Latest Ellis Stories

By Alan Wechsler, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Aug. 17--SCHENECTADY -- As Ellis Hospital prepares to take over Bellevue Woman's Hospital on Nov. 1, several Bellevue officials say they believe Ellis plans to do away with abortions. Ellis officials respond that nothing is set in stone. But Dr. Mary Joyce McGinnis, who practices obstetrics and gynecology at Bellevue, said Ellis' chief executive, James Connelly, was specific about the future of reproductive care. "He was very clear that at some...

By John-John Williams IV, The Baltimore Sun Jan. 9--A popular history teacher at Glenelg High School in Howard County has been charged with several sex crimes in which he is accused of exposing himself to one student in a classroom, sending suggestive computer messages to another and persuading a third to meet him at a park with the promise of alcohol. He is accused of abusing her. Joseph Samuel Ellis, 25, a graduate of the Howard County school system, was arrested at 10:30 p.m. Friday by...

A Few Good Men By Ray Bennett LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin's entertaining courtroom drama "A Few Good Men" survives the journey from its Cold War roots in David Esbjornson's production at the Theater Royal, Haymarket, in London, but it cannot escape the shadow of the star power in Rob Reiner's 1992 film version. Jack Nicholson knows an Oscar-contending line of dialogue when he sees one, and when the Marine commander he portrayed in the movie...