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- Sparse crowd hears concerns about cuts to school budget
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A dispute between the owner of an 11-acre site in Remington and the developer that plans to build a Walmart-anchored shopping center there has thrown the project's future into doubt. - The seller of an 11-acre site in Remington, where developer Rick Walker was planning to build a shopping center with a Walmart called 25th Street Station, has terminated the sale and filed a legal complaint against Walker, casting into doubt the future of the development.
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- Each of Towson's three newest supermarket operators sees itself as a strong addition to the market, but some experts say the market has become overcrowded.
- Nine hours of testimony, spread over three weeks, wrapped up Wednesday evening in a long-running Harford County zoning appeals case for a 198-unit apartment complex planned in the Bel Air South area.
- Baltimore County police responded to a stabbing at a White Marsh Walmart Friday night.
- Roundup of arrests around Harford
- Retailers now may recoup "swipe" fees, thanks to a proposed lawsuit settlement with Visa, MasterCard and major banks. When a consumer pays with a credit card, retailers can tack on a surcharge or "checkout fee" of up to 4 percent of the purchase to cover processing. But few are.
- After several postponements since last year, attorneys for a developer seeking to build a 198-unit apartment complex at the southwest corner of Plumtree Road and Route 24 – and the residents of the community adjacent to the proposed building site who are opposed to the development – are in the thick of an appeals process before a Harford County hearing examiner.
- Raise Maryland, a campaign supporting the increase in minimum wage, said companies such as Walmart, Yum! Brands, McDonald's and Target are earning at the expense of their workers.
- MedStar Health's plan to build a $30 million medical facility on the outskirts of Bel Air, at Emmorton and Plumtree roads, cleared nearly every aspect of a Harford County Development Advisory Committee review Wednesday morning. The one exception was the proposed traffic plan for a key intersection south of the site.
- A loan for Kohl's Department Stores is being considered by the Harford County Council to help the company to make improvements to its e-commerce distribution, or fulfillment, center in Edgewood.
- We get lots of announcements of new products. This one got our attention -- 'the industry's first Greek Cream Cheese.'
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- Harford County is one step closer to having defibrillators in all swimming pools, after the County Council introduced a bill requiring them Tuesday night.
- The poor wages and lack of benefits for working Americans is hurting the rich as much as the poor.
- The city will host a victory parade and celebration for the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday beginning at 10:45 a.m., at City Hall, officials said Monday morning.
- Fearing the investigation into Phylicia Barnes' death was closing in on him, prosecutors say Michael Maurice Johnson told his girlfriend in text messages that he was thinking about fleeing the country.
- MedStar presents plans for new Abingdon facility at community council meeting
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- Arnolia United Methodist Church holds annual pancake toss on Feb. 12 as part of Shrove Tuesday pancake supper., Community Chorus of Perry Hall and Overlea seeks singers
- The redevelopment of an 11-acre tract in Baltimore's Remington neighborhood can move ahead now that the state's highest court has ruled on a zoning appeal that has held up the plan.
- The famous celebrity performs her first concert, and Kim's house turns out to be haunted (besides the skeletons in the closet)
- A coalition of labor, faith and family groups is pushing for a gradual rise in Maryland's minimum wage to $10 an hour.
- Walmart opponents were back before the Harford County Council on Tuesday night to make their case opposing the Bel Air store once again.
- In your article "Walmart protests resume in Bel Air" (Jan.16) Walmart spokesman Bill Wertz stated: "Certainly our charge, from the county is to ensure that we are not aggravating the traffic situation.
- Immediately after the first performance, judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey start going at it. Behave ladies; the show has only been on for 10 minutes.
- Bel Air South area residents opposed to a new Walmart in their neighborhood were back protesting at Route 924 and Plumtree Road Saturday by the site of the plan store.
- An executive suite in the city school system's headquarters that underwent $250,000 in lavish renovations last year will soon be empty.
- The Harford County Council passed a bill earlier this week accepting a $50,000 donation from Exelon toward a room at the new emergency operations center complex the county expects to build north of Bel Air..
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- Sherri Ingram-Hudgins steps into the homeless resource center on U.S. 1 in Jessup on the cold, rainy afternoon after Christmas, just about two years to the day since she began her effort to help people living on the margins. The place has been open more than an hour, and already crowded with people stopping in to do laundry or use a computer, get a meal, maybe pick up donated clothing or canned goods.
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- Harford County Executive David Craig said he will do what he can to work with Walmart and avoid having a Supercenter built on Plumtree Road in Bel Air. In a statement Craig said: "I have serious concerns regarding the proposed construction of a Walmart at the site discussed.
- Vi Ripken, the mother of baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., was abducted from outside of her home. She was tied up and put in the back seat of her car and driven all around Central Maryland. She was later found with her hands bound but unharmed in her car parked a few houses away from her Aberdeen home.
- A smoking ban went into effect at the start of 2012 for all properties owned or leased by the Harford County government, with one exception, the Circuit Courthouse on Bel Air's Main Street. There would still be a designated smoking area away from building entrances and at least 25 feet away from the building doors.
- Icky winter weather probably helped keep the traditional post-Christmas shopping rush pretty tolerable in the Bel Air area Wednesday.
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- Jordan Latham spent his freshman year at Xavier homesick and missing his family. Now he's back in Baltimore and playing well for Loyola, while spending plenty of time with younger brother Myles, who has autism.
- On Dec. 8, while counting the coins from the Salvation Army's kettles, Janice Veney, director of Carroll County Salvation Army Service Center, received a pleasant surprise. A 1893 Liberty $10 gold piece was wrapped inside a note in a small plastic bag in a kettle located outside of the Walmart in Mount Airy.
- Steve Tobia, with the Bel Air South Foundation, said people with the community organization don't know "too much" about the project so far.
- Walmart is not the only business itching to get into the corner of Plumtree Road and Route 924 south of Bel Air. MedStar Health announced Monday plans to build a 100,000-square-foot healthcare facility at the same intersection.
- It soon became obvious last weekend at the Westminster Senior Center that there are certainly different approaches to wrapping presents.
- Police accuse Tavon Barnett, 19, of shooting father while victim's wife and kids stood nearby
- It might be that the best thing to do at this point is to acknowledge that the store is likely to be built but to demand its building comes with the best traffic control possible.
- We like easy. We like convenience. We want Super Walmart.
- The display of police presence was part of the 11th annual Shop with a Cop program, bringing dozens of children from across Baltimore County to shop with men and women in blue for a morning of bonding and laughter.
