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Nearly $100 million in spending earmarked by Maryland lawmakers appears headed to more than 70 projects in the state under a huge year-end spending measure that the House approved Thursday. Full Story »
Nearly $100 million in spending earmarked by Maryland lawmakers appears headed to more than 70 projects in the state under a huge year-end spending measure that the House approved Thursday. Full Story »
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Department of Human Resources ordered to fully comply with law by next December A Baltimore Circuit Court judge on Thursday found that the state has failed to deliver food stamps and medical benefits in a timely manner to thousands of Marylanders, and he ordered a corrective action plan to be filed by the end of January. Full Story »
The president and CEO of GBMC HealthCare is stepping down after a decade on the job to take over the helm of a hospital in Pennsylvania. Full Story »
City police bracing for possible reprisals for killing, according to sources A 20-year-old shot to death in an East Baltimore grocery store last week was a leader of an offshoot of the Bloods gang targeted in a federal indictment last year, and police are bracing for possible reprisals, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Full Story »
There's growing outrage over rotating, budget-related closures of fire companies in Baltimore City. Much of it stems from a fire in west Baltimore that killed an elderly man. Full Story »
A woman who claims Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs fathered her two children has filed a $70 million suit against the football player. Full Story »
Constellation Energy has announced a big change in the way it compensates its CEO. The golden parachute is a thing of the past for Mayo Shattuck. Full Story »
A Maryland state trooper has been convicted of double-dipping by working private security jobs while on the clock. Full Story »
Baltimore County hopes to go greener. Residents will be able to recycle more and more often starting in February. Full Story »
Baltimore city and the Fraternal Order of Police have reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract, pending a vote by union members. Full Story »
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's sentencing date has been set. Full Story »
Maryland continues to push a key educational program it believes will give students a leg up for the future. Full Story »
A Maryland state trooper has been convicted of double-dipping by working private security jobs while on the clock. Full Story »
Baltimore County police are looking for a robbery and carjacking suspect. Full Story »
Authorities in Harford County have arrested a man they believe is responsible for a rash of robberies and thefts in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Full Story »
Jon Gosselin expected in a Montgomery County courtroom today over a legal battle with TLC. Full Story »
A water main break closes a street in Dundalk. Full Story »
President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize this monring in Oslo, Norway and told an audience that the award comes with deep gratitude and humility. Full Story »
When was the last time you went to an art museum? Or the theater? If it's been awhile, you've got company. Full Story »
Crash Course by Edward Ericson Jr.: The Wall Street Journal tells us about the New American Dream—default on your mortgage, rent for half the price and go to Disney World in your BMW. My favorite part of this story: The two main characters are a teacher and a firefighter. Both walked out on $400K-plus mortgages; one owns other r... Full Story »
The News Hole by Van Smith: Warren Brown is highly exercised on Dec. 9, as he returns to the defense table from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge David Young's bench. "I'll say for the record, your honor," the criminal-defense attorney declares, "that the state can forget about any help from this young lady." Brown is referr... Full Story »
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 »
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The Colonial Players continues "The Christmas Doll" through through Sunday at 108 East St., Annapolis. Tickets are $7. The play tells the story of two young orphan girls in Dickens-era London who are befriended by a street scamp and a dollmaker. Full Story »
Leah Cranmer didn't need to play four quarters. She did enough damage in three. Joshua McKerrow — The Capital Leah Cranmer led Severn past St. Mary’s with 16 points. Full Story »
Today is the Greater Severna Park Chamber of Commerce Holiday Business Mixer from 5 to 7 p.m. at Brian Boru Irish Restaurant on Route 2 with the proceeds to benefit a needy family. Full Story »
Thanks to David Dickens and his band of jolly elves, county senior citizens, some otherwise forgotten, will have at least one gift under the tree this year. Full Story »
Know of a house that’s especially well-decorated for Christmas? Give us the address (yours or a neighbor’s), and our photographer will check it out for our annual photo feature. Or just send us a photo and tell us where it was taken. The address to send either is info@dundalkeagle.net. Deadline: Dec. 16. Full Story »
Vontran: Action will not affect development by Randy Leonard Yorkway developer John Vontran and wife, Kelly, filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, according to electronic court documents. Vontran said the bankruptcy will not interfere with the Yorkway project. “They are separate,” he said Friday. Vontran listed more than $9 million owed creditors in his court filing, including a ... Full Story »
West Inverness concept plan details discussed by Heather Perlberg Nearly 40 people gathered at Sandy Plains Elementary School last week to share concerns about a potential development in West Inverness. Developer Alireza Askari of Daria Land Group has proposed that 16 single-family homes be built on two parcels of land on Sandy Plains Road and one parcel on the water side of Quentin Road. Most ... Full Story »
NPC hears of recent lull in hospitalizations by Randy Leonard It has become harder for researchers to find cases of H1N1 flu victims to study, according to a Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center doctor. “This is a good thing,” Dr. Jonathan Zenilman, head of the hospital’s Infectious Diseases Division told members of the North Point Peninsula Community Council at their monthly meeting at Edgemere ... Full Story »
Yorkway developer John Vontran and his wife, Kelly, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Dec. 1, according to U.S. District Court documents. Vontran listed over $9 million in liabilities owed. Creditors include Yorkway LLC and Baltimore County. Read the story in the Dec. 10 Eagle. Full Story »
A tree is reflected in a rain puddle in the German city of Stuttgart. AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann
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