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Walls going up is good news at Halethorpe Elementary
Walls will be going up this summer and that's good news for faculty and parents at Halethorpe Elementary School. The construction means the end of six open-concept classrooms at the school on Maple Avenue. Baltimore County Schools Superintendent S....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, PTA, Halethorpe, Tom Quirk
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Dance aims to please
Dallas Dance has been superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools for less than half an academic year, but he is proving himself a quick study. The $1.3 billion budget he has proposed for the next fiscal year strikes the kind of balance that...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Public Officials, Students, Budgets and Budgeting, Perry Hall High School
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City school board OKs 10-year facilities plan
The Baltimore school board approved Tuesday a sweeping plan that would close or renovate more than 150 schools, with the goal of bringing the oldest school infrastructure in the state up to 21st-century standards in one decade. The board voted...
Tags: Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, Lobbying, Andres Alonso, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Balto. Co. police chief joins White House gun control discussion
Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson was among law enforcement officials from around the country who met with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House Thursday to discuss ways to curb gun violence. President Barack Obama this week announced...
Tags: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Law Enforcement, Personal Weapon Control
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Kamenetz seeks money for school construction, safety measures from Annapolis
County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Tuesday reiterated a familiar theme in stating that his top priority for the 2013 General Assembly session, which opens tomorrow in Annapolis, will be funding for education. But Kamenetz also named legislation...
Tags: Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, House Building, Pikesville
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Some Balto. Co. lawmakers renew push for school board change
Baltimore County residents and lawmakers who want to add elected members to the county school board are gearing up for a familiar push as the legislative session nears, and they say they are better organized this time around. With state lawmakers set...Tags: Justice System, Pikesville, Local Elections, John A. Olszewski, Jr., Lobbying
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Push to ban more assault weapons expected in Annapolis
Legislation to ban assault weapons like the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle used in the Newtown school massacre will be revived in Annapolis when the General Assembly convenes next month, according to leading lawmakers pushing to make the change. The...
Tags: Justice System, Barbara A. Mikulski, Behavioral Conditions, Maryland State Police, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Kamenetz, Johnson call for tighter restrictions on assault weapons, ammunition
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Police Chief Jim Johnson on Monday called on state and federal lawmakers to strengthen laws on background checks for gun buyers and stop the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in the wake of...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Laws, Weaponry, Perry Hall High School
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Baltimore County to preserve 38 acres in Perry Hall
Baltimore County will preserve 38 acres of publicly owned forested land in Perry Hall, which officials say is the largest preservation of open green space in that community in more than a decade. The land will be protected from development and is at two...Tags: Conservation, Perry Hall, Perry Hall High School, David Marks
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Sparrows Point's steel mill to be razed, Kamenetz says
The owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill plan to raze the closed plant, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said Thursday, as political leaders from Towson to Washington mourned the loss of a landmark that once employed tens of thousands. The...
Tags: United Steelworkers, Health and Safety at Work, Barbara A. Mikulski, Unemployment, Martin O'Malley
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Efficiency but not much vision in Balto. Co.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's plan to offer some county properties for sale in Dundalk, Randallstown and Towson has the potential to solve a few problems and create better opportunities for some students without any cost to the taxpayers,...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Towson, Local Government, Randallstown, Dundalk
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Towson park a bad choice for proposed new fire station
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has proposed selling the Towson fire station at York Road and Bosley Avenue to raise money for the county ("Balto. Co. plans to sell buildings," Dec. 11). He has stated that the funds would be used to build a...Tags: Towson, Maryland General Assembly, Baltimore County
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