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Baltimore's new downtown
Harbor East is moving farther east with baker-cum-developer John Paterakis Sr.'s announcement Friday that he will break ground this summer on a new, mega-Whole Foods and later on a new residential/retail building across Central Avenue from the...
Tags: Rentals, Harbor East, Whole Foods Market, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Lifestyle and Leisure
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Bill would force contractors to hire city residents
The City Council is poised to vote Monday on a bill that would require businesses receiving large city contracts or major financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore — or face sanctions. "We have the highest unemployment...
Tags: Business, Unemployment, Sales, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment Opportunities
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Six steps for post-Alonso school progress
While Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso deserves thanks for six game-changing years in Baltimore, the transformation he presided over owes as much to the vision and resolve of a city school board that insisted on fostering choice and accountability...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Corporate Officers, Students, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated
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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Graduation, Students, Stanley A. McChrystal, University of Baltimore, University of Maryland, College Park
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Disaster response expert named city transportation chief
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed an executive with a disaster response company Friday to lead Baltimore's Transportation Department at a time when the agency continues to struggle with its speed camera program. Her pick, William Johnson, has...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Brekford Corp., Local Government
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City's 'rain tax' is a shell game to cover the unsustainable structural deficit
Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has proposed to use a substantial portion of stormwater fee revenues — the "rain tax" — to lower the city's overwhelmingly high property tax ("Faceoff over city water fee plan," May 6). The...
Tags: Politics, Taxation
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Mayor's cousin fatally shot
A 20-year-old cousin of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was one of two men fatally shot in separate incidents Wednesday night in Baltimore, the latest victims of the city's relentless pace of gun violence. Joseph Haskins, 20, was shot inside a house just...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Shootings, Murder
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City's old Barclay rec center to reopen as privately run community center
The formerly city-owned Barclay Recreation Center will make its debut as a privately run community center May 18, serving the Charles Village area, including the Abell, Oakenshawe, Harwood and Old Goucher communities. A grand opening celebration,...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Schools, Public Schools, The Home Depot, Charles Village
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Officials' phone records show political, personal contacts
Days before last November’s election, Gov. Martin O’Malley used his cellphone to call Jim Murren, the chief executive of MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas. The two talked for 11 minutes that Sunday. Not surprisingly, the topic was the...Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Government, Howard County, MGM Resorts International, Harford County
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Council OKs bill that would force contractors to hire city residents
In a unanimous vote, the City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would require businesses getting large city contracts or financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore. "My council colleagues believe this is a...
Tags: Business, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment Opportunities, Laws, George Nilson
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Young, Pratt criticize city's use of consultants
The Baltimore SunTwo of the city's top three elected officials are criticizing what they believe is an over-reliance on consultants within city government. Both City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and Comptroller Joan M. Pratt voted against a $27 million on-...Tags: Arcadis NV, House Building, Bernard C. Young, Science and Technology
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City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer
Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...
Tags: United Way , U.S. Department of Agriculture, Recipes, Baltimore Housing
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