NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday April 18
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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:
Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is expecting a baby ‘later this year.’
• FORMER FIRST DAUGHTER EXPECTING BABY
Chelsea Clinton — who will reprise her role as First Daughter if her mom gets elected president — announced Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that she’s pregnant and expecting her first child “later this year.” She also told Vogue magazine last August she would consider a run for office at some point in the future.
Read More at: ABC News
• GUBERNATORIAL DEMOCRATS APPEAR SEPARATELY AT 2 FORUMS
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Attorney General Douglas Gansler, and Montgomery County Del. Heather Mizeur answered questions separately — and secretly — from education and business leaders at a forum at Towson University’s SECU Arena, where they were not permitted to hear their opponents’ responses.
Earlier Thursday evening, they were scheduled to appear separately at a Baltimore senior center forum sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the local NAACP.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• ‘SHERLOCK’ FRANCHOT SETS SEARCH FOR OWNERS OF $1B OF MARYLAND MONEY
State Comptroller Peter Franchot is looking for state residents to apply for more than $980 million in unclaimed funds. Watch his entertaining video at http://www.marylandtaxes.com — click on “Search for Unclaimed Property” or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwnvHARcVj8&feature=youtu.be.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• FOX45-TV PARENT HIRES FINANCIAL ADVISER
Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group has engaged a New York investment banking firm as its exclusive financial adviser in connection with the sale of certain assets tied to its proposed acquisition of eight television stations owned by Allbritton Communications.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• PANTELIDES STRUGGLES IN ANNAPOLIS
The new mayor, 30-year-old Mike Pantelides, has been having a rough time since taking office following his upset election victory last November.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday April 17
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:
The scaffold is off and the Washington Monument — the one in the nation’s capital — will reopen early in May.
EARLY NEXT MONTH
As Baltimore’s Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Square undergo renovation that will last well into 2015, the Washington Monument in the nation’s capital will reopen May 12, nearly three years after being damaged by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• P.G. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO RUN CITY LIQUOR BOARD
Michelle Bailey-Hedgepeth, the current town administrator and chief financial officer of Capitol Heights in Prince George’s County, was named Wednesday as the first woman to head Baltimore City’s liquor board as its executive secretary in its 80-year history.
Her salary, which is still being negotiated, will be in the $78,000 to $101,000 range. According to the board, she was selected based on her qualifications, not political patronage as in the past.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• CUMMINGS DENIES CONSPIRING WITH IRS AGAINST CONSERVATIVE GROUPS
The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is under fire from Fox News over allegations he helped the IRS target conservative organizations. The former IRS official the Maryland congressman is accused of colluding with, Lois Lerner, resigned and took the Fifth Amendment rather than testify regarding her role in the scandal.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13) | Baltimore Sun
• STUDENTS BEING PREPPED FOR REDESIGNED SAT
The new Scholastic Aptitude Test remains several years out from implementation. However it’s already been revealed that the redesigned test will be shorter and will not put as much emphasis on students’ ability to write an essay.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• MARLEY STATION MOVIE THEATER TO REOPEN THIS SUMMER
Horizon Cinemas will open a renovated eight-screen theater at the Anne Arundel County mall, a new lobby, updated bathrooms and digital projectors with 3D capabilities.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday April 16
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:
Shake Shack burgers are coming to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
The popular restaurant chain that calls itself a “modern day ‘roadside’ burger stand” plans to open in the Inner Harbor early next year.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• LOCAL BANK TRUMPS WINNING BID
FOR 1st MARINER
The Allentown, Pa.-based bank that had submitted the winning bid at auction last week
for the troubled Baltimore bank withdrew its offer Tuesday after a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge reopened the bidding, opening the door for local investors to step in.
Read More at: Baltimore Business Journal
• HOGAN FUNDRAISING OUTPACES GOP RIVALS
The Republican gubernatorial hopeful has raised more than $453,000 since announcing his candidacy less than three months ago.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• MORNING RUSH HOUR REPORT; OVERNIGHT ‘SNOWSTORM’
Mainly for Wednesday, but includes ongoing details as well. No significant effect of the overnight “snowstorm” — actually little more than a dusting; however it is April 16th after all.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• MIZEUR PROPOSES PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
The longshot Democratic gubernatorial candidate says she’ll push for a law allowing physician-assisted suicide in Maryland if elected governor.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday April 15
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:
Orioles’ great Brooks Robinson (statue at upper left) is seeking nearly $10 million in damages from a Seminole Indians-owned casino in Hollywood, Fla. after falling from a stage there in 2012. (VoB File Photo/Alan Z. Forman)
• BROOKS ROBINSON SEEKS $9.9M
CASINO SETTLEMENT OVER FALL
In the absence of a settlement, the Orioles’ Hall of Famer’s attorney says he’ll sue the Seminole Indian tribe over injuries Robinson suffered in a 2012 fall from a stage at the tribe’s South Florida casino.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• PHELPS RETURNS TO COMPETITION
The most decorated Olympian ever, plans to return to competition next week and may compete in the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• UNIVERSITY OF MD. LAW SCHOOL NAMES COLUMBIA NATIVE AS NEW DEAN
Donald B. Tobin, a former legislative aide to retired U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, will succeed Phoebe Haddon as Dean of the Francis King Carey School of Law. Haddon, who has served as Dean since 2009, will return to the university’s faculty.
Read More at: Howard County Times
• MORRISSEY NAMED MD. DISTRICT COURT CHIEF JUDGE
John P. Morrissey is currently an associate judge for the District Court in Prince George’s County.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• O’MALLEY SIGNS POT DECRIMINALIZATION, JAKE’S LAW
The governor signed the high-profile bills, along with nearly 150 more, early Monday morning.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital | Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday April 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 Monday:
Allentown, Pa.-based National Penn Bancshares Inc. emerged as the highest bidder at last week’s auction for Baltimore’s 1st Mariner Bank, shown here, which is headquartered in Canton.
• PENNSYLVANIA BANK SUBMITS TOP BID FOR 1st MARINER AT AUCTION
National Penn Bank offered $19.1 million for the Baltimore-based bank at an auction last week, which will be ruled on by a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge Monday.
Read More at: Baltimore Business Journal
• O’MALLEY TO SIGN MARIJUANA
DECRIMINALIZATION BILL
As promised, the governor will sign the bill Monday even though he strongly opposed its passage.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• ACTIVISTS URGE DELAY ON FRACKING
PANEL REPORT
Environmental activists and members of a Maryland commission tasked with studying the issue want the deadline for a state report on Marcellus Shale drilling to be pushed back.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT WON’T BE ENFORCED BY MD.
State election officials cited a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down aggregate campaign contribution limits.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• FBI SHOOTING NEAR OWINGS MILLS WALMART UPDATED
The FBI confirmed that three special agents were involving in the shooting death of a drug investigation suspect Friday during rush hour on an access road off Reisterstown Road that includes a Walmart and Sam’s Club.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
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