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Legislation could mandate bike racks for new Towson buildings
A bill set to be introduced to the Baltimore County Council next month will mandate bike racks outside new developments in downtown Towson, Councilman David Marks said Tuesday. "Downtown Towson is on the cusp of an unprecedented building boom, and we...
Tags: Towson, David Marks
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Howard County acquires site for homeless shelter, apartments
Howard County government announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day shelter for the homeless near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32. The facility will encompass about 2 acres of the 8-acre site the county purchased...
Tags: Homelessness, The Salvation Army, Ken Ulman, Volunteers of America
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Howard selects alternative site for homeless shelter
Howard County government officials announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day center for the homeless near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32, effectively ruling out the Beechcrest Mobile Home Park in North Laurel as a...
Tags: Homelessness, The Salvation Army, Ken Ulman, Volunteers of America
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Celebrating 35 years, Laurel Regional Hospital plans changes
Beltsville native Pat Penkala doesn't remember much about May 4, 1978, her first day as an employee at Greater Laurel Beltsville Hospital and just three days after the hospital admitted its first patient. "I was young, the hospital was quiet," Penkala...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Ceremonies, Prince George's County, Hospitals and Clinics, Culture
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Young, Pratt criticize city's use of consultants
The Baltimore SunTwo of the city's top three elected officials are criticizing what they believe is an over-reliance on consultants within city government. Both City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and Comptroller Joan M. Pratt voted against a $27 million on-...Tags: Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Arcadis NV
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James F. "Frank" Welch, businessman
James F. "Frank" Welch, the retired president and owner of an Anne Arundel County home building company, died Friday of heart failure at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 87. James Franklin Welch was born in Baltimore and raised in Glen Burnie, where...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Glen Burnie, Heart Failure, Hospitals and Clinics, Annapolis
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Audit finds lapses in state school construction agency oversight
The state agency charged with overseeing Maryland's public school construction projects was found to have lacked proper monitoring of contracts, projects and maintenance inspections, according to a legislative audit. The audit, released Friday, examined...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Budgets and Budgeting, InterActiveCorp
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Laurel man sentenced to seven years in fatal stabbing
A 21-year-old Laurel man convicted in a stabbing death was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday in Howard County Circuit Court, according to State's Attorney spokesman Wayne Kirwan. Robert Timothy Joseph Lee Tasker will serve the sentence for the...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons
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M. Faysal Thameen, structural engineer
M. Faysal Thameen, a retired structural engineer who headed the city's role in the 1980s construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, died of cancer April 9 at his home in Millbury, Mass. The former Parkville resident was 75. "He was a quiet force in the...
Tags: Lebanon, Fort McHenry, Roland Park, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Parkville
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Harford Community College rejection of bids on new building a good precaution [Commentary]
It's the kind of decision that can be lost in the shuffle of more flashy public policy discussions, but the decision last week by leadership at Harford Community College to reject eight bids on a major construction project is the kind of thing more...Tags: Nursing, Colleges and Universities, Medical Specialization, Harford Community College, Construction
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Lawmakers raise concerns about O'Malley proposal to fund Towson baseball
Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to allocate $300,000 in taxpayer money to save Towson University's baseball team came under fire Wednesday from some legislators and key fiscal policymakers for being unprecedented and unfair to other college sports programs....
Tags: Towson University, Money and Monetary Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, College Baseball, Morgan State University
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Large fire rips through Charles Co. fairgrounds
A large brush fire tore through the Charles County fairgrounds in Southern Maryland on Tuesday afternoon, killing two dogs and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Firefighters were...Tags: Rentals
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