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Plans for third annual President's Cup baseball tournament unveiled
On Wednesday, the sunny, breezy first day of spring, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young walked up to a podium inside the Warehouse at Camden Yards and started to sniff the air. Young asked an audience that included area high school players...
Tags: Softball, Major League Baseball, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, World Baseball Classic, Baltimore Orioles
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Baltimore's population up, following decades of loss
Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday. "It's such amazing news. … It's huge psychologically," said Seema D. Iyer, a former research chief...
Tags: Inner Harbor, 2010 Census, Labor Legislation, University of Baltimore, Population and Census
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Hattie Harrison, longest-serving Md. delegate
Hattie Harrison, the matriarch of East Baltimore politics who often greeted colleagues as "Baby" and was known for her signature curled hair and Southern cooking, will be remembered at a funeral at noon Feb. 9. Mrs. Harrison died of heart disease...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Carl Stokes, Annapolis, Barbara A. Mikulski, William Donald Schaefer
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Longtime Baltimore City Del. Hattie Harrison dies at 84
Del. Hattie Harrison, who was the longest-serving member of the House of Delegates, died Monday night, House Speaker Michael E. Busch announced. She was 84. Delegate Harrison, a Democrat who represented East Baltimore's 45th District since 1973,...
Tags: Michael E. Busch, Annapolis, Anthony G. Brown, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Mayor plans to introduce tax program for city apartments
As part of her push to increase Baltimore's population, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to introduce legislation to the City Council next week that will provide generous tax breaks to builders of apartment buildings downtown and in six other...Tags: Taxation, Property Tax, Tax Credits, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Carl Stokes
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O'Malley, Rawlings-Blake will pay for Super Bowl tickets
Gov. Martin O'Malley will be in New Orleans to root for the Ravens at Super Bowl XLVII, but he hasn't yet decided who will get to use six other tickets he controls. As governor, O'Malley has a state skybox at Ravens stadium, which allows him to purchase...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Maryland Stadium Authority, Regional Authority, Government, Football
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City storm-water pollution cleanup fee proposed
Just two weeks after Baltimore voters approved setting up a special fund for cleaning up the city's degraded streams and harbor, City Hall has proposed legislation to begin levying a "storm-water remediation fee" next year on all property owners....Tags: Justice System, Local Government, Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc., Government, Local Elections
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Baltimore reshaping approach to aging water lines
Baltimore water officials have been dogged in the past year by a series of extremely public problems: widespread billing errors that required millions in refunds, massive water main breaks that closed downtown streets, and a collapsed stormwater culvert...
Tags: Finance, Class Conflict, Environmental Politics, Consumers, Environmental Cleanup
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City extends IT staffing contracts
Baltimore officials voted on Wednesday to extend the contracts of two firms that provide many of the city's information technology workers, saying they needed more time before allowing other companies to compete for the work. Under the terms of a $2.4...Tags: IBM, Technology, Local Government, Elections, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Top commanders unaware of training where officer was shot
Top Baltimore police commanders, including the director of the agency's training academy, were unaware that training exercises were being conducted at an Owings Mills facility where a rookie University of Maryland officer was shot in the head and...
Tags: Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County, Criminals, Martin O'Malley
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Del. Hattie Harrison fondly remembered at funeral service
Family, friends and a host of elected officials celebrated the life of East Baltimore Del. Hattie N. Harrison at the West Baltimore United House of Prayer for All People, in a ceremony borne on the spirited rasps of trombones and rhythmic clattering of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Maryland State Police, Carl Stokes, Annapolis, Regional Authority
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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: Finance, Business Enterprises, Bankruptcy, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Anirban Basu
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