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Baltimore's oldest black cemetery finally restored, with help of inmates
Five years after burying his father, Samuel W. Moore could no longer find the grave.
That was 1976, and Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of the oldest African-American burial grounds in the country, was overcome with stickerbushes, weeds and garbage —...Tags: Government, Politics, NAACP, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Arts and Culture
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New fund targets Baltimore tech startups
A Baltimore charitable foundation is joining Maryland's main technology development agency to create a $3.3 million investment fund to pump money into new tech startups in the city, officials plan to announce Tuesday. The Abell Foundation is investing $3...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Technology, Finance
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Baltimore City Community College unified by struggle to get off probation
Carolane Williams does not flinch when confronted with the particulars of her difficult year, which included an employee uprising and unwanted scrutiny from the leader of the state.
"I knew I was going to have to tough it out," says the woman who has led...Tags: Government, Politics, Graduation, Colleges and Universities, Baltimore City Community College
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Legal scholars demand death penalty repeal
More than three dozen legal scholars and attorneys — including former Gov. Harry R. Hughes and two former Maryland attorneys general, J. Joseph Curran Jr. and Stephen H. Sachs — are sending a letter and report to members of the General...Tags: Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws
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The Interview: Rosenbaum building a more entrepreneurial TEDCO
For three decades, Robert A. Rosenbaum helped guide established companies and fresh startups through complex challenges.
The Connecticut native was president of an apparel manufacturing firm, ran technology projects for big companies, and helped...Tags: Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Marketing
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Former Baraka student sentenced to 70 months for drug conspiracy
A federal court judge on Thursday sentenced 21-year-old Romesh Vance, who was featured in a 2005 documentary about Baltimore boys sent to boarding school in Kenya, to 70 months in prison for participating in a drug conspiracy at the Gilmor Homes public...Tags: Punishment, Trials, Trials, The Wire (tv program), Cocaine
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Immigrants key to reaching mayor's population goal
What comes to mind when Mexican immigrant Elsa Garcia thinks of Baltimore's drawbacks?
"Basura. O las drogas," said the East Baltimore resident. "Trash. Or drugs."
Then, quickly, comes her list of Baltimore's pluses: Her husband has been able to find...Tags: Public Officials, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, International Law, Mexico
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Support grows for innovation hub in Baltimore
A survey by the Innovation Alliance found that a vast majority of participants in Baltimore's technology community are interested in a "hub" — akin to similar spaces in New York City and San Diego — that could be used for meetings, conferences...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Station North, Companies and Corporations, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore Development Corporation
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At pricey condos, developers pay just hundreds in tax
They're some of the priciest condos in the city, but they're taxed like empty lots.
At the Ritz-Carlton Residences along Baltimore's Inner Harbor — where a recent sale topped $1.5 million — the tax bill for most of the condos was $1,309...Tags: Politics, Patrick Turner, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Inner Harbor, Condos
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Lawmakers, education leaders spar over embattled tutoring program
State education leaders say proposed legislation that would force local school systems to continue funding a federal tutoring program could derail their efforts to gain relief from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act. Lawmakers are debating...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Harbor pollution going public, real-time
Boaters, anglers and anyone bold enough to swim in Baltimore's troubled harbor will soon be able to get timely information about whether they're risking an upset stomach or infection from splashing in water fouled with sewage leaks and other pollution....Tags: Sailing, Jones Falls, University of Maryland, College Park, Environmental Issues, College Sports
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No deposit, no return: UM study says bottle laws curb litter
Some ideas just won't go away. Researchers with the University of Maryland have taken another look at bottle-deposit laws and found that they actually do reduce litter without undermining recycling of other waste items.
Asking consumers to pony up a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Baltimore County, Inner Harbor, Annapolis
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