Archive for the ‘Baltimore County’ Category
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Want an SUV with your McMansion?
Owings Mills developer Alan Klatsky wants you to buy one of his $1.2 million custom-built houses in Baltimore County so badly that he’ll throw in a fully-loaded 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo if you commit before June 1.
His Phoenix development, called Brighton Hills, consists of 10 lots, only one of which has a completed house [...] -
A proving ground for container housing
If you like converted shipping containers as a housing option for Mexican border towns (see today’s Uncover Story), how about putting them in Monkton?
A nursery owner famous for his irises had a double-container house built for one of his workers after the state said the man could no longer live in an RV on the [...] -
Brides-to-be bring their “A” game
The parking lots of most of the stores at Towson Marketplace are pretty empty at 7 a.m. on a Friday morning. But as I circled around the back of the complex toward Filene’s Basement for the annual “Running of the Brides”, it was mayhem.
With more than 200 cars and several television trucks, I knew [...] -
A bird’s-eye view of Baltimore Co. development project
Wednesday marked my first time aboard a helicopter. That’s right, I’ve never been airlifted from a war zone, seen the rocks of the Grand Canyon up close, or gone down with a Black Hawk in the wilds of Somalia. And this occasion wasn’t incredibly glamorous either. We rose up, twice circled the proposed site of [...]
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Special education–public or private?
For parents of disabled children in Maryland, it has to seem like there’s no good choice for their children’s education.
After reading this afternoon that more than 30 Baltimore city school bus drivers are refusing to work because their paychecks bounced, I happened upon an AP story that, for a moment, had me thinking privatization may [...] -
Baltimore County (finally) takes zoning online
Baltimore County is trying to make things easier for those requesting changes to their zoning as part of the Comprehensive Zoning Map Process. They’re doing this by putting it all online.
The every-four-year event usually meant mountains of paperwork for the planning office and several treks down to Towson for those who forgot something like [...]