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City to raze homeless encampment near JFX
Venus Wiles would rather sleep in a tent stuffed with blankets and all her worldly possessions on the side of the Jones Falls Expressway with her boyfriend, Michael Spence, than stay the night in an emergency shelter. The encampment — a...
Tags: Homelessness, Jones Falls Expressway, Vincent de Paul, Sex Crimes, Baltimore Hotels
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Homeless encampment an issue at City Hall
Homeless advocates and a city councilwoman sharply criticized Monday a Rawlings-Blake administration plan to remove an encampment of about a dozen homeless people this week from under the Interstate 83 overpass in central Baltimore. But administration...
Tags: Homelessness, Kidney Disease, Tony Simmons, Rochelle Spector, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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'Bubble' brings Baltimore's Waverly community together
The rhythmic thud of the drum filled the air of Baltimore's Waverly community, alerting residents that something special was taking place in the neighborhood. The joyous sound of children's laughter and eventual singing reinforced the sense of...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), The Home Depot
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Mayor says trash fee would make city more competitive
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that charging residents for trash collection would actually help the city attract new residents because it could reduce its property tax rate. Defending a hotly debated proposal in her State of the City...
Tags: William H. Cole IV, Johns Hopkins University, Carl Stokes, Health Insurance Cost, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Mayor calls for trash pickup fee, 10 percent cut in city workforce
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called Monday for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring more city workers to contribute to their retirement fund, charging residents for trash collection, asking firefighters to work longer...
Tags: William H. Cole IV, Executive Branch, Douglas F. Gansler, 401K, Retirement
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Phone service in Tuscany-Canterbury restored
Phone and Internet service have been restored to nearly 400 residents in the Guilford and Tuscany-Canterbury area, a Verizon spokeswoman said Saturday. The area was without service since Monday, when a Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. subcontractor digging...
Tags: Canterbury, Verizon Communications, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Planning Commission approves Rotunda redevelopment design
The Baltimore City Planning Commission on Thursday voted wholeheartedly to approve the design of the Rotunda redevelopment project, giving developer Hekemian & Co. the go-ahead to break ground in late May or early June. "Go forth and build,"...
Tags: Chris Bell, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Elections
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Report paints dire picture of city's finances
A report by a consultant hired by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration paints a dire picture of future city finances — opening the door for Baltimore officials to propose widespread cuts, including to city employees' health and pension...
Tags: Public Finance, Business, Bankruptcy, Anirban Basu, Finance
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Reactions mixed to Postal Service request to stop delivering mail on Saturdays
Lanny Gans had not heard, until she went to the Roland Park post office Wednesday, that the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday service in August, in an effort to save $2 billion a year.. "I hate to see anything like that...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Financial and Business Services, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Roland Park, Elijah E. Cummings
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City police training academy director, appointed this week, to retire
Just three days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police academy informed top brass Friday that he intends to leave the agency. Maj. Joseph E. Smith III, a 25-...Tags: Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Baltimore County, Anthony W. Batts, Shootings, Maryland State Police
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Graul's may be leading grocer candidate for Rotunda
As Rotunda mall redeveloper Hekemian & Co. prepares for a final city hearing before the Baltimore City Planning Commission this week, the local Graul's chain of upscale grocery stores is emerging as a leading candidate to be the new grocer in the mall....
Tags: Roland Park, Annapolis, Elections, Rentals, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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