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'Chaotic' scene prevented quick medical attention for shooting victim
The shooting of Kendra Diggs and the subsequent barricade by her alleged attacker presented a challenge Tuesday for police and emergency responders. Under the threat of further gunfire from the off-duty Baltimore police officer, officials said, they were...
Tags: Anthony W. Batts, Baltimore County, Maryland Transit Administration, Shootings
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Viewed from train or bus, the city doesn't put its best foot forward
Recently I boarded an Amtrak train headed for New York City. But as we embarked on our journey I was struck by the trash and debris strewn along the route. The dilapidated houses, abandoned buildings, discarded furniture and graffiti were more than I...
Tags: New York City, Martin O'Malley, Amtrak, Inner Harbor
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City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...
Tags: Anthony W. Batts, Baltimore Police Department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Car Tires, Boston
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Schools for everyone
Baltimore City school officials say the nearly $1.2 billion budget the system unveiled last week will fund a raft of new academic endeavors, among them a new team to upgrade instruction in the sciences to meet the higher standards of the new national...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Charter Schools, Baltimore City College, Students, Public Schools
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Prettyboy Day welcomes visitors to Parkton site
When word spread in September 1933 that water had finally crested the top of newly built Prettyboy dam, some 7,500 people came to North County to see it for themselves. They arrived after navigating 10 miles of new roads and across any of nine new...
Tags: Druid Hill, Manufacturing and Engineering, Newspaper and Magazine, Heavy Engineering
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State spent $5,600 on O'Malley's security at Super Bowl
Maryland State Police spent more than $5,600 on Gov. Martin O'Malley's security during his Super Bowl trip earlier this year, officials said Monday. During O'Malley's trip to New Orleans, his Executive Protection Unit spent $5,627 for airfare, meals,...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Baltimore Hotels, Executive Branch, Football
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Group offers to check park by planned city casino for pollution
A Washington-based nonprofit group has offered to test for toxic contamination in city park land that borders a new casino being built in South Baltimore, but City Hall says it's not interested. The Inner Harbor Stewardship Foundation, which bankrolled a...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Justice System, Laws, Gwynns Falls Trail, Litigation
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City Hall crash victim Hersl recalled as generous, kind
The funeral procession for Matthew Hersl crawled through the tight streets of Southeast Baltimore, moving past the Milan restaurant, the Inner Harbor Travel agency and the Little Italy parking garage. Steve Hersl, Matt's brother, blared his car horn as he...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Baseball, James B. Kraft, Police Investigations, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Session behind him, O'Malley says he'll think about whether to run for president
With a productive General Assembly session behind him, Gov. Martin O'Malley said Wednesday that he will use the second half of the year to consider whether to run for the White House. "I need to be spending a lot more energy and time giving serious...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, College Baseball, Same-Sex Marriage
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Fire Department considering shift of west-side company to east side
Fire Chief James S. Clack is considering moving a West Baltimore fire company across town this summer to alleviate the strain on East Baltimore units after two fire companies closed there last year. Clack said the plan, which has not been finalized and...
Tags: Conservation, Grand Prix of Baltimore
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City says task force didn't violate open meetings law
A lawyer for Baltimore City says a task force appointed by the mayor to study the city's speed camera program did not hold an illegal closed-door meeting during a March visit to a contractor's headquarters. But a prominent member of the task force called...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Brekford Corp., Public Officials, George Nilson
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City officials celebrate passage of $1B school construction bill
The Baltimore SunA year ago, city officials left Annapolis distraught, their plans to obtain massive funding for school construction in the General Assembly’s trash bin. What a difference a year makes. On Wednesday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Schools...Tags: Maryland Stadium Authority, Public Officials, Annapolis, Andres Alonso, Government
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