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When @icegov.bsky.social arrests you, what happens to your car? In Baltimore and across Maryland, abandoned “ghost cars” become collateral damage in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. tinyurl.com/ymejjd2a
When ICE arrests you, what happens to your car? | Baltimore Brew
In Baltimore and across Maryland abandoned “ghost cars” become collateral damage in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
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Yes, that milky-white substance flowing into Baltimore's Stony Run last week was pollution. But where it came from - and who's responsible - remains a mystery, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) says, in an inspection report. tinyurl.com/2dswwj45
MDE issues a pollution violation, but says source of the discharge into Stony Run remains unknown | Baltimore Brew
There was no odor, a Maryland Department of the Environment inspector said, speculating that the source may be a flocculant or coagulant used for treatment of sediment-laden water on construction site...
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Former Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis skewers the law department’s assertion it can restrict the Inspector General's access to records. tinyurl.com/426ha27d Davis' 30 years as a state and federal judge add heft to IG Isabel Cumming's case - moving to an open court showdown tomorrow.
Former Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis skewers law department’s assertion it can restrict inspector general access to records | Baltimore Brew
The Scott administration’s efforts to limit OIG investigations into waste, fraud and abuse, he says, are legally untenable and detrimental to good government.
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VIDEO: A 2nd emissions sighting at the York Rd crematorium in Baltimore, which appears to have violated its permit not just once, but TWICE in the 1st month. youtu.be/tuCR9Tor8uk?... The 2nd incident occurred after MDE had made two site inspections in the previous week
Emissions from Vaughn Greene crematorium 7/20/26
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Sen. Mary Washington calls out the Maryland Dept of the Environment's weak permit after two crematorium emissions incidents: the state allowed a North Baltimore facility to begin incineration operations without stack and opacity tests. tinyurl.com/yn6aphps Opponents: "The scenario we warned about."
Senator Mary Washington calls out MDE after crematorium emissions incidents | Baltimore Brew
The state allowed a North Baltimore facility to begin incineration operations without stack and opacity tests.
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Milky-white discharge - a possible sewage leak - is flowing into Stony Run today. tinyurl.com/ma3b4wts Alerted by @baltimorebrew.bsky.social, the Maryand Dept. of the Environment is investigating. (This North Baltimore stream is a tributary of the Jones Falls and Chesapeake Bay.)
Milky-white discharge – possible sewage leak – flowing into Stony Run today | Baltimore Brew
The pipe break or leak, down the hill from Tudor Arms Avenue, near the Wyman Park Apartments, is sending the substance into a stream that’s a tributary of the Jones Falls and Chesapeake Bay.
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One Baltimore neighborhood’s years-long quest for help with a smelly trash pile. tinyurl.com/2db59yb7 After multiple emailed pleas to officials and 311 complaints, these Belair-Edison residents basically gave up on city government and took matters into their own hands.
A Baltimore neighborhood’s years-long quest for help with a smelly trash pile | Baltimore Brew
Belair-Edison residents sent multiple emails, made multiple 311 complaints and watched as violations and fines piled up, but still the garbage remained. Finally, they gave up on city government and to...
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There's a hearing next week in the legal battle that Baltimore’s inspector general never should have had to fight. tinyurl.com/5n7rd78v OP-ED recaps the @mayorbmscott.bsky.social v. IG Isabel Cumming dispute that could cripple her office’s ability to investigate corruption in city government.
A hearing next week in the legal battle that Baltimore’s inspector general never should have had to fight | Baltimore Brew
A chronology of the dispute between IG Isabel Cumming and Mayor Brandon Scott that could cripple her office’s ability to investigate corruption in city government. [OP-ED]
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Chief of Baltimore’s wastewater division steps down following critical OIG report. tinyurl.com/yr29czrm Source describes the fired manager as a “scapegoat” for chronic issues facing the city’s sewage treatment plants.
Chief of Baltimore’s wastewater division steps down following critical OIG report | Baltimore Brew
Source describes the fired manager as a “scapegoat” for chronic issues facing the two sewage treatment plants.
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Democratic Socialists of America across the country are having a moment - and the local chapter is hoping to catch the wave. Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America is holding a pre-election campaign launch next week. tinyurl.com/yty7hb6r
Local Democratic Socialists of America chapter is holding a pre-election campaign launch | Baltimore Brew
Aligning with successful campaigns across the country, Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America is touting its grassroots causes and endorsed candidates, including school board member Ash Es...
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. @mayorbmscott.bsky.social announces former D.C. Attorney General to join “independent review” of Side-Step - the MONSE program that IG Isabel Cumming was investigating when her office's access to records was abruptly curtailed last January. tinyurl.com/mvs2mf8m
Scott announces former D.C. Attorney General to join “independent review” of Side-Step | Baltimore Brew
Karl Racine, of Hogan Lovells Cadwallader, along with the accounting firm Baker Tilly, will review the MONSE program that Baltimore Inspector General Cumming was probing when her access to records was...
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. @mayorbmscott.bsky.social announces who will lead city's review of SideStep, the Baltimore MONSE youth diversion program that Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming was investigating when her access to records was cut off. tinyurl.com/37pujn7k
RELEASE: City of Baltimore Announces Former DC Attorney General Karl Racine Joins Independent Review of MONSE Side-Step Program
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"Basically, I'm happy to flout the law," @electryandorsey.bsky.social says, before voting to give developer David Bramble's MCB a variance for nearly double the number of parking spaces allowed under the law for a project on W. North Avenue. tinyurl.com/bdhkwc5d
City Council committee, including its parking-averse chairman, approve special parking exception for MCB | Baltimore Brew
“Basically, I’m happy to flout the law,” Ryan Dorsey said, before voting to give developer David Bramble nearly double the number of parking spaces allowed under the law for a grocery store on North A...
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City Council committee, including its parking-averse chairman @ElectRyanDorsey, vote in favor of special parking exception for @MCBInvests tinyurl.com/bdhkwc5d
City Council committee, including its parking-averse chairman, vote in favor of special parking exception for MCB | Baltimore Brew
“Basically, I’m happy to flout the law,” Ryan Dorsey said, before the vote to give developer David Bramble nearly double the number of parking spaces allowed under the law for a grocery store on West ...
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The Harford Road Overlay District is nullified by a judge today citing failure to notify homeowners. tinyurl.com/y39mdr7r Meanwhile @electryandorsey.bsky.social says he has introduced a replacement bill and will push for its passage to reestablish it.
Harford Road Overlay District, pushed by Councilman Ryan Dorsey, nullified by judge | Baltimore Brew
Dorsey says he has introduced a replacement bill and will push for its passage to reestablish the overlay district.
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Unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in SW Baltimore go on strike again, calling out staffing shortages they say endanger patients. tinyurl.com/yrxk459h
Unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes go on strike again, calling out staffing shortages | Baltimore Brew
Yesterday’s one-day job action at the southwest Baltimore hospital, like last year’s, took aim at understaffing that nurses say endangers patient safety
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Tenant leader Annie Chambers, a longtime advocate for Baltimore’s poor, has died. tinyurl.com/m8exdbs3 “She leaves behind an unparalleled legacy of grassroots activism and unconditional love,” says fellow activist @ischlakman.bsky.social
Tenant leader Annie Chambers, a longtime advocate for Baltimore’s poor, has died | Baltimore Brew
“She leaves behind an unparalleled legacy of grassroots activism and unconditional love,” says fellow activist Ian Schlakman.
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In D.C. for America’s 250th birthday – It’s not easy being green. tinyurl.com/a9c448jc But that was the color of the algae-plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, plus other observations from our foray on Friday, a scorching-hot and surreal day.
In D.C. for America’s 250th birthday – It’s not easy being green | Baltimore Brew
But that was the color of the algae-plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool … plus other observations from our foray on Friday, a scorching-hot and surreal day.
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Replacement is on the way for Baltimore’s ripped-down Columbus statue. Trying for something neutral, organizers hope to put “Anonymous Italian Immigrant Family Memorial” on the navigator’s pedestal by the end of 2027. tinyurl.com/ycyzrbh2
Replacement is on the way for Baltimore’s ripped-down Columbus statue | Baltimore Brew
Trying for something neutral, organizers hope to put “Anonymous Italian Immigrant Family Memorial” on the navigator’s pedestal by the end of 2027.
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Continuing his taxpayer funded out-of-town trips even after informing @mayorbmscott.bsky.social of his plans to leave, Marvin James is now entering the realm he quietly pursued as a city employee. tinyurl.com/pkssru7h
City Hall’s traveling man | Baltimore Brew
Continuing his taxpayer-funded trips even after informing the mayor of his plans to leave, Marvin James is now entering the realm he quietly pursued as a city employee.
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From the Mayor's Office statement as mayoral advisor Marvin James leaves today: "He has worked around the clock as a trusted advisor to @mayorbmscott.bsky.social and the entire administration." t.co/4vUfUrkIVB
Baltimore Police officer who ran over that teenager received overtime and full pay - up until he was suspended in another disciplinary case. tinyurl.com/4x38rzbn The officer -involved in today's $400,000 settlement- has received $700,000+ in salary and OT since his patrol car hit the teen in 2021.
Baltimore police officer who ran over teenager received overtime and full pay until suspended in another disciplinary case | Baltimore Brew
The officer involved in today’s $400,000 settlement has received more than $700,000 in salary and overtime since his patrol car hit the teen in 2021.
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.@mayorbmscott.bsky.social adviser who juggled his City Hall job with political campaign work is leaving. tinyurl.com/3ekykt3u Marvin James, whose side work for political candidates has drawn scrutiny for years, is joining prominent Democratic Party fundraiser Colleen Martin-Lauer.
Scott adviser who juggled his City Hall job with political campaign work is leaving | Baltimore Brew
Marvin James, whose side work for political candidates has drawn scrutiny for years, is joining prominent Democratic Party fundraiser Colleen Martin-Lauer.
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Part of The Baltimore Police Department's "entrenched pattern of unconstitutional force,” as with the Gun Trace Task Force👇https://tinyurl.com/3mw8rjbu What lawyers argued in the case of a man pursued and run over when he was a teen by a BPD vehicle. City tomorrow will pay him a $400,000 settlement.
City to pay $400,000 to a man chased and run over by Baltimore Police car tinyurl.com/3mw8rjbu Suit said officers “roughly handcuffed” the unconscious (then) teen and tried to cover up their actions by planting a BB gun in his pants and claiming he ran into the patrol vehicle.
Baltimore to pay $400,000 to a man chased and run over by police car | Baltimore Brew
Another costly case of excessive force by Baltimore Police – using a vehicle as a weapon against a fleeing teenager.
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How did the costs for renovating the Rocky Point Golf Course clubhouse jump from $500,000 to $6.6 million without Baltimore County lawmakers’ knowledge? tinyurl.com/5yak5bzh Previously withheld auditor’s report sheds light on how the administration of then CE @repjohnnyo.bsky.social did it [OP-ED]
UPDATE: Previously withheld auditor’s report sheds light on Olszewski administration’s scheme to fund clubhouse renovations | Baltimore Brew
How did the costs for renovating the Rocky Point Golf Course clubhouse jump from $500,000 to $6.6 million without Baltimore County lawmakers’ knowledge? [OP-ED]
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: With mail-in and provisional ballots yet to be tabulated, two Baltimore Co. Council races are too close to call. But Julian Jones is the victor in the Democratic Party race for county executive, shown here with Johnny Olszewski, Kweisi Mfume and Cathy Bevins. tinyurl.com/2phamp59
Unofficial Baltimore County primary election results | Baltimore Brew
With mail-in and provisional ballots yet to be tabulated, two County Council races are too close to call. The victor in the Democratic Party race for county executive is Julian Jones.
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UPDATE II - Maryland Democratic Party Chair @Steuart_Pittman says the petition for Ron Rosenbluth's removal from the 41st District Central Committee (after Early Voting incident) will be handled at the state level and explains the procedure. tinyurl.com/sz5jue5r
Complaint filed with Maryland Democratic Party calls for Rosenbluth’s removal from 41st District Central Committee | Baltimore Brew
The harassment of a 78-year-old woman at a polling place by the well-known Dalya Attar supporter “was horrific,” three residents say. UPDATED with response from BCDSCC chair.
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UPDATE: Complaint calls for a 41st District Ctrl Committee member's removal after an incident involving harassment of a 78-year-old woman. MD Democratic Party leaders say it should be handled at the city level, city leaders say 'No, it's a state level thing.' t.co/xb9z1oN8LW
