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Baltimore residents in largely vacant blocks to be uprooted
With plans to demolish 1,500 vacant houses in the next three years, Baltimore officials and the few remaining residents in largely vacant blocks are beginning the early stages of the most delicate of relationships. About 80 residents — each of...
Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Rentals, Land Resources, Homes
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Word has it Scrabble fundraiser is Saturday in Roland Park
The word was tristeza. It's a disease of citrus trees, but more importantly, for Tobey Roland, it once scored 228 points for him in a game of Scrabble, he said. Roland, 52, of Mount Washington, loves Scrabble and estimates he has played in 120...
Tags: Roland Park, Hunt Valley, Cafe Hon, Schools, Hampden
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Maryland is free and growing
A recent letter to The Sun reported that the Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranked Maryland near the bottom in overall freedom and cited a statistic that the state has lost population ("The 'Free State' isn't so free anymore," April 3)....
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Baltimore residents' survey shows mixed results
Baltimore residents are less satisfied with city services than they were last year, but see progress in the city's long-standing fight against violent crime and illegal drugs. Those are some of the mixed findings in the annual Baltimore Citizen Survey,...
Tags: University of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Local Government, Tour Operations Industry
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Recession changed course of population growth in metro Baltimore
Not too long ago, Carroll County faced a problem: Rapid growth had brought crowded classrooms to the northeastern part of the county, and planners expected many more homes to be built in the area. "At one point, they were 400 kids over capacity at North...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Genesis (music group), Highlandtown, Population and Census, Property
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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: University of Baltimore, Bernard C. Young, Mexico, Demographics, Population and Census
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Developers eager to convert downtown office buildings to residences
Nearly 1,000 market-rate apartments would be added to downtown Baltimore in the next few years if three projects announced in recent days are completed.
"It seems like it all came to fruition this week, but we've been working for a year, year and a half,...Tags: Credit and Debt, St. Paul Street, Property, Real Estate, Baltimore Development Corporation
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Strong federal ties leave Md. vulnerable to sudden cuts
Looming federal budget cuts make a whole lot of Marylanders nervous because a whole lot of Maryland depends on Uncle Sam for a paycheck — directly or indirectly. More than 300,000 Maryland residents work for the federal government, according to the...Tags: Public Finance, Colleges and Universities, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Sales, Government Debt
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Baltimore's poverty rate unchanged at 1 in 4 residents
The poverty rate in Baltimore held steady last year with about 1 in 4 counted as impoverished by the U.S. Census Bureau — a situation that economists say reflects the fits and starts of the nation's economic recovery. After a jump of more than 4...
Tags: Insurance, Employment, Health Care Reform (2009), Pharmaceuticals, Demographics
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Census Bureau: Nation's poverty rate held steady last year
After three years of increases, the nation's poverty rate held steady from 2010 to 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau that also detailed trends in health insurance coverage and median income. Nationwide, 15 percent of...Tags: Insurance, Poverty, Demographics, Population and Census, Health Insurance
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Data: Md. women earn 86 cents for every dollar paid to men
Maryland women were paid 86 cents for every dollar paid to men in the state in 2011, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the National Partnership for Women & Families released Thursday. Last year, the median earnings for women in...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market
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More Americans insured new Census data finds
The U.S. Census Bureau released new data today that showed more people now have health insurance. The data looked at coverage from 2011. Here are highlights taken from a census bureau press release. - The number of people with health insurance...Tags: Government Health Care, Demographics, Population and Census, Health Insurance, Medicaid
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