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Pratt responds to audit questions
On July 30, The Sun published an op-ed by Mary Alice Ernish, founder of the grassroots non-profit Audit Baltimore, which contained a series of questions about the city's auditing practices. This week, Comptroller Joan Pratt, who oversees the city's...Tags: Head Start, Environmental Issues, Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Conservation
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Comptroller: Audits bill would require duplicate work, wasteful spending
The Baltimore SunArguing that a proposal for increased city audits would result in duplicated efforts and wasteful spending, Baltimore Comptroller Joan Pratt and City Auditor Robert L. McCarty have submitted a letter to members of the City Council asking them to amend the...Tags: Head Start, Environmental Issues, Carl Stokes, Accounting and Auditing, Conservation
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Got kids and no power? Here's some activity ideas to keep cool
The Baltimore SunThe forecast isn't pretty, with highs predicted in the high 90s, and thousands of people are without power. What's a parent to do to keep cool? Here's a roundup of some places with air conditioning that are open (subject to change, of course, and...Tags: Severna Park, Towson, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Pikesville
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What Barack Obama whispered in Carla Hayden's ear
The Baltimore SunThe president leaned in, lightly touched Carla Hayden's shoulders and sent a whispered message into her right ear. What exactly did Barack Obama, leader of the free world, say to the CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library? A national secret? A sweet...Tags: Barack Obama, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Michelle Obama, Richard M. Daley
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Hudson's Corner: $10 million for club land is a lot of money, but it buys peace of mind
It was almost deja vu. Tuesday, May 22 was the annual meeting of the Roland Park Civic League. Many of the same people who spoke at the October 2008, standing-room-only meeting at Roland Park Elementary/Middle School, spoke there again: Civic League...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Environmental Issues, Corporate Officers, Anirban Basu
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100-degree high ties record at BWI
The first full day of summer turned up the heat another notch Thursday, with a high temperature of 100 degrees tying a record set in 1923.
Thermometers hit triple digits at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport at 4:05 p.m....Tags: Baltimore Weather, Weather, Weather Reports, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Bill to place advertisements on city fire trucks moves forward
A Baltimore City Council committee approved a measure Tuesday that would allow advertisements to be placed on fire trucks to help support the department — and potentially prevent the closure of some fire companies. Firefighters and community...
Tags: Helen Holton, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Carl Stokes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Harford County librarian comfortable with her decision not to carry "Fifty Shades of Grey"
Mary Hastler knew she was about to create a fuss, knew that, unfair as she might find it, people were going to label her the last thing a librarian wants to be called — censor.
You don't refuse to carry the most talked-about series of books in...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Harford Road, Science, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Stieg Larsson's companion, Eva Gabrielsson, at Enoch Pratt
Fans of Stieg Larsson's Millenium trilogy will get a closer look at the late author Wednesday, when long-time companion Eva Gabrielsson appears at the Enoch Pratt Free Library to discuss her book "There Are Things I Want You to Know." The book is part-...
Tags: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (movie)
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Harford County library won't stock 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and sequels
Three of the most popular books in America are being kept off the shelves of the Harford County Public Library system because administrators consider them to be pornographic. British author E.L. James' erotic trilogy about a steamy affair between an...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Literature, American Civil Liberties Union, The New York Times, Libraries
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Themed bachelorette parties
Before slipping into that white wedding dress and saying "I do," every bride-to-be deserves a proper single-lady send-off. This month marks the peak of the wedding season, which means it's also one of the most popular times for bachelorette parties....
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Libraries, Science, Dining and Drinking, Cinderella (fictional character)
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Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the late, iconic Apple leader
Few nonfiction writers think bigger than Walter Isaacson, who has taken on subjects like Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. But when Apple founder Steve Jobs invited him in 2004 to write a complete and frank biography, Isaacson held...
Tags: Festive Events, Benjamin Franklin, Pixar Animation, Steve Jobs, Human Interest
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