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The three men responsible for building and designing a Dollar General discount retail store in Dublin did not have one visitor for their Community Input Meeting Wednesday evening, other than a reporter for The Aegis and a few walk-ins from a fire and EMS association function in the same building. - When school begins Aug. 26, Harford County teachers will be planning lessons and imparting them to students, but they will not be doing anything beyond their contractually obligated teaching duties as they conduct a "work to rule" action, the leader of their union said Thursday.
- Harford County leaders broke ground Sunday on an Emergency Services facility designed to serve the county's needs for the next 25 to 30 years, and on a "time of cooperation and support" between the county government and emergency response agencies.
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- Parent Involvement Matters Award is first statewide initiative of its kind
- The Sparrows Point steelworkers' local branch has been taken over by its parent organization, a standard practice when a steel mill closes.
- Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has already built a reputation as a motivational speaker, but now he'll get paid for it
- 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.
- As breast cancer group Komen Maryland quickly approaches the day of its biggest fundraising event, it is facing steep declines in registration and donations that the organization blames on a weak economy and tightening of purse strings.
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- Demonstration planned for Tuesday outside of Polytechnic Institute
- Baltimore's top leadership called on the school system Monday to tighten oversight of its expenditures after a Baltimore Sun investigation found central office staff made at least $5,000 in inappropriate expenses on district-issued credit cards during the past year and a half.
- Embattled Anne Arundel County Police Chief James Teare Sr. agreed to retire next month, ending the criminal investigation of his role in the misconduct case against County Executive John R. Leopold.
- For the first time, the Anne Arundel County police department is opening the lieutenant job to applicants outside the agency, drawing fire from the parent organization for the lieutenants' union.
- Prostate cancer survivor Robert Ginyard, is a nationally known as a speaker for ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer. Ginyard will testify before Congress June 6, asking for research funding.
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has donated use of her office's skybox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to 27 nonprofit or charitable organizations this year, including her daughter's school, according to a list provided by the mayor's office.
- Outraged education, community and political leaders have called for increased oversight of spending in the Baltimore City school system, amid revelations that officials spent about $500,000 to upgrade offices at the district headquarters while city and state leaders fought for funding to fix dilapidated school buildings.
- Anne Arundel County Council members voted 4-3 Monday night to adopt a resolution expressing no confidence in Police Chief Col. James E. Teare Sr.
- On Tuesday, officials from the Baltimore Teachers Union and the city school system surprised Ellen Vikestad with news that she'd won this year's Extreme Classroom Makeover contest.
- Anne Arundel: Parents Still Oppose County School Redistricting Plans
- Grants from the Nora Roberts Foundation have helped McDaniel College launch what may be the first country's first academic minor in genre fiction, including the categories of horror, romance and mystery.
