Judge Clayton Greene Jr., delayed, exelon, First Baptist Church of Guilford, foreclosure, george huguely, Harbor Point, lawyers-at-bail, maryland, McCormick and Co., Preakness, Settlement, surety, TIF, Week in Review
Exelon picks Harbor Point Exelon Corp. will build its $120 million, 300,000-square-foot Baltimore headquarters at Harbor Point, part of a $250 million development that it expects will attract about 4,500 permanent jobs, company officials said. The Baltimore Development Corp. is seeking to speed consideration of a 27-acre tax increment financing district there that had been approved [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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