Real Estate Weekly – 5/24/13

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 24, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, Development, maryland, melody simmons, real estate news, real estate notebook, real estate weekly

State readies $8.6M plan to aid Somerset Co. hurricane victims The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is putting the final touches on the state’s $8.6 million plan to help Somerset County residents recover from Hurricane Sandy, offering storm-struck victims a range of options according to their housing needs. Those options include replacing or [...]

‘Junk fax’ suit can go national, U.S. judge rules 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 23, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, gaithersburg, junk fax, Law, lawsuit, legal news, telephone consumer protection act, united states

A federal judge in Baltimore this week allowed a Gaithersburg lawyer to file a nationwide class-action against Hunt Valley-based 100.7 The Bay, alleging the radio station violated U.S. law by sending out unsolicited faxes offering advertising time on the station.

Arrest outside bar leads to $72K settlement 

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 23, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, board of estimates, maryland, REYES ET AL. V. SANDERS ET AL., Settlement, verdict

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved this week a $72,000 settlement to resolve a claim by three relatives who alleged that police falsely arrested and assaulted them outside a Federal Hill bar.

Christopher Summers: Baltimore’s fiscal future begins now 

BY: Christopher Summers
POSTED: May 23, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, Business, Christopher B. Summers, city council, column, commentary, maryland, Public Financial Management Inc.

The news came like a blindside hit on the quarterback: Three days after the Ravens won the Super Bowl in February, independent financial analysts released a report predicting that Baltimore was on collision course with “financial ruin.”

Catch A Lift Fund asking for donations 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 23, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, catch a lift, chris coffland, fund, maryland, news briefs

The Catch A Lift Memorial Fund, a Baltimore-based nonprofit established in memory of Baltimore native Chris Coffland, an Army Reservist who was killed in Afghanistan, is asking people to donate, volunteer or become a corporate sponsor for its unusual mission.

Charm City Roller Girls win billboard contest 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 23, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, billboard, charm city roller girls, maryland, news briefs

Charm City Roller Girls, an, amateur, flat-track, female roller derby league, got the most votes from the public in a small-business contest launched by MGH Inc., a Baltimore-based advertising, public relations and design firm.

Groundbreaking set for proposed Baltimore casino 

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: May 23, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, Caesars Entertainment Corp., casinos, horseshoe baltimore, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, Slots, table games

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at the future site of Horseshoe Baltimore on Wednesday, officially starting construction of Maryland’s fifth casino.

Audit cites Md. schools spending of stimulus money

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 23, 2013
Tags: audit, Baltimore, baltimore city schools, maryland, Maryland State Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education

A federal audit is focusing on how public schools in Maryland spent federal stimulus money. The U.S. Department of Education audited the way the state spent stimulus money. It found Baltimore City Schools spent $4,352 on a pair of dinner cruises. It also found $1,575 was spent for catering at school events and $1,336 for [...]

Hearing on water rate hike set for June 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 22, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, Comptroller Joan Pratt, department of public works, hike, june, maryland, mayor rawlings-blake, water rate

As the city comptroller criticized a plan by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to raise the water rates for Baltimore residents, Baltimore’s spending board on Wednesday set a June 26 public hearing date to discuss the three-year, 37 percent hike.

Poor accounting costs city $1.4 million 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 22, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, board of estimates, city of baltimore single audit, Comptroller Joan Pratt, maryland

Baltimore and its taxpayers had to pay an additional $1.4 million in fiscal 2011 due to faulty accounting procedures, auditors told the Board of Estimates on Wednesday.

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