Thursday, November 29, 2012
Joseph Baumgarten, 40, and Dianna Marketti, 30, are wanted after failing to appear at a bail hearing.
Howard County Police have released the mugshots of the two suspects wanted in a string of door kick-in burglaries throughout Howard County. Joseph Leo Baumgarten, of Pasadena, and Dianna Marketti, of Dundalk, were arrested on Oct. 4 after police said they tracked them down through a set of stolen Batlimore Ravens tickets. The two were charged with 25 counts each related to four daytime door kick-in burglaries and suspected in ten other burglaries that occurred in September, according to police. However, a court commissioner, Oreon W. Pinkston II, set the bail for Marketti and Baumgarten at $15,000 on Oct. 5 and both posted it that day. On Nov. 15, the two suspects failed to appear at a bond hearing scheduled to adjust their bail, …
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Try layaway plans at one or more of these retailers.
While it may only be October, it’s never too early to start thinking about holiday shopping. In this economy, some shoppers are fretting over being able to afford that special toy, bauble or other item that they know will bring a smile to their children, spouse, friend or family member. Consider layaway as a way to spread payments out over time, and be able to check things off those holiday lists. Popular during the Great Depression in the 1930s, layaway fell out of fashion in the 1980s as credit card usage became widespread. Many companies are once again offering the service, which allows customers to make installment payments on an item, sometimes with a small fee added to the item’s price for the company’s administrative costs. In our…
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Tell us in comments: Do you support the idea of a new bridge to connect Oakland Mills to downtown Columbia?
Proponents of Bridge Columbia will have to overcome the latest setback in their efforts to build a new bridge over Route 29 that would connect Oakland Mills and downtown Columbia. According to Explore Howard, the development company Howard Hughes found that a new bridge wouldn't be used enough to warrant its expense, according to testimony in front of the County Council by John Powell, office of transportation administrator in Howard County. Do you support the bridge, or do you think the cost outweighs the benefits? - Tell us in the comments. Howard Hughes wouldn't comment on the study because it has not been approved by the county, according to Explore Howard. Bridge Columbia, the group pushing for a new bridge, estimated the cost of a …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The proposed change has caused critics to raise transparency issues.
Columbia Association wants to hear from the public on legislation that would reclassify its designation from a homeowner's association to a "nonprofit community service corporation." CA has described the change as a way to save money that it spends reviewing potential amendments to the Maryland Homeowners' Association Act. Critics claim the move may make CA less transparent. In a blog post about the change, CA spokesperson David Greisman wrote CA is much larger than most homeowners' associations (HOAs), and as a result, amendments for small HOAs have a larger effect on CA. For example, wrote Greisman, one potential amendment would have required CA to provide printed budgets to all 37,000 homeowners in the HOA, which would have cost the …
Lorraine Kelly
7:42 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Not our problem. Now they are out and about,most likely stealing from others. more ›