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Baltimore leaders cut ribbon on newly-acquired hotels aimed to address homelessness
BALTIMORE - Baltimore has officially acquired two hotels to be used as emergency shelters to address homelessness.City, state and federal cut the ribbon on The Holiday Inn Express, on North Gay Street, and the Sleep Inn and Suites, North Front Street, which were recently purchased for $18 million.The purchase of those hotels is a way for Baltimore leaders to respond to the housing crisis and expand services to those experiencing homelessness.Funding to purchase and renovate these hotels came from the American Rescue Plan Act."Tackling the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity in Baltimore is going to require approaches that reflect...
All-gender bathrooms unveiled at pool in Annapolis
BALTIMORE -- The Annapolis Recreation and Parks unveiled two new all-gender bathrooms at the Kenneth R. Dunn Municipal Pool as Pride Month wraps up.The restroom doors are wrapped in a special design that signals "All are Welcome.".Annapolis officials are another step for the city to create a more inclusive environment at recreation and parks facilities."You didn't think Pride Month was going to end without Annapolis Recreation and Parks doing something special, did you?" Annapolis Recreation and Parks posted on social media.The ribbon-cutting event on Saturday also featured drag bingo, a deejay and prize giveaways.
Here are the Fourth Of July Fireworks shows in the Baltimore region
BALTIMORE -- Independence Day is coming up fast and communities are gearing up for dazzling celebrations complete with parades, family activities, concerts and lots of food. Here's a schedule of 4th of July public fireworks displays and events across the Baltimore region.Wednesday, July 3Glen Burnie | Fireworks will start about 9 p.m. at Sawmill Creek Park, where food will be sold at the Glen Burnie Boys Baseball concession stand. Sawmill Creek Park: 7405 Charley Eckman Lane Taneytown | Celebrate Independence Day with food, music, games and fireworks at Taneytown Memorial Park from 6-10 p.m. Taneytown Memorial Park: located at Taneytown Pike and Park Road Cockeysville |...
Baltimore officials made a bad bet
At 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, the freighter Summit Venture, with a harbor pilot guiding it, was entering Tampa Bay approaching the Sunshine Skyway Bridge when the total reliance on luck proved, yet again, to be a bad bet. The original Sunshine Skyway Bridge and the Francis Scott Key...
Several new laws take effect Monday in Maryland
Several new laws are set to take effect in Maryland on Monday, some of which include increases in fees. One of the major changes Marylanders will notice is an increase in vehicle registration fees. For the typical passenger car, an annual registration fee will be about $110.50 and a biennial fee will be around $221 — that's a more than 60% increase over the previous fees.
Tunnel to Towers pays off home mortgages of two Maryland fallen heroes
BALTIMORE — The families of two Maryland fallen heroes received an early Independence Day gift, thanks to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The non-profit charitable organization on Tuesday paid off the home mortgages of late Baltimore City Fire lieutenant Paul Butrim and Wicomico County Sheriff’s deputy Glenn Hilliard.
As Baltimore’s mayor salutes hotels purchased for the homeless, residents are confined to their rooms
The residential lockdown was intended to protect privacy, say officials, who held a VIP ribbon-cutting to celebrate the $15.2 million purchase to create more permanent supportive housing. Celebrating the purchase of two downtown hotels to house the homeless, city officials led by Mayor Brandon Scott closed off a portion of...
Vehicle registration fee increase among several new laws in Maryland
Several new laws take effect in Maryland on Monday, some of which include increases in fees. One of the major changes Marylanders will notice is an increase in vehicle registration fees. For the typical passenger car, an annual registration fee will be about $110.50 and a biannual fee will be around $221 — that’s a more than 60% increase over the previous fees.
$1.75M CSX, Curtis Bay explosion class action settlement
CSX agreed to pay $1.75 million in a Curtis Bay settlement resolving claims a 2021 explosion at its Baltimore facility covered the surrounding homes in coal dust. The settlement benefits individuals who owned residential property on or since Dec. 30, 2021, or who resided in a residential property on Dec. 30, 2021, that was within the Curtis Bay class area, defined in the “Who’s Eligible” section below.
Anne Arundel County Offers Caregiver Support with In-Person and Virtual Meetings in July
For those navigating the oft-demanding world of care provision, the Department of Aging and Disabilities has announced a slate of support group gatherings in Anne Arundel County for July that proposes a mix of in-person and digital connections. Two in-person sessions have been scheduled, with the first meeting set to convene at the Glen Burnie location on Wednesday, July 10th, and the second in the Annapolis Independence Room on Tuesday, July 16th, each session slated from 1:00 to 2:30 P.M.
In lawsuit, West Baltimore community association alleges city’s tax sale system is unconstitutional
A nonprofit community association that serves a historically Black neighborhood in West Baltimore filed a lawsuit on Tuesday that challenges the city’s tax sale system, alleging that it systematically strips low-income people of their generational wealth and violates the Constitution. The Edmondson Community Organization filed the case in U.S....
Baltimore nurses at largest Catholic health network in US fight on for first contract
On the morning of Thursday, June 20, unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore held a rally outside the hospital to raise awareness of their efforts to secure a first contract and to show management that they’re not backing down from their core demands for safe staffing and an operational model that puts patients and patient care first. “St. Agnes nurses are calling on Ascension to accept their proposals to improve safe staffing and, subsequently, nurse retention,” a press release from National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) stated. “Nearly 20 percent of nurses at St. Agnes began employment at the hospital after January 1 of this year. Meanwhile, just over a third of nurses have more than four years of experience at the hospital… The Catholic hospital system is one of the largest in the country with 140 hospitals in 19 states and also one of the wealthiest, with cash reserves, an investment company, and a private equity operation worth billions of dollars—and, because of its nonprofit status, is exempt from paying federal taxes.” In this on-the-ground episode, we take you to the NNOC/NNU picket line and speak with Nicki Horvat, an RN in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit at Ascension St. Agnes and member of the bargaining team, about what she and her coworkers are fighting for.
Midday on Politics: Concerns over Biden has Democrats considering a change
A shaky debate performance last week caused members of the Democratic party to question if the 81-year-old incumbent is the right choice as their candidate. A New York Times/Siena College poll showed that 69 percent of voters, including 55 percent of Biden voters, said Biden is too old to be an effective president.
Collapse of Key Bridge reduces tolls by $141 million, hastens likely toll increase
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge will cost the state an estimated $141 million in lost toll revenue over six years and may bring toll increases a year sooner than expected. The post Collapse of Key Bridge reduces tolls by $141 million, hastens likely toll increase appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Baltimore Is Trying to Crush Plastic Litter with a Landmark Lawsuit
Since the first campaigns encouraging people to throw their trash in a can and not just anywhere, litter has usually been framed as a matter of personal responsibility. But with single-use plastic clogging waterways and drifting in huge patches in oceans, some governments want to hold to account the corporations that put all that inevitable waste in front of consumers to begin with.
Someone's stealing chairs set out ahead of Catonsville Fourth of July parade
CATONSVILLE, Md. — Someone is stealing chairs. Not just any chairs, though. These chairs are part of a time-honored holiday tradition in Catonsville. As part of what has become a tradition, residents place chairs alongside Frederick Road to save their place days — sometimes weeks — in advance of the Catonsville Fourth of July parade.
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