NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday June 13
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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:
Hells Angels bikers stopped at a restaurant in Gambrills; Anne Arundel Executive Laura Neuman is criticizing Steve Schuh over it.
• NEUMAN HITS SCHUH ON HELLS ANGELS VISIT TO RESTAURANT
In April the gang stopped at the Greene Turtle restaurant in Gambrills and left without causing any problems.
Relative to the visit, Neuman brushed aside criticism from Schuh — who is running against her for Anne Arundel County Executive — for allegedly “using the police department for political purposes” to criticize Greene Turtle, calling it “clearly a political statement intended to cover up bad public policy” at the restaurant.
Schuh is the owner of several restaurants managed by GT-Mid States LLC, a holding company for restaurants including Greene Turtle Sports and Grilles in Gambrills, Pasadena and Annapolis. He is the company’s financial adviser and is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the businesses.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOUND IN VIOLATION OF ETHICS CODE
Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance took a consulting job with a professional development company that does business with the school system. He promised not to do that anymore.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• EARLY VOTING BEGINS FOR JUNE 24 MARYLAND PRIMARY
The polls opened statewide Thursday morning at 10 a.m. They will remain open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. through next Thursday, June 19th.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• MD. JUDGE RULES AGAINST ONLINE BALLOTS FOR BLIND, DISABLED
Citing concerns about ballot security, a federal judge in Baltimore said Thursday he would not require elections officials to provide online absentee ballots for visually impaired and physically disabled voters in the June 24 primary election.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• GANSLER PROPOSES TAX CUT FOR MIDDLE CLASS
The Attorney General’s proposed cut would give families with income between $50,000 and $100,000 a year a $400 tax credit for each of the tax years between 2016 and 2018.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday June 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 Thursday:
GOP gubernatorial candidate Ron George weighs in on the so-called “rain tax” (stormwater fees) with a music video that is actually quite good.
• CANDIDATE RON GEORGE SINGS ABOUT ‘RAIN TAX’
The Republican candidate for governor released a two-minute music video Wednesday. (Watch it on YouTube
by clicking here.) George is one of four hopefuls vying for the GOP nomination to succeed Martin O’Malley in the June 24 primary.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• ANTI-SMOKING ADVOCATES OPPOSE HENSON SENATE BID
While not endorsing anyone, an advocacy group that supports increasing tobacco taxes is tacitly supporting State Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden for reelection in the Democratic primary Tuesday after next.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• ST. PAUL AND CALVERT STREETS COULD BECOME TWO-WAY
Two of the major one-way north-south streets in the city’s center are part of a $140,000 traffic study which includes corridors from Fayette Street north to University Parkway, approved Wednesday by the Baltimore Board of Estimates.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• CITY-OWNED HILTON HOTEL HAS BEST YEAR IN 2013
The Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel lost $2.9 million last year, though not nearly as much as it lost in 2012. It was the best year in the taxpayer-financed project’s history.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• HAGERSTOWN WOMAN ACQUITTED OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
Despite her confession, a Washington County Circuit judge acquitted the woman, who had been charged with sexually abusing four children ranging in age from one to two years old over a period of six years, because, the judge ruled, a confession alone was not sufficient evidence to gain a conviction.
Read More at: Hagerstown Herald-Mail
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday June 11
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 chocolate company wants a Md. senator to stop using their logo.
• HERSHEY SUES MD. STATE SENATOR OVER CAMPAIGN SIGN
The Pennsylvania-based chocolate compa- ny asked a federal judge Tuesday to enjoin Queen Anne’s County Maryland State Sen. Stephen S. Hershey Jr. from using cam- paign materials similar to its logo and packaging.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• $250M MIXED-USE PROJECT PROPOSED NEAR CROSS ST. MARKET
A Baltimore County developer plans to build apartments, offices and stores on a three-block stretch of industrial buildings, empty lots and homes between Federal Hill and M&T Bank Stadium.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• TWO ANNE ARUNDEL FIRMS RELOCATE TO BALTIMORE
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund and beauty products company Kao USA Inc. are moving a total of 310 jobs from Anne Arundel County to Baltimore.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• OFF-DUTY P.G. CO. COP ARRESTED IN CURTIS BAY ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
The Prince George’s County officer followed, then pointed his gun at another driver in Curtis Bay.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• TEA PARTY PROFESSOR UPENDS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER
Ultra-conservative Randolph-Macon Economics Prof. David Brat unseated Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Virginia congressional primary Tuesday in one of the most stunning primary election upsets in U.S. congressional history.
With just over $200,000 to Cantor’s $5.4 million, Tea Party-backed Brat soundly defeated the 7th District Richmond-area congressional leader, who had been considered the frontrunner to succeed House Speaker John A. Boehner at some point in the near future.
Read More at: New York Times
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday June 10
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:
California Chrome’s owner apologized Monday for the bitter remarks he made Saturday following the Belmont Stakes.
• CALIFORNIA CHROME CO-OWNER
APOLOGIZES FOR OUTBURST
On Saturday, following his horse’s loss in the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel in thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, Steve Coburn said the winning horse and his owners had taken the “coward’s way out” by skipping the Preakness and Kentucky Derby. Coburn apologized Monday for his intemperate remarks.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• SOUTHEAST BALTIMORE TO GET
BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB
Partners in the Canton Crossing shops said Mon- day they have reached an agreement with BJ’s to locate on a six-and-a-half acre site on O’Donnell Street formerly occupied by the New Jersey-based specialty paint company Complimentary Coatings Corp.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• THIRD ARUNDEL DEBATE SCHEDULED FRIDAY NIGHT
The two Republican candidates for Anne Arundel County executive, incumbent Laura Neuman and challenger Steve Schuh, will hold their third and final debate at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• 1st MARINER BUYERS GET REGULATORY APPROVAL
The local group of investors buying the Baltimore-based institution — who go by the name RKJS Bank — said Monday they expect to close on the deal as early as next week.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• BROWN PLEDGES NO TAX INCREASES EARLY IN NEW TERM
The frontrunner for governor said Monday he does not “see the need in the foreseeable future to raise taxes in the near future in Maryland, so that’s good news.”
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday June 9
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:
Artist’s rendering shows apartments planned for Annapolis Junc- tion Town Center, whose groundbreaking will take place Monday.
• ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION TOWN CENTER SETS GROUNDBREAKING
A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Monday for Somerset Construction Co.’s $180 million mixed-use project connected to the MARC Station at Savage, Md.
Read More at: Baltimore Business Journal
• BROWN, HOGAN REGISTER
COMMANDING LEADS
According to an Opinion Works poll taken for The Sun, the lieutenant governor and Anne Arundel County businessman have a better than 2-1 advantage in their respective party primaries.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• JOS. A. BANK ANNOUNCES FINAL QUARTERLY EARNINGS
It was the last time the Maryland-based company will do so. Men’s Wearhouse is expected to acquire the company in the next few weeks.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• MARYLAND EARLY VOTING BEGINS THURSDAY
The state’s primary election isn’t till June 24, but early voting begins this week. The five early voting centers in Anne Arundel County are listed here.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• N.Y., PHILADELPHIA SUBMIT BIDS FOR 2016 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Four other cities — Birmingham, Ala.; Phoenix, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio — have also submitted bids.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
