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City Council gives final approval to bill allowing Ticketmaster fees
The City Council gave final approval Monday to a bill that would allow companies such as Ticketmaster to continue to charge unlimited fees when selling tickets to events in Baltimore. The 15-member council voted without discussion in favor of the bill,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Ticketmaster
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Advocates work to find housing for homeless at downtown encampment
As a Friday deadline approaches, advocates are working to find housing for the homeless men and women living at a Baltimore encampment set to be cleared. Christina Flowers, president of Belvedere Homes, stopped by the site between Interstate 83 and...
Tags: Charles Street, Homelessness, Social Issues
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City Council approves bill allowing Ticketmaster's service fees
The City Council approved a bill Monday that would allow companies such as Ticketmaster to continue to charge unlimited fees in selling tickets to events in Baltimore. The 15-member council voted heavily in favor of the bill, which would exempt...Tags: Services and Shopping, Live Nation, James B. Kraft, Jackson Browne, Inner Harbor
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City to raze homeless encampment near JFX
Venus Wiles would rather sleep in a tent stuffed with blankets and all her worldly possessions on the side of the Jones Falls Expressway with her boyfriend, Michael Spence, than stay the night in an emergency shelter. The encampment — a...
Tags: Vincent de Paul, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Jones Falls Expressway, Baltimore Hotels, Sex Crimes
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Homeless encampment an issue at City Hall
Homeless advocates and a city councilwoman sharply criticized Monday a Rawlings-Blake administration plan to remove an encampment of about a dozen homeless people this week from under the Interstate 83 overpass in central Baltimore. But administration...
Tags: Dundalk, Homelessness, Tony Simmons, Social Issues, Rochelle Spector
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'Bubble' brings Baltimore's Waverly community together
The rhythmic thud of the drum filled the air of Baltimore's Waverly community, alerting residents that something special was taking place in the neighborhood. The joyous sound of children's laughter and eventual singing reinforced the sense of...
Tags: Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), The Home Depot, Human Interest, The Happiest News!
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City police training academy director, appointed this week, to retire
Just three days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police academy informed top brass Friday that he intends to leave the agency. Maj. Joseph E. Smith III, a 25-...Tags: Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Anthony W. Batts, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Maryland State Police, Shootings
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Mayor says trash fee would make city more competitive
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that charging residents for trash collection would actually help the city attract new residents because it could reduce its property tax rate. Defending a hotly debated proposal in her State of the City...
Tags: William H. Cole IV, Politics, Johns Hopkins University, Taxation, Health Insurance Cost
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Mayor calls for trash pickup fee, 10 percent cut in city workforce
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called Monday for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring more city workers to contribute to their retirement fund, charging residents for trash collection, asking firefighters to work longer...
Tags: 401K, James B. Kraft, Career and Workplace, Finance, Politics
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Report paints dire picture of city's finances
A report by a consultant hired by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration paints a dire picture of future city finances — opening the door for Baltimore officials to propose widespread cuts, including to city employees' health and pension...
Tags: Business, Finance, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Trees draw scrutiny in battle to keep the lights on
No one seemed to know who owned the unhealthy trees in the alley behind Rexmere Road in Baltimore, the ones growing amid the electrical lines, but there was no mystery about the cause of every power outage around there.
Meetings were organized. Baltimore...Tags: Natural Disasters, Carroll County (Maryland), Pikesville, Hurricane Irene (2011), Martin O'Malley
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City to pay new speed camera vendor $11.20 per $40 ticket
Baltimore plans to pay its new speed camera contractor $11.20 per $40 citation — continuing its use of a so-called bounty system that Gov. Martin O'Malley and key state legislators say is illegal under Maryland law. "Talking to our attorneys here,...
Tags: Judges, Howard County, Lawyers, Justice System, Martin O'Malley
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