Reutter has been reporting and writing on Baltimore since 1970, when he started as a 19-year-old summer intern covering cops for The Evening Sun. He worked on a wide range of beats for the Sunpapers, including inner-city housing and downtown development, and exposed (with colleague Steve Luxenberg) the corrupt practices of the Pallottine Fathers, a local Catholic order. In the 1980s, he undertook an intensive study of blue-collar life and the business history of Baltimore’s then-largest employer, Bethlehem Steel, which resulted in the now classic "Making Steel." In addition to his writings on Baltimore, he has edited the historical magazine, Railroad History, and publishes with the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
September 9, 2010
Landmark Fells Point church, closed for townhome project, now up for sale
Ten years after a developer bought the St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church in Fells Point and closed it down, angering the local Polish community, he has now now dropped the price on the upscale townhomes and is trying to unload the church, The Baltimore Business Journal reports. Apparently, the shuttered landmark building is a [...]
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New York Times on Maryland wineries
The Times travel section’s most recent destination? Maryland wineries — 39 of them, to be exact. The Times’ recent piece explores how Boordy Vineyards, Maryland’s first winery (It opened in Hydes in 1945 after spending 200 years as a dairy and cattle farm) became the first of what has grown to become an eclectic mix [...]
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September 8, 2010
Director Leslie Shepard will resign from Baltimore School for the Arts, leaving a record of success and praise – and a huge principal turnover rate – in her wake.
This will be the last academic school year for Leslie Shepard, who has worked at Baltimore’s acclaimed School for the Arts since it opened 32 years ago and has served as it’s director since 2001, WBALTV.com reported on Wednesday. “The School for the Arts was my life,” Shepard said. “It’s time for Act Two. What [...]
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Hopkins confirms off-campus assault on student
A Johns Hopkins University student was sexually assaulted in an elevator at he Northway Apartment building located at 3700 North Charles Street, according to university Executive Director of Communications and Public Affairs Dennis O’Shea, confirming a report by Investigative Voice. According to information O’Shea provided from the incident report, the student entered through the front [...]
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City paper endorses Bernstein over Jessamy
Endorsements are out and Baltimore City Paper likes Gregg Bernstein over Patricia Jessamy, for Baltimore City State’s Attorney. “He appears to be a smart, passionate attorney, and he is running on the need to get serious about making good cases against violent offenders and making them stick, increasingly urgent and challenging tasks in Baltimore City,” [...]
