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Editorial: Big shoes to fill for police commissioner’s replacement
Baltimore is losing its police commissioner. And what a loss it will be. Frederick H. Bealefeld III is retiring Aug. 1. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the commissioner, who is 49 […]
City approves 5-year deal for Grand Prix
With its first sponsor in hand and online ticket sales slated to start May 28, the new group behind the Baltimore Grand Prix is confident it will be able to […]
City OKs contract with new Baltimore Grand Prix team
Baltimore City’s spending panel Wednesday morning approved a new, five-year racing agreement with Race On LLC to run the Baltimore Grand Prix beginning this September. City Council President Bernard C. […]
C. Fraser Smith: Bealefeld’s exit underscores City Hall losses
He was pushed. He hasn’t said it, but Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III was escaping what he felt was an antagonistic attitude in City Hall when he recently announced his […]
Baltimore pays $340K to settle three accident claims
Baltimore’s spending board on Wednesday approved payments to settle three accident claims, including one for a small group of people killed by a fire engine and another involving a man […]
Propane-powered taxis take to Baltimore streets
Baltimore’s first taxi cabs fueled with propane — estimated to save local cabbies $3 million a year in fuel costs — hit the streets Friday. Funded in part through a […]
Revival at Inner Harbor blooms
The Inner Harbor’s revival is starting to come to fruition as the curtain lifts on the biggest changes at the Light Street Pavilion since it opened three decades ago. Several […]
Editorial: Super deal for Superblock
Let’s see now — what kind of a deal will it take to break a 10-year logjam and finally build something on the Superblock site in Baltimore? For starters, let’s […]
New team to run troubled Baltimore Grand Prix
Baltimore is hoping the third group is the charm for its troubled Grand Prix, which will now be overseen by one of racing’s biggest names. The city has severed its […]
Hillman: Superblock project is unfair
A Baltimore developer has written a blistering letter to City Hall disputing proposed tax breaks for the $150 million Superblock project downtown. The May 1 letter from David H. Hillman, […]
DLLR head Sanchez to become chief of staff for Rawlings-Blake
The head of the state labor department is leaving his post to become Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake‘s third chief of staff in as many years. Alexander M. Sanchez, who has […]
Baltimore police commissioner to retire
Frederick Bealefeld III, Baltimore‘s police commissioner for five years who battled “bad guys with guns” in fighting crime in a violent city, is retiring Aug. 1, the mayor said Thursday. […]
