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by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 27, 2020 | Baltimore, Children, Community, Community Resources, Elderly, Family, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
Communities around the globe are confronting unprecedented challenges and highly painful circumstances in the coronavirus pandemic. But in particular, the toll of the virus is unimaginable for older adults, the medically fragile, the economically vulnerable and the... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Mar 27, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Community Resources, Education, Family, Local, Maryland, National, News, Pikesville, Wellness
Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos admits he tends to be rather conservative when it comes to approaching health and medical matters. “But I’d rather be laughed at for being over-reactive than yelled at for being under-reactive,” he says. Dr. G. — as... read more
by Staff Report | Mar 24, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, News, Pikesville
Del. Dana M. Stein (D-11th) has been called “the Quiet Warrior of Baltimore County” by his Annapolis colleagues and constituents for his steadfast and unobtrusive work in the state legislature. As a result, Stein — whose district includes Pikesville, Owings... read more
by Staff Report | Mar 19, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
Krieger Schechter Day School announced it will hold a series of online discussions and programs related to the coronavirus outbreak. In a Mar. 19 letter from KSDS head of school Rabbi Moshe Schwartz, Dr. Robyn Blum, head of middle school, and Wendy Gelber, head of... read more
by Staff Report | Mar 12, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
Chizuk Amuno sent out an email to its congregational community Mar. 12 that the Pikesville synagogue will close its facility indefinitely on Friday, Mar. 13, at 3 p.m. due to the coronavirus situation. More than 1,200 families and individuals belong to the... read more
by Staff Report | Mar 6, 2020 | Baltimore, Business, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Baltimore North-Pikesville canceled the reservation of Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team on Thursday, Mar. 5, due to concerns about the coronavirus. The Manhattan-based team will play its first-round NCAA Division III Tournament... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Mar 5, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News
The downtown eruv is now a fait accompli. Installation of the eruv was completed this week after 10 months of work and supervision, said Rabbi Etan Mintz, spiritual leader of B’nai Israel Synagogue in East Baltimore’s Jonestown community. “It’s... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Mar 2, 2020 | Business, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
You could call Miller’s Deli, nestled comfortably in the western corner of the Greenspring Shopping Center, Pikesville’s version of “Cheers,” a place where (almost) everybody knows your name. Noshing and schmoozing are longtime pastimes at the... read more
by Staff Report | Feb 24, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville
For more than 145 years, Baltimore has served as the home of Pimlico Race Course, the nation’s second-oldest racetrack, and the Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of horseracing’s Triple Crown series. Every May, that beloved local tradition brings international... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 24, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Community Resources, Education, Gallery ONLY, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville, Schools
For the second year in a row, the Jewish community teen initiative 4Front participated as a youth partner in National Muffin Day. National Muffin Day was created four years ago by San Francisco tech lawyer Jacob Kaufman and Julia Levy, an Atlantan who works in... read more
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