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A Baltimore County councilwoman called Tuesday for the county to delay a vote for a month on a measure to impose storm-water management fees on all property owners,

Developers converting some older office buildings into apartments or building new complexes could get a significant tax break under a measure the Baltimore City Council approved on Monday.

Residents across the Baltimore region will soon be hit with annual bills of $18 to more than $100 to pay for stormwater treatment, wetland restoration and other projects aimed at improving Chesapeake Bay water quality.

Hampden resident crowd into a church to discuss what can be done about parking shortage in the neighborhood

As Graul's Market lobbies publicly for a store in the Rotunda, another finalist is also eager to succeed Giant Food as the mall's grocer. Scott Nash, founder of the 10-store regional chain MOMS Organic Markets, said mall redeveloper Hekemian & Co. is considering him as a potential tenant.

Eddie's Market of Charles Village, an institution for 51 years, is threatened by a possible grocer on a vacant lot that John Hopkins University is developing.

Roland Park Civic League to hold public meeting about broadband options and is inviting Comcast and Verizon reps in an effort to get FIOS into the city and bring competition and lower prices.

Afraid it is losing traction as the leading candidate to be the Rotunda mall's new grocery, Graul's Markets is launching a lobbying effort aimed at area residents and city officials. Dennis Graul claimed Rotunda's redeveloper, Hekemian & Co. appeared close to reaching a deal with Graul's, but now is angling for a grocer of 10, 000 square feet, not 20,0000, as Hekemian first promised the community.

The City Council gave final approval Monday to a bill that would allow companies such as Ticketmaster to continue to charge unlimited fees when selling tickets to events in Baltimore.

The Greater Homewood Community Corp. Neighborhood Institute shows how to make north-central Baltimore a better place to live. Topics on Saturday include using outdoor murals to make communities more attractive. We need cover and jump photo of Karen Stokes, executive director, standing in front of outdoor murals at Waverly Giant store. Also need a mural with passersby.

As a Friday deadline approaches, advocates are working to find housing for the homeless men and women living at a Baltimore encampment set to be cleared.

snow coverage in north Baltimore, i.e. Roland Park, Charles Village, Guilford, Hampden, Mount Washington, York Road, Falls Road

Homeless advocates and a city councilwoman on Monday sharply criticized a Rawlings-Blake administration plan to remove an encampment of about a dozen homeless people this week from under the Interstate 83 overpass in central Baltimore.

Venus Wiles would rather sleep, tucked away in a tent stuffed with blankets and all her worldly possessions on the side of the JFX with her boyfriend, Michael Spence, than stay the night in an emergency shelter.

The joyous sound of children's laughter and eventual singing reinforced the sense of community Waverly organizers envisioned when they planned Sunday's parade and subsequent concert in a 25-foot-by-25-foot translucent bubble.

Just days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore police training academy informed top brass of his intention to retire.

Just days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police training academy informed top brass of his intent to retire.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that charging residents for trash collection would actually help the city attract new residents because it could reduce its property tax rate.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called Monday for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring city workers to contribute to their pensions, charging residents for trash collection, asking firefighters to work longer hours and cutting the city work force by 10 percent over time.

A BGE subcontractor installing new traffic signals in the Guilford/Tuscany-Canterbury area Monday accidentally severed an underground cable dating to 1926. Repairs were still going on Friday. Nearly 400 people lost phone and/or Internet service. But 300 were restored as of Friday.

Baltimore City Planning Commission approves Hekemian & Co.'s Rotunda redevelopment design, the last major obstacle for the $100 million mixed-use project.

Residents and merchants at odds over plan to create a new city Residential Permit Parking area near the Rotunda. Neighbors on Elm Avenue and 38th Street don't want apartment tenants of a redeveloped Rotunda mall to park on their streets. But merchants on The Avenue don't want residential permit parking all around them, making it more difficult for their customers to park.

A report by a consultant hired by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration paints a dire picture of future city finances — opening the door for Baltimore officials to propose widespread cuts, including to city employees' health and pension benefits.

Local react to Post Office request to stop delivering mail on Saturdays

The Baltimore City Planning Commission meets Thursday, Feb. 7 to hold hearing and vote on Rotunda redevelopment. It should be smooth sailing and the final hurdle for redeveloper Hekemian & Co.

Angry at lack of info from city, area residents form committee to find out what's going on with planned renovation of Waverly library.

Richard Worley, a well-liked deputy major in Northern District police, is introduced Saturday as commander of the neighboring Northeast District.

Governor, key lawmakers say 'bounty system' is illegal

With a new General Assembly session starting Wednesday, state lawmakers say they are pushing ahead on multiple fronts. Legislation is anticipated that would punish private contractors for processing erroneous speed camera citations; require a way for motorists to be able to fact-check their tickets and bar contracts that pay companies a share of each $40 citation.

Supporters of embattled David J. Wilson appear before board to demand his retention

The deadline for homeowners to apply for the Homestead Tax Credit, which saved the average Baltimore homeowner more than $1,000 on this year's tax bill, is coming up Dec. 31. As the deadline gets nearer, real estate agents and community leaders are helping raise awareness of the impending deadline.

As the amount of rough weather buffeting the Baltimore region mounts, people are taking a harder look at trees and the part they play in the aggravating — and sometimes dangerous — matter of days-long stretches without power.

A consultant to the Rotunda re-developer, Hekemian & Co. says that the announcement of supermarket and other tenants, including restaurants, is imminent. Consultant Al Barry also says permits will be applied for by the end of the year.

Baltimore officials are expected to sign off on a deal Wednesday with Caesars Entertainment that promises outreach to and training for city residents seeking the 1,700 jobs planned for Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, addressing one of gambling proponents' key arguments in the debate over expanding casinos in Maryland.

Panel would catalog and promote African American heritage

In the next 10 years, Baltimore's school system will have a leaner, modernized look under a proposed $2.4 billion facilities plan that calls for closing 26 school buildings and upgrade more than 100 others

Rotunda redeveloper agrees to include on-site parking spaces in rents at redeveloped mall, which pleases nearby residents, who also want their own city Residential Parking Program area for Elm Avenue and 38th Street, so Rotunda tenants can't park on those streets and steal parking from the neighborhood.

Among the 2.5 million speed camera violations issued in the last three years to vehicles in and around Baltimore, thousands were mailed to the same government that issued the tickets.

The vice chairman of the City Council's public safety committee called Sunday for a hearing on Baltimore's vast and lucrative speed camera program after an investigation by The Baltimore Sun found that the $40 citations issued to motorists can be inaccurate and the process unfair.

Automated cameras nail motorists for millions of dollars, but the effectiveness – and the evidence – has some in doubt

In his 72 years, Ernest Hawkes has slept in a wide variety of places – military barracks in Vietnam, apartments in Baltimore and New York, homeless shelters.

Before the sun rose Tuesday, central Maryland appeared to have been spared the worst of Sandy's fury, which was delivered farther up the Atlantic Coast.

Roland Park begins to see power outages in now post-tropical storm Sandy, on Beechdale Road, where power frequently goes out.

Before the sun rose Tuesday, central Maryland appeared to have been spared the worst of Sandy's fury, which was delivered farther up the Atlantic Coast.

North Baltimore and Roland Park, in particular, brace for Hurricane Sandy expected in area Oct. 29. But so far, weekend events, including Halloween activities, still on.

City, county school districts want contractors to report citations

School buses have racked up hundreds of speed camera tickets in the Baltimore area for allegedly going too fast in school zones, often with children aboard, a Baltimore Sun analysis has found.