NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Nov. 15
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Friday:
Michael Phelps’ re-entrance to the drug testing pool for international competition is strong signal that he’s planning an Olympic comeback.
• PHELPS SUBMITS TO DRUG TESTING, SIGNALING PLANNED COMEBACK
The Olympic superstar’s re-entrance to the drug testing pool for international competition is the strongest signal yet that he’s planning an Olympic comeback.
Read More at: Associated Press
• 4 FELONS RELEASED IN BALTIMORE
AS RESULT OF UNGER RULING
Three were serving sentences for murder, one for rape. Their convictions were thrown out as a result of a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling last year that judges prior to 1980 had mis-instructed juries, leading to a violation of the defendants’ rights.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• 73,000 MARYLANDERS MAY KEEP HEALTH INSURANCE
They’ve been told their health plans were being discontinued because they do not meet new benefit requirements under the Affordable Care Act, but may now be able to keep them after all.
Read More at: Baltimore Business Journal
• MARYLAND MEDICAID EXPANSION COULD SAVE STATE $2B
The economic impact of the expansion of eligibility to an additional 146,000 people could net Maryland a savings of more than $2 billion between 2014 and 2020.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• $20M ANNAPOLIS CITY DOCK REDEVELOPMENT CANCELED
Developer Mark Ordan backed out of the plan because of public opposition and the upset election of Mayor-elect Mike Pantelides, who opposed the redevelopment.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday Nov. 14
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Thursday:
Giant & Safeway workers voted to authorize a strike to send a message that they're serious.
However the union said the overwhelming vote for the measure does not mean a strike will occur, but that it was intended to send a message to Safeway and Giant.
Read More at: Washington Post
• 7 BALTIMORE SCHOOLS THREATENED WITH CLOSURE
Blaming low test scores and grades, school leaders are recommending the shutdown of seven city schools, including the Bluford Drew Jemison East and West Academies, and Baltimore Talent Development High.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• CITY TAXI DRIVERS BALK AT PAYING NEW TAX
Some taxi and limousine services are saying they won’t comply.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• MIZEUR SELECTS GUBERNATORIAL RUNNING MATE
Rev. Delman Coates, the charismatic pastor of an 8,000-member African-American church in Prince George’s County, will be Del. Heather Mizeur’s running mate in next June’s Democratic primary.
Read More at: Associated Press
• HOPKINS RAISES HALF OF $4.5 BILLION GOAL
More than 162,000 donors have helped the Baltimore-based university meet the halfway mark of its ambitious fundraising goal earlier than expected, Johns Hopkins University officials said Wednesday.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday Nov. 13
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late- breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Wednesday:
Ravens great Ed Reed was cut Tuesday by the Houston Texans after playing just seven games and publicly criticizing coaching staff.
Never a fit with the struggling Texans, the former Ravens great, who played 11 seasons in Baltimore during which he was selected to nine Pro Bowls and was the 2004 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is now a free agent.
Prior to being dropped Tuesday by the Texans, Reed was scratched from the team’s starting lineup after publicly criticizing the Houston coaching staff.
He was paid nearly $5.5 million of a three-year $15 million contract, while playing a disappointing seven games where he produced just 16 tackles with no interceptions, pass deflections or forced fumbles, and was frequently beaten for big plays.
Read More at: Houston Chronicle | Baltimore Sun
• INNER HARBOR MASTER PLAN TO BE UNVEILED WED.
An ambitious long-term master plan for the Baltimore Inner Harbor will be unveiled Wednesday, including construction of a pedestrian bridge to connect Harbor East with Federal Hill, and an urban beach featuring a floating swimming pool.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• 1st MARINER TO CLOSE ARBUTUS, EASTON BRANCHES
The bank began 2013 with 21 branches, but having closed its Perry Hall, Odenton and Columbia branches this year, it will be down to 16 as of January. In 2012 it closed its Lutherville/Timonium branch and in 2010, its downtown Baltimore and Shrewsbury, Pa. branches.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• CITY DETECTIVE WHO SHOT SELF GETS PROBATION
Baltimore City Police detective Anthony N. Fata, who shot himself in a downtown parking garage in January 2011 while allegedly chasing a suspect, was sentenced to a suspended two-and-a-half-year prison sentence, two years of probation and 500 hours’ community service Tuesday. A jury found Fata guilty in August of lying about the shooing to collect workers’ compensation.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• PARK HEIGHTS COMMUNITY LEADER RUNS FOR STATE SENATE
Will Hanna, president of the New Park Heights Community Development Corporation, will oppose 10-year incumbent Lisa Gladden. Hanna ran unsuccessfully for the House of Delegates in 2010.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday Nov. 12
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Tuesday:
Gas prices in the Baltimore area are now as low as $3.11 per gallon.
• GAS PRICES FALL TO TWO-YEAR LOW
The national average was $3.18 cents per gallon Monday, while gas could be obtained in parts of the Baltimore area for as little as $3.11.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• VA. BUILDER SELECTED FOR RESIDEN- TIAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR WHITE MARSH
Elm Street Development will serve as the residential partner at Greenleigh at Cross- roads, a 1,000-acre mixed used community currently under construction off Route 43 near Interstate 95. Work is scheduled to begin next summer on the first of 2,000 new residential units, which will include single-family homes, townhouses and apartments.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• GIANT, SAFEWAY WORKERS WEIGH NEW CONTRACT
Employees of the two supermarkets in the Baltimore-Washington area could vote on a new contract as soon as Wednesday.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• ANNAPOLIS MAYORAL SYSTEM UNDER FIRE AFTER ELECTION
Despite calls for a weak-mayor system with a city manager, however, an Annapolis alderman is back- ing off and says he has no plans to introduce legislation to change the status quo. Last week the city elected its first Republican mayor in 16 years — by a 59-vote margin. He will be sworn in on Dec. 2.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun | The (Annapolis) Capital
• SEPHORA PLANS HARFORD CO. WAREHOUSE
The makeup giant will open a tailor-made warehouse to serve as its East Coast distribution hub and will add 200 full-time jobs. Owned by Paris-based LVMH, Sephora Americas operates more than 330 stores in the United States and Canada.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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