NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday June 6
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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:
Prospective Dundalk residents are being offered $5,000 to buy a home in the East Baltimore County community, an inner-ring suburb of Baltimore.
• DUNDALK LEADERS OFFER $5,000 ‘INCENTIVE’ TO NEW RESIDENTS
In an attempt to re-brand the historic Baltimore community, local leaders are offering “$5,000 incentive grants” to prospective new homeowners.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• GANSLER ATTACKS O’MALLEY- BROWN RECORD IN FINAL DEBATE
The third Democratic gubernatorial candidate, State Del. Heather Mizeur, remained positive, refraining from direct attacks on her rivals as the three debated Thursday morning on WOLB-AM-Radio’s Larry Young Show.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• REPUBLICANS SQUARE OFF IN ARUNDEL EXECUTIVE DEBATE
County Executive Laura Neuman and challenger Steve Schuh, a two-term state delegate, debated this week in Severna Park.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• ANNAPOLIS MAYOR NAMES ASSISTANT TO DEFUNCT JOB
Bob Agee this week agreed to join the Pantelides Administration as assistant city manager, a job he had already been performing since mid-April — and which is scheduled to be eliminated June 30 under the city’s fiscal 2015 budget.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• LEGISLATIVE AIDE, BROTHER ACQUITTED IN STATE CAPITAL OFFICE FIGHT
Luke Uriah Kershner Horah, who works for Harford County State Del. Mary-Dulany James — who is currently running for State Senate — and his brother were found not guilty of all charges stemming from a fight in James’ Annapolis office on the last night of the 2014 legislative session.
Read More at: The Aegis
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday June 5
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:
Early in her journalistic career, “60 Minutes” reporter Lara Logan — whose return to the once highly-regarded Sunday TV newsmagazine has been heavily criticized and condemned as hypocritical on the part of the network — was a swimsuit-model fixture in the British tabloids.
• CBS NEWS’ LARA LOGAN RETURNS TO ‘60 MINUTES’ AFTER SCANDAL
The often reckless war correspondent/beauty queen was forced to take a leave of absence last fall for her role in a disputed CBS News story on the deadly 2012 raid at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya by Islamic militants in which American Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was killed, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came under intense criticism for allegedly ignoring Stevens’ repeated requests for beefed-up security.
CBS has apparently forgiven Logan for what some have termed a journalistic gaffe of the magnitude that wrecked the career of former CBS Evening News anchor/“60 Minutes” correspondent Dan Rather, who retired in disgrace nearly a decade ago after airing a disputed, biased report involving President George W. Bush’s Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard.
Read More at: Washington Post
• FORMER DOWNTOWN YMCA TO BECOME
HOTEL INDIGO
The plan to transform the longtime YMCA location at Cathedral and Franklin Streets is supported by $6 million in second-tier financing through a federal investor visa program and will receive about $2 million in federal tax credits.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• NEW FOOTWEAR OUTLETS COME TO ARUNDEL MILLS
The Anne Arundel County mall has added Maryland’s first outlet stores for Puma and Journeys Kidz.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• STERLING AGREES TO SELL CLIPPERS
The team’s longtime owner, who has recently been accused of racism and forced to sell the Los Angeles team for $2 billion that he bought in 1981 for $12 million, will withdraw his lawsuit opposing the sale.
Read More at: CNN
• LEGG MASON SELLS INVESTMENT UNIT TO STIFEL FINANCIAL
Terming the sale a “nice trade,” the Baltimore-based money-managing firm continues its lucrative transformation.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday June 4
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:
Poster shows Maryland Governor and putative presidential candidate Martin O’Malley’s band, O’Malley’s March, which is set to open for New York-based Celtic rock band Black 47’s final Baltimore appearance on its farewell tour.
• O’MALLEY’S MARCH BOOKED
FOR WEEKEND GIG IN BALTIMORE
The governor’s semi-retired Celtic rock band will open at Baltimore Sound Stage in the Inner Harbor for New York-based Black 47, which has played Celtic rock with political overtones for a quarter century and is currently on its farewell tour.
Read More at: Washington Post
• GOP CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR SAY MD. TAXES ARE TOO HIGH
Their televised debate was taped Monday and will air simultaneously on Friday night at 7 p.m. on WBAL-TV (Channel 11) and MPT (Channels 22 and 67).
Unlike previous Republican debates, which were largely collegial, in this debate Anne Arundel County Del. Ron George and former Ehrlich cabinet secretary Larry Hogan go at each other on how to improve the business climate in Maryland.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• RIPKEN FUNDS HALF OF ANNAPOLIS YOUTH BASEBALL FIELD
The Orioles Hall of Famer’s foundation in honor of his father paid nearly half of the $1.3 million cost to construct the field, which will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• OPPONENTS, SUPPORTERS DISAGREE ON NEW BALTIMORE CURFEW
The supporters say the new law will provide options for children; the opponents insist it will drain resources.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• MUSICIAN TO ACCOMPANY LT. GOV. CANDIDATE ULMAN ON MEDIA TOUR
Musician Jack Johnson will accompany lieutenant governor candidate Ken Ulman, who is the Howard County executive, at a media tour of Merriweather Post Pavilion Thursday to call attention to a five-year, $19 million renovation plan, and will perform at the venue later in the evening.
Read More at: Howard County Times
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday June 3
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:
Amanda Miller, a 4th-grade teacher in Glen Burnie, was one of the opening night singers in Padonia Ale House’s 13th annual “Voice of Baltimore” competition. (VoB Photo/Alan Z. Forman)
• 13th ANNUAL ‘VOICE OF BALTIMORE’ COMPETITION BEGINS AT PADONIA ALE HOUSE
The popular Timonium sports club formerly known as Padonia Station kicked off its 13th annual singing competition Monday night to name the 2014 “Voice of Baltimore” male and female singers.
The six-week event benefits the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the lives of abused, neglected and at-risk children and ending the cycle of abuse by raising awareness and prevention of child abuse.
As in previous years, Paul Mittermeier, the organization’s publicity director, served again as MC for the opening-night event.
Debi Fowler, a Padonia Ale House official, has organized the competition — which will continue for four more Monday nights in June, followed by a semifinal July 7th and the final July 14th — for the entire 13 seasons of its existence.
[Full disclosure: Voice of Baltimore, the website, is a co-sponsor of this annual charitable event.]
Read More at: Voice of Baltimore
• DEMOCRATS TRADE BARBS IN CONTENTIOUS DEBATE
The three Democratic candidates for governor squared off in their final televised debate Monday night, disagreeing over Maryland’s economy, marijuana laws, and the troubled rollout of the state’s health insurance website.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• COUNCIL SETS STRICTER CURFEW FOR CITY YOUTH
Under legislation approved by the Baltimore City Council, children and teenagers will have to be off the street by 9 p.m., effective this summer.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• HOUSE OF DELEGATES CANDIDATE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL CAMPAIGN VIOLATION
Brian S. Bailey was charged Monday with criminal election law violations for failing to use an authority line on a website his campaign allegedly purchased to publish derogatory campaign material concerning one of his opponents, Rebecca Dongarra.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• RAWLINGS-BLAKE IT DIRECTOR RESIGNS
The Mayor’s Office of Information Technology is being investigated for allegedly paying contractual employees for work they may not have performed. The IT director, Christopher Tonjes, resigned Monday.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday June 2
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:
The 26th Street retaining wall in Charles Village that collapsed on April 30th, causing a landslide onto CSX railroad tracks below, displaced dozens of area residents who are due to return home this Thursday.
• DISPLACED 26th STREET RESIDENTS RETURN HOME THIS WEEK
Charles Village residents who live in dozens of homes that were affected more than a month ago when a retaining wall collapsed, taking with it part of the street, are set to return home Thursday.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR TO DEBATE MONDAY
After participating in a televised debate Saturday night, the Republican candidates will tape a debate to be aired Wednesday night on WBAL-TV and repeated Friday night on MPT (Channels 22 and 67).
The three Democrats running for governor will debate live at 7 p.m. on WBAL-TV and statewide on MPT. MPT host Jeff Salkin will moderate that debate.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• KAMENETZ TRANSFERS $90K TO COMMITTEE FOR RETIRING COUNTY COUNCILMAN
Even though longtime Baltimore County Councilman John Olszewski Sr. is not running this year for office, campaign finance records released at week’s end show that a campaign account formed by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz gave the retiring councilman discretion to use $90,000 to support candidates of his choosing in a variety of election races.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• HOGAN SAYS HE CAN WORK WITH DEMOCRATS
The frontrunner for the Republican nomination for governor is citing his previous state government job in the Ehrlich Administration and his work in the private sector as a real estate broker as evidence of the experience he says is needed to change the direction of a state he believes has gone way too far with tax increases and runaway spending.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• MAJORITY OPPOSE SECRETS LEAKER’S ACTIONS
An NBC News poll taken while Edward Snowden’s interview with anchorman Brian Williams was airing last Wednesday and in the days following showed that more Americans oppose Snowden’s decision to flee the U.S. with thousands of stolen documents and reveal confidential details about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs than those who support his actions.
Read More at: NBC News
