Archive for July, 2009

Paterakis was Schaefer’s go-to guy

Posted by Carson on July 29, 2009
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He was the millionaire businessman Mayor William Donald Schaefer called on more than two decades ago to help out with a big problem.

Some 20 acres of lumberyards and warehouses between the then-newly redeveloped Inner Harbor and Fells Point faced an…

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MTA considers single track for part of Red Line

Posted by Carson on July 19, 2009
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The Maryland Transit Administration is considering changing the front-running proposal for the Red Line to require east- and westbound light rail trains to share one track through a mile-long tunnel – a plan that might save $60 million or more but could…

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Ex-police officer charged with attempted murder

Posted by Carson on July 16, 2009
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A 59-year-old Sykesville man, who worked for 10 years as a Baltimore police officer, has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a man during an argument in Canton just after the Fourth of July. Daniel Marshall of the 6600 block of Tydings…

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Ex-police officer charged with attempted murder

Posted by Carson on July 16, 2009
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A 59-year-old Sykesville man, who worked for 10 years as a Baltimore police officer, has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a man during an argument in Canton just after the Fourth of July. Daniel Marshall of the 6600 block of Tydings…

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Body of D.C. councilman’s aide found

Posted by Carson on July 15, 2009
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The body of a Washington, D.C., councilman’s aide was pulled Tuesday morning from the Baltimore Harbor near Canton, more than a day after the man disappeared from a boat after a night of drinking, according to Baltimore police.

Desi Deschaine, 30, was…

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City to use U.S. funds to expand water taxi service

Posted by Carson on July 15, 2009
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Using a new grant of federal stimulus money announced Tuesday, Baltimore plans to build a network of water taxis to carry workers year-round among the burgeoning neighborhoods of Canton, Fells Point and Locust Point.

The grant will allow the city to…

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‘Recovery zones’ eligible for federal funds

Posted by Carson on July 15, 2009
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The Baltimore City Council Monday night rushed through sweeping legislation that designates more than half of the city a “recovery zone” making many neighborhoods eligible for federal stimulus funds meant to ignite construction projects.

The…

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New neighborhood may rise

Posted by Carson on July 07, 2009
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Southeast Baltimore has stable neighborhoods such as Canton, Highlandtown, Fells Point, Brewer’s Hill and Greektown.

Now there’s an opportunity to create a new neighborhood that could add 3,500 to 4,000 residences to the same part of town over the next…

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Theodore Henry Knach

Posted by Carson on July 07, 2009
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Theodore Henry Knach Sr., a retired stationery company salesman and World War II Navy veteran, died Monday of congestive heart and renal failure at Good Samaritan Hospital.

He was 88.

Mr. Knach was born in Baltimore and raised on East Avenue in Canton….

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Canton residents need Red Line too

Posted by Carson on July 07, 2009
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In 1969, strong community action from all over Baltimore defeated an expressway plan that devastated neighborhoods in West Baltimore and threatened to do the same in Canton and along Boston Street. I was one of hundreds of people across Baltimore who…

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