Friday, May 11, 2012
Watch me test drive the car that is currently on display at the Maryland Solar and Wind Expo.
It looks like a Mini Cooper, drives like a peppy Toyota Corolla and sips gasoline like... well, actually, it doesn't. Of course I'm talking about the City by Think—one of the few 100 percent electric cars available to consumers. And it's on display through the weekend at the Maryland State Fairgrounds at the Solar and Wind Expo. The City is currently the most affordable all-electric car on the market, tagged at $22,500. However, dealers are touting a Federal income tax credit that knocks the price down to a mere $15,000. The City's closest competitor is the recently released Nissan Leaf, which starts at $27,700 before the applicable income tax credit. I spoke with representatives from the Randallstown-based Eurostar Automative Group who …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Jill Sorensen, executive director of the Baltimore-Washington Electric Car Initiative will participate in a round-table discussion at the third annual Solar and Wind Expo at the fairgrounds this weekend.
Jill Sorensen considers electric cars to be the "new frontier" of renewable energy inititatives that will help Maryland meet the governor's aggressive energy consumption goals. Sorensen is the executive director of the Baltimore-Washington Electric Vehicle Initiative. She will be participating in a roundtable discussion Friday morning at the third annual Solar and Wind Expo at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. But first, we wanted to set the scene and tease just some of the points Sorensen would be addressing this weekend. Patch: Can you give me an overview of the electric vehicle industry in Maryland? Sorensen: Maryland really is in a frontier position where electric vehicles are concerned. Reducing emissions, reducing our dependence on …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Wednesday, April 25
By: University System of Maryland Student Council There has been much talk about “budget mess” in Annapolis. The blame game has disappeared, more or less, from public view into the back room negotiations where our lawmakers desperately scramble to make a deal. However, during these private discussions, we Marylanders must not forget that we must not let our leaders negotiate away our principles. We write as the representatives of more than 180,000 students in the University System of Maryland. Our passion for public higher education is not a product of generational zeitgeist. Post-secondary education fuels innovation, discovery, and not just national, but global competitiveness. Our futures are what is at stake in this impasse. Public …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The stars of the ABC show and owners of Robbie's 1st Base in Lutherville talk about Baltimore's prospects of another under-performing season.
Robbie Davis, Jr. and Robbie Davis, Sr. are diehard baseball fans, making it difficult for them season after season to root for the Baltimore Orioles. Still, their sports memorabilia shop—Robbie's 1st Base in Lutherville—is adorned with jerseys from Orioles greats like Eddie Murray, Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. Even modern era players like Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis get a place on the shelf. Now that the shop has been thrust into the spotlight by way of the ABC pawn-style reality show Ball Boys, thousands if not millions of fans have tuned into to see the Davis men talk sports and honor sports history. That is why, Patch checked in with "Junior" and "Senior" (their show monikers) to see who they think is to blame for the Orioles…
Friday, March 30, 2012
Local financial services expert Jonathan Murray answers a few questions that will be helpful to whomever becomes $640 million richer tonight.
It's likely that tonight someone's life is going to change. One lucky winner will become $640 million richer after he or she hits the Mega Millions jackpot. But then what? People (the 99% - kidding) have a difficult time managing "normal" finances. What is the winner going to do if they take the $462 million instant pay-out? Jonathan Murray, the senior vice president for UBS Financial Services, has a few ideas. Murray, a Towson resident, has been named a top 1,000 nationally ranked financial advisor by Barron's since 2009. He's seen millionaires squander wealth, and doesn't want to see it again. PATCH: So say someone wins the jackpot tonight. What next? “The first thing is to assemble a team. You need to quietly and discreetly assembly …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Look what I found in the trash bin.
I thought my days of scavenging my college apartment complex's trash bin were over. And then I came across this treasure. >> For the uninformed, Dumpster Diving is "the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but that may prove useful to the dumpster diver," according to Wikipedia. "Dumpster Diving is also viewed as an effective urban foraging technique.Dumpster divers will forage dumpsters for items such as clothing, furniture, food, and other items of the like deemed in good working conditions." For a broke college student, it's a cost-effective way of furnishing an apartment. I'm not ashamed to say that two of three couches that sat in my living room (some five…
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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Thursday, March 22
Not everyone was able to give their two cents to the Board of Education this past Monday and Tuesday, regarding the issue of building a school in Mays Chapel. But that's what Patch is here for. A Patch reader sent me her opinions on the matter, which have been provided below. To submit a letter to the editor, contact editor Nick DiMarco at nickd@patch.com. You must include your name, a contact number, and your current town. Melissa Whatley, Cockeysville Parent of four children attending Pot Spring Elementary School. I was in attendance at [Monday] night’s Community Input meeting regarding the Mays Chapel school site. Unfortunately, given the timing of the meeting, I was unable to sign up to speak (lacrosse and Cub Scouts only gave me …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The sign is hung on a newly-erected fence at the end of High View Street.
Signs like this make me stop and question—do you think they mean it? I parked my car at the end of High View Street (just off of York Road) on Saturday to cover St. Patrick's Day festivities at An Poitin Stil. I immediately noticed the sign at the end of the road and laughed out loud. But then it got me thinking. A few years ago, I was working as a server at Hightopps Backstage Grille and would routinely park on High View to not take up a space in the lot. There wasn't a fence at the end of the road back then. Just a thicket of brush of cover. On more than one occasion employees would talk about seeing unscrupulous characters darting through the thicket, fleeing from whatever supposed criminal act they had just committed. I personally …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The answer might surprise you.
No it's not urine. Nor, is it beer. Although, the contents of the bag did come out of my body (and were subsequently put back in). The yellow liquid in the bag is a pint of my plasma and platelets, siphoned and re-injected into my veins via an Apheresis apparatus at my thrice-annual blood donation. I donate two pints at a time so I can only give once every four months. I give two, and they give me my plasma and platelets back. It's a tingly feeling. Read: The Friendliest Vampires I Know I often use my Patch platform to spout off about the virtues of giving the gift of life at your local American Red Cross donation center. Fortunately, for the fine residents of Timonium the American Red Cross is in our backyards. You should schedule a …
Friday, March 9, 2012
Post a review of MAC Timonium in the space provided below.
Congratulations are owed to the Maryland Athletic Club and Fitness Center for being named Lutherville-Timonium's Readers' Choice for best local gym. Watch the the video to the right to hear a special thank you message from one of Mac Timonium's founders. MAC Timonium garnered 47 percent of the vote in a nine gym field. (You can view the poll at the bottom of this page.) However, this isn't the first time Patch has reported on the accolades well deserved by the Timomium health club. MAC was honored in 2011 for being the best local business in the health and wellness category by the U.S. Commerce Association, adding to its trophy-lined shelf. But now we want to hear from you. What makes MAC Timonium the best gym around town? Is it the …
Harry Callahan
1:51 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012
Here is the problem with these electric cars. Many of the people who buy them beliefe that they are somehow much "cleaner" and "better for the environment" because they don't burn fossil fuels. To thos who espouse the use of these things I ask them, where do you think the electricity comes from to charge the batteries in these cars? Do you think that there is some giant windmill farm somewhere or… more ›