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Baltimore is spending more to board up vacant houses. Why? (opens the original)
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Baltimore has more than 10,000 vacant properties, a number city officials insist is finally shrinking. To secure them, the Mayor's Office of Innovation is trading traditional plywood for clear boarding, a transparent polycarbonate sheet designed to protect neighborhoods while keeping them presentable. But taking the idea from data sheets to city streets revealed problems that formulas could not predict. On 2036 Hollins Street, a three-person crew tackles an abandoned rowhouse. One worker hammers
High schoolers flock to Construction Career Day amid looming Maryland labor crunch (opens the original)
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About 1,000 high school students traded classrooms for hard hats and neon vests Wednesday as they filled the parking lot outside M&T Bank Stadium for Construction Career Day. Now in its fourth year, the event brought students from area high schools together with about 40 exhibitors, giving them a chance to try out equipment, ask questions and get a closer look at what a career in construction could look like. Near the Canyon Contracting tent, students took turns competing in a safety harness rac
Baltimore union leader: Labor Day is our day and we’re going to continue fighting (opens the original)
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Union members and elected officials joined BCCC staff Thursday to call for a contract and greater financial transparency from the administration. The rain came down hard Thursday, but those gathered outside Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) did not let heavy downpour deter them. They stood in the rain as part of a Labor Day bus tour organized by the Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL CIO. BCCC was the second stop. The rally brought together unions in support of BCCC staff fighting for thei
Behind prison walls, Maryland women sew flags for Fort McHenry (opens the original)
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Baltimore’s harbor once saw the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, inspiring the Star-Spangled Banner. Many of the American flags that fly over government buildings—including Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine—come from behind prison walls. Past guard towers and chain-link fences at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, 30 to 40 incarcerated workers spend their days inside Shop 104 turning rolls of nylon into finished banners. They trace patterns,
MDTA says Key Bridge rebuild is on track as Maryland opens another contract (opens the original)
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The Maryland Transportation Authority says rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge remains on schedule and within budget. During a boat tour near the south trestle Wednesday, MDTA engineers showcased the progress crews are making on the new bridge’s foundation. The captain fired up the engine, cruising over choppy waters past barges, towering cranes and rows of steel piles. Crews are nearly finished driving the deep foundation piles that will support the new bridge’s main towers. They’re also ad
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