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Local reporter develops his own social media app
A technology reporter for The Baltimore Sun has released a social media app for home improvement and “do it yourself” enthusiasts, a venture he hopes will help him better understand mobile app industry. Gus G. Sentementes’ iPhone app, NestPix, which was released April 17, gives users the ability to take pictures of their home improvement […]
Services held for Risselle Fleisher
Risselle “Rikki” Fleisher, a former general counsel to the Maryland Commission on Human Relations and assistant attorney general, died Tuesday of breast cancer. She was 77. A Baltimore native, Fleisher (nee Rosenthal) was a staunch supporter of civil rights, and in 1960 co-chaired the influential Congress of Racial Equality. She married pianist Leon Fleisher in […]
Three Baltimore health centers to get $14.4M from feds
Three Baltimore community health centers will receive more than $14.4 million in federal funds to improve their facilities, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced Tuesday. Chase Brexton Health Services and People’s Community Health Center will each get $5 million, and Baltimore Medical System will get nearly $4.5 million in capital development grants made possible […]
Baltimore Co. library steps up its fundraising
The Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library Inc. is stepping up its fundraising efforts with “Taste of the Town,” the largest fundraising event in its 22-year history. The event, which will be held Saturday at the Perry Hall branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, is scheduled to have live music, a silent auction and […]
Report: Area needs more ‘quality jobs’
Economic development in the Baltimore metropolitan area needs to focus on creating “quality jobs” and cultivating a skilled workforce, areas that have been lacking, a report released Thursday said. The report by the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution said that faster growth in industries with low-wage jobs than in industries with mid- to high-wage jobs, and […]
Luskin brothers venture into sofa business
After more than a decade of selling large-screen televisions, the owners of The Big Screen Store want to provide the rest of your living room, with their new venture, The Sofa Store. The 50,000-square-foot showroom, which opened April 2 in Towson on the so-called “Luskin’s Hill,” gives customers the option to customize the color, fabric […]
Park School wins mock trial championship
The Park School of Baltimore has won the state mock trial championship for the second year in a row, beating out Rockville’s Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy. In a courtroom at the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in Annapolis on Friday, The Park School played the prosecution, seeking to convict a (fictional) high […]
More boards in Maryland add women
The number of public companies in Maryland with at least one woman board member and executive officer increased by nine in 2011 from 2010, according to a report by Network 2000 Inc. The 2012 Census of Women Board Directors in Maryland, which looked at 84 public companies during fiscal year 2011, showed several increases in […]
Slower foreclosures lift March home sale prices
The median sales price for homes in the Baltimore metropolitan area increased over last year for the second straight month, according to a report released Tuesday, but the trend may not continue if foreclosure sales increase. Of the 1,894 homes sold last month —1.7 percent more than in March 2011 — only 13.9 percent were […]
Laser cataract surgery debuts here
Each year, about 3 million Americans go under the knife to have cataracts removed. But a Baltimore-based ophthalmologist will soon be wielding a computer mouse as he performs cataract surgery. Dr. Scott LaBorwit, who owns Select Eye Care, an ophthalmology practice with offices in Columbia, Towson and Baltimore, owns one of approximately 50 cataract lasers […]
Howard County’s Wellness Center will offer variety
When people want to get a bite to eat, new clothes and an iPod all in one trip, they go to a shopping mall. But imagine a mall that catered exclusively to health and wellness, where you could visit a doctor, do some yoga and get a massage without needing to park your car more […]
Anne Arundel Community College picks Lindsay as new president
Anne Arundel Community College said Tuesday that Dawn Lindsay has been selected as the college’s sixth president. “The board unanimously felt Dr. Lindsay had the leadership qualities, experience and commitment to excellence to meet AACC’s mission mandates and build upon the college’s stellar reputation,” Victoria K. Fretwell, chair of the college’s board of trustees, said […]
