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'Bubble' brings Baltimore's Waverly community together
The rhythmic thud of the drum filled the air of Baltimore's Waverly community, alerting residents that something special was taking place in the neighborhood. The joyous sound of children's laughter and eventual singing reinforced the sense of...
Tags: The Happiest News!, The Home Depot, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Human Interest
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City police training academy director, appointed this week, to retire
Just three days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police academy informed top brass Friday that he intends to leave the agency. Maj. Joseph E. Smith III, a 25-...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Anthony W. Batts, Shootings, Baltimore County, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Mayor says trash fee would make city more competitive
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that charging residents for trash collection would actually help the city attract new residents because it could reduce its property tax rate. Defending a hotly debated proposal in her State of the City...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Carl Stokes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics, Taxation
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Mayor calls for trash pickup fee, 10 percent cut in city workforce
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called Monday for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring more city workers to contribute to their retirement fund, charging residents for trash collection, asking firefighters to work longer...
Tags: Public Employees, James B. Kraft, Local Government, Douglas F. Gansler, Carl Stokes
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Report paints dire picture of city's finances
A report by a consultant hired by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration paints a dire picture of future city finances — opening the door for Baltimore officials to propose widespread cuts, including to city employees' health and pension...
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Anirban Basu
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As homestead tax credit deadline approaches, outreach intensifies
Maryland homeowners could lose out on hundreds of dollars in tax bill savings if they miss a deadline that's a week away. Many may not realize they must sign up for the Homestead Tax Credit, which saved the average Baltimore homeowner more than $1,000...
Tags: New Products, Baltimore County, Online Media Industry, Tax Credits, Politics
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Trees draw scrutiny in battle to keep the lights on
No one seemed to know who owned the unhealthy trees in the alley behind Rexmere Road in Baltimore, the ones growing amid the electrical lines, but there was no mystery about the cause of every power outage around there.
Meetings were organized. Baltimore...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Hurricanes, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Baltimore County, Natural Disasters
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Morgan board reverses decision, extends Wilson's contract
Morgan State University's Board of Regents voted to extend the contract of the university's president for an additional year during a lengthy meeting Friday — reversing a contentious decision to seek a new president at the close of the academic...
Tags: Elections, Northwood, Teachers, Robert W. Curran, Morgan State University
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Flurry of speed camera bills expected in Assembly session
Legislators who learned this week that Baltimore will replace its troubled network of 83 speed cameras say the planned upgrade will do nothing to slow momentum in Annapolis toward tightening rules that govern the automated cameras across Maryland....
Tags: Annapolis, Howard County, Local Government, Photography and Video, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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City to pay new speed camera vendor $11.20 per $40 ticket
Baltimore plans to pay its new speed camera contractor $11.20 per $40 citation — continuing its use of a so-called bounty system that Gov. Martin O'Malley and key state legislators say is illegal under Maryland law. "Talking to our attorneys here,...
Tags: Lawyers, Howard County, Baltimore County, Local Government, Judges
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City's lucrative speed camera program dogged by problems
The Baltimore SunThe tractor-trailer hit 70 mph as it passed the Poly-Western high school campus on Cold Spring Lane, barreling down a turn lane at twice the legal speed limit. Or so the $40 citation claimed. Just before Falls Road, a pole-mounted speed camera clocked the...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Howard County, AAA
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Officials pledge to monitor school bus speed camera tickets
School officials in Baltimore and Baltimore County pledged Thursday to track, for the first time, automated camera citations that are issued to privately owned school buses hired to transport public-school children. The assurances came after The...
Tags: Baltimore County, Services and Shopping, Health and Safety at School
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