AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT ALL THE SIGNS AROUND TOWN SAY; BUT GUESS WHO ENDS UP PAYING FOR ALL THE POLITICAL SIGNAGE THAT TAKES CREDIT FOR THE MAYOR’S ‘WORK’? R.I.P., Paul Blair:  Former Oriole great set high standard for excellence in outfield defense  with 1960s/70s Birds BUT BLAME THE RAVENS’ WEAK OFFENSIVE LINE, NOT FLACCO, […]

  BALTIMORE POET SHIRLEY BREWER SPEAKS IN VOICE OF MURDER VICTIM STEPHEN PITCAIRN Johns Hopkins researcher stabbed to death in Charles Village in 2010 POEMS PUBLISHED BY APPRENTICE HOUSE   By Sara Heilman   Shirley Brewer sat in her green “writing chair,” a piece of furniture that didn’t have a snowball’s chance of standing out […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Jan. 3 [Scroll down for full week’s compendia]   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 […]

  BONDS, McGWIRE, SOSA, CLEMENS MERIT ELECTION TO THE HALL AT COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. Orioles’ Rafael Palmeiro will never get my vote   By David Maril   One of the perks of covering major league baseball for too many years to mention is being given the lifetime honor of voting each winter in the Hall of […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Dec. 27 [Scroll down for full week’s compendia]   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 […]