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City schools with federal turnaround grants have mixed results
Once students hurled computers out the windows at Calverton Middle School, but today they are learning on state-of-the-art technology that has flooded into the West Baltimore school. Once teachers couldn't wait to transfer out of a place where students...Tags: Cook County, Johns Hopkins University, Graduation, Booker T. Washington, Examinations
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State board says Plan Maryland forum violated Open Meetings Act
The Board of County Commissioners and the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board traded barbs on Wednesday over whether the county violated open meetings law when it held its controversial "PlanMaryland: At the Crossroads" forum in October. In a...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Justice System, Lawyers, Government, Justice System
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Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce: Networking event Wednesday at Townsend House
Enjoy an opportunity to take a peak at Catonsville's past while making new contacts for your business as the Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce hosts an evening mixer at Catonsville's Townsend House, 1824 Frederick Road, on May 9 at 5:30 p.m. The...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Catonsville
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Dick Lugar's warning for America
The hit men of the tea party can carve another notch in their collective gun belts this week with the ouster of Indiana Sen. Richard G. Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Senate. Whatever mojo the conservative firebrands had in the 2010 GOP primaries,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Monica Lewinsky, Dan Coats, Jim Webb
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Baltimore-area housing market sees bidding wars return as buyers' choices shrink
David D. Igla lost out on three Ellicott City homes in the past few months before he finally beat the competition and had an offer accepted.
What kind of so-called buyer's market is this, he wondered?
Some houses zip off the market —...Tags: Mortgages, Auction Service, Property, Real Estate Sellers, Marketing
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Fallston pushing for Youth's Benefit Elementary replacement
Fallston residents were urged last Thursday night to press their elected officials to get a new building for Youth's Benefit Elementary School. The Parent-Teacher Association at Youth's Benefit has been working for a year and a half with the organization...
Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, PTA, Harford County, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Christianity
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Owner says Highland restaurant will feature 'casual fine dining'
Diners familiar with the historic Milton Inn in northern Baltimore County needn't whet their appetites for a carbon copy of the iconic restaurant's pricey fare when owner and executive chef Brian Boston opens his second eatery in Highland this summer....
Tags: Baltimore County, Ken Ulman, Dining and Drinking, Property, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Scientists use algae to scrub harbor water
In their quest to cure Baltimore's ailing harbor, advocates and authorities have tried one gadget after another: floating wetlands, a solar-powered aerator, even a trash wheel.
Add now the "algal turf scrubber," a long wooden sluiceway through which...Tags: Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Fells Point, Chesapeake Bay, Inner Harbor
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Taste food from barbecue to cupcakes at Baltimore Washington Corridor showcase and networking night
The Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber will hold its Regional Business Showcase and Tasting, a night of networking, marketing opportunities and food, Thursday, April 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Suddath Relocation Systems, 1710 Crossroads Drive, in Odenton....Tags: Food Network (tv network), Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Register now for Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber's annual meeting
The Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber will hold its 65th annual meeting Thursday, April 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hotel at the Arundel Preserve, 7795 Arundel Mills Road, in Hanover. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of he University of...Tags: Baltimore County, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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Highland/Fulton: State Sen. Kittleman to speak at Greater Highland Crossroads Association's April 12 meeting
The Greater Highland Crossroads Association will hold its next monthly meeting on Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, at the junction of Route 216 and Hall Shop Road. That meeting should prove very informative with state Sen....Tags: Anglicanism, Science, Howard County, Christianity, High Schools
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Howard won't build proposed Elkridge tennis complex
Like private investors before them, Howard County officials this week said they will not build the large Troy Park tennis complex in Elkridge that local boosters of the sport have long proposed. "It's not going to be a project that the taxpayers of...
Tags: Maryland Stadium Authority, Tennis, Ken Ulman, Finance, Howard County
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