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    Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. New community center opens in Ellicott City

    The old low-income Hilltop Housing project in Ellicott City has given way to another world: new apartments with facades of soft-colored siding and stone, and a recreation center with the latest in exercise gear, including a retractable-roof indoor...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Ken Ulman, Apartments, Rentals, Poverty

  2. Jun 13, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead
  3. Responses discussed, as Edgewood sees another spike in violent crime

    With a stabbing and three shootings in parts of Edgewood in less than a month, a top Harford County Sheriff's Office official told members of the Edgewood Community Council Wednesday that deputies are working hard to address the issue of more violent...

    Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Havre de Grace, Labor Legislation, Annapolis, Heart Disease

  4. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. Housing authority employees disciplined over private contracting

    Baltimore's housing authority has disciplined a group of employees after an internal investigator found that top agency officials hired lower-level staff to do contracting work at their homes.
    Baltimore's housing authority has disciplined a group of employees after an internal investigator found that top agency officials hired lower-level staff to do contracting work at their homes. The agency's inspector general concluded that executive...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Finance, Ethics, Values, Interior Policy

  6. May 31, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  7. Joseph Haskins Jr. navigated Harbor Bank of Maryland through tough times

    At one point during the three years that Harbor Bank of Maryland operated under heightened federal scrutiny, a regulator asked CEO Joseph Haskins Jr. why he stuck it out. Why not just retire?
    At one point during the three years that Harbor Bank of Maryland operated under heightened federal scrutiny, a regulator asked CEO Joseph Haskins Jr. why he stuck it out. Why not just retire? But for Haskins, one of the founders of the Baltimore bank in...

    Tags: Morgan State University, Financial and Business Services, John Paterakis Sr., Business Enterprises, Loans

  8. May 29, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. Section 8 is no burden to landlords

    I recently read the letter James Gatton wrote to The Sun in response to Stefanie Deluca's letter to the editor. Mr . Gatton's letter ("Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords," May 12) could be no further from the truth.
    I recently read the letter James Gatton wrote to The Sun in response to Stefanie Deluca's letter to the editor. Mr . Gatton's letter ("Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords," May 12) could be no further from the truth. First, it does not take...

    Tags: Rentals, The Home Depot, Chicago Housing Authority, Baltimore Housing, Public Housing

  10. May 27, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  11. County panel rules in favor of Whalen's medical office project

    A Baltimore County Board of Appeals panel has ruled against a community group fighting a planned medical office building in Catonsville.
    A Baltimore County Board of Appeals panel has ruled against a community group fighting a planned medical office building in Catonsville. The three board members on Thursday affirmed an earlier decision by a county administrative law judge who had...

    Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Catonsville, Tom Quirk, Kevin Kamenetz

  12. May 24, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Frances M. Finney, educator

    Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82.
    Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82. Frances Mae Hopkins was born in Baltimore and was...

    Tags: Heart Failure, Duke University, Teachers, Morgan State University, Teaching and Learning

  14. May 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Housing security unit disbanded, employees laid off

    Baltimore's housing office has disbanded its security unit, laying off seven sworn police officers, the agency said Thursday. The duties of the Lease Enforcement Unit — which investigates criminal activity in public housing to determine if a...

    Tags: Baltimore Housing, Public Housing, Interior Policy

  16. May 8, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead
  17. Nobel Prize winner will speak on 'Coolest Stuff in the Universe'

    It's not often that we find Nobel Prize winners hanging around our neck of the woods. But on Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m., the community is invited to the Mulitz Theatre on the campus of Glenelg Country School, where Nobel Prize recipient and American...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Awards and Prizes, Music, Nobel Prize Awards, Christianity

  18. May 8, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead
  19. Plant sales and flea markets galore on tap for the weekend [West Friendship]

    Mother's Day shopping? No need to travel further than our little village. Area churches and garden centers are loaded with flowers and fancies just perfect for Mom's special day. Dennis Whittaker's Whittaker's Flowers will be open Friday, May 10, noon...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Music, Schools, Mother's Day, Christianity

  20. May 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Mossburg misrepresents research on housing vouchers

    In her April 23 column, “Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor,” Marta H. Mossburg quoted me as saying that laws prohibiting landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers “exacerbate” the problem of finding housing...

    Tags: Family, Johns Hopkins University, Discrimination, Poverty, Chicago Housing Authority

  22. May 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. Mossburg wrong on housing vouchers

    As the legislative chair of the Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies, which represents the agencies that actually administer the Section 8 rental assistance program, it was disturbing to read the distortions in Marta Mossburg's recent column ("Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor," April 23).
    As the legislative chair of the Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies, which represents the agencies that actually administer the Section 8 rental assistance program, it was disturbing to read the distortions in Marta Mossburg's...

    Tags: Rentals, Chicago Housing Authority, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Public Housing, Condos and Houses

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