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A developer proposes to build 29 row houses on Cairnes Lane, an alley that runs behind West 36th Street, aka The Avenue, in Hampden. Merchants are worried about the effect on parking.

Residents of Baltimore's Harwood neighborhood are fighting a proposed new drug treatment center, saying the community can't handle another one.

On Monday night, about 50 community members gathered for the opening of a garden that now commemorates the space where Williams' school used to be, on the corner of Brentwood Avenue and Merryman Lane.

There were frog-hopping and turtle racing contests in Bel Air, a lawn chair brigade in Howard County and a search for a parade marshal in Roland Park.

Mayor and City Council president join 400 residents for Fourth of July parade in Roland Park

Hampden community divided over plans for a Residential Permit Parking zone in the Rotunda mall area.

The Remington Row mixed-use project in the 2700 block of Remington Avenue gets final approval from UDARP, Urban Design and Architectural Review Panel and goes next to Planning Commission.

Baltimore officials on Wednesday approved a $3.4 million deal to build a luxury hotel on a Fells Point pier after chiding a developer for trying to include campaign contributions to local politicians as part of the project's costs.

Baltimore's food truck industry will be able petition Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration for additional places to sell their fares, under a bill approved Monday by the City Council.

The Baltimore City Council on Monday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would allow the city's growing food truck industry to operate in more places.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts told City Council members Wednesday that 212 vacant officer positions will be eliminated from the force, marking the first significant reduction in the ranks in decades.

The Baltimore school board will vote Tuesday on a $1.3 billion budget that has drawn backlash from schools and lawmakers for its cuts to programs and has led the board to consider a possible overhaul of the district's funding formula as some high schools face up to $450,000 in cuts.

The Baltimore school board will vote Tuesday on a $1.3 billion budget that has drawn backlash from schools and lawmakers for its cuts to programs and has led the board to consider a possible overhaul of the district's funding formula as some high schools face up to $450,000 in cuts.

Zoning board approves revised and reduced setback variances for the development of town houses on site of Crittenton House, a former home in Hampden for unwed mothers

The Baltimore City Council introduced legislation May 12 to designate the $51 million Remington Row mixed-use project as a planned unit development.

A tough new curfew forcing kids off the streets as early as 9 p.m. was approved by the Baltimore City Council Monday. It is expected to get final approval next month.

A resolution seeking to restore and preserve funding for two programs that target the city's gifted students was introduced in the City Council on Monday, as city political leaders described a disinvestment in the city schools' top achievers.

Some future city workers will get a 401(k)-style retirement plan rather than traditional pensions under a sweeping plan unanimously approved by the City Council Monday.

Baltimore's railroad legacy has ebbed over time as Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was subsumed and its successor CSX Transportation moved south. Residents and local officials say the city's prominence in the railroad industry crumbled alongside the aging tunnels, overpasses and tracks that convey trains through city neighborhoods every day.

Two months after nearly one-third of the city's principals were penalized over poor student attendance, the school system has made marked progress, education officials said at a hearing Thursday called by City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke.

New skatepark in Hampden, which draws about 100 people a day, many from out of town, holds its grand opening May 3. It's a big day for them, and for Stephanie Murdock, who raised money for seven years, and for the owners of Vu, a skateboard shop that opened on Falls Road around the corner from the skatepark.

Controversial legislation intended to help ex-convicts find jobs is headed to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake for her expected signature after the City Council gave the measure final approval Monday.

Baltimore City Councilman Bill Henry is challenging state Sen. Joan Carter Conway in North Baltimore's 43rd legislative district. He says her power has gone to her head. She says she uses it to help the citizens of Baltimore.

Hekemian & Co. has signed a long term lease with Cobb Theatres to open a new CineBistro luxury movie theatre at the Rotunda in Baltimore, billed as a true world class "dinner-and-a-movie" experience. with seven screens, plush oversized leather seats, full-service in-theatre dining and cutting edge stadium style movie viewing. The 35,000 square foot CineBistro will include up-scale dine-in theatres, a chef inspired menu, premium cocktails, and an expansive wine list.

Working to boost school attendance

Controversial plan to develop Hampden townhouses on site of former home for unwed mothers goes before Baltimore City zoning board. Neighbors and City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke oppose developer John Brooks' proposal.

Smoking near a playground, swimming pool or athletic facility in Baltimore City could bring a fine up to $500, under a ban the City Council approved Monday.

The Rawlings-Blake administration's efforts to slash Baltimore's long-term deficit has run into a bump — more than $100 million in new police, education and other expenses now expected over the next decade.

The Baltimore Housing Authority's plan to sell 22 of its 28 apartment and townhouse complexes drew dozens of concerned tenants and workers Wednesday to a City Council committee hearing.

More than a decade before thousands rallied outside of the statehouse in Annapolis for adequate school facilities for the city's children, several dozen residents met in a school lunchroom in Northeast Baltimore to lay the groundwork for how to do so for their community.

A City Council committee considering new regulations for Baltimore's growing food truck industry plans to hold work sessions as members evaluate more than 50 proposed amendments.

The Rawlings-Blake administration is proposing new regulations for the city's rapidly growing food truck industry — setting up zones for the mobile chefs to sell their designer grilled-cheese sandwiches, spicy tacos and decadent cup cakes. But the city's proposal was in flux Monday night. A city official said the administration might amend the plan to allow trucks to operate outside the zones as well.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to create a management post to oversee hundreds of millions of dollars in grant money after the city's finance director found that agencies can't account for as much as $40 million.

It's a balancing act for neighbors as Baltimore neighborhood Remington continues to thrive