Baltimore Attorney Arrested After Allegedly Offering Rape Victim Money To Not Testify

On Wednesday, Baltimore defense attorney, Christos Vasiliades, was arraigned on charges of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. Vasiliades allegedly told a rape victim that she would be at risk of deportation, if she testified against his client. The indictment alleges that Vasiliades, 38, and Edgar Ivan Rodriguez, Vasiliades’ interpreter, was being recorded, while trying…

Spirit Airlines Announced Plans To Add First International Route To Cancun From BWI

On Monday, Spirit Airlines announced plans to add its first international flight from the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Flights to Cancun, Mexico are scheduled to start on November 9. In September 2012, Spirit altered its regional operations to BWI, where its destinations have grown from 2 to 19. The carrier currently operates flights to…

Baltimore City Schools CEO Says It Is Too Late To Avert Some 300 Layoffs

At a Baltimore City Council meeting on Tuesday, school district officials said it was too late to avert impending layoffs for some 300 administrators and teachers, even though council members considered ways to reroute money to city schools. School officials told the council members that they are obligated to notify all affected personnel within the…

Baltimore Police Charge Johns Hopkins Student In Connection With Multiple False Bomb Threats

A Johns Hopkins student has been charged with making a false bomb threat on Thursday morning prior to exams. The student utilized a mobile phone stolen from another classmate to call in the multiple bomb threats. The call came in at shortly at 7 a.m. on Thursday morning. The anonymous male caller reported placing several…

Skatepark Of Baltimore Will Host Opening Of 11,000-Square Feet Concrete Street Park In Hampden

The Skatepark of Baltimore partnered with the city and state to open a skateboarding facility in Hampden. The grand opening is scheduled to kick off on Saturday at noon with ribbon cutting at 1 p.m., at the Roosevelt Park on 36th Street. The 11,000-square-feet concrete platform features ledges, stairs, handrails and much more to enhance…

DiPasquale’s Italian Market Will Open New Flagship Location In Federal Hill In May

On Monday, Joe DiPasquale, owner of DiPasquale’s Italian Marketplace in Highlandtown, announced its plan to open a second location, but smaller market in Federal Hill. The new market and eatery at 500 Harborview Drive will feature an array of baked goods, pastas, meats and cheeses, but at a reduced selection than what is sold at…

La Cuchara Owners Opening New Seafood Restaurant, Minnow, In South Baltimore

La Cuchara, a Basque-inspired restaurant, opened on Clipper Mill Road in spring 2015 in Woodberry, with great success and two years later, the Lefenfeld brothers are ready to open yet another restaurant in South Baltimore. Minnow will open the first week of May on the first floor of the 2 East Wells apartment building. The…

Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects’ Plans To Interlink Baltimore’s Signature Parks May Soon Become A Reality

Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. was deemed the first American landscape architect, but did not begin building on his career until his 30s. When Olmsted retired in 1895, his son and stepson founded the Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects, which became a family business. The landscape architects of the Olmsted family works include the Biltmore Estate gardens,…