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Suspicious package leads to evacuation of Towson library
A suspicious package left under a bench outside the Towson public library that led to the building's evacuation Saturday morning turned out to be harmless, county police reported. The bag contained clothes that had been left as a donation to the...
Tags: Libraries
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Harford receives more federal funds to help its homeless population
Harford County was recently awarded nearly $867,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care, or CoC, Program to help homeless people find shelter and other services. The funding increased about 6...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Harford County, Long Term Care
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After homelessness, mother and son graduate from Howard CC
Sandy Johnson and her son, Jeff, were juggling the demands of classes and exams, jobs and family life in pursuit of associate degrees. They also were confronting what could have been an insurmountable obstacle: homelessness. "This has been a tough...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Heart Disease, Howard Community College, Colleges and Universities, Diabetes
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Howard County acquires site for homeless shelter, apartments
Howard County government announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day shelter for the homeless near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32. The facility will encompass about 2 acres of the 8-acre site the county purchased...
Tags: Volunteers of America, Ken Ulman, The Salvation Army, House Building
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Howard steps up for homeless with land buy for housing [Commentary]
Howard County took an important step in the fight against homelessness last week by purchasing an 8-acre lot that will be the future home to a 30-unit housing facility. Using $3.25 million in land acquisition dollars, the county bought the land at the...Tags: Volunteers of America, Ken Ulman
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Howard selects alternative site for homeless shelter
Howard County government officials announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day center for the homeless near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32, effectively ruling out the Beechcrest Mobile Home Park in North Laurel as a...
Tags: Volunteers of America, Ken Ulman, The Salvation Army, House Building
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Howard County purchases site for homeless shelter for $3 million
Howard County government has purchased eight acres of land near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32 for $3.25 million with the intention of building 30 apartments and a day shelter for the homeless. The homeless shelter and apartments will...
Tags: Volunteers of America, Ken Ulman, The Salvation Army
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CMW junior earns Girl Scout Gold Award
Brittany Jackson, a junior at C. Milton Wright High School, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award on April 14. An awards banquet was held at Martin's East to celebrate her success. Brittany's Gold Award project, entitled "Confidence for Kids," involved...Tags: Family
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Rally for Homeless marches through Towson to lobby council
Dozens of Baltimore County's homeless and the advocates who aim to help them gathered Monday evening in Towson to raise awareness on the issue of homelessness and lobby for support from the County Council. The 10th annual Rally for the Homeless, began...
Tags: Lobbying, Tom Quirk, Towson
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Shelter death of homeless man was a preventable tragedy
The death of Dana Bolden, 46, from a stab wound to the chest inflicted by another resident at Baltimore's 24-hour homeless shelter, was an entirely preventable tragedy ("Vigil for homeless man killed inside city shelter," March 31). Mayor Stephanie...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mental Health
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Vigil held for homeless man stabbed to death at city's shelter
Sitting alone at the edge of the parking lot outside Baltimore's 24-hour homeless shelter, Robin Bolden watched the dozens gathered nearby Saturday to remember her husband, Dana, who was stabbed to death at the facility earlier this month. Tears...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Tony Simmons
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Outreach aids former inmates struggling to find housing, jobs
Akua Zenzele, a community supervision agent in Southeast Baltimore who works with parolees, knows the first few days after being released from incarceration are crucial for former inmates. Many are paroled with few resources and nowhere to go. Some...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Prisons
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