The year in development began, the way every year does, as a blank slate waiting to be filled. But it also began literally with a blank slate in the form of a gaping hole downtown where the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre once stood.
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Tuesday Morning Headlines: Restaurant Week Returns with New Pricing Guidelines; Judge Drops Assault Charge Against Lt. Brian Rice; and More
C&R Pub in Federal Hill Transitions to Wayward Southern Bar + Kitchen – SouthBMore.com Morgan State University tries to entice dropouts to return – Washington Post Baltimore City Restaurant Week Returns with New Price Guidelines – Baltimore magazine Horseshoe adds continuous shuffle machines, stirring industry debate – Baltimore Sun Baltimore reverend elected bishop of African […]
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Wednesday Morning Headlines: City Poised to Approve Larger Harbor Point TIF; Md. Voting Districts Violate First Amendment, Lawsuit Says; Preliminary Medical Marijuana Licenses to Be Awarded Next Month; and More
Md. congressional districts violate First Amendment, lawsuit says – Washington Post Bad Decisions Moving to Former Get Down Space – Baltimore magazine Maryland expects to award preliminary medical marijuana licenses within next month – BBJ Orioles’ Zach Britton notches save in American League’s 4-2 victory – Baltimore Sun City poised to approve second, larger-than-expected round […]
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Maryland AG Wants Freddie Gray Case to go to State’s Highest Court
Maryland’s Attorney General is asking the state’s highest court to rule on whether one officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray should be ordered to testify in the trials of his fellow officers.
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Tuesday Morning Headlines: Inspector Falls in Downtown Sink Hole; Trial of Officer Rice to Begin; Nearly 1,800 Dancers Celebrate Lithuanian Culture; and More
A Maryland county’s nickel tax for plastic bags is paying off, but not as planned – Washington Post Nearly 1,800 dancers celebrate Lithuanian culture at festival – Baltimore Sun Woman injures hand in fireworks incident in Baltimore – WBAL Trial of Officer Rice in Freddie Gray case set to begin Tuesday – Baltimore Sun Inspector […]
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Baltimore, You’re Being Secretly Surveilled
The Baltimore Police Department’s secret surveillance plane is no longer a secret.
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A Baltimore Jury Convicted a Police Officer for Shooting a Suspect
A week after charges were dropped in the Freddie Gray case, there’s a completely different outcome in a separate police brutality case.
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Friday Morning Headlines: Port Covington Master Plan Approved; Why It’s Hard to Prove a ‘Rough Ride’ in Court; 250 Strangers Give Baltimore Teen $30K; and More
Machado’s garden gnome gets a mythical backstory – City Paper Were the Freddie Gray Trials Destined to Fail? – CityLab Proving ‘rough ride’ in court is difficult, police and legal experts say – Baltimore Sun Planning Commission approves Port Covington master plan – Baltimore Sun ‘Soar Khalil soar!’ Nearly 250 strangers give a Baltimore teenager […]
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Baltimore Police Training Now Includes History Lessons
In response to the unrest following the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department developed the “History of Baltimore Speaker Series,” which held its first session on Tuesday.
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Trump Says Mosby Should Self-Prosecute
During the 2012 election, Mitt Romney introduced voters to the concept of self-deportation. This year, the GOP presidential nominee is once again rolling out ideas of self-imposed punishment.
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Thursday Afternoon Headlines: Prosecutor Says Goodson Caused Gray’s Fatal Injury; Timonium Native Heads to Facebook; Renaissance Harborplace Hotel Completes Upgrade; and More
Timonium native and CollegeHumor co-founder heads to Facebook – Baltimore Sun Renaissance Harborplace Hotel completes $4.5M upgrade – Baltimore Sun St. John Properties teaming with University of Maryland on new development – BBJ Terps Lead Big Ten in Men’s Basketball Attendance – CBS Baltimore Baltimore cop caused fatal Freddie Gray injury: prosecutor – Reuters
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Freddie Gray Case: Motion Could Put 4 More Trials on Hold
Before the weekend, let’s get caught up on where things stand on legal proceedings surrounding Freddie Gray’s death. Even though the trials of the police officers accused in Gray’s death are on hold, a couple late-week developments are changing what’s publicly known about the case.
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WaPo Writer Wins Polk Award for Series on Maryland Settlement Abuses
Washington Post reporter Terrence McCoy has won a George Polk Journalism Award for a series he wrote on unfair settlement practices that he uncovered while reporting on the life of Freddie Gray.
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Freddie Gray Case: Goodson Trial on Hold at Least Until March
The trial of Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was supposed to start this week, but a Maryland appeals court’s schedule means the trial is getting pushed back a couple months.
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Tuesday Afternoon Headlines: Another Accused Officer Sues Mosby; Ostrowski’s Sausage Shop for Sale Again; What About All the Bills Hogan Didn’t Veto? and More
Big news is bills Hogan signed, not his vetoes – Maryland Reporter Automotive importer leases 21 acres at Sparrows Point – BBJ Ostrowski’s sausage shop on Washington Street is for sale again – Baltimore Sun BSO’s Marin Alsop throws out first pitch, conducts national anthem at Orioles game – Baltimore Sun Another Baltimore officer accused […]
