From gambling addict to gambling counselor, Michael Osborne has had a remarkable journey.
The woman from Connecticut contacted Michael Osborne desperate for help. Her boyfriend, a 63-year old retired Fed-Ex employee, had been ruining his life and destroying relationships for years. Despite having a good pension, he borrowed constantly to make rent, wearing out those around him with deceits and lies because of his casino gambling. She didn't know where else to turn.
Two days later, a...
The longtime WJZ personality on Baltimore's snow daze, storm chasing, and his message to fans.
Three things all Baltimoreans can count on: death, taxes, and Bob Turk. For 35 years,the avuncular meteorologist has delivered the weather—warmly, you might say—and made us feel like a member of his family. Below, we get Turk's forecast for The Baltimore Grill.
What is the best advice you ever got?If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life.
What was your favorite Smalltimore...
The secret second life of top retina surgeon Bert Glaser.
Drop the name Bert Glaser in Baltimore medical circles, and many will know him as the surgeon who heads up the National Retina Institute that he founded 20 years ago. But there's a swashbuckling side to the good doctor: When he's not brandishing a scalpel, he's president of Midnight Express, a company that makes some of the fastest—and priciest—speedboats money can buy, with a client list that...
Associate professor Steven Soifer isn't afraid of toilet talk.
When you're away from home and nature calls, it can be challenging to find a clean, well-lighted place in which to answer.
But one Baltimore-based organization is on a mission to change that. The nonprofit American Restroom Association is dedicated to promoting the availability of sanitary, safe, and well-designed public restrooms across America.
"My vision is that ARA becomes the AAA of public...
Fort McHenry's Jim Bailey talks about recreating life in 19th-century Baltimore.
Jim Bailey, park ranger and Volunteer Coordinator at Fort McHenry, has been participating in living history (or re-enactments) at the historic fort since 1999. Bailey is responsible for 60 "soldiers" dressed in replica clothing who conduct drills,barrack activities, and musket-firing demonstrations at events like this month's Fourth of July celebration.
Baltimore: How did you first get...
Hopkins professor Jessica Anya Blau publishes her first novel and clears the air about her alter ego.
Jessica Anya Blau didn't know what to think when, five years ago, about 35 students signed up for a fiction-writing course that she taught—and still teaches—at Johns Hopkins University, a class that normally attracted a mere 15. "They were lined up in the hallway," Blau, now 44, remembers. "And it was all these big guys, like frat boys. I convinced them that the class was full, and as they were...
Rabbi Steven Schwartz is encouraging his congregants to find love online.
Jewish matchmaking is a time-honored tradition that, until recently, remained the province of well-intentioned mothers and synagogue elders. Now, thanks to an increasingly popular Jewish dating site, the custom has gone high-tech, with rabbis across the country logging on to help their congregants find love within the Jewish community.
The trend recently hit Baltimore as Rabbi Steven Schwartz—of...
They're smart. They're successful. And they're taking over Baltimore.
Meet Baltimore's Future
"What's Howard County going to look like in 20 or 40 years?" muses Ken Ulman. Good question, Ken. As Howard County Executive, he's going to be playing an active role in determining that future. Ask the same question about the future of Baltimore City or Baltimore County, and look no further than the names on this list for your answers. Our selections for 40 Under 40 are...
No blinged-out crib for this Oriole. Nick Markakis prefers a house as quiet and low-key as he is.
When Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis went looking to buy his first real house in the Baltimore area, he wanted to purchase something that reminded him of his beloved home state Georgia. Having lived briefly on the 22nd floor of Spinnaker Bay in the heart of downtown Baltimore and later in a Canton row house with close friend and Orioles teammate, pitcher Adam Loewen, Markakis was eager to...
A growing number of locals are blogging about crime, food, baseball, infertility, and everything in between. Honest to blog.
Rachel Rappaport started blogging four years ago to share her recipes with friends. Though she was trained as a school teacher, the 28-year-old Lauraville resident has a natural skill in the kitchen and a desire to let others in on her cooking secrets. She named her blog Coconut & Lime (coconutlime.blogspot.com) because, she says, "They are two foods that taste good together, had sort of...
