SOTU and What We’ve Done in Maryland – Part IV

Gov. Martin O'Malley explains how the state is implementing the vision presented in President Barack Obama's speech to Congress.

President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union: All Promises and Hints; Few Results

Dr. Richard Vatz, a prominent area conservative, shares his thoughts on Tuesday night's State of the Union speech.

Report: Duff Goldman Creating Inauguration Cake

The local bakery will be providing the cake for one of only two events President Barack Obama is expected to attend.

Charm City Cakes, based in Remington, will create the cake of the Commander-in-Chief's Ball, one of two events President Barack Obama is expected to attend, according to the Baltimore Sun. Charm City Cakes, and its owner Duff Goldman, became famous after their "reality" television show Ace of Cakes premiered on the Food Network. Earlier this month Goldman sat down for a Q&A with Patch Partners to discuss his strategies as a small business owner: How did you plan to set yourself apart from other bakeries? When i first started, I definitely planned to set myself apart from other bakeries, not necessarily by doing things that were super super different, but by making cakes that were really nice. Back in 2002, in Baltimore, it was really …

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Steve

9:14 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013

This Dude's 15 minutes of fame was over about 2 years ago.   more ›

Your Weekend: Obama Inauguration and Orioles FanFest

Here are some events happening around town during the holiday weekend.

Here's what's going on around town this weekend. Want to get out the word about your event or see what's happening near you? Just click Events at the top of this page. Friday Motown icon Smokey Robinson performs at the Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric. The pen is mightier than the sword, you say? Try out the latter with fencing lessons in Catonsville. Saturday Baltimore hosts its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. We're still more than two months off from the first pitch at Camden Yards, but help satisfy your hunger from some Orioles magic at the team's annual FanFest at the Baltimore Convention Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event includes demonstrations, discussion panels, merchandise and even a tour of the Orioles …

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Open Thread: What Do You Think of the Fiscal Cliff Deal?

Readers are asked to share their solutions to problems facing our communities.

Despite actually passing the so-called fiscal cliff deadline, the Senate and House of Representatives passed a bill that President Barack Obama signed, preventing the country from actually going over the cliff, for now. The fiscal cliff essentially would have resulted in tax rates on all income levels reverting to where they were under President Bill Clinton along with cuts to the federal government’s discretionary spending. Spending on entitlements such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security would not have been touched. Some economist and politicians argued that the double whammy of increased taxes and reduced government spending could have crippled the economy’s fragile recovery from the 2008 recession. According to the New York Times…

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Shawn

5:38 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

What two party system? Both the republicans and democrats are communist, yet the sheeple sleep on. Without the sheeple awaking the once greatest nation on earth is doomed. Sadly we may have already passed the point of no return.   more ›

Open Thread: Should the President Do More to Help Cities?

Patch gives readers the chance to share their thoughts and solutions on issues impacting North Baltimore.

President Barack Obama won election to a second term last week due in large part to the support he received from voters in the nation’s cities. Obama dominated with younger and minority voters that tend to live in cities. Rep. Paul Ryan, who was the GOP’s vice presidential nominee, told a Wisconsin television station he feels the president won because of support in urban areas. "Well, he got turnout. The president should get credit for achieving record-breaking turnout numbers from urban areas for the most part, and that did win the election for him," Ryan told WISC-TV. Despite the president's popularity in places such as Baltimore, cities have acutely felt the sting of the recession and sluggish recovery. In September, Baltimore's …

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Sean Tully

4:57 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Actually, the suburbs are where it is at, politically speaking, in most areas of the country. A few exceptions may be L. A., NYC, and maybe Chicago. In the Baltimore region, for example, the city is not the most populated area when compared to all the counties. And, in at least our case, it is questionable if the city is even the economic engine of the region any longer. In any event, nothing is …   more ›

Northern District Commander Tapped for White House Workshop

Maj. Sabrina Tapp-Harper participated in a workshop on the Violence Against Women Act.

Baltimore City police Maj. Sabrina Tapp-Harper, commander of the Northern District, was selected by the White House and participated in a workshop on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Tapp-Harper served as a law enforcement representative for the administration of President Barack Obama at the event on Wednesday. Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder and Sharon Love, the mother of murdered University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love, all spoke at the workshop, according to a news release. The workshop was held in advance of the U.S. Senate starting discussions about the reauthorization of the act this week. Follow North Baltimore Patch on Facebook and Twitter.

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Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for Maryland as Hurricane Irene Approaches

Baltimore County and City and seven other counties are affected by declaration.

President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Maryland Saturday afternoon as the first rain bands of Hurricane Irene reached the Baltimore metropolitan area. The declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts in the state. Baltimore, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, Worcester and Baltimore City are affected by the declaration, which brings with it federal money to help pay for local responses to the storm.

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LIVE BLOG: Mr. President, We Barely Saw You

Send us your photos of the event by clicking "add photos" on this article or on our Photo Gallery.

12:44 p.m.  Parkville Patch reader Tonika Garibaldi submitted a great photograph of President Obama as he waved to onlookers who lined Hiss Avenue. If you waited outside, but missed the moment—Tonika captures it here perfectly. Thanks, Tonika!  11 a.m. Talk about a whirlwind visit. President Obama departed Parkville as quickly as he arrived. Some 50 minutes after his motorcade arrived along Hiss Avenue—with just a brief glimpse of the president waving behind his limousine's tinted windows—Obama was leaving the same way he came in. Well, at least it was an excuse to be outside in the nearly spring-like temperatures.  The local media was not allowed inside the school, but Obama was scheduled to meet with eighth-grade science students. He was…

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