The Daily Record (Baltimore)

New Waterfront Office, Hotel Possible in South Baltimore

A plan to relocate a Baltimore maritime business could pave the path for a waterfront office or hotel in South Baltimore. To make way for an expansion of the Key Highway corridor next to Federal Hill, Tidewater Service Center plans to move its boatyard and boat repair business to Port Covington, a sprawling waterfront property that is home to the retailers Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and a Sam's Club.

Md Legal Briefs September 15, 2004

Sailer beached Mari Ayn Sailer, 27, of Laurel, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised probation, following her guilty plea last April to filing a false federal income tax return and scheming to defraud a federally insured bank, the U.S. Attorney's office in Baltimore said. Sailer acknowledged filing six false claims for refunds of 2001 federal income taxes totaling $501,927 in April 2002. Four of the six individ...

Security, $71m at Risk, According to Md. Audits

One of Maryland's largest state agencies has unresolved security issues and another may owe the federal government as much as $71 million, according to audits reviewed by legislators yesterday. The Office of Legislative Audits, part of Maryland's nonpartisan Department of Legislative Services, completed audits on the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Human Resources. Of the 44 findings in the two audit reports, the auditors focused on two main issues - the lack of ...

Top Court Green-Lights Touch Screen Voting Machines

The state's highest court yesterday heard the challenge to paperless touch-screen voting machines and quickly rejected it, ruling in favor of the State Board of Elections and against Linda Schade of TrueVoteMd.org and the Campaign for Verifiable Voting. For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 14th day of September, 2004, ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County be, and it is hereby, affirmed, the ...

Ad Shops Preparing for Tivo's Intrusive Tide

Maryland advertising agencies say the growing popularity of digital video recorders is pushing advertisers to be more creative to keep viewers watching. Consumers who own digital recorders like TiVo spend about 60 percent of their television viewing time watching delayed or recorded programs and skip 92 percent of television ads, according to a report out last week by Forrester Research, a market research firm in Cambridge, Mass.

Country Club Membership Not Marital Property

A nontransferable country club membership with an $80,000 price tag is not marital property that could be equitably distributed in a divorce case, the Court of Appeals has held. The only conclusion that may be reached is that the Club membership cannot be sold, transferred, exchanged, redeemed, inherited, or liquidated in any way, Judge Glenn T. Harrell wrote for the court, agreeing with Michael F. Solomon that his membership in the prestigious Congressional Country Club in Bethesda was not m...

Sexual Propensity Exception Applied in Attempted Rape Trial

A woman's testimony about a prior uncharged rape was properly admitted at her estranged husband's trial to show his intent and propensity to commit a sexual offense, the Court of Special Appeals said. The decision affirms Alphonso D. Hyman's convictions for second- degree assault and kidnapping in Montgomery County Circuit Court. His lawyer, Gwyn C. Hoerauf, said they are considering an appeal.

Sureties On Hyatt Regency Resort Liable to Golf Course Developer

A surety bond's promise to respond to claims within 45 days has a built-in enforcement mechanism, the Court of Special Appeals has held: After that time, failure to contest the claim constitutes a waiver of all defenses. The decision leaves the sureties on the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge liable to a golf course developer for $750,000.

Lawmakers See Little Flak From Tax Hike

State legislators in Annapolis yesterday said they had doubts about how painful a hike in unemployment insurance taxes has been to businesses. The comments came during a task force meeting to discuss changes to the state system that provides benefits to those laid off from jobs.

Rockville Economic Development Agency Ready to Work

A year after reinventing itself with a new name, a new mission and new leadership, Rockville's economic development arm may have overcome the perception of ineffectiveness attached to its prior incarnation. Rockville Economic Development Inc., which changed its name last fall from the Greater Rockville Partnership, spent much of the past year putting infrastructure in place, said Executive Director Sally Sternbach. That includes adding staff members, launching a Web site and moving into new o...

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