Manekin joint venture acquires Jessup distribution center
A joint venture between a Boston company and Columbia-based Manekin LLC has purchased a massive distribution center in Jessup with plans for an expansion. MCA Assateague JV LLC, a joint venture between AEW Capital Management and Manekin, announced the purchase of the 730,000-square-foot property at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 75, in the […]
Judge: Silk Road doctor has drug abuse problem
DOVER, Del. — A Delaware doctor charged with illegally selling drugs on the underground website Silk Road has a serious drug habit herself, according to a federal judge who has ordered the physician to remain in custody. In a detention order directing gynecologist Dr. Olivia Bolles be held pending trial, Magistrate Judge Sherry Fallon noted […]
PNC wins fight over trust-fund distribution
Trustees may request that beneficiaries release them from liability as a condition of distributing trust funds, Maryland’s high court ruled Thursday.
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Maryland Food Bank looking for more volunteers
The Maryland Food Bank has issued “an urgent call for help” for more volunteers to sort and pack for distribution more than 250,000 pounds of food stored at its warehouse at 2200 Halethorpe Farms Road in Halethorpe, Baltimore County. The nonprofit organization, which distributes food to the needy through a network of 600 soup kitchens, […]
Baltimore officer, others indicted on drug charges
A federal grand jury has indicted a Baltimore police officer and four others on drug and gun charges. The indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that Officer Daniel Redd of Baltimore is one of five people who conspired to distribute heroin. Court documents state Abdul Zakaria of Owings Mills, who led the drug organization with Redd, obtained […]
Merck, J&J reach deal to end drug rights dispute
Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Johnson & Johnson agreed Friday to split billions of dollars in annual revenue to end a two-year drama of arbitration and verbal wrangling over the rights to two blockbuster biotech medicines. Analysts have been predicting a settlement since the first act, when Merck in March 2009 said it would tie […]
Supreme Court says judges should consider inmate’s rehabilitation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says judges can consider an inmate’s rehabilitation at resentencing, but they aren’t bound by earlier court decisions. Jason Pepper served 24 months for conspiring to distribute methamphetamines — but then a different judge tacked on 41 more months, and Pepper went back to prison. Pepper says the second judge should […]
Postal Service eyes moving some Frederick operations to Baltimore
FREDERICK — The U.S. Postal Service is considering moving some of its Frederick mail-processing and distribution operations to Baltimore. Frederick Mayor Randy McClement said Thursday he received a letter from the Postal Service seeking public comment on the possible consolidation. The letter says mail volume has declined 20 percent since 2007 and the Postal Service […]
Value of Hagerstown warehouse at interstate junction soars
HAGERSTOWN — A real estate investment firm says Hagerstown’s location near the junction of two interstate highways makes it a primary East Coast distribution hub. Denver-based Industrial Income Trust made the glowing assessment in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing reporting its agreement to buy an 824,000-square-foot warehouse near Hagerstown for $41.2 million. That’s about[...]