The Johns Hopkins University has entered into a contract to buy the former 11.4 acre Zurich Insurance Co. site at the corner of Keswick Road and 40th Street just south of Roland Park and north of Hampden in northern Baltimore City. Located adjacent to the Rotunda, this is a great location not too far from [...]
The new tax assessments for the State of Maryland are due to come out in the upcoming days, and the state's assessment office says it will show an unusual thing -- a drop of an average of 19.7% in value since 2005-6, the last time many of these homes were assessed. What does this mean [...]
For the young ones in the crowd who can't make it up until midnight on the 31st, Port Discovery has it's Noontime New Year from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm on December 31, 2009 in Downtown Baltimore. At noon, the countdown will happen with Maryland Public Television favorite Bob the Vid Tech, Bob Heck. Kids [...]
The West Towson Elementary School is under construction, and the plans for boundaries are being revealed at a public meeting on January 6, 2010. The Baltimore County School Board would like input on the boundary drawing possibilities from the Towson neighborhoods affected by the possible change in redistricting. The open meeting being held January 6 [...]
According to the Baltimore Sun, a confirmation came from the NFL that if the Baltimore Ravens win next week against the Oakland Raiders, they will be in the playoffs. Now, if the team plays like they did today, that won't happen. This game was painful to watch. Mistake after mistake, penalty after penalty, this did [...]
On Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 after an 18 hour auction, Erickson Communities chose Maryland based Redwood Capital Investments LLC to pull itself out of bankruptcy, of which it filed for Chapter 11 protection in October. Redwood successfully outbid a New York company, Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. to get Erickson's assets, including the non-profit groups [...]
I want to wish everyone who celebrates, a very Merry Christmas. I hope at some point during the month of December families were able to be together in one shape or another. December holds many celebrations from Hanukkah, which was December 11-19, to Kwanzaa, which begins tomorrow and runs through January 1, plus many birthdays and other events [...]
There are many people who look for good places to eat in Towson on Christmas Day besides their homes. I know we do, because our family dinner is always on Christmas Eve. I received a notice that P.F Changs in Towson Town Center will be open (call to make sure, but was told they are open [...]
Do you have kids who wonder how Santa gets around the world and delivers presents to all of the good girls and boys? How does he get to us here in Towson and children over in Japan on the same day? Well, GoogleMaps and NORAD have teamed up to provide Santa Tracking on both Googlemaps [...]
The Baltimore County Council voted unanimously on legislation to require Baltimore County rental property owners to install carbon monoxide detectors in all units that are heated by fuel-burning units and those directly attached to enclosed parking areas. This comes on the heels of 1,355 fire department responses to carbon monoxide calls in 2008, and the [...]