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Baltimore police struggle with vacancies, increased spending
The Baltimore Police Department is short almost one-sixth of the officers it should have as it girds for warmer weather and increased violence — prompting top brass to once again exceed their overtime budget to fill patrol cars. "At the most...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Baltimore County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore Police Department, Anthony W. Batts
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Baltimore police commander is new Ocean City police chief
A 27-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department is taking over as the new chief of police in Ocean City. Lt. Col. Ross Buzzuro, a respected commander who began his career in Baltimore as a police cadet in 1985, will start the new job on July 2....
Tags: Heart Attack, Ocean City, Baltimore Police Department
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Religious groups pushing for city stormwater fee reduction
The two Catholic parishes led by the Rev. Robert Wojtek could pay more than $6,000 in new city stormwater fees later this year — an amount equal to an entire Sunday collection at his Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown. To Wojtek, that...
Tags: Taxation, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Religion and Belief, Baltimore County, Howard County
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Liquor stores in neighborhoods seek commercial rezoning
Some north Baltimore wine and liquor stores may have found a way around a proposed Baltimore City zoning change that could eventually ban them from the residential neighborhoods in which they are located. Several stores in the Hampden and Charles...
Tags: Business, Marketing, Hampden, Johns Hopkins University, Roland Park
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Council members seek ban on cellphone 'reverse vending machines'
Faced with a rash of reported mobile device thefts, local lawmakers want to ban the automated purchasing kiosks that have cropped up at area shopping centers and allow customers to instantly resell phones, tablets and music players. The proposals have...
Tags: Local Government, Cell Phones, Baltimore County, Theft, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Shootings get city's summer off to violent start
First a bicyclist was hit by a stray bullet last Sunday afternoon on Kirk Avenue. Then a man was shot in his car several blocks away on East 32nd Street near Lake Montebello early Monday. A half-mile from there, a man police were trying to question...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Daniel Webster, Cherry Hill, Human Interest, Shootings
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Local Government, Career and Workplace, Howard County, Baltimore County
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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Business, Local Government, Career and Workplace, Marc Steiner, Bernard C. Young
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Baltimore water bills could rise by 15 percent
Customers of Baltimore's water system would see their water bills go up 15 percent — more than expected — under a proposal the Department of Public Works announced Monday. The projected rate hike follows years of increases and will bring a...
Tags: Water Supply, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Personal Income, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Consumers
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Some push for Edwards to be permanent schools CEO
Education observers were split Tuesday on whether the city's school board should launch a nationwide search to replace schools CEO Andrés Alonso or give the job of taking on the district's daunting challenges to his hand-picked successor. Some, such as...
Tags: Justice System, Local Government, Career and Workplace, Baltimore County, Harvard University
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Councilwoman challenges city's stormwater fee plan
A city councilwoman is challenging Baltimore's plan to charge businesses some of the highest stormwater fees in the state — and divert some of the money that had gone to Chesapeake Bay cleanup to help fund property tax cuts. Councilwoman Mary...
Tags: Taxation, Local Government, Howard County, Baltimore County, Finance
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Action in Maturity to mark 40th anniversary
Esther Bonnet, 100, is always thinking about new plans for Action in Maturity — as she has since she co-founded the transportation service for seniors more than 40 years ago. During a recent visit from Elizabeth Briscoe, AIM's executive director,...
Tags: Mother's Day, Colleges and Universities, Hampden, Religion and Belief, Johns Hopkins University
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