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Family, police seek answers in carryout killing
If it's true that what goes around comes around, Crystal Jenkins Jones says she now knows that better than most.
Last year, she says, her cousin was one of two people who shot and killed a 72-year-old security guard picking up Chinese food at a...Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Theft, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Crimes, Diabetes
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Some merchants wary about crime, others optimistic along Greenmount Avenue
The owner of a dress shop is so fearful of crime along Greenmount Avenue in Waverly that she keeps the door locked even when her shop is open. The man who runs a discount store a block away feels it is safe enough to stroll the avenue with his three young...Tags: Peter Hermann, Dining and Drinking, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Philosophy
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Man, 52, killed in robbery at troubled Greenmount Ave. carryout
A 52-year-old man died after being shot during a robbery at a carryout restaurant in Better Waverly on Monday night, renewing concerns in the community about the crime connected to the beleaguered business. The Yau Brothers carryout, in the 2900 block of...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Theft
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City schools pay nearly $65 million for unused leave over 5 years
The Baltimore school system has paid its employees about $65 million for unused leave over the past five years, a rare perk that many employers have abandoned and that has come under fire as school districts have experienced shrinking budgets. Since...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, AFSCME, Teachers, Unemployment, Trips and Vacations
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As school facilities crumble, executive suites get remodeled
New furniture, a flat-screen television, decorative light fixtures, interactive white boards — these are among amenities the city school system bought during $500,000 in renovations to the central office, even as administrators decried the state...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Technology, Finance, Politics, Local Elections
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City gets few bids to run rec centers
Baltimore received bids Wednesday to run just seven of the 31 recreation centers that officials wanted to hand over to third parties by the end of the year — raising the prospect that some will be forced to close.
A spokesman for Mayor Stephanie...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Politics, Public Officials, Regional Authority
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Longtime city budget czar to retire
Baltimore's top financial officer and longtime budget writer said Monday he will retire from city government, the first Cabinet-level departure since Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake won the Democratic primary this month.
Though not a household name,...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, William Donald Schaefer, Martin O'Malley, Finance, Politics
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City issuing $4.2 million in refunds for faulty water bills
Baltimore's Public Works Department is issuing more than $4.2 million in water bill refunds to 38,000 households in the city and Baltimore County after an audit showed the agency overcharged tens of thousands of customers. The audit, released Wednesday,...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore County, Manufacturing and Engineering, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Environmental Issues
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When should Baltimoreans vote? Once again, officials battle over proposals for change
City and state leaders and voting rights advocates agree on this: After last year's abysmal voter turnout, Baltimore's odd election cycle should be changed to lure more people to the polls and save millions of dollars. But a fierce battle is brewing over...Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Rochelle Spector, Executive Branch, Polls
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In city, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians push for the polls
Members of the Republican, Green and Libertarian parties are often divided by strong ideological differences in national politics. But in Baltimore, their candidates emphatically agree on at least one thing: They're fed up with the Democratic dominance of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Edward L. Reisinger III, Politics, Westport, Community College of Baltimore County
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New large-scale brewery will be Baltimore's first in more than 30 years
The former bottling plant in the Abell neighborhood has been all but abandoned for years. The Beverage Capital Corp. sign outside has faded. The white office walls have yellowed. A nearby mechanic uses the space that used to hold the bottling line as a...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Edgar Allan Poe, Highlandtown, Marketing, Ocean City
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Baltimore's tax diet
Those who wish to lose weight — and with summer swim season around the corner that's probably most of us — know that there are two easy ways to sabotage one's diet and exercise program. The first is to try to do too much all at once and fail,...
Tags: Politics, Property Tax, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Taxation, Health
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