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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Stanley A. McChrystal, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Richard T. Jones, Executive Branch, Stanford University
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City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer
Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...
Tags: United Way , Baltimore Housing, Recipes, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Bill would force contractors to hire city residents
The City Council is poised to vote Monday on a bill that would require businesses receiving large city contracts or major financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore — or face sanctions. "We have the highest unemployment...
Tags: Business, Baltimore Development Corporation, Sales, Bernard C. Young, Employment Opportunities
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Disaster response expert named city transportation chief
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed an executive with a disaster response company Friday to lead Baltimore's Transportation Department at a time when the agency continues to struggle with its speed camera program. Her pick, William Johnson, has...
Tags: Local Government, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Brekford Corp.
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City's 'rain tax' is a shell game to cover the unsustainable structural deficit
Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has proposed to use a substantial portion of stormwater fee revenues — the "rain tax" — to lower the city's overwhelmingly high property tax ("Faceoff over city water fee plan," May 6). The...
Tags: Taxation, Politics
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Mayor's cousin fatally shot
A 20-year-old cousin of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was one of two men fatally shot in separate incidents Wednesday night in Baltimore, the latest victims of the city's relentless pace of gun violence. Joseph Haskins, 20, was shot inside a house just...
Tags: Theft, Shootings, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Seagirt Marine Terminal's super cranes celebrated
He didn't get down on one knee, but Christopher Lee wooed his wife with a skyscraping crane she literally could call her own at the dedication of the port of Baltimore's berth capable of handling the world's largest cargo ships. As founder of Highstar...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, CSX Corporation, Executive Branch, Hurricane Sandy (2012), War of 1812
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'Chaotic' scene prevented quick medical attention for shooting victim
The shooting of Kendra Diggs and the subsequent barricade by her alleged attacker presented a challenge Tuesday for police and emergency responders. Under the threat of further gunfire from the off-duty Baltimore police officer, officials said, they were...
Tags: Shootings, Maryland Transit Administration, Anthony W. Batts, Baltimore County
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Some push for Edwards to be permanent schools CEO
Education observers were split Tuesday on whether the city's school board should launch a nationwide search to replace schools CEO Andrés Alonso or give the job of taking on the district's daunting challenges to his hand-picked successor. Some, such as...
Tags: Nancy Grasmick, Corporate Officers, Local Government, Mary Pat Clarke, Collective Contract
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City plans bike-sharing program
More than 250 bicycles would be available for short-term rentals at 25 stations throughout Baltimore by this time next year under a bike-sharing program similar to those in Washington and London, city officials said. The city's financial oversight...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), AAA, New York City, Montgomery County (Virginia), B-cycle, LLC
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Edwards named interim city schools CEO
As city schools CEO Andrés Alonso steps aside, he's turning the system over to a close adviser he's trusted during some of his administration's most trying moments. Alonso's chief of staff, Tisha Edwards, will lead the system through the 2014 school...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Social Services, Collective Contract, Bernard C. Young, Morgan State University
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City schools chief Alonso resigns
Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...
Tags: Corporate Officers, U.S. Department of Education, Abell Foundation, Finance, Career and Workplace
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