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Baltimore police commander is new Ocean City police chief
A 27-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department is taking over as the new chief of police in Ocean City. Lt. Col. Ross Buzzuro, a respected commander who began his career in Baltimore as a police cadet in 1985, will start the new job on July 2....
Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Ocean City, Heart Attack
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Baltimore police struggle with vacancies, increased spending
The Baltimore Police Department is short almost one-sixth of the officers it should have as it girds for warmer weather and increased violence — prompting top brass to once again exceed their overtime budget to fill patrol cars. "At the most...
Tags: Sheila Dixon, Shootings, Baltimore County, Baltimore Police Department, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Liquor stores in neighborhoods seek commercial rezoning
Some north Baltimore wine and liquor stores may have found a way around a proposed Baltimore City zoning change that could eventually ban them from the residential neighborhoods in which they are located. Several stores in the Hampden and Charles...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Roland Park, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Marketing
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Religious groups pushing for city stormwater fee reduction
The two Catholic parishes led by the Rev. Robert Wojtek could pay more than $6,000 in new city stormwater fees later this year — an amount equal to an entire Sunday collection at his Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown. To Wojtek, that...
Tags: Christianity, Fells Point, Judaism, Social Issues, Politics
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Shootings get city's summer off to violent start
First a bicyclist was hit by a stray bullet last Sunday afternoon on Kirk Avenue. Then a man was shot in his car several blocks away on East 32nd Street near Lake Montebello early Monday. A half-mile from there, a man police were trying to question...
Tags: Human Interest, Holidays, Shootings, Cherry Hill, Daniel Webster
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Council members seek ban on cellphone 'reverse vending machines'
Faced with a rash of reported mobile device thefts, local lawmakers want to ban the automated purchasing kiosks that have cropped up at area shopping centers and allow customers to instantly resell phones, tablets and music players. The proposals have...
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Dwayne Johnson, Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony W. Batts, Local Government
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Career and Workplace, Politics, Public Employees, Government
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Baltimore water bills could rise by 15 percent
Customers of Baltimore's water system would see their water bills go up 15 percent — more than expected — under a proposal the Department of Public Works announced Monday. The projected rate hike follows years of increases and will bring a...
Tags: Water Supply, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Personal Income, Consumers, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Harvard University, Career and Workplace, Baltimore County, Justice System, Bernard C. Young
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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Marc Steiner, Career and Workplace, Bernard C. Young, Racism, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Action in Maturity to mark 40th anniversary
Esther Bonnet, 100, is always thinking about new plans for Action in Maturity — as she has since she co-founded the transportation service for seniors more than 40 years ago. During a recent visit from Elizabeth Briscoe, AIM's executive director,...
Tags: Health, Arts and Culture, MedStar Health, Mother's Day, Hospitals and Clinics
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Billboard companies object to proposed city tax
Area billboard companies are speaking out against a proposed tax introduced this week by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. In a hearing before the City Council's taxation committee Thursday, the global billboard firm Clear Channel Outdoor offered to give...
Tags: Clear Channel Communications Inc., Bill Henry, Television Industry, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Budgets and Budgeting
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