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  • Net Loss: State social services falter, just when state residents need them most

    Baltimore City Paper – Wed Nov 4, 12:28 am ET  

    Feature by Erin Sullivan: It's 7:58 a.m. Monday morning at the Baltimore County Department of Social Services office at Drumcastle Center in Towson. The waiting room is quickly filling with people who've come to apply for food stamps, temporary cash assistance, energy assistance, and other public benefits. There's already a... Full Story »

  • Health Care: Real Problems, Fake Solutions

    Baltimore City Paper – Wed Nov 4, 12:28 am ET  

    The Mail: Brian Morton's "Poor Health" (Political Animal, Sept. 23) combines excellent sympathies with a mistaken analysis of the forces at work in the current health-care reform debacle. True, as Morton observes, the voice of poor people usually has little impact on our politics. Indeed, I'd go so far as to... Full Story »

  • Murder Ink

    Baltimore City Paper – Wed Nov 4, 12:27 am ET  

    Murder Ink by Anna Ditkoff: Murders this Week: 3 Murders this Year: 187 Monday, Oct. 26 10:15 p.m. Joshua McKinny, a 24-year-old African-American man, was pronounced brain dead at an area hospital. McKinny was shot two days earlier. Just after 10 p.m. on Oct. 24, police got several 911 calls about a shooting in the 2000... Full Story »

  • Councilmania: Keeping tabs on the city council's activities so you don't have to

    Baltimore City Paper – Wed Nov 4, 12:27 am ET  

    Councilmania: On the agenda, Oct. 26 Bill 08-0163 Live Entertainment and dancing--zoning--conditional uses. Creates new zoning rules for restaurants and bars wanting to host live bands or performances. The Read: This bill, tabled since July, was not listed on the agenda. Councilman James Kraft (D... Full Story »

  • "A Big No-No": Judge sets $1 million bail for prison guard indicted for misconduct

    Baltimore City Paper – Wed Nov 4, 12:27 am ET  

    Mobtown Beat by Van Smith: Lynae Chapman, a 21-year-old correctional officer for the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC), is obviously pregnant as she stands before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Prevas on Oct. 27. The father of her unborn child, concedes Chapman's defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg, is 22-year-... Full Story »

WYPR Maryland

  • Growing Up Baltimore-Foster Care Survivor Works To Make Life Better For Those In System

    WYPR Maryland – Sat Nov 7, 2:29 pm ET  

    Baltimore children who are rescued from abusive parents--or orphaned by murder, suicide or disease - often wind up in foster care. And that can be either a blessing or a further tragedy. In this installment of our series, "Growing Up Baltimore," WYPR's Karen Hosler has the story of a young woman who survived abuse, neglect and Maryland's foster care system. She's now determined to make life ... Full Story »

  • Poly-City Tilt No Longer A Thanksgiving Treat

    WYPR Maryland – Fri Nov 6, 12:13 am ET  

    When Baltimore City College and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute meet Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium, they'll renew Maryland's oldest football rivalry. But there are alums of both schools who wish the game was being played later in the month. WYPR's Milton Kent has the story. Full Story »

  • Down Rigging Weekend in Chestertown

    WYPR Maryland – Thu Nov 5, 12:13 am ET  

    It's the time of the year when many Chesapeake Bay boaters begin pulling their craft from the water and getting them ready for winter. For some, it's a bittersweet experience. But the folks who run the Schooner Sultana turn it into a weekend-long celebration. WYPR was a media partner for this year's event and our Joel McCord paid a visit. Full Story »

  • Growing Up Baltimore-Dangerous Neighborhoods

    WYPR Maryland – Wed Nov 4, 1:58 pm ET  

    Many neighborhoods in Baltimore that were once stable places to grow up have been declining for years. Families struggling to keep their children safe, contend with rows of boarded up houses, trash, and street crime. As part of our series, "Growing Up Baltimore," WYPR's Mary Rose Madden reports that even a chance encounter with a neighborhood dog can be scary. Full Story »

  • Statue and Celebration Commemorate Former Baltimore Mayor

    WYPR Maryland – Tue Nov 3, 12:13 am ET  

    A statue of William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore's "Do It Now" mayor, was unveiled yesterday at the scene of his signature achievement, the Inner Harbor. WYPR's Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith was there and filed this report. Full Story »

The Capital

  • Annual Christmas Bazaar

    The Capital – 1 hr 48 mins ago  

    The Episcopal Church Women of St. Martin's-in-the-Field, 375 Benfield Road, Severna Park, will sponsor their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, December 5, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Candles, wreaths, jewelry, wood crafts, flower arrangements, croqueted items, home goods, etc. The crafts this year are better than ever. Full Story »

  • Extended Holiday Hours

    The Capital – 1 hr 48 mins ago  

    The Mall in Columbia will offer extended shopping hours prior to and after the holidays, but will be closed on Thanksgiving (November 24th) and Christmas Day (December 25th). Full Story »

  • Around Broadneck: Arnold resident one of our nation's top cops

    The Capital – 2 hrs 2 mins ago  

    It's hard to believe the dapper, elegantly dressed gentleman owned one pair of shoes and two pairs of pants as a child. But Arnold resident Louie McKinney was the son of a poor, widowed sharecropper who struggled to manage his farm while rearing nine children in Walhalla, S.C. Full Story »

  • School Notes

    The Capital – 2 hrs 2 mins ago  

    Adam Abruzzo of Stevensville, a sophomore studying health science at Lebanon Valley College, recently chaired a service project for incoming freshmen. Full Story »

  • People in the News

    The Capital – 2 hrs 3 mins ago  

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy. And Taylor Swift is paying close attention. The 19-year-old sensation has the record sales. Full Story »

The Dundalk Eagle

  • City cop attacked by two men outside nightclub

    The Dundalk Eagle – Thu Nov 5, 12:19 pm ET  

    Officer shot one of the men after being stabbed by Heather Perlberg An off-duty Baltimore City police officer was attacked by two men and shot one of them after he was stabbed outside a Dundalk nightclub, according to a Baltimore County Police Department press release. County police were called just after 2 a.m. last Thursday in reference to a fight outside Christina's Female Revue in the 4500 ... Full Story »

  • AD EXEC SHOT TO DEATH IN OFFICE

    The Dundalk Eagle – Wed Nov 4, 12:34 pm ET  

    Gunman then kills himself by Joseph M. Giordano On Friday afternoon, as employees of Keary Advertising on Rolling Mill Road readied for their annual Halloween office party, Dundalk resident Dennis McLaughlin parked his car next to the building and walked through the front door with a pistol. About three minutes later, at 12:33 p.m., McLaughlin, who had just fired five shots into owner Wayne ... Full Story »

  • Colgate Improvement Association springing back to life

    The Dundalk Eagle – Wed Nov 4, 12:19 pm ET  

    Group now has community Web site, newsletter by Bill Gates The Colgate Improvement Association is back up and running after a brief period of dormancy – now moving so fast its feet are barely touching the ground. A full slate of officers, the debut of a community Web site and print newsletter, plans to start a program of block captains ... one of Dundalk’s smallest communities is taking some big ... Full Story »

  • Two North Point officers lauded by police department

    The Dundalk Eagle – Wed Nov 4, 10:49 am ET  

    Larche, Bouthner receive awards at ceremony by Joseph M. Giordano Two officers from the North Point Precinct were lauded in a Baltimore County Police Department awards ceremony last week, according to a news release from the department. At the ceremony, held at Oregon Ridge Park on Oct. 27, Ofc. Justin Larche was awarded a Commendation for Valor and Ofc. Kenneth Bouthner was given an Emergency ... Full Story »

Carroll County Times

  • Old pumpkins catapulted at event

    Carroll County Times – Mon Nov 9, 4:06 am ET  

    ELLICOTT CITY — “One, two, three, pull!” shouted 8-year-old Devin Shields. Full Story »

  • H1N1 vaccination clinic still slated

    Carroll County Times – Mon Nov 9, 4:06 am ET  

    With more than 1,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine available, the Carroll County Health Department does not plan to cancel Tuesday’s H1N1 mass vaccination clinic. Full Story »

  • Sykesville budget process modified

    Carroll County Times – Mon Nov 9, 4:06 am ET  

    Sykesville officials and residents will no longer work on the same committee to prioritize major projects the town should undertake. Full Story »

  • Manager: Volunteers pivotal at VA

    Carroll County Times – Mon Nov 9, 4:06 am ET  

    The Department of Veterans Affairs operates several facilities around the state to help serve the medical needs of veterans, but it also offers an opportunity for people to volunteer and develop personal relationships with veterans. Full Story »

  • Food drive under way

    Carroll County Times – Mon Nov 9, 4:05 am ET  

    The Apartments at the Greens and Gamma Sigma Sigma of McDaniel College are hosting an annual food drive running through Nov. 16. Full Story »

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