News 2008-07-19 Andanh.com

A son looks to the future Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
With mother's conviction, he hopes for a better life

Matthew Haarhoff, 20, son of Cynthia J. McKay, waits for his half sister and her husband to pick him up after he was released from the Anne Arundel County Detention Center. Haarhoff is looking to move on with his life after he was convicted for what prosecutors said was his role in the death of his mother's boyfriend and then released on probation as part of a plea agreement.

State police spying decried Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
O'Malley pledges not to infringe on citizens' free speech

O'Malley pledges not to use agencies to monitor citizens' free speech rights

Orioles notebook: Pitcher Loewen to try new position Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:22:00 -0400
Faced with the prospect of more surgery, O's pitcher will try the field

No longer willing to go through another surgery and extended rehabilitation process on his left elbow, Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen will attempt to reinvent himself as a position player.

Proposal would shine light on Baltimore contracts online Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
put city finances online

Houston spent $33,000 on bullets this year, but "Space City" paid nearly three times that to buy horse food. And while fuel costs have increased $3 million in Missouri since 2005, at least the "Show Me State" taxpayers spent 35 percent less on contracts for barbecue and pizza.

Tax dispute stalls Fort Howard veteran housing plan Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Developer calls retiree complex tax-exempt; county disagrees

The plans are as ambitious as the $100 million price tag would suggest: a sprawling retirement village for military veterans on the site of a former Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in eastern Baltimore County.

In Afghanistan, Obama visits troops and officials Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:07:00 -0400
Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in this war-weary nation, which is the focal point of his proposed strategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president.

New attitudes lead to MSA gains for Balto. Co. students Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Balto. County students post gains on the MSA

Two years ago, Woodlawn Middle was the first Baltimore County school to undertake sweeping reforms to stem years of dismal state test results. This year, dozens more students scored above grade level, and nearly twice as many passed the math exam as in 2006.

Convention officials laud high amount of hotel bookings Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Record numbers attributed to city-owned Hilton Baltimore, set to open next month

Roxie Herbekian (left) and Linda Norman talk as officials of the Baltimore Convention & Tourism Board assemble for a group photo. Officials today announced a record number of convention room nights booked through 2017 and credited the new Hilton Baltimore, a city-owned, 757-room convention headquarters hotel on West Pratt Street set to open next month.

Scientists explore ways to meet threat of asteroid strike Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Scientists explore ways to meet threat of an asteroid strike

An asteroid hurtles toward Earth, threatening devastation. A team of attractive young scientists and engineers launches a rocket that crashes into the asteroid and knocks it off course - just in the nick of time.

Four Baltimore-area Starbucks locations to close Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:31:00 -0400
12 stores in Maryland among 600 nationwide slated for closure

Starbucks Corp. has named all 600 company-owned stores it plans to close in a bid to boost its business and weed out unprofitable locations.

Officials laud hotel bookings Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Record numbers attributed to city-owned Hilton Baltimore, set to open next month

Roxie Herbekian (left) and Linda Norman talk as officials of the Baltimore Convention & Tourism Board assemble for a group photo. Officials today announced a record number of convention room nights booked through 2017 and credited the new Hilton Baltimore, a city-owned, 757-room convention headquarters hotel on West Pratt Street set to open next month.

O'Malley vows not to infringe on citizens' free speech Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
O'Malley

A day after the American Civil Liberties Union released documents showing that the Maryland State Police spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups, Gov. Martin O'Malley vowed yesterday not to allow state law enforcement agencies to monitor people exercising their right to free speech.

Spying lessons fall on deaf ears Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
W hy, shades of COINTELPRO!

With McKay's conviction, her son looks to the future Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
With mother's conviction, he hopes for a better life

Matthew Haarhoff, 20, son of Cynthia J. McKay, waits for his half sister and her husband to pick him up after he was released from the Anne Arundel County Detention Center. Haarhoff is looking to move on with his life after he was convicted for what prosecutors said was his role in the death of his mother's boyfriend and then released on probation as part of a plea agreement.

BRAC threatens water supply in Deer Creek, study says Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
BRAC poses threat to the water supply in Deer Creek, study says

Deer Creek will be increasingly stressed by population growth in the next two decades, much of it caused by expansion at Aberdeen Proving Ground because of BRAC, according to a new regional study.

Proposal would put Baltimore finances online Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Proposal would put city finances online

Houston spent $33,000 on bullets this year, but "Space City" paid nearly three times that to buy horse food. And while fuel costs have increased $3 million in Missouri since 2005, at least the "Show Me State" taxpayers spent 35 percent less on contracts for barbecue and pizza.

Dixon names government relations aide chief of staff Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Mayor Sheila Dixon tapped yesterday Demaune Millard, her former director of intergovernmental affairs, to serve as her chief of staff.

Phoenix couple's windmill proposal approved Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Balto. County zoning official allows couple to build structure

A Baltimore County zoning official has approved a couple's request to erect a windmill on their 59-acre farm in Phoenix as part of a plan to build a "green" home using renewable energy sources.

Annapolis cookout celebrates act of buying local produce Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Cookout in Annapolis celebrates the good taste and good sense of buying local produce

The tables were heaped with the summer treats: corn on the cob, barbecued chicken, potato salad, deviled eggs and watermelon. And all of the food - and wine - served at a cookout at Government House yesterday afternoon was produced in Maryland.

Two Anne Arundel officers hurt Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
In the same week that an Anne Arundel County police officer was shot in Brooklyn, two more officers were assaulted while responding to calls, police said yesterday.

McKay son enters guilty plea Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Judge bars him from contact with mother for a year

Matthew Haarhoff, 20, gets a hug from his half sister, Mandy Bafitis, 29, on his release from the Anne Arundel County Detention Center on Thursday. He pleaded guilty to a charge that he helped his mother, Cindy McKay, dispose of her boyfriend's body.

Police investigating Glen Burnie attack, stabbing Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:35:00 -0400
Victim says he was attacked by man who owed him money, another man

Anne Arundel County police say a Glen Burnie man was beaten and stabbed by a man who owed him money before midnight yesterday in a parking lot in the 100 block of Warwickshire Lane.

Arundel, Howard plan Md.'s first natural gas station Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Arundel, Howard plan Md.'s first natural gas station

One of the dirtiest jobs in Howard and Anne Arundel counties could soon be one of the cleanest for the atmosphere.

Selling fake Viagra brings jail for Jordanian national Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A Jordanian national was sentenced yesterday to four years in federal prison for trafficking in thousands of counterfeit Viagra pills imported from Egypt and stored in Glen Burnie, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office.

Three Brockbridge inmates wounded Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
State correction officials say three inmates at the Brockbridge Correctional Facility in Anne Arundel County were wounded in assaults.

Skinny houses in Brooklyn Park get a chilly reception Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Residents say they threaten area's property values

A 12-foot-wide house is "without a doubt the most ridiculous-looking thing we've ever seen," says Gary O'Neil, standing near a skinny house and a normal-size house in Brooklyn Park . Residents of Brooklyn Park say the skinny houses threaten the community's identity and decrease property values.

McKay gets maximum term in 2006 killing of boyfriend Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
30 years for killing follows effort to withdraw plea

A brazen con artist received the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison yesterday for the 2006 murder of her boyfriend, after adding another bizarre chapter to a life of crime with a court appearance that included a last-ditch attempt to take back her guilty plea.

Tax dispute stalls veteran housing Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Developer calls Fort Howard retiree complex tax-exempt; county disagrees

Developer calls Fort Howard retiree complex tax-exempt; county disagrees

New attitudes foster academic success Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Balto. County students post gains on the MSA

Two years ago, Woodlawn Middle was the first Baltimore County school to undertake sweeping reforms to stem years of dismal state test results. This year, dozens more students scored above grade level, and nearly twice as many passed the math exam as in 2006.

Windmill proposal wins approval Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Balto. County zoning official allows couple to build structure

A Baltimore County zoning official has approved a couple's request to erect a windmill on their 59-acre farm in Phoenix as part of a plan to build a "green" home using renewable energy sources.

Shooting suspect arrested in N.C. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A man wanted in the shooting of a Carney man who was changing a car tire this month was arrested yesterday by the FBI in Effingham, N.C., Baltimore County police said.

Book-signing set for Fotheringill Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Baltimore-area novelist Edward Fotheringill will sign copies of Halfmoon Confidential , the third volume in a trilogy, at 1 p.m. today at Borders Lutherville, 170 W. Ridgely Road. Copies of the first two volumes also will be available for sale and signing.

Air guard unit sent to Bosnia-Herzegovina Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The Maryland Air National Guard has sent 72 members of its 175th Wing to Bosnia-Herzegovina on a humanitarian mission. The members are mostly from the 175th Civil Engineer Squadron based at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River, officials said.

Nature center moving to Owings Mills Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The Irvine Nature Center will close its building on the grounds of St. Timothy's School in Stevenson as of tomorrow to prepare to move to a new facility in Owings Mills.

Park shooting not random, police say Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Woman, 19, arrested in early-morning attack

The shooting of a young woman at a popular Baltimore County park Wednesday morning was not a random attack, county police said yesterday in announcing that a suspect has been arrested.

Courtroom gripped by grief, remorse as driver in fatal crash sentenced Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Drunken driver sentenced in death of Towson student

Weeping came from both sides of a Baltimore County courtroom yesterday where the drunken driver who fatally struck a Towson University freshman in an October hit-and-run was sentenced to 18 months in the county detention center.

2 teens injured in Gwynn Oak fire Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Two teenagers were treated for minor injuries after a fire damaged a rowhouse in the 7100 block of N. Alter St. in Gwynn Oak yesterday afternoon, Baltimore County fire officials said.

Man, 25, killed in 2-vehicle crash Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Accident occurred on Route 31 in Westminster, according to state police

Mother, daughter displaced by fire Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A mother and daughter were treated for smoke inhalation at Carroll Hospital Center yesterday morning after a midnight fire caused heavy damage to their Hampstead townhouse, authorities said.

Woman gets 3 years in embezzlement Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A Carroll County bookkeeper accused of embezzling more than $236,000 - including a total of almost $50,000 from a Cub Scout troop and an elementary school PTA - was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to three years in prison, federal officials said.

Broadband age comes to Carroll Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
County celebrates its growing fiber-optics network

Don Oyler, a lineman with Leading Technology Solutions Inc., hangs fiber-optics cable for Carroll County's network, which will connect schools, government offices and other facilities. "We're creating a modern community, really," said Gary Davis, chair of the cooperative entity behind the plan.

Man, 25, killed in two-vehicle crash in Westminster Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:57:00 -0400
A Hampstead man was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer today on Route 31 in Westminster, Maryland State Police said.

Mount Airy woman sentenced for embezzlement Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:26:00 -0400
A federal judge has sentenced a Mount Airy woman to prison for defrauding a client, a Cub Scout pack and a PTA out of $236,000.

Boys reared on hunting, shooting prepare to go for national honors Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Boys reared on hunting, shooting prepare to go for national honors

The first time Paul Koontz Jr. fired a gun, the 15-year-old Mayberry resident could barely walk.

Growth stresses Harford stream Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
BRAC poses threat to the water supply in Deer Creek, study says

BRAC poses threat to the water supply in Deer Creek, study says

Harford waste center receives 56 violations Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
County develops response plan to state assessment

An assessment of the Harford Waste Disposal Center has uncovered 56 violations, including unsafe areas and equipment, escaping litter, inadequate trash cover and erosion of surrounding ground at the county landfill in Street.

Girl, 17, who fell from horse rescued Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A 17-year-old girl who was injured when she fell off her horse while trail riding along the Little Gunpowder Falls near the Baltimore-Harford county line was rescued by firefighters and emergency personnel yesterday, authorities said.

Local farms lead way back to the future Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A woman pulled up in a Lexus at the farmers' market in Bel Air recently and approached the man who had sold her husband a bag of tomatoes earlier in the day. "I want my money back!" she snapped. "I don't know what my husband was thinking, paying $5 for a quart of tomatoes."

Md. man guilty in fraud scheme Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A 61-year-old Harford County man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to committing wire fraud in a scheme to bilk 71 companies out of $2.3 million, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office.

Table Talk: Bliss in Harford; a deal in Howard Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
I n spite of the name, Harford County's Bliss Coffee and Wine Bar (1402 Handlir Drive, Riverside, 410-272-0505, live-your-bliss.com) is a full-fledged restaurant that seats 40 in the dining room, 15 in the bar and even more on the soon-to-be-opened patio. The chef is Lance Lader, who has worked various places in the area, but is currently cooking in the style of his time at Sotto Sopra . Dinner entrees run from $14.95 for a grilled vegetable pasta to $24.95 for a fillet wrapped in bacon with a black-cherry reduction.

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