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- More than 70 candidates are vying for 14 seats on the Baltimore City Council — a job characterized by lengthy meetings, endless calls from residents about vacant homes and rats, and, in the city's strong mayor form of government, very little political power.
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Quakers have long history in Howard County, but latest group is only 15 years old - Maxine C. Wooleyhand, a former Town Council member and longtime Sykesville activist, died Monday from complications of diabetes at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. She was 68.
- Maxine C. Wooleyhand, a former Town Council member and longtime Sykesville activist, died Monday from complications of diabetes at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. She was 68.
- Joyce McCartney Ward, an activist in historic preservation causes who helped establish the Irish Shrine in Southwest Baltimore, died of cancer Aug. 4 at her Bolton Hill home. She was 81.
- Dolores B. Canoles, a former longtime Canton neighborhood activist who joined the battle in the late 1960s that successfully killed a proposed extension of Interstate 83 through East Baltimore, died Aug. 3 from complications of dementia at Oak Crest Village retirement community.
- Emily C. Wolfson, a gadfly and watchdog of Baltimore County Public Schools for nearly 50 years who was also a Liberty Road-area activist, ended her life Aug. 2 at her Randallstown home. She was 89.
- Activist investor Nelson Peltz has virtually reached a limit on his ownership stake of Baltimore-based Legg Mason Inc. after his latest stock purchase late last week.
- John R. Burleigh 2d, a civil rights activist who had been chairman of the employment committee of the Congress of Racial Equality, died July 9 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Hunting Ridge resident was 86.
- John R. Burleigh 2d., a civil rights activist who had been chairman of the employment committee of the Congress of Racial Equality, died July 9 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Hunting Ridge resident was 86.
- A recent op-ed in The Sun questioning the safety of children's vaccine regimens ignores settled science and may encourage parents to make the dangerous choice of skipping vaccines.
- Balto. Co. Council alters PUD rules, also revives Catonsville development
- City officials have granted second six-month extension to an agreement with the developers behind West Baltimore's $150 million Superblock project.
- U.S. investment in the battle against AIDS in Africa is vital to Africa, the U.S. and the world
- The Baltimore County Council's current dispute over the a small development in Catonsville is part of a larger argument that's been unfolding for years over the "planned unit development."
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- Bisphenol A helps keep the food supply free of contaminants, but Maryland has banned it based on specious concerns about its safety.
- Contrary to the assertions of a congressional fact finding mission, the record of human rights abuses in Colombia remain terrible and will only be worsened by a free trade agreement with the United States.
- Attack on Chrissy Lee Polis could raise support for long-stalled anti-discrimination bill in Maryland, transgender advocates say
- Schaefer recalled as impatient advocate for Chesapeake cleanup
