Baltimore City Paper

The Mail: Doesn't it occur to our city that the stabbing at Beans and Bread is the reason local residents are opposed to that facility's expansion? ("Beans and Dread," Mobtown Beat, Nov. 25) Why do residents in Baltimore have to fight the Catholic Charities monolith by themselves? It is the city's job, too. ... Full Story »

Murder Ink by Anna Ditkoff: Murders this Week: 9 Murders this Year: 219 Numerous homicides from previous years were added to the rolls this week, dating all the way back to 1994. Tavon Waters, a 23-year-old African-American man, was sitting in a truck in the 2800 block of Boarman Avenue in Northwest Baltimore at 11 a.m. on... Full Story »

Mobtown Beat by Van Smith: After 55 years of political organizing in Baltimore, the Mount Royal Democratic Club is closing down. "I think we're getting to the point where we're tired" in the face of flagging interest, says its president, former state senator Julian Lapides. But even as invitations went out announcing the cl... Full Story »

Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.: The saga of Jose Morales continues in Texas, as he remains jailed while awaiting sentencing on a cocaine charge. Morales was arrested in August, 2008 at the Edinburg airport after trying to charter a jet back to Baltimore. Federal agents found six kilos of cocaine in a restroom trash can. Morale... Full Story »

The News Hole by Erin Sullivan: In 2005, the Maidens Choice Run streambed behind Beechfield Elementary School in West Baltimore was a dumping ground—it was overgrown, and everything from abandoned vehicles to plastic bottles to discarded washing machines littered the wooded area around the water. Slabs of broken concrete int... Full Story »

The News Hole by Edward Ericson Jr.: The notice of the press conference came less than an hour before the appointed time, 3 p.m., and the TV stations were all going live with it. A reporter could be forgiven for thinking something momentous was about to happen as Mayor Sheila Dixon emerged from her inner sanctum to address her city on... Full Story »

The News Hole by Erin Sullivan: Today City Paper received a press release from the law firm Whiteford Taylor Preston, announcing that the Patterson Park CDC, which declared bankruptcy earlier this year, is going to reorganize. The release says the nonprofit development corporation's Chapter 11 plan was approved by U.S. bankruptcy... Full Story »

The News Hole by Erin Sullivan: I got a call today from Nancy Lineman, communications director for the Maryland Department of Human Resources. She wanted to emphasize that the data in yesterday's blog post about the state's ranking for food-stamp utilization (41st, according to a report releases by Advocates for Children and Youth... Full Story »

The News Hole by Erin Sullivan: In just a few minutes, Mayor Sheila Dixon will be making a brief statement about the jury verdict that convicted her of embezzlement. According to the press release we got from her office, she'll speak to the public at 3 p.m. from the executive conference room in City Hall. "The Mayor will not take... Full Story »

The News Hole by Erin Sullivan: According to the Baltimore-based nonprofit organization Advocates for Children and Youth, the number of eligible families taking advantage of food stamps in Maryland has dropped. According to the Advocates for Children and Youth, only 59 percent of Marylanders who are eligible for the food stamp pro... Full Story »

The News Hole by Van Smith: A quarter-century ago tomorrow, in an apartment above the Kandy Kitchen store near Union Square in West Baltimore, Baltimore Police Det. Marcellus Ward was murdered during an undercover drug deal. The deadly transaction was recorded by the wire Ward was wearing. The tragedy, which will be commemorat... Full Story »