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East Baltimore delegation calls for stop to EBDI project
Elected officials from East Baltimore want to block the $1.8 billion urban renewal project in Middle East until more neighborhood residents and minority contractors are hired and displaced residents can benefit from the revitalization. Members of the...
Tags: Business, East Baltimore Development Inc., Carl Stokes, House Building, Elections
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Bill to place advertisements on city fire trucks moves forward
A Baltimore City Council committee approved a measure Tuesday that would allow advertisements to be placed on fire trucks to help support the department — and potentially prevent the closure of some fire companies. Firefighters and community...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Budgets and Budgeting, Helen Holton, Carl Stokes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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New Grand Prix chief has been a big city contractor, campaign donor
Despite financing more than $140 million city contracts in the past 12 years, donating tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and being a member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's inner circle, J.P. Grant III has largely avoided the...
Tags: Energy Saving, Corporate Officers, Executive Branch, Finance, Government Contracts
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City official: Lazy workers faked water meter readings
Two city water meter readers turned in phony numbers in at least two neighborhoods in recent months, the Department of Public Works acknowledged Tuesday, leading to more inaccurate billing by an agency that has been troubled by aging infrastructure and...Tags: Consumers, Employees, Coppin State University, Water Supply, Government
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Baltimore Grand Prix tickets to go on sale by the end of the month
Tickets for the second Baltimore Grand Prix should be on sale by the end of the month, the latest group to organize the race announced Wednesday.
Race On, a team led by two local investors that has partnered with racing champ Michael Andretti's sports...Tags: Marketing, Auto Racing, Labor Day, Companies and Corporations, Father's Day
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Alonso: School system cannot inherit rec centers, fund struggling youth programs
Baltimore city CEO Andres Alonso told city council leaders Tuesday that the school system is not in the financial position to inherit recreation centers that are slated for closure in the city budget, after being peppered by council members about the...Tags: Andres Alonso, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Conservation, Lobbying
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Activists call on city to spend $10.2M more on after-school programs, summer jobs
Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore," 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.
"Born and raised in the city,...Tags: Labor Markets, Budgets and Budgeting, Carl Stokes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Activism
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City's Park Heights rec center handed to nonprofit group
City officials awarded control of a Park Heights recreation center to a nonprofit group Wednesday as part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to overhaul the recreation system by handing some centers to third parties. Park Heights Renaissance Inc....Tags: Sharon Green Middleton, Hurricane Irene (2011), Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Elections
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City spending board approves $340,000 in settlements
Baltimore's spending board approved Wednesday three settlements totaling $340,000 in claims made against the city, including a civil suit stemming from a 2007 accident in which a fire truck collided with a car, leaving three people dead. The five...Tags: Lawyers, Transportation Accidents, Fires, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Trials
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Money found, city pools will stay open
Donations from 2010 will be used to keep several city pools open this summer that the mayor last month had slated for closure. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Friday that Baltimore City Foundation donations from two years ago will be used to...Tags: Patterson Park, Cherry Hill, Chick Webb, Inner Harbor, Cherry Hill (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Andretti to lead new Baltimore Grand Prix team
Racing champion Michael Andretti is working on a last-minute effort to organize the Baltimore Grand Prix, teaming with two local businessmen to put together the Labor Day street racing festival, the mayor's office announced Thursday.
The new racing...Tags: Marketing, Finance, Auto Racing, Donald Trump, Television Industry
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Tax cut coming in July for city homeowners
Starting in July, Baltimore homeowners can expect to see their tax bills get a little lighter. That's when Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's property tax reduction plan goes into effect, resulting in a 2-cent cut per $100 of assessed value next fiscal...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Property Tax, Taxation, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke
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