NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday March 28
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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:
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport is moving its ‘cellphone lot’ as of April 1st for drivers waiting to pick up arriving passengers.
• BWI ‘CELLPHONE LOT’ TO BE RELOCATED
As of April 1 the airport’s waiting area for drivers picking up arriving passengers will move from one side of Terminal Road to the other, adjacent to the airport’s daily parking garage.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• RICE INDICTED IN NEW JERSEY ON AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGE
The Ravens’ star running back is accused of knocking his fiancée unconscious in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino in February. The third-degree aggravated assault charge, a felony, carries a potential sentence of 3-5 years in prison.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• FROSH KILLS 70 MPH SPEED LIMIT BILL
The chairman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, Maryland Sen. Brian Frosh, said Thursday he won’t allow the bill — which was passed by the House of Delegates — to receive a Senate vote because he believes higher speed limits would lead to more deaths and pollution.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• STATE CENTER FOES RULED ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH
Clearing the way for the $1.5 billion State Center redevelopment to proceed, the Maryland Court of Appeals said Thursday that opponents of the planned project “slumbered unreasonably in asserting their claims.”
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• HENSON APPEALS PROBATION VIOLATION
The former Ehrlich political operative convicted of making illegal robocalls in the 2010 gubernatorial election cited Wednesday’s appeals court decision to allow convicted former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold to run again and says he should receive the same consideration.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday March 27
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:
Hard-rock singer Ozzy Osbourne objects to Brewer’s Art’s canned version of ‘Ozzy’ Ale.
• BREWER’S ART ‘OZZY’ ALE OPPOSED BY OZZY OSBOURNE
The Baltimore beer company received a cease and desist order Wednesday from representatives of hard-rock singer Ozzy Osbourne over the brewery’s popular Belgian strong pale ale titled ‘Ozzy.’
One of two canned versions of its beer, the Brewer’s Art ‘Ozzy’ Ale features a logo depicting a clenched fist with the letters O-Z-Z-Y spelled on the fingers, similar to the hard-rock singer’s own left hand. Bat imagery also appears, a likely reference to one of Osbourne’s most infamous onstage stunts.
Read More at: Baltimore City Paper
• APPEALS COURT RULES LEOPOLD CAN RUN AGAIN
The former Anne Arundel County executive’s misconduct in office convictions were upheld by Maryland’s second highest court Wednesday, but the portion of his sentence prohibiting him from running for office was struck down.
John R. Leopold was found guilty in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court of two counts of misconduct in January 2013, for ordering county employees and officers on his police detail to carry out personal and campaign business beyond the scope of their responsibility.
In the opinion issued Wednesday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that while judges have broad discretionary power to impose sentences, that power is not unlimited, and that it is up to the Maryland Board of Elections to determine who is eligible to run for public office, not the courts.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• MD. HOUSE APPROVES $38.7B STATE BUDGET
As advanced by the House of Delegates Wednesday — and scheduled for a final vote Thursday — the $38.7 billion budget trim’s Gov. Martin O’Malley’s plan while providing raises to state workers and not levying any new taxes.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• JUDGE HALTS PRAYERS AT CARROLL CO. COMMISSIONERS’ MEETINGS
Federal Judge William Quarles Jr. ruled Wednesday that the Board of County Commissioners for Carroll County must stop opening meetings with prayers that reference Jesus Christ or any specific deity. The United States Supreme Court is currently considering a similar case involving prayers.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• DISABLED DEMONSTRATE FOR WAGE HIKE
More than 200 disabled Maryland residents demonstrated in Annapolis Wednesday in support of legislation to give their caregivers a raise when the state increases the general minimum wage.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday March 26
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:
The family of a 10-year-old girl is suing the Baltimore Orioles and Maryland Stadium Authority after the child’s skull was fractured during batting practice at Camden Yards last year.
• ORIOLES, STADIUM AUTHORITY SUED FOR FRACTURE OF CHILD’S SKULL
The 10-year-old girl was struck in the face at Camden Yards during batting practice last August while standing in a place directed by an unnamed usher. Her family is suing for more than $75,000 in damages for negligence.
According to the lawsuit the ball was hit by Oakland Athletics outfielder Coco Crisp.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• NETWORK SECURITY CAMERAS UNVEILED FOR BALTIMORE CO. SCHOOLS
The $3.7 million OneView camera system will make security footage at the county’s 107 elementary schools available in real time to county police and to the schools’ Department of School Safety and Security.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• DRIVERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO MOVE OVER FOR TOW TRUCKS
The Maryland House and Senate have both passed versions of a bill that would require drivers to use the same safety maneuvers for tow trucks as they do for police emergency vehicles.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• McCORMICK SHARES SURGE ON RISE IN PROFITS
The Hunt Valley-based spice company’s stock surged nearly 5.5 percent Tuesday following an announcement that its profits rose almost 9 percent in the first quarter.
Read More at: Baltimore Business Journal
• MORE SNOW TUESDAY EVENING
The winter that won’t end: Another 1-3 inches fell south of Baltimore in Anne Arundel County as the National Weather Service extended its winter weather advisory from 3 p.m. until midnight.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday March 25
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:
Fred Bronstein has been named Peabody Institute’s 14th CEO.
• ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HEAD
NAMED PEABODY INSTITUTE DEAN
Fred Bronstein, the president and CEO of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra since 2008, will succeed Jeffrey Sharkey at Peabody, the nation’s oldest music conservatory, in June.
The Peabody Institute position will be Bronstein’s first in higher education. He will be Peabody’s 14th leader since its founding in 1857.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• MARYLAND OFFICIALS RALLY
FOR FBI HDQ. IN P.G. COUNTY
The governor, lieutenant governor, and the state’s two U.S. senators plus Reps. Steny Hoyer and Donna Edwards, along with Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker 3rd, gathered in College Park Monday to push for the location of a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, as Maryland and Virginia continued to spar over the agency’s plan to move.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• MISSING MALAYSIAN JETLINER CRASHED IN INDIAN OCEAN
So said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at a brief news conference late Monday, based on a new analysis of satellite data provided by the British company Inmarsat.
Chinese relatives of the 239 presumed dead passengers and crew sobbed and shrieked uncontrollably, some nearly collapsing, amid a demand by China that the Kuala Lumpur government share all the evidence it has on the incident.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• SMOKING BAN PASSED BY BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL
As approved by the council Monday, smoking near a playground, swimming pool or ball field in Baltimore could bring a fine of up to $500.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• LIGHT SNOW FORECAST TUESDAY
Although the morning commute is expected to be dry, accumulation could vary from next to nothing, up to 1-3 inches, especially north and west of Baltimore City. However most of the snow that falls during the day will melt on contact except in grassy areas. The lower Eastern Shore could get as much as 4-5 inches.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday March 24
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 Monday:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore beauty queen Porsha Simone Harvey — the former Miss UMES 2014 — reached a plea deal and avoided jail time for disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana.
• UMES BEAUTY QUEEN GETS PBJ
IN DISORDERLY CONDUCT CASE
Porsha Simone Harvey, the former Miss UMES who stepped down after being charged with disorderly conduct during the college’s homecoming in February, reached a plea deal with prosecutors on charges of marijuana possession during a court appearance for initial charges.
Read More at: Salisbury Daily Times
• MD. LAWMAKERS GET 15% PAY HIKE
TO $50,000 A YEAR
It’s technically a part-time job, but they’ll make $50,330 a year for doing it. The state’s next governor will also get a raise, to $180,000 a year, which is 20 percent higher than what Gov. Martin O’Malley now makes.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• NEW FCC RULES COULD FORCE SINCLAIR TO SELL ASSETS
Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is one of the nation’s largest TV station owners and one of the most active in media acquisition deals. The FCC is scheduled to consider new media ownership rules later this month.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• HOPKINS NOT CHARGED IN NIKITA LEVY SECRET FILMING CASE
No evidence against the hospital was found in the case of the gynecologist who secretly took inappropriate photos and videos of his patients. Dr. Levy committed suicide in February 2013.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• MILLION-DOLLAR POWERBALL TICKET SOLD IN MARYLAND
The winning ticket is one of five sold that matched five numbers. It missed the Powerball however, whose next jackpot will be worth $40 million. The ticket was sold at JJ’s Tavern in Glen Burnie.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
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