NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Nov. 22 [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 […]

  PORT OF BALTIMORE’S BIGGEST CHEERLEADER HONORED AND ROASTED AT MUSEUM EVENT Ex-Congresswoman praised by GOP and Democratic officeholders alike   By Alan Z. Forman   “Loved and Feared” — It was hard to tell which emotion was more prevalent Sunday afternoon as 500 Maryland politi- cians, admirers, colleagues and employees past and pres- ent, […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Nov. 15 [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 […]

  ALLOWING CELLPHONES TO BE KEPT ON DURING ALL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS DOES A DISSERVICE TO PASSENGERS Obnoxious ringtones, unlimited chatter threaten  to dominate  ‘friendly skies’ CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT CELLPHONE ACCESS?   By David Maril   We’re told not to text when we are driving. We’re lectured on the dangers of steering a motor vehicle […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Nov. 8 [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 […]