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Angry phone calls reveal pricey city schools HQ project
By Erica L. Green, The Baltimore SunAngry phone calls began pouring into The Sun a few months ago, describing renovations that were taking shape in the Baltimore City school system’s information technology department as fit for the executive of a private corporation. Meanwhile,...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Technology
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Dream home: Couple finds room to improve in Westminster
Bob Sleeper is a man who cannot be fenced in. While many of his friends are city dwellers, he craves the great outdoors. For this reason, he and his wife, Marian, left a large home in suburban Marriottsville in favor of an old — and much smaller &#...Tags: Baltimore County, Music, Building Material, Land Price
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Lawmakers differ over lead poisoning bill
Legislation that would expand Maryland's efforts to curb childhood lead poisoning remains in limbo, as House and Senate members strive to settle their differences over whether to give landlords who follow state law any legal protection against lawsuits...Tags: Arts, Justice System, Physical Conditions, Lead Poisoning, Trials
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Lawmakers enact lead poisoning bill
A bill that would require landlords with units built before 1978 to protect their tenants from lead-paint hazards cleared the General Assembly tonight, along with a provision urging courts to penalize baseless litigation over the problem. HB644, approved...Tags: Interior Policy, Arts, Justice System, Physical Conditions, Ronald N. Young
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Canton house rehab without permits could lead to jail time
It was unusual enough when Baltimore housing officials had to get a search warrant to gain entry to a Canton rowhouse where they believed illegal renovations were occurring. But the owner's son had barred inspectors, and neighbors were complaining of work...
Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Justice System, Laws, Prisons, Ellicott City
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Kamenetz proposes 2013 budget with no tax increases, no layoffs
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz proposed Thursday a general fund operating budget of about $1.65 billion that includes no tax increases but reduces the number of county employees through attrition.
In introducing his spending plan for the 12...Tags: Dundalk, International Association of Fire Fighters, Unemployment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Towson
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Catonsville Y needs only paint to complete renovation
The final stage of a seven-month renovation to the Catonsville Family Center Y, an exterior paint job, should be completed by the end of this week. But members and visitors to the facility at 850 South Rolling Road are already enjoying some of the...
Tags: Baltimore County, Tom Quirk, Catonsville, Viniculture, Salt
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O'Malley seeks bigger 'flush fee' hike
Hoping to overcome lawmakers' qualms, the O'Malley administration has revamped its proposal to increase the Bay Restoration Fund, seeking a straight increase in the "flush fee" paid by all households from $30 to $75 annually.
Environment Secretary Robert...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Weather Warnings, Annapolis, Small Businesses, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Howard County Briefs
Hanukkah party Sponsored by the Jewish Federation and Office of Aging, the party takes place 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Bain Center, 5470 Ruth Keeton Way in Columbia. Music by vocalist Robyn Helzner. Reservations required by Thursday,...Tags: Electronics, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Teaching and Learning, Arts, Next to Normal (musical)
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State lawmaker: Graziano said in January deal was near for city housing authority to pay lead judgments
By now, Del. Samuel I. Rosenberg says he expected big news from the Housing Authority of Baltimore City — that it had found a way to resolve the millions of dollars in court-ordered judgments it owes former public housing residents who suffered lead...Tags: Interior Policy, Arts, Justice System, Laws, Housing and Urban Planning
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Lawmakers gird for renewed debate on lead poisoning
With efforts to reduce lead poisoning among children at a crossroads, Maryland lawmakers are wrestling with proposals to expand state regulation of home sales, rentals and repairs to reduce youngsters' exposure to the toxic metal.
But the biggest...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Homes, Justice System, Arts, Disease Prevention
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APG tries new method to remove chemicals from contaminated creek
Aberdeen Proving Ground has been running a pilot test in the post's Lauderick Creek area to attempt to remove tetrachloroethane from the ground by steaming it out, Rurik Loder, of APG's environmental restoration project, told members of the Bush River...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Facebook, Water Supply, Environmental Politics
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