3 days ago · Baltimore Brew is a daily online journal featuring independent reporting and informed commentary about greater Baltimore.

1 day ago · Getting the MARC Station Right. The West Baltimore station is Baltimore’s closest point to Washington, D.C. It is also the beginning of Amtrak’s four-track, 125-mph configuration that should maximize frequent express service to the nation’s capital as well as extending into rapidly growing northern Virginia.

1 day ago · “A slap in the face” There’s ample history behind this cynicism. In Sonia Eddy’s Poppleton, it’s the story of how a New York company – given rights by the city in 2005 to redevelop a wide swath of her community – has managed to build two highly leveraged and poorly constructed apartment buildings after two decades of demolition and displacement.

Baltimore Brew is a daily online journal featuring independent reporting and informed commentary about greater Baltimore.

6 days ago · Baltimore City racked up $12 million in unpaid water bills in 2023 and 2024. DPW and other agencies failed to pay their own water bills over a two-year period, Budget Chief Laura Larsen tells a City Council committee

Feb 4, 2025 · BALTIMORE BREW is an independent daily news website, staffed by veteran journalists committed to providing fresh, fair, insightful and reliable reporting about Baltimore.. Reporting that uncovers cronyism, mismanagement, waste and abuse . . . Analysis that cuts through the bureaucratic blah-blah and spin. . .

Jan 7, 2025 · The process that resulted in the appointment by the Baltimore County Council of state Senator Kathy Klausmeier to serve the remaining two years of the term of former County Executive Johnny Olszewski ended as it began: With the council embarrassing itself and demonstrating that the more things ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Saying “we absolutely hear you” and “we understand the concerns you raised,” City Administrator Faith Leach joined three other members of the Board of Estimates tonight to approve a new schedule of charges that will boost household water bills nearly 30% by mid-2026.

Nov 25, 2024 · Population Shrinkage. While last week’s gathering at the church was a joyous occasion, other meetings have been a vehicle to vent community frustration over city leaders’ failure to protect them from development.. That was the case in June 2023, when developer Douglas Schmidt sought a zoning change for a luxury high-rise apartment building with no …

Oct 21, 2024 · 4,648 Backups in a Year. To varying degrees, Morris’ experience is shared by thousands of city residents every year. In 2023, there were 4,648 sewage backups reported in Baltimore, according to quarterly reports by the Department of Public Works (DPW).