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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake dismissed Thursday a package of budget changes proposed by Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young, saying most of his proposals are "unadvisable, unworkable and irresponsible."

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake dismissed Thursday a package of budget changes proposed by Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young, saying most of his proposals are "unadvisable, unworkable and irresponsible."

Waverly Elementary/Middle replacement school groundbreaking ceremony held; Mayor Rawlings-Blake, school system CEO Andres Alonso, City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke attend.

When Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke visited the small, tight-knit Abbottston Elementary in the days after news broke the school had cheated on its 2009 Maryland School Assessments, she never believed that the woman she had known for decades could cheat her children, or her community.

Steering committee forming to discuss curriculum for new Waverly school. To some extent this is being seen as appeasing white parents in our coverage area who are nervous about sending their kids to a school in Waverly, no matter how new and state of the art

The style of fence is called "Barcelona," but some residents of Tuscany-Canterbury say it reminds them more of Berlin.

The Baltimore Department of Transportation has a message for the residents of Tuscany-Canterbury: Do not walk on our grass.

For the fourth consecutive year, Baltimore officials are proposing a 9 percent increase to water and sewer rates – and the charges will continue to grow indefinitely to cover the costs of major projects, they say.

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.

Some council members did not even include the form on which to report gifts in their ethics filings. This is true again this year with 10 council members reporting that they received no gifts.

There's a swirl of violence occurring around 78-year-old Florence Carter, and she says she doesn't know why.

Amid complaints from Little Italy and Fells Point, the Baltimore City Council is considering a bill to regulate valet parking.

Activists want Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the City Council members to pump $10.2 million more into after-school activities and summer internships over the next year.

Terry Weldon Taylor, a former public affairs director who was also a seasoned political operative, died Wednesday from complications of a stroke at Northwest Hospital. He was 62.

Visit Baltimore, the city's quasi-public marketing and tourism arm, is asking the Hampden Village Merchants Association to pay a membership fee of up to $20,000 per year to join the agency.

A 2-cent cut in Baltimore's property tax rate isn't much, but as the first step in a long-term strategy to revive the city's economy, it could be huge

With a half-dozen key resignations at Baltimore City Hall, some political observers say they're concerned about the recent loss of institutional knowledge in Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration.

Roland Park fire house will be closed for three to three and a half months later this year for $175,000 worth of renovations on the second floor, says the city's General Services architect.

Baltimore is hiring two attorneys to work through a backlog of 2,000 customers of the city's water system who are contesting their bills.

JFX lanes to close overnight to gauge extent of damage

Baltimore City Council approves Rawlings-Blake's 9-year plan; several oppose bill

Green House Residences at Stadium Place, a nursing faciity that looks like a group home and is the first of its kind in Maryland, opens Thursday to fanfare on the site of the old Memorial Stadium.

Green House Residences at Stadium Place, a nursing faciity that looks like a group home and is the first of its kind in Maryland, opens Thursday to fanfare on the site of the old Memorial Stadium.

$250,000 Roland Water Tower bond bill passes legislature. Roland Park wants to restore it and use it as a museum of local history perhaps, and build a park around it. The historic tower is crumbling at the top under the weight of bird dung

On the verge of opening, Peabody Heights Brewery is the city's first in over 30 years. But success in the brewing business is elusive, and it can expect a sobering first several years.

Rotunda mall redevelopers to tell the Roland Park Civic League what they're up to, at its next meeting April 5.

Meet Nick Hyson, manager of the new Giant store in Hampden. He came over from the Rotunda, knows many of his customers by name, and is a tireless, youthful, engaging, rise-through-the-ranks kind of guy, who says he has not had a day off in three weeks — "by choice."

Longtime Rotunda Giant closes March 29 at 6 p.m., and new Giant opens in Green Spring Tower Shopping Center at the same time.

Over the past three years, the managers of Mount Washington's Ivymount Apartments have struggled to get an accurate city water bill. Last month, they were billed for $1.4 million, more than 100 times their normal rate.

Action in Maturity, (AIM) provider of transportation and social services aid for seniors, is worried about seniors who live near the Rotunda Giant. It is moving down the street — and down the hill — meaning that seniors would have a hard time walking back up the hill. But thanks to AIM's efforts, Giant appears to be interested in providing free shuttle service to the store.

Hampden: Converted former SuperFresh and Fresh and Green's store in Greenspring Tower Shopping Center in Hampden will reopen March 29 as the new Giant for the area. The Giant in the Rotunda will close the same day.

Baltimore's top elected officials are battling over whether the city should seize homes due to unpaid water bills after a recent audit found widespread billing errors.

Nearly one in 10 households depending on the city's water system was overcharged in recent years, the city's beleaguered Department of Public Works now acknowledges — and that figure could be far higher, since the city has not routinely checked for mistakes unless a customer complained.

The Baltimore school system has paid its employees about $65 million for unused leave over the past five years, a rare perk that many employers have abandoned and that has come under fire as school districts have experienced shrinking budgets.

As attention is riveted on the Eastern District, Maj. Melvin Russell leans on his experience on the force, efforts to forge community ties, and work as a minister in some of the city's most violent neighborhoods. There may be no better example than a vigil for slain 13-year-old Monae Turnage.

Friends, family, and former colleagues gathered Monday morning for the dedication of Sally Murphy Way.

The lack of answers in the case of slain 13-year-old Monae Turnage has left the community in limbo, Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said Thursday.

The Baltimore City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday calling on Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration to order a halt to the practive of placing liens against homes with unpaid water bills.

The long-awaited reconvening of the Rotunda mall advisory task force will be Tuesday night. Reps from owner Hekemian & Co. will be there to discuss redevelopment plan and take questions.

Hampden residents are in an uproar over a remodeler's plan to build an addition behind a building that front Roland Avenue but backs up to Pleasant Place, a glorified alley that is home to half a dozen row houses and could be overwhelmed by additional traffic. City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke and a Community Law Center staff attorney who lives on Pleasant Place are leading the charge against the project.

A plan to more than double Baltimore's bottle tax to help fund a massive renovation of the city's dilapidated schools is expected to be introduced to the City Council Monday — and both advocates and foes of the measure have planned rallies

Two Baltimore City Council members are planning campaigns to get the word out about property tax assistance for homeowners with modest incomes.

Roland Park Civic League holds chili cook-off at Radisson Hotel in Cross Keys to raise money for restoration of the old Roland Water Tower, an iconic landmark in north Baltimore.

Baltimore's public works department is issuing more than $4.2 million in water bill refunds to 38,000 households in the city and Baltimore County after an audit showed the agency overcharged charged tens of thousands of customers.