JewishByte Baltimore – The Owings Mills water main that broke Saturday was repaired this morning, and the County is demobilizing water distribution to residents in Reisterstown and Glyndon. Baltimore County expects water  to be fully restored by this evening.
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works, which owns and operates the metropolitan water system, has issued [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – Sitting in traffic is extremely frustrating.  The main question for motorists is: how long it will take to get moving again?  That is about to change.  The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) is taking a major step forward in rolling out a second phase of real-time destination information directly [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – Yesterday, Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith held a press conference to announce the decline in crime across Baltimore County.

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JewishByte Baltimore – Introduced by Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley who recently arrived from his historic trip to Iraq addressed the more than 300 that showed up for Advocacy Day 2010.

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JewishByte Baltimore - Due to the water main break in Owings Mills, Baltimore County will make potable and non-potable water available until 7 p.m. this evening to residents without water in northwestern Baltimore County.

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JewishByte Baltimore – PSA - Due to a water main break in the area around the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC the JCC is not sure when they will be able to open. 

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JewishByte Baltimore – A gas main break has resulted in a massive fire on US Route 29 at Fairland Road. If you are or were traveling to or From Silver Spring for Shabbat, Route 29 is closed in the northbound direction at this time with extensive delays in the area. It is unclear if Route [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will temporarily close the ramp from northbound I-695 (Baltimore Beltway Inner Loop) to MD 122 (Security Boulevard) at I-695 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, March 7 for ramp repair work.

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JewishByte Baltimore - The recent news of Seven Mile Market relocating is now reverberating across Baltimore and making waves across the nation as it now becomes the largest Kosher Supermarket in the USA. JewishByte will be posting regarding our own conversation with Mr. Hershel Boehm in regards to the move and its impact for Seven Mile Market. Meanwhile [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore - Breaking News: Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is currently in UMMC for observation. At approximately 3:00 a.m. this morning, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake awoke complaining of numbness and chest pain. Her husband, Mr. Kent Blake, drove her to Sinai Hospital. The Mayor was transported to University of Maryland Medical Center for testing and observation by her personal physician. Mayor Rawlings-Blake [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – An Open Letter to Homeowners in the Baltimore Jewish Community:

Dear fellow Pikesville Residents;
Recently, I was engaged in a project that involved visiting many homes the Pikesville area. My visits occurred principally during the evening and early nighttime hours. Throughout my appointments, I had a recurring observation that I now believe [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – Significant police activity was taking place at 70oo block of Park Heights Ave in the Samester Apartment Buildings complex on Park Heights Avenue shortly after 10 am this Friday morning.

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JewishByte Baltimore – The West Virginia state police captured Raymond Taylor, a man accidentally sprung from a downtown Baltimore prison yesterday. He was apprehended in Martinsburg, West Virginia at approximately 9:20 this morning.

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JewishByte Baltimore – On a recent rainy Monday night there was a vehicle accident that involved a rollover. Baltimore County Fire Dept. including Pikesville Volunteer were on the scene within minutes as well as Hatzalah, Cert and Chaverim to assist in traffic redirection.

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JewishByte Baltimore – Firefighters worked an early morning fire at a building in the Clipper Mill Industrial Park in North Baltimore on Sunday Morning. The 5 Alarm fire was at the old Schenuit Tire Building near Union and Clipper Mill.

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JewishByte Baltimore – With serious and plain talk about budgetary decisions in the months ahead, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivered her first State of the City Address as Mayor.  The address focused on her plans to confront an historic $120 million budget deficit and usher in a new era of ethics and transparency in government. Just [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – A major accident last night closed Reisterstown Road for a short while. According to reports from persons at the scene, shortly after 7 pm a beige SUV ran the red light at the intersection of Clarks Lane and Reisterstown Road.

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JewishByte Baltimore – After watching the snow pile up in designated dumping areas across Baltimore City and observing that snow was blocking important sight lines in many intersections, the staff of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake were looking for new ideas on how to remove the snow, quickly.

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JewishByte Baltimore – On a busy Sunday afternoon a crash on U.S. Route 29 South snarled traffic for miles on a busy Sunday afternoon. Just north of exit 24 and just south of the beginning of US-29 from I-70 a vehicle overturned, closing 2 lanes of merging traffic on the highway.

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JewishByte Baltimore – The Mayor of Baltimore had declared a phase III snow emergency as the blizzard of 2010 continued slamming Baltimore with 2 feet of fresh snow, high winds and blizzard condition.  This did not stop any of Northwest Baltimore’s emergency agencies from responding to those in need.

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JewishByte Baltimore – On Sunday January 31, 2010, The Center for Eating Disorders (CED) at Sheppard Pratt, in partnership with The Orthodox Union and in collaboration with Hadassah of Greater Baltimore and Jewish Community Services, hosted an event to help shed light on the issue of eating disorders and body image concerns within the Jewish community.

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JewishByte Baltimore – Due to the expected snow storm many events planned for this weekend have been canceled or postponed. We will also update school closings and delays if we get that information from the schools.
For updates please see bold parts of post below.

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