The 234 Apartment

Months after the Civil War-era cannonballs were discovered at the former arsenal and munitions factory in Lawrenceville, residents are given the green light to move into the 243-unit apartment complex. By Jessica Sinichak August 21, 2017 photos courtesy Arsenal 201   N ow that the Civil War-era cannonballs have been cleared from the premises, the Arsenal 201 apartment complex in Lawrenceville is ready for rentals. The community’s first residents were allowed to move into the former federal arsenal and munitions factory at the corner of 40th and Butler streets earlier this month, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times . Indianapolis- based Milhaus Development is the developer for the project.   In March, construction workers found more than 30 cannonballs filled with black powder on the former 38- acre Allegheny Arsenal — a major supplier of the Union Army during the Civil War — that were considered still dangerous. A resulting site cleanup led to the di...

“And suddenly they were able to help us and to buy things that we cannot buy,” he said. “It was like a housekeeper buying your house. That is awkward.” The conditions in both countries created a perfect match: As Portugal reeled from a financial crisis a few years ago, Angolans were enjoying an oil boom that provided enormous opportunities for self-enrichment by the elite, particularly the president’s family and inner circle. Angola is often listed as one of the world’s most corrupt nations. And Portugal has been singled out for its laxness in reining in money laundering and bribery, particularly in its dealings with Angolans, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the research and policy organization of the world’s richest countries. “In Angola, they call Portugal the laundromat,” said Ana Gomes, a Portuguese lawmaker in the European Parliament and a member of Portugal’s governing Socialist Party . “It’s because it is.” But the two nations’ relationsh...

September 13, 2010 | By Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun A former tenant is suing a Cockeysville apartment complex for $100,000 over a bedbug infestation , claiming that the property owners did not properly warn her about and exterminate the blood-sucking insects and that she suffered "scarring and disfigurement" from the bites. The tenant, Amber Croshaw, contends that she suffered "embarrassment, mental and emotional distress, and fear about the presence of bedbugs that affects [her] to this day" as a result of the infestation in the apartment in the Briarcliff Apartments East complex in Cockeysville, according to the lawsuit filed this month in Baltimore County Circuit Court . Dan Smith, chief financial officer for Gebhardt Management Inc., which manages the complex, dismissed the claims as "baseless" and said that workers eradicated the infestation promptly. "We've been in this business for 40-some years. We take care of our problems,...

View Comments When it comes to fighting crime in Lake Oswego, there's no call too small for the LOPD ACCIDENTS 8/15/17 12:17 p.m. A driver was cited for failure to yield the right of way after a two-car collision at Kruse Way and Kruse Oaks Boulevard . 8/15/17 12:41 p.m. A driver was cited for failure to avoid a parked vehicle after leaving the scene of an accident on Centerpointe Drive. 8/16/17 6:26 p.m. A driver was cited for failure to avoid a stopped vehicle after a two-car crash at Stafford Road and Sunny Hill Drive . 8/17/17 6:26 p.m. The driver of a Jeep Cherokee was cited for failure to drive to the right of an approaching vehicle after a collision with a bicyclist at Boones Ferry Road and Kruse Way. THEFTS 8/16/17 7:49 a.m. Sunglasses were taken from an unlocked Toyota Highlander overnight on Greentree Road. 8/16/17 8:30 a.m. A backpack, a MacBook Pro and a wallet containing credit cards and a driver's license were taken from an unlocked Jeep Rubicon on Park Road...

Johnson Chrome was a notorious big spender with a taste for bottle service , bespoke suits and $10,000 shoes. The source of his wealth? A sophisticated identity theft scheme that may have conned Torontonians out of millions. The untold story of the city’s most wanted fraudster Photographs: All portraits via Facebook; background by iStock T he fraudster who called himself Johnson Chrome liked to sit on a bench at the intersection of Hazelton and Yorkville, smoking a Montecristo Edmundo robusto and talking about fashion, cars and cigars to anyone who’d listen. He was charming and handsome, with a neatly trimmed beard , a shaved head and perfect teeth. The perch placed him at the centre of the rarefied universe he’d come to inhabit. His condo, in the former Four Seasons hotel, was steps to the west, and he parked his black Jaguar at the Hazelton Hotel opposite . His gym, the sleek Equinox, was a minute’s walk northwest; his preferred cigar shop , La Casa del Habano , was to the sout...