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Police working to 'build security program' in Towson, chief says
Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson said Monday, May 20 at a Greater Towson Committee town hall meeting that despite Towson's rising crime rate, Towson and Baltimore County are safer than ever. "We're working closely with the Chamber (of Commerce)...Tags: Charles Village, Photography Supplies and Services, Computer Crime, Dwayne Johnson, Photography and Video
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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: Baltimore County, Schools, Elementary Schools, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Building new Rodgers Forge Elementary among overcrowding solutions
The suggestion of building a new 700-seat elementary school to replace Rodgers Forge Elementary in Towson was made during a meeting held Thursday evening to address Towson's elementary school overcrowding problem. The meeting held at Carver Center was...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Elementary Schools, Timonium, Students
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Letter: Past provides lesson for solution to Catonsville school overcrowding
Learn from past for answers to overcrowding We have all heard, "If you don't learn from history, you are destined to repeat it." We must learn from events 18 years ago when citizens wanted the (County Executive Dutch) Ruppersberger Administration to...Tags: Catonsville, Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Measure would reduce open-space fees for Balto. Co. developers
The Baltimore County Council could vote next week to reduce fees that developers pay to help the county build parks and buy recreational land. A council resolution would lower — in some cases by nearly 90 percent — so-called open-space waiver...
Tags: Dundalk, Cathy Bevins, Kenneth N. Oliver, John A. Olszewski, Sr., Catonsville
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Officials' phone records show political, personal contacts
Days before last November’s election, Gov. Martin O’Malley used his cellphone to call Jim Murren, the chief executive of MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas. The two talked for 11 minutes that Sunday. Not surprisingly, the topic was the...
Tags: MGM Resorts International, Anthony W. Batts, Howard County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Harford County
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County is making right call on the Mays Chapel school [Letter]
County Executive Kevin Kamenetz deserves thanks for his leadership on the new school in Mays Chapel. It's disheartening to see baby boomers, most of whom benefited from public education (and a boom in school construction), refuse to support the needs of...Tags: David Marks
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County Executive Kamenetz speaks with forked tongue [Letter]
A truly ironic position by our County Executive Kevin Kamenetz who proclaims the environmental positives of trees (Towson Times, May 1, "Kamenetz plans to increase county forest county canopy") yet makes the decision to destroy 10 acres of hardwood... -
Fallen Heroes of Maryland deserve our respect and attention [Editorial]
Sometimes, it's easy to pay no attention. Life goes smoothly when you disregard that which is heartbreaking. Even when sacrifices are made on your behalf, no need to share in someone else's pain. But there are times when we are asked, for a little...
Tags: Baltimore County, Fires
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Meeting scheduled to address overcrowding at Towson elementaries
Parents at five Towson schools were informed Wednesday of an input meeting that school officials say will begin the process of dealing with the area's crowded elementary schools. The meeting, which a school system spokesman called an "input work...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Elementary Schools, Finance, Todd Huff
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Hillcrest Elementary goes green twofold
Though Earth Day has come and gone, Hillcrest Elementary School is continuing the green movement through a new and old program. The school was hosting an official ribbon cutting for its new outdoor courtyard classroom on Thursday, May 9, and will host...
Tags: Catonsville, Patapsco, Teaching and Learning, Gardening, Pumpkin
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Crime down countywide, but thefts cause rise in Towson
Crime was down in 2012 compared to 2011 and five-year averages everywhere in Baltimore County except for the Towson area, and Baltimore County Police on Wednesday announced several initiatives aimed at suppressing crime in Towson going forward....
Tags: Theft, Charles Village, White Marsh, David Marks, Towson
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