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City to move forward with development of Ripken field in Park Heights
Reinvestment and redevelopment of the distressed Park Heights neighborhood will continue under a funding agreement Baltimore's financial oversight panel approved Wednesday with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation. The foundation, named for the late Orioles...
Tags: Cal Ripken, Pimlico Race Course
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Section of brick facade falls off troubled NIH building in Baltimore
A large section of brick facade fell off a National Institutes of Health research facility on the Southeast Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, reviving concerns about a building that opened two years late because of other problems....
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Baltimore Development Corporation, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Greektown
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Corporate welfare for Lockheed Martin
At this time of severe cutbacks in government funding for food stamps, early childhood education and Meals on Wheels, some Maryland legislators are hard at work looking out for the welfare of one of the world's wealthiest corporations. Under a bill...
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Women, Infants and Children, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Military, Head Start
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Sequestration puts Howard business community 'on edge'
With less than a week to go until the federal government's March 1 deadline to reach an agreement avoiding a set of spending cuts known as sequestration, Howard County's business community is in the dark about its potential impact. Pam Klahr,...Tags: Crofton, National Security Agency, U.S. Congress, Business, Government Contracts
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City's lucrative speed camera program dogged by problems
The Baltimore SunThe tractor-trailer hit 70 mph as it passed the Poly-Western high school campus on Cold Spring Lane, barreling down a turn lane at twice the legal speed limit. Or so the $40 citation claimed. Just before Falls Road, a pole-mounted speed camera clocked the...Tags: Executive Branch, Northwestern University, Cherry Hill, Health and Safety at School, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Defense contractors, federal employees join to oppose cuts
A Defense Department funding bill has made bedfellows of two groups more likely to be found in opposite corners: federal labor and federal contractors. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Professional Services Council (PSC)...Tags: The Pentagon, Democratic Party, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Parties and Movements, National Government
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Baltimore replacing entire speed camera system
Baltimore officials said Monday they are scrapping all 83 of the city's automated speed cameras and "methodically" replacing them with newer models, after a Baltimore Sun investigation found errors with the system. The overhaul, estimated to cost...
Tags: Local Government, New Year's Day, Photography and Video, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Public Officials
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State audit finds 'deficiencies' in BWI oversight procedures
State auditors found some oversight and reporting deficiencies during their inspection of the books of the Maryland Aviation Administration, which operates BWI Marshall Airport. The review by the Office of Legislative Audits discovered instances where...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Technology
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Development aimed at defense industry stalls in Harford
The new Aberdeen Corporate Park promises 269,000 square feet of LEED-certified office space right off Route 22, close to the I-95 interchange. But the project's first building sits empty, and two Harford County council members said no one has even looked...
Tags: Mike Bennett, Defense Equipment, Defense, Harford County, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Annapolis parks could go trash can-free to save money
Annapolis officials are considering a plan to remove trash cans from city parks, a strategy they say would save money and could keep public spaces cleaner. Without trash cans, officials said, visitors would take refuse with them or learn to not produce...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Conservation, Layoffs and Downsizing, Annapolis, National Parks
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KEYW prices shares for public offering
KEYW Holding Corp., a Hanover-based defense contractor, on Tuesday said it intends to sell 7.4 million shares at a public offering of $11.75 per share in an effort to raise money to pay down debt and to fund a recent corporate acquisition. The company...Tags: Bank of America Corp., National Security Agency, Annapolis, Companies and Corporations
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Water main break causes disruptions in downtown Baltimore
Commuters to Baltimore faced heavy traffic and major delays Tuesday, after a large water main break downtown buckled the surface of Light Street and sent water gushing through Lombard and Pratt streets. Jamie Kendrick, the city’s deputy...
Tags: Dundalk, Inner Harbor, Commuting, Traffic, Lombard Street
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