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Speaking of corkage, it's on tonight's City Council agenda
Dining@LargeCorkage is on the Baltimore City Council agenda tonight, in the form of a "Request for State Legislation" Basically, this means that the council can't go around changing the city's liquor laws, but a thumbs-up from them would be a......Tags: Restaurants, Laws, Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry
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Dispute over Crittenton Place in Hampden
Baltimore has so many hidden streets and lanes, it is no surprise that a place called Crittenton Place stumped the members of the Baltimore City Planning Commission. For the better part of two hours Thursday, I listened to an urban saga about a piece of...
Tags: New York City, Hamilton, Hampden, Real Estate Sellers
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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Racism, Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Labor Legislation, Local Government
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Baltimore water bills could rise by 15 percent
Customers of Baltimore's water system would see their water bills go up 15 percent — more than expected — under a proposal the Department of Public Works announced Monday. The projected rate hike follows years of increases and will bring a...
Tags: Personal Income, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Consumers, Water Supply
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Montgomery County (Maryland), Health and Safety at Work, Interior Policy, Howard County
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Residents oppose town house development on historic site in Hampden
A developer's plan to turn a historic house into townhouses and apartments is sparking consternation among residents, who say their streets are already overly dense and congested. General contractor John Brooks wants to convert the old Crittenton Home...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Hampden, Property, Maryland Historical Trust, Sales
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Some push for Edwards to be permanent schools CEO
Education observers were split Tuesday on whether the city's school board should launch a nationwide search to replace schools CEO Andrés Alonso or give the job of taking on the district's daunting challenges to his hand-picked successor. Some, such as...
Tags: Harvard University, Bernard C. Young, Collective Contract, Nancy Grasmick, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Family, police seek answers in carryout killing
If it's true that what goes around comes around, Crystal Jenkins Jones says she now knows that better than most.
Last year, she says, her cousin was one of two people who shot and killed a 72-year-old security guard picking up Chinese food at a...Tags: Diabetes, Theft, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Some merchants wary about crime, others optimistic along Greenmount Avenue
The owner of a dress shop is so fearful of crime along Greenmount Avenue in Waverly that she keeps the door locked even when her shop is open. The man who runs a discount store a block away feels it is safe enough to stroll the avenue with his three young...Tags: Restaurants, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Romance (genre), Shootings, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Man, 52, killed in robbery at troubled Greenmount Ave. carryout
A 52-year-old man died after being shot during a robbery at a carryout restaurant in Better Waverly on Monday night, renewing concerns in the community about the crime connected to the beleaguered business. The Yau Brothers carryout, in the 2900 block of...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Theft, Murder
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Councilwoman challenges city's stormwater fee plan
A city councilwoman is challenging Baltimore's plan to charge businesses some of the highest stormwater fees in the state — and divert some of the money that had gone to Chesapeake Bay cleanup to help fund property tax cuts. Councilwoman Mary...
Tags: Taxation, Environmental Pollution, Howard County, Lawyers, Bill Henry
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City schools pay nearly $65 million for unused leave over 5 years
The Baltimore school system has paid its employees about $65 million for unused leave over the past five years, a rare perk that many employers have abandoned and that has come under fire as school districts have experienced shrinking budgets. Since...
Tags: Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, AFSCME, Teachers
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