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Parasite City

A gnawing bed bug problem grows in Southeast Baltimore

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Broadway on St. Paul Street

The Mail: Ms. Ditkoff, I caught your insightful review of Frozen recently ("Raising Pain," Stage, June 24). My wife and I live in NYC, but happen to have been in Baltimore last week and we were intrigued to see

Murder Ink

Murders This Week: 5 Murders This Year: 112 Tuesday. June 23 4:52 a.m. Police were called to the 2200 block of Tucker Lane in West Baltimore's Wakefield neighborhood for an assault in progress. Th by Anna Ditkoff

What's the 311?

With all the bad news coming out of Detroit of late, it's good to see American cars leading the way in something. Unfortunately they're leading the numbers of abandoned-car calls to 311. Of the more t by Chris Landers

Previous Stories

No Care for the Homeless

Mobtown Beat: State to close only public psych facility in Baltimore City | By Erin Sullivan [6/26/2009]

Clicking and Streaming

Feature: Home entertainment searches for its digital future | By Lee Gardner [6/24/2009]

Restorative Justice

Mobtown Beat: After much angst, City Council restores budget cuts that threatened city rec centers | By Edward Ericson Jr. [6/24/2009]

Multi-Hued Empowerment

The Mail: Referring to the letter of Laurie Bezold in the June 17 issue ("White Empowerment vs. Black Empowerm... [6/24/2009]

Councilmania

Councilmania: Keeping Tabs On The City Council's Activities So You Don't Have To | By Edward Ericson Jr. [6/24/2009]

What's the 311?

What's the 311?: The recent algae bloom in the Inner Harbor (and the subsequent smell) made us wonder--what else stin... By Chris Landers [6/24/2009]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 6 Murders this Year: 107 Tuesday, June 16 11:20 p.m. Pierre Alford, a 25-ye... By Anna Ditkoff [6/24/2009]

City of Lost Kids

Feature: The city's attempt to move teenagers out of group homes and into families isn't as simple as it sounds. | By Anna Ditkoff [6/17/2009]

Armed Drug Dealer for Steele?

Mobtown Beat: GOP donor Wade Coats accused in hotel drug case | By Van Smith [6/17/2009]

Blowing Smoke

Mobtown Beat: A lawsuit over tobacco patents goes to the jury | By Chris Landers [6/17/2009]

Clean Water Costs

The Mail: Baltimore, like many U.S. cities, faces the daunting challenge of maintaining a sewer system that is... [6/17/2009]

Councilmania

Councilmania: Keeping Tabs On The City Council's Activities So You Don't Have To | By Edward Ericson Jr. [6/17/2009]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 4 Murders this Year: 101 Monday, June 8 5:45 p.m. Three African-American me... By Anna Ditkoff [6/17/2009]

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