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- Kristina Suson's home wasn't part of Baltimore's tax sale Monday, but it was a close call — the result of a lost check.
- In an about-face, Baltimore finance officials now say the owners of five city homes that received two years¿ worth of erroneous tax breaks can repay the city over time and without incurring interest or penalties.
- Congratulations to the Baltimore housing department for taking serious action against a serial violator.
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Owner's son could face jail time for rehab that angered neighbors - Social worker who owes $5,700 by April 30 calls city's demand "hardship to put mildly"
- Police concede they failed to curtail public drinking in O'Donnell Square over St. Patrick's Day, but also say the revelers bear some responsibility.
- Patterson Park High School became the latest political battleground in the effort to rebuild Baltimore's decrepit school infrastructure, with students throwing their support behind a proposed bottle tax that could help raise about $300 million for facility upgrades.
- Harbor Point, a development project led by bakery magnate and developer John Paterakis Sr., has been selected as the site of the new headquarters for the combined Constellation-Exelon company if the proposed merger is completed, the two energy giants announced Wednesday.
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to propose Monday a plan to boost yearly funding for public school construction by $23 million, in part by increasing the city's bottle tax to 5 cents.
- Two Baltimore City Council candidates were poised to overcome write-in challenges Tuesday, converting their Democratic nominations into general election victories.
- Baltimore elections officials predicted very low turnout at the polls Tuesday, as city residents vote in the general election
- Voters may as well enact the two charter amendments on the city's ballot; setting up a fund for school construction and lowering the minimum age for council members might not do much good, but they won't hurt anything either.
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- Voters who cast ballots in Tuesday's general election will also have a chance to weigh in on two issues concerning the city's younger residents – although the impact of both initiatives is unclear.
- A day after a hearing with Recreation and Parks officials, residents and City Council members are questioning the mayor's plans for consolidating and renovating or closing the city's 55 recreation centers.
- The Baltimore Police Department has increased overtime spending over the past year amid a struggle to fill vacancies, according to data obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
- Towson law firm bills nearly $6,000 just for travel time in May and June
- Bernard C. "Jack" Young, picked by his fellow City Council members last year to lead the panel, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to keep the office for four more years.
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- The chairman of a Baltimore City Council committee says he will ask federal officials to push Baltimore's public housing agency to pay a six-figure judgment for lead-paint poisoning.
- The Baltimore City Council voted Monday to extend for eight years a law requiring developers to build affordable housing in projects that receive large public subsidies – but not to make the law permanent, as advocates had hoped.