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Moonrise Festival canceled
The Moonrise Festival, a new electronic dance concert expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled only weeks before the event, after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said. The festival had been...
Tags: Government, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Festive Events, Concerts, Public Officials
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Some city workers rack up overtime
It’s been a busy year so far for Audrey Dyer-Brown, collections supervisor at the city Department of Public Works. Her job duties have ballooned — and so has her paycheck. By early May, she’d already made 87 percent of her yearly...
Tags: Libraries, Local Government, Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Batts apologizes for late police response in Roland Park
Tom Hoen's babysitter surprised two burglars as they stuffed small electronics, jewelry and cash into his son's backpack Tuesday morning. She said one told her, "The contractors are upstairs." The men, one with dreadlocks and the other wearing doctor'...
Tags: Roland Park, Anthony W. Batts, Lobbying
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City spending board approves another property tax break
Baltimore's spending board voted Wednesday to approve another property tax break for city homeowners, part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to cut property taxes by 22 percent over 10 years. The tax credit approved by the Board of Estimates would...
Tags: Finance, Taxation, Credit and Debt, Rentals, Accounting and Auditing
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Rawlings-Blake press secretary moves to Fire Department
The Baltimore SunMayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's press secretary is leaving the mayor's office to become the spokesman for the city's fire department. Ian Brennan, who also served as a spokesman for former Mayor Sheila Dixon, will replace Kevin Cartwright, who...Tags: Annapolis, Sheila Dixon, Local Government, Government, Executive Branch
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Finance, Government, William Donald Schaefer, Howard County, Baltimore County
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State board finds speed camera task force violated open-meetings act
A task force appointed last year by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to study the city's speed and red-light camera program violated Maryland law when it met behind closed doors in March, the state Open Meetings Compliance Board ruled this week. The task...
Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Justice System
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City envy in the county schools
Baltimore City's schools are Maryland's oldest, and Baltimore County's are the second-oldest. The problems posed by the aging facilities in the two jurisdictions are different — the city has an overabundance of underused buildings, while the...
Tags: Elementary Schools, Schools, Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County
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Water bill whirlpool
There is an old adage, often heard in the local marinas, that a boat is nothing more than a hole in the water into which you pour money. Turns out the same could be said about Baltimore's water and sewer system — it is a money-soaking hole that puts...
Tags: Sinkholes, Environmental Pollution, Finance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Barack Obama
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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Bernard C. Young, Marc Steiner, Local Government, The New York Times
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Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington will square off on Rash Field
Get ready to roll. Baltimore and Washington's fleets of food trucks are squaring off again. Some 40 trucks, 20 from each city, are expected to attend the second Taste of Two Cities event on June 1, which is relocating from the Westport waterfront to Rash...Tags: Festive Events, Inner Harbor, Auction Service, Rash Field, Restaurants
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City board approves $107 million Harbor Point TIF
Meeting behind closed doors, the city's Board of Finance on Monday approved more than $100 million in taxpayer assistance to help fund a massive, waterfront development project that will host energy giant Exelon Corp.'s regional headquarters. After...
Tags: Finance, Baltimore Development Corporation, Clipper Mill, Exelon Corp., Fells Point
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