All the tweets on #dixontrial indicate that some sort of verdict has been reached. This is believed to be a partial verdict on at least some of the 3 counts sitll remaining. Stay tuned for more.
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All the tweets on #dixontrial indicate that some sort of verdict has been reached. This is believed to be a partial verdict on at least some of the 3 counts sitll remaining. Stay tuned for more.
Related posts:Wednesday’s Live [...]
We gave away 8 invitations yesterday. Today, we have 8 more thanks to the generosity of Rob Carlson who offered them to us via Google Wave to give away to our readers.
I will be giving away a Google Wave nomination (invitation) to the first 8 people to post a comment [...]
Click here to see our Tuesday News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You need to already have Google Wave to participate.
Please join the discussion and let us know your opinion on today’s news items. We’ve included a handful of things to [...]
At least one person was killed this morning in a crash on the ramp to I-695 from I-95.
The Dixon Trial jury has already resumed their 7th day of deliberations today and they’ve already sent a note to the judge. Yesterday, the jury told the judge they [...]
The 23rd season of MTV’s The Real World was filmed this past summer in DC and is set to air soon. There was a lot of coverage on DC blogs and in the media prior to the filming and after it started. Now it seems they may [...]
Verne Troyer is guest host of WWE Raw tonight live from 1st Mariner Arena. The show will air at 9 p.m. EST on USA Network.
When Troyer’s name was first announced, Kevin Eck wondered why Rosedale native Stacy Keibler or Ray Lewis wasn’t the host [...]
John Patti of WBAL AM points out TrainsRCool.com has a listing of all the regional model train displays for the holidays.
Related posts:Amtrak train kills pedestrianHoliday ClosingsBlack Friday [...]
I will be giving away a Google Wave nomination (invitation) to the first 8 people to post a comment on this post. You must put the email address you want the nomination sent to in the email field on the comment. Comments will be closed after the first 8 reply.
Just [...]
Click here to see our Monday News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You need to already have Google Wave to participate.
Please join the discussion and let us know your opinion on today’s news items. We’ve included a handful of things to [...]
The above picture from a display in the gingerbread village was one I took at Kennedy Krieger’s Festival of Trees this weekend at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. You can see the rest of my pictures below the fold on this [...]
Good morning. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend.
The jury returns to deliberations today in the Sheila Dixon trial after having the holiday weekend off. Nobody knows what has kept them deliberating this long for sure, but I’m guessing if it keeps up much longer that we may [...]
We asked people for their favorite Maryland place names on Twitter yesterday. Some of the ones we got were Assawoman Bay, Whiskey Bottom, Scaggsville, Boring, Parole, Tuckahoe and North East. Today on our news wave we also got two other names – Accokeek and Accident.
Feel free to add [...]
Click here to see our Wednesday News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You need to already have Google Wave to participate. (We don’t have any invitations to give out right now.)
Please join the discussion and let us know your opinion on [...]
For those of you travelling today, be sure to check our transit and traffic page for delays. Michael Dresser’s blog has a post with alternate routes for missing the bad traffic whether you’re going north or south today. There’s also a report on I95travelinfo.net being [...]
As the NFL regular season starts approaching the final downhill run to the finish, lists of potential coaches have been coming out for all the expected firings (one already took place at Buffalo.)
Don Banks of SI wrote a column sizing up all the potential hires. Here’s the blurb he [...]
The jurors in the Sheila Dixon trial continued their deliberations with no verdict today. They will return Wednesday morning. Some observers expect a decision prior to Thanksgiving.
Abe Pollin, who purchased the Baltimore Bullets in 1964, died today at the age of 85. Pollin moved the team to [...]
There was a previous blog post here previewing the Maryland Democratic Party’s new blog, called The Online State. The blog is now live and its contributors include Susan Turnbull and Isaac Salazar.
Related posts:Maryland Democrats prepare to launch [...]
In Monday’s News Wave, we had a reader mention that at the rate the jury deliberations were going in the Sheila Dixon trial, that the jury would be ruining some Thanksgiving plans. We asked what might happen with that in our morning news roundup today and in our [...]
A crash involving a car and an MTA bus sent eight people to the hospital.
Police said the crash happened at about 10 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Franklin Square and Abigail drives.
Officers said the impact sent the bus over an embankment.
Four people are being treated at Bayview, [...]
We were originally inspired by this Mashable post, so we initially tried this yesterday. The first day was so successful that we’re going to keep doing it.
Click here to see our Tuesday News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You [...]
This post is a roundup of what’s in the news. You can discuss today’s news items on our Tuesday News Wave on Google Wave.
The jury in the Sheila Dixon trial is headed into a fourth day of deliberations today. How long will the judge let them go before [...]
Inspired by this Mashable post, we’re trying something new today.
Click here to see our Monday Morning News Wave or search for “with:public Inside Charm City” in your Google Wave search box.
You need to already have Google Wave to participate. (We don’t have any invitations to give out right [...]
This post has been updated in two spots. The updated portions are additions that are boldfaced and italicized.
On October 6, Stan Moore of Inside Charm City posted about circumstances at UMBC. On October 5, The Retriever ran a story about an allegation that ” [...]
I saw headlines on Twitter earlier that a penthouse condo at the Ritz-Carlton had sold for $12.6M.
It was later reported by the Daily Record that author Tom Clancy is the buyer.
More details:
In what is being billed as the largest condominium transaction in Baltimore’s history, novelist Tom Clancy has paid [...]
If you haven’t heard already, Bill Toohey is being replaced as public information officer for the Baltimore County Police. The reaction in the internet has been swift and strongly in support of Toohey.
I suggested wider use of the #toohey hashtag after seeing @firepix1075 use it. The reaction is below. [...]
The following traffic figures are from Maryland Politics Watch. Adam also provides the Top 10 list of politically oriented blogs and if you merged the two lists, Inside Charm City would still be #1.
Local Blogs, Site Visits 1/09-10/09
1. Inside Charm City: 267,283
2. Rockville Central: 92,498
3. Just Up [...]
The Baltimore Sun now has this Twitter list of media members tweeting from inside the court room. None of them are Sun reporters, as we noted Monday.
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I saw a tweet from someone in my twitterstream that said goodbye Hauschka or something similar. I found nothing in Google News.
I just did a Twitter search and found that @RobLongShow of 1370 AM reported that he was cut. No replacement has been named but other information I saw [...]
Jamie Harrison has a good post about the racial undercurrents in the Dixon Trial:
This is why Dixon’s attorneys used six challenges to exclude whites from the jury (three finally made it) and state prosecutors used three challenges to exclude blacks (seven ended up in the jury). Even if no [...]
The Maryland Democractic Party has a new blog that has yet to debut. Currently it just has a RSS/Twitter link and a form to sign up for email that notifies you when it is up.
The blog name is The Online State and it will be at http://www.theonlinestate.com/blog/.
[...] It will be interesting to see if the members of the media providing live updates via Twitter from the courtroom will be allowed to continue to do so despite court orders and media protocols forbidding the use of electronic devices in the courtroom.
The Baltimore Sun now has this Twitter list [...]
Matthew Hay Brown of In Good Faith has a report that Monsignor Dennis Tinder of Immaculate Conception in Towson is retiring due to major health issues. Tinder was criticized by parents and students at Towson Catholic H.S. this summer for closing that school.
The Sun has moderation on their comments [...]
I’ve posted a lengthy piece at OnQ Social Media discussing most of the issues going this week regarding Twitter and the trial of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon. There seems to be some factionalism going on among some of the media people there who are using Twitter and ones who [...]
Today’s session of the Sheila Dixon trial starts at 9 a.m. WBAL TV has live updates here.
You can also follow the trial on Twitter via the #dixontrial hashtag. Be sure to include the hashtag if you’re tweeting about the trial whether you’re in the courtroom or not. We have [...]
Tyler Waldman of the Towerlight has a good profile story on Dundalk native and Towson alum Mike Rowe.
Related posts:T. Rowe Price Congratulates Mary J. Miller on Proposed Nomination to U.S. Treasury [...]
I just got a heads-up from someone asking about traffic on 175 and checked Traffic.com and found out that 175 is closed due to downed power lines between Burns Crossing and 2nd. BG&E is on the scene, but the road will be closed through the morning rush hour. Burns Crossing [...]
Stuck on MARC has more on this issue. Granted I don’t feel like I should even link to their blog anymore after her snotty little comment at the end of this post. A MARC blog that doesn’t even allow comments and who knows how little traffic they actually get [...]
The following ad for Pat McDonough’s campaign for Governor ran in the Washington Times on November 12, 2009:
Click on the above image for a larger version.
Related posts:McDonough: Campaign picks up steamPat [...]
We blogged about The Blind Side, the movie about the life of Ravens’ rookie lineman Michael Oher, in recent weeks. That movie hits theaters today next Friday. The movie is based on the book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, by Michael Lewis.
Thanks to Twitter user @atrumb [...]
According to various reports, including WBFF, St. Mary’s County Schools are on a two hour delay today due to weather.
Related posts:Maryland Primary WeatherSchool delaysFog delays school start times
[...]
The Howard County WPUG will meet tonight at 7 at 2nd Chance Saloon. Mike Dougherty is the speaker.
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WBAL TV and WBAL AM are liveblogging it here.
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Just 15 minutes after stepping off the train at Baltimore’s Penn station I found myself standing behind the yellow crime-scene tape after a shooting. We had been alerted to the attack on N Milton Avenue, in the east of the city, via Twitter. In the UK, the micro-blogging site [...]
Lifehacker has the link to the Google Maps Flu Shot Finder. The map for the Baltimore area is here. It includes locations for both the seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccine.
Related posts:Free flu shots this Sunday [...]
I’m a bit amazed that this has to be said, but if we retweet something from the Inside Charm City Twitter account with no comment, then we are just passing it along for further discussion and reflection. No endorsement is implied nor should one be inferred. I’ll echo that for [...]
Just taking this opportunity to thank all Veterans throughout the history of the Republic, especially those I served with.
Related posts:Veterans DayVeterans’ cemetery to expand[...]
A previous post I made about the possibility of The Dogwood remaining closed received a comment today saying that they would be re-opening “in a few weeks.”
Elizabeth Large blogged earlier today that one of her colleagues at The Sun received a tweet saying that they would be re-opening [...]
Baltimore Business Journal has the details. Google will ask wi-fi users to make Google Chrome their default browser as well as asking them to donate to non-profits that Google supports.
Related posts:Malware Warning on WBAL.com?Franchot Google Ad [...]
Stephen King will be signing his latest book tomorrow night at 7 at Wal-Mart on North Point Boulevard.
From Read Street:
First, the line is to start at 7 a.m. (Yes, you read that right.) At 10 a.m., wristbands will be handed out to the first 400 people in line. These [...]
Just a reminder of our previous post, Duff Goldman will be signing his new book tonight at Barnes & Noble in the Long Gate Shopping Center in Ellicott City at 7 p.m.
The Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore City Health Department is holding a free flu clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday on the 6th floor of the warehouse building at Camden Yards. Both H1N1 vaccines and seasonal flu vaccines will be given.
Related posts:[...]
The Dagger has a full report on Juanita L. Warman, who was one of the victims of Thursday’s shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
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These are the pictures I took during breaks and at the after-party last night. I also got one picture of all the volunteers on stage at the end when they were recognized after the presentations were over. Otherwise, my camera was in my bag since no pictures were allowed during [...]
The 4th and final session is starting at 4:30. Speakers are Karen Kasmauski, Aris Melissaratos, Bob Duggan, Roland Griffiths, and Ana Vidovic.
Kasmauski is a photojournalist specializing in Global Health. She was given a National Geographic assignment on viruses several years ago. It took her to Brazil to cover a yellow [...]
The 3rd session is starting shortly. Scheduled for it are: Will Noel, Mark Walsh, Rebecca Hoffberger, Tyler Cowen, and John Forte.
Noel is talking about Archimedes and his codex writing. He is discussing document preservation and shows how a Codex by Archimedes was turned into a prayer book.
The text sold for [...]
The 2nd session starts at 11:30. Peter Agre, Ico Bukvic, Tony Geraci, and Sonja Sohn are scheduled for this session. Naomi Natale was scheduled but ended up speaking earlier in the opening session.
A TED video on sounds and music is shown as the session starts.
Peter Agre [...]
Aneesh Chopra, first CTO of the US, is speaking now.
He’s the first speaker wearing a tie. He mentions meeting The King of Hearts in India on a delegation with Gov. Mark Warner. The discussion is about lowering the costs of healthcare by bringing scale to the endeavor. The average heart [...]
Dave Troy comes out and speaks after a video.
Official hashtags for Twitter are #tedxmid and #tedx.
Jeff Salkin of MPT is introduced as the moderator for the day and things are now underway. A video from the international curator of TED is being shown now.
Steve Ziger and [...]
I am at Falvey Hall at MICA in Baltimore today to cover the TEDxMidAtlantic conference.
All my liveblogging will be at here at Inside Charm City. I will also make occasional updates and a wrap-up post after the [...]
MTA
November 4, 2009 8:22 PM
Camden: Marc 856 is stopped outside of WASH due to striking a trespasser on the tracks. Marc equipment from Baltimore is being dispatched to conduct a passenger transfer. Expect a delay of approx 2 hours for passengers to their destinations.
November 4, 2009 [...]
Cheryl Taragin has a great post including video and pictures if you missed any coverage in the past few days.
Related posts:More Jacko coverageComcast election coverage tonightSchaefer sculpture unveiling [...]
The Dagger has news on tonight’s election results from Aberdeen and Bel Air.
The race for Bel Air Town Commissioners will not be decided until Monday when provisional ballots are certified and the counting of absentee ballots is finished:
Currently, Preston leads the field with 414 votes, followed by Carey [...]
Tim Wheeler has the details.
Related posts:City Health Department Warns Of Toxic Pesticide Illegally Sold In CityBaltimore rated 10th smartest city in America[...]
On CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 5pm today discussing the Governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey.
Related posts:FBI raids senator’s homeMore on O’Malley being booedMcDonnell’s win bad [...]
WPOC has the details. DeYoung, who has been at the station for 24 years will be inducted into the HOF in February.
Related posts:More on September’s radio ratingsSenior Players championship leaving [...]
O’Malley’s March, the band featuring Governor Martin O’Malley, will be playing 2 shows on December 20 at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis. Tickets go on sale today at noon.
Related posts:Free Concert Tickets for Sonar tonight[...]
“Without Bias” will air tonight at 8 p.m. EST on ESPN. Here’s a clip from the film:
David Zurawik has a review of the documentary.
Related posts:Joe Flacco and Mark Clayton at ESPN Zone tonight[...]
WBAL.com has more details.
WBAL TV has the livestream of the event.
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[...]We talked last week about the filming of The Social Network this week at JHU.
B reports that star Justin Timberlake will not be featured in the Baltimore filming and also passes on this tip:
The best chance to see action: Monday, when filming will be held during daylight hours [...]
I noticed that there is a Sonic of Baltimore fan page on Facebook now that says a location has been selected for a Sonic location on Liberty Road, presumably near the Beltway. It would appear that sometime in 2010 is the timeframe for opening.
Previously, the Baltimore Business Journal [...]
FBI
Department of Justice Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release
October 30, 2009 United States Attorney’s Office
Eastern District of Virginia
Contact: (703) 299-3700
MS-13 Gunman Sentenced 80 Years for Attempted Murder
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Dennis L. Gil Bernardez, 33, of Landover, Md., the gunman in an MS-13 shooting, was sentenced to 80 years in prison today [...]
Either Vice President Joe Biden or his wife Jill are responsible for the occasional “security hold” delays out of Union Station, said MTA MARC Train Director John Hovatter.
I noticed the “security hold” delays over the past week or so. They have never called them that before when they [...]
WMAR reports two people have been shot at Keary Advertising in North Point and the County homicide detectives are on the scene. They report the shooting happened just before 12:30 p.m. today.
The Keary Advertising website says they were founded in 1950, do direct mail advertising, and have worked [...]
A few groups, organizations, PR firms, and agencies already send us their press releases. This is just a note to those of you who aren’t. Send your press releases to mail@insidecharmcity.com.
Related posts:Free publicity here – send [...]
Suzanne Loudermilk points out a few facts that look like negative indicators for The Dogwood in Hampden ever reopening.
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[...]MARC email
Penn: Marc 538 (605pm WAS Dp) to be delayed leaving WASH due to having cab car replaced due car involved in deer strike in Seabrook area. At this time, total delay time not known.
Penn: Marc 538 (605p WAS Dp) will be leaving Union Station approx 15 mins late due [...]
Baltimore County health officials say the lines were so long outside a swine flu vaccine clinic in Perry Hall that the clinic opened two hours early today.
Dr. Gregory Branch told WBAL News that people had camped out at Perry Hall Middle School since midnight, so officials decided to open [...]
I took the MARC train down to DC this morning (and I’m riding the train now back to Baltimore) to attend the 40th Anniversary Conference for Accuracy in Media. In the interests of full disclosure, I was an intern with Accuracy in Academia (which is affiliated with AIM) in the [...]
The Quarter @ Bourbon Street Ballroom
Cartel
The Bigger Lights
The Summer Set
This Providence
Goucher College
Jukebox The Ghost
Sonar
Har Mar Superstar
1st Mariner Arena
Maxwell
Ottobar
Pig Destroyer
Eyehategod
Goatwhore
Strong Intention
Swarm Of The Lotus
Rams Head Live!
Sister Hazel
Sam Grow
Virginia Coalition
Recher Theatre
Vertical Horizon
Lyric Opera House
D.L. Hughley
Merriweather [...]
I went to the Biggest Little Tailgate Party event Monday night at M&T Bank Stadium. The event supported Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland.
Some of the notables there included Terry Owens of WMAR, Ed Norris of [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: October 21, 2009
CONTACT: Jayme Kilburn, 443-874-4917, jkilburn@strandtheatercompany.org
The Strand Theater, 1823 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Please join us in creating a Free Fall mural at the Strand!
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Graves in the Water, an original piece adapted from Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology has been CANCELLED [...]
We talked yesterday about the fact that Maryland (vs. Virginia Tech) and South Carolina (vs. Florida) will wear camouflage uniforms from Under Armour on November 14 to aid the Wounded Warrior Project. Pictures of the jerseys Maryland will wear and the shoes both teams will wear are below.
[...]
@GusSent tweeted the following which caught my eye:
True headline: Orgasm session fills up Stephens Theater. Nice job, @thetowerlight.
Here are excerpts from the story from The Towerlight he referenced:
Every seat in the Stephens Hall Auditorium was filled Monday night when just less than 700 students and faculty reached [...]
Raleigh Cooking Examiner has an interview with Duff Goldman of Charm City Cakes and more information on his new book.
The Baltimore Sun has a video interview with Goldman about the book here, but for some reason they’ve stopped allowing embedding of some of their videos including that [...]
We covered this story yesterday. Gus Sentementes at BaltTech has more on it today including the university press release (found below the fold here) and the video below.
UMD press release
Spiraling Flight of Maple Tree Seeds Inspires New Surveillance Technology
Clark School Aerospace Engineering Students [...]
Bacon & Beer Happy Hour VI will be held tonight at Bad Decisions.
Related posts:Today’s Baltimore Beer Week EventsBaltimore Beer Week Events at Victoria Gastro Pub[...]
Virginia Railway Express has chosen a French railway company to operate its commuter trains, giving the foreign-owned company a high-profile launching pad for its first U.S. rail operations while abandoning Amtrak, which has run and maintained the trains since VRE began.
[...]
The board of the commuter train agency voted [...]
I’m writing this post today (after putting off writing it for a couple of months) because Snoop Dogg is the guest host of WWE Raw tonight on the USA Network. Snoop will also be performing next Tuesday night at [...]
ForbesTraveler.com published an article that includes a list of America’s 20 Prettiest Towns.
Annapolis is included:
“Annapolis is somehow able to maintain ties to its historic colonial and maritime past without seeming hokey,” says Melville. “Walk down the cobblestone streets, stay overnight in one of the ancient Victorian bed and [...]
This is just a reminder that The 2nd Annual Biggest Little Tailgate Party presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland tonight at M&T Bank Stadium. There will be children’s games, Ravens players in attendance, tailgate food, and a chili cook-off.
Related posts:[...]
For Friday events, click here.
Click here for Saturday events.
Sunday events can be found here.
Related posts:Tuesday’s Baltimore Beer Week eventsToday’s Baltimore Beer Week EventsThursday’s Baltimore Beer Week [...]
Click here for the complete list.
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[...]David Zurawik reports on news coverage by Gawker and others that there may be some sort of shakeup or mass exodus on the Mad Men production staff.
Word is that Baltimore native Robin Veith is one of the ones departing. Veith had been promoted to Executive Story Editor for this [...]
Sam Sessa reports that Fletcher’s is under new ownership and could re-open as soon as next month.
Previously:
Fletcher’s closed?
Related posts:New interchange on 95 opening FridayI-95 tie-ups earlyCity Schools [...]
How We Drive (via Greater Greater Washington) points to a study that finds that parents who use EZPass have healthier babies.
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Inside Charm City won the Mobbie award for the News category. Thanks to all our readers who voted.
Other winners included:
Best Overall – Renegade Agency Confessional
Foodie – Dining Dish
Humor – The City That Breeds
Pop Culture – MamaPop
Music – [...]
The Maryland NAACP wants lawmakers to strip the governor of the authority to fill the office of mayor…should it become vacant as a result of Mayor Dixon’s legal troubles.
The group’s leaders are expressing fears that a possible future Republican governor might appoint a white or Republican leader in that [...]
