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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 49m
BREAKING: Maryland officials tomorrow will announce a settlement with Curtis Bay Energy to end its medical waste incineration operation in So. Baltimore tinyurl.com/mtxruysc Declaring victory, residents say they had to push MDE to do it, using cellphones and trail cams, to document pollution.
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BREAKING: Curtis Bay medical waste company is closing incinerator operations following years of community opposition | Baltimore Brew
Pushed by persistent pollution reporting by local residents, Maryland officials will announce tomorrow a settlement agreement by the company to stop functioning as an incinerator.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 3h
High profile local attorney "Billy" Murphy charges onstage to aid @mayorbmscott.bsky.social in his fight with the inspector general. Insiders say the move suggests City Hall is worried about the political and potential criminal repercussions of the dispute. tinyurl.com/5bf2ftb5
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“Billy” Murphy charges onstage to aid Mayor Scott in his inspector general dispute | Baltimore Brew
Insiders say the move suggests City Hall is worried about the political and potential criminal repercussions of the fight.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
.@electryandorsey.bsky.social's ADU bill fails on a tie vote, after the City Council advances his bill creating the Harford Road Overlay District. tinyurl.com/nharcvjs [We have the vote counts from last night on each. The ADU measure was sent back to committee, so it's still alive.]
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ADU bill fails on tie vote after City Council advances bill creating the Harford Road Overlay | Baltimore Brew
The brainchild of Councilman Ryan Dorsey moves on to third reader for final passage, while the Accessory Dwelling Unit bill, sent back to committee, lives on.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Baltimore County Auditor did her job - now it’s time for the State Prosecutor to do his. tinyurl.com/5n8zm7fc Did the budgetary chicanery that resulted in the taxpayer funding of a county golf course clubhouse cross the line into misconduct? [OP-ED]
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The Baltimore County Auditor did her job. Now it’s time for the State Prosecutor to do his | Baltimore Brew
Did the budgetary chicanery that resulted in the taxpayer funding of a county golf course clubhouse cross the line into misconduct? [OP-ED]
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Baltimore County Auditor did her job - now it’s time for the State Prosecutor to do his. tinyurl.com/5n8zm7fc Did the budgetary chicanery that resulted in the taxpayer funding of a county golf course clubhouse cross the line into misconduct? [OP-ED]
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The Baltimore County Auditor did her job. Now it’s time for the State Prosecutor to do his | Baltimore Brew
Did the budgetary chicanery that resulted in the taxpayer funding of a county golf course clubhouse cross the line into misconduct? [OP-ED]
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Strong words in IG Isabel Cumming's request that the @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration be held in contempt. "This is not a case of negligence, inadvertence, or good faith incapacity; the City has deliberately withheld access that lies entirely within its control." tinyurl.com/7xv3aws8
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BREAKING: Baltimore Inspector General asks judge to hold Scott administration in contempt | Baltimore Brew
IG says the city did not restore records access by 1 p.m. today in defiance of Judge Pamela White’s earlier order.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Baltimore Inspector General asks judge to hold the @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration in civil contempt. tinyurl.com/7xv3aws8 IG says the city did not restore records access by 1 p.m. today in defiance of Judge Pamela White’s earlier order.
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BREAKING: Baltimore Inspector General asks judge to hold Scott administration in contempt | Baltimore Brew
IG says the city did not restore records access by 1 p.m. today in defiance of Judge Pamela White’s earlier order.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ex-police oversight official says suspended Baltimore Police deputy commissioner Nadeau pressured her to reduce discipline against high-ranking officers in her first weeks on the job. tinyurl.com/yasnzm3t
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Ex-police oversight official says suspended deputy commissioner pressured her to reduce discipline against high-ranking officers | Baltimore Brew
Aeiramique Glass says she faced retaliation and was eventually fired for refusing to follow Brian Nadeau’s request and for other disagreements with Scott administration leaders.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
City Council to vote tonight on Ryan Dorsey's ADU bill, which one member calls a “backdoor” attempt to allow more multi-family conversions. tinyurl.com/mvu7mak2
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City Council to vote tonight on ADU bill one member calls a “backdoor” attempt to allow more multi-family conversions | Baltimore Brew
Critics say Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) mandated by state law are supposed to be separate structures. Not carve-outs from the inside of a residence.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Despite residents turning out in force to oppose it, @electryandorsey.bsky.social committee advances his Harford Road overlay bill tinyurl.com/43yxkvru Before the vote, speakers denounced a zoning change they said would "pack people like sardines" and "hand enormous one-sided power to developers."
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Despite residents turning out in force to oppose it, Dorsey’s committee advances Harford Road overlay bill | Baltimore Brew
Don’t try to fix the struggling business corridor at our expense, say people who live in this Northeast Baltimore neighborhood, describing it as pleasant, shady and plenty diverse.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge will not delay Baltimore IG’s access to records, denies City's motion. tinyurl.com/5n89hdpc Her order decries “continued interference with the Charter responsibilities of the OIG by rejecting lawful subpoenas or refusing to restore the access to City records.”
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Denying city’s motion, judge will not delay Baltimore IG’s access to records | Baltimore Brew
Order decries “continued interference with the Charter responsibilities of the OIG by rejecting lawful subpoenas or refusing to restore the access to City records.”
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As Baltimore County approves 10 more years of burning its trash in Baltimore City, a question: will @MayorBMScott keep his promise that the city's BRESCO contract (expiring in 2031) will be its last? tinyurl.com/2vt3eb25 Advocates say it's looking very iffy.
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Baltimore County approves 10 more years of BRESCO trash burning. Will Baltimore City do the same? | Baltimore Brew
Mayor Brandon Scott once promised that Baltimore’s ten-year contract with the polluting facility would be its last. But that will mean working aggressively to find other ways to deal with city garbage...
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration complains in a court filing of "massive" costs to review IG records requests - up to $3.6 million. tinyurl.com/ydhrs4ue The cost would be nothing if we did it, says IG Isabel Cumming, who offers a simple solution to the City's self-created problem.
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Cost to review IG records requests? Up to $3.6 million, says law department. Nothing if we do it, says IG Cumming | Baltimore Brew
The Scott administration says releasing court-ordered records will lead to “a massive expenditure of funds.” Cumming says there’s a simple solution to this self-created problem.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The controversial Harford Road Overlay upzoning bill is back - and before its sponsor’s committee tomorrow. tinyurl.com/44xsvwfa A critic - saying Councilman Ryan Dorsey is too conflicted to chair the hearing - says Council President Zeke Cohen should appoint another lawmaker to preside.
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Harford Road Overlay bill is back and before its sponsor’s committee tomorrow | Baltimore Brew
Councilman Ryan Dorsey is too conflicted to chair the hearing, a critic says, pressing City Council President Zeke Cohen to appoint another lawmaker.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nope, @mayorbmscott.bsky.social does not want to follow the law - not the law as Judge White sees it. He's asking the court to stay her order requiring the City to restore the Inspector General's access to records and once again is appealing decision to the Md. Appellate Court. tinyurl.com/5efv4p3v
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Judge orders Scott administration to restore database access to the Inspector General and respond to her subpoenas | Baltimore Brew
The record details “a pattern by the city to delay, diffuse and deny” OIG efforts to investigate fraud and waste in city government, the judge concludes. UPDATED.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is the Baltimore City Council about to eliminate single-family zoning? tinyurl.com/325wkudv A bill backed by Councilman @electryandorsey.bsky.social – scheduled for a committee vote on Thursday – is little known, but would have a big impact on city neighborhoods [OP-ED]
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Is the Baltimore City Council about to eliminate single-family zoning? | Baltimore Brew
A bill backed by Councilman Ryan Dorsey – scheduled for a committee vote on Thursday – is little known, but would have a big impact on city neighborhoods. [OP-ED]
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Judge orders @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration to restore database access to the IG in 2 business days and start responding to subpoenas in 5 days AND dressed down the city solicitor, denouncing “a pattern by the city to delay, diffuse and deny” the watchdog IG's work. tinyurl.com/5efv4p3v
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Judge orders Scott administration to restore database access to the Inspector General and respond to her subpoenas | Baltimore Brew
The record of this case details “a pattern by the city to delay, diffuse and deny” OIG efforts to investigate fraud and waste in city government, the judge concludes.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Community and labor groups protest Harborplace developer’s secret tax break deal. tinyurl.com/3nnw4w5r “Tax discounts over decades have eroded the city’s revenue" while leaving everyday citizens' needs unaddressed, they say in a letter to @mayorbmscott.bsky.social and the Baltimore Bd. of Estimates
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Community and labor groups protest Harborplace developer’s secret tax break deal | Baltimore Brew
“We are wary that millions of dollars in tax discounts over several decades have eroded the city’s revenue and made service delivery more challenging,” the With Us For Us coalition says.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another high-level departure from the @MayorBMScott administration. tinyurl.com/4ejmrrbs Former Baltimore Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy leaves after briefly serving in the mayor’s community affairs office.
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Another high-level departure from the Scott administration | Baltimore Brew
Former Baltimore Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy leaves after briefly serving in the mayor’s community affairs office.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Baltimore Business Journal and @baltimorebrew.bsky.social have filed a formal complaint against the BDC saying it violated Maryland's Open Meetings law with closed-door meetings that set the Harborplace developer up for a hefty tax break. tinyurl.com/mpdcvwr8
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Secret meetings that positioned Harborplace project for a tax break broke Maryland’s Open Meetings law, news organizations say | Baltimore Brew
Baltimore Business Journal and Baltimore Brew have filed a complaint with the state about closed-door meetings leading to approval of a hefty PILOT tax break for developer David Bramble’s MCB Real Est...
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Senior Scott admin employee: “Isabel reads all my shit.” City leader: “You really need to talk to Ebony. That is ILLEGAL!” Employee: “I have...I said I was going to sue [Cumming] ... because I’m not scare of her ass. AT ALL.” tinyurl.com/mrhdbkka From the latest report by Baltimore IG Isabel Cumming
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Baltimore inspector general responds to criticism and taunts by mayor’s office | Baltimore Brew
Isabel Mercedes Cumming says her office does not live-monitor employee emails or “snoop” on other communications, as the mayor has accused her of doing.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Baltimore woman who lived 700 ft from the South Tower on 9/11 describes the horrors and heroism she witnessed - also the craven behavior. GUY BEHIND THE COUNTER AT THE DELI ON THE PHONE: “I want to make a margin call,” he was saying. “Oh, it’s going up!” www.baltimorebrew.com/2026/09/08/l...
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Living near the World Trade Center on 9/11, an artist wrote down what she saw, what she felt | Baltimore Brew
“The unspeakable has happened.” Francine Halvorsen, now a Baltimore resident, was in her home 700 feet from the South Tower when terrorists attacked.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: We obtained the full uncensored audit of Baltimore County government's $6.6M golf course clubhouse project - and the redactions point to multiple charter and code violations. tinyurl.com/2m569wpa
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Previously censored audit of Rocky Point Clubhouse points to charter and code violations by Olszewski-Klausmeier administrations | Baltimore Brew
EXCLUSIVE: The Brew is publishing the full report by county auditor Elizabeth Irwin, along with this article about its significance.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“The unspeakable has happened.” Now a Baltimore resident, Francine Halvorsen was in her home 700 feet from the South Tower when terrorists attacked on 9/11. tinyurl.com/fnfj5pcf In the days that followed, she wrote down all that she saw, all that she felt.
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Living near the World Trade Center on 9/11, an artist wrote down what she saw, what she felt | Baltimore Brew
“The unspeakable has happened.” Francine Halvorsen, now a Baltimore resident, was in her home 700 feet from the South Tower when terrorists attacked.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Voters have spoken: The towering, flowering Tuliptree bumps the Bradford pear off its 52-year-old perch as "The Official Tree of Baltimore." tinyurl.com/4dycnapc
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Move over Bradford pear, the Tuliptree is Baltimore’s new official city tree | Baltimore Brew
Six strong candidates vied for the honor, but online voters chose the towering, flowering Liriodendron tulipifera to replace the now frowned-upon Bradford pear.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
UPDATE: Dept of Homeland Security confirms use of Owings Mills gun range for ICE agent training. tinyurl.com/4v58mw97
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UPDATE: ICE confirms use of Owings Mills gun range for training | Baltimore Brew
Contracts show the Department of Homeland Security plans to send agents to GUNTRY for years to come, as U.S. immigration arrests reach record-setting high.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Baltimore County’s eviction law, like Baltimore city’s, is unconstitutional, tenant advocates say tinyurl.com/mrb955z8 Landlords contend that the proposed fix is a hardship: "We're the victims here!"
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Baltimore County’s eviction law, like Baltimore’s, is unconstitutional, advocates say | Baltimore Brew
Landlords currently take possession of a tenant’s belongings immediately upon eviction – they’re fighting proposals for a seven or 14-day reclamation period so tenants can retrieve things they want or...
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Baltimore's Board of Estimates applauds $3.9 million in unused ARPA funds steered to a private trash hauler. tinyurl.com/2vc8ftu6 There are many ways to spend ARPA Covid relief money. Here’s one – a no-bid contract that has ballooned over time to nearly $12 million.
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BOE applauds steering of $3.9 million in unused ARPA funds to private trash hauler | Baltimore Brew
There are many ways to spend ARPA money. Here’s one – a no-bid contract that has ballooned over time to nearly $12 million.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Six frmr Baltimore County Council members seek release of the full audit report on Rocky Point clubhouse... tinyurl.com/mtar9csp ... saying they're alarmed by the revelation the @repjohnnyo.bsky.social administration went ahead with the $6.6M renovation even after the Council had eliminated funding.
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Six former Baltimore County Council members seek release of full audit report on Rocky Point clubhouse | Baltimore Brew
“As former electeds, this issue really jumped out at us,” says Tom Quirk, a three-term Baltimore County councilman, after reading Brew articles about the clubhouse renovation.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Some members leave high-end Owings Mills gun range after learning it's being used by ICE for training tinyurl.com/36f7d5ch Touting “the amenities of a country club,” GUNTRY has also quietly made itself available for the agency carrying out the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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Some members leave high-end Owings Mills gun range after learning it’s being used by ICE | Baltimore Brew
Touting “the amenities of a country club,” GUNTRY has also quietly made its facility north of Baltimore available for the training of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
BREAKING: Baltimore Harborplace redevelopment is slated for a massive tax break. tinyurl.com/4h3h2yma The BDC approves a property tax reduction of up to 95% for David Bramble’s Inner Harbor project.
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Baltimore Harborplace redevelopment is slated for massive tax break | Baltimore Brew
BREAKING: BDC approves a property tax reduction of up to 95% for David Bramble’s Inner Harbor project.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
With this latest departure, the Baltimore County inspector general’s office - long rudderless - is now headless. tinyurl.com/2p9nzz3r The watchdog office, like its Baltimore City counterpart, has been under sustained attack and now is virtually toothless.
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Baltimore County inspector general’s office – long rudderless – is now headless | Baltimore Brew
The watchdog office, like its Baltimore City counterpart, has been under a sustained attack and now is virtually toothless.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
JUST OUT - Baltimore Judge Pamela White HAS DENIED the law dept's emergency motion to stay proceedings in the Baltimore Inspector General's lawsuit and will hear arguments "on all issues raised" by the motion on Sept. 16. We've updated our story. tinyurl.com/bdnk4xdn
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration asks the judge to halt inspector general lawsuit while it seeks an appeal tinyurl.com/bdnk4xdn New motion raises the stakes in the battle over the independence and investigative powers of Baltimore’s corruption watchdog.
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Scott administration asks judge to halt inspector general lawsuit while it seeks an appeal | Baltimore Brew
Last night’s motion raises the stakes in the battle over the independence and investigative powers of Baltimore’s corruption watchdog.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Bill would change current law that allows Baltimore landlords to immediately lock out evicted tenants and keep their possessions. Bill wd give them instead a 7-day period to make an appointment to come in and remove their things. Current law, advocates say, is "inhumane." tinyurl.com/2xkv6d29
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Bill would change law that allows Baltimore landlords to lock out evicted tenants and keep their possessions | Baltimore Brew
City renters have lost furniture, clothing, family photos, medications and their loved ones’ ashes thanks to an ordinance struck down two years ago as unconstitutional.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: Judge in Baltimore inspector general lawsuit denies City’s request for reconsideration, another setback for the @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration. tinyurl.com/4cuyk7ba Judge White rejects city’s argument that her order for documents to be released needed “clarification.”
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BREAKING: Judge denies city’s request for reconsideration in Baltimore inspector general lawsuit | Baltimore Brew
Dealing another setback to the Scott administration, Judge White rejects city’s argument that her order for documents to be released needed “clarification.”
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Got a photo that’s Baltimore DPW calendar-worthy? shorturl.at/WjTJf Residents are invited to submit a photo featuring “our amazing employees" or "related to public works” for possible inclusion in the 2027 calendar.
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Check your camera roll: Got a photo that’s DPW calendar-worthy? | Baltimore Brew
Residents are invited to submit a photo featuring “our amazing employees or related to public works” for possible inclusion in the 2027 calendar.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Baltimore City Solicitor seeks “clarification” of judge’s order in inspector general lawsuit. tinyurl.com/yzdwesp6 The latest @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration motion appears aimed at delaying or limiting the production of records ordered by Judge White.
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Baltimore City Solicitor seeks “clarification” of judge’s order in inspector general lawsuit | Baltimore Brew
The latest motion by Ebony Thompson appears aimed at delaying or limiting the production of records ordered by Judge White.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Baltimore City joins the TV tower lead paint lawsuit . . . while lead chips flake off still-rusty-and-peeling city-owned bridges. tinyurl.com/52ckfysy
The 28th Street Bridge this week with peeling lead paint, and (RIGHT) a warning sign in 2022 about lead paint shed from the TV Hill tower in nearby Woodberry. (Fern Shen)
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Two top @mayorbmscott.bsky.social admin. officials are stepping down: DOT director Veronica Perry (formerly McBeth) and Housing's Wendi Redfern, who leaves in the wake of a @baltimorebrew.bsky.social story on a suddenly-withdrawn plan for the City to acquire 29 Westport vacants. tinyurl.com/2hdt4kkz
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Two top Baltimore officials resign from the Scott administration | Baltimore Brew
Veronica Perry and Wendi Redfern are the latest senior staff to depart city government.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Suddenly, Police Accountability Board members are told their terms expired: the @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration's way of squelching calls for more PAB independence, critics say. tinyurl.com/2pzym3ku Evokes Scott's war this year with another watchdog entity, Baltimore's Inspector General.
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Most of Baltimore’s Police Accountability Board is up for reappointment – critics see political interference | Baltimore Brew
Mayor’s office says the move follows the City Charter. Others say it’s an attempt to oust “thorn in the side” members who have called for the panel to have more independence.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This woman's home is neat as a pin, but she's battling rats from vacants on either side of her tinyurl.com/3w3xcst7 A look at life in Baltimore's struggling Westport neighborhood as a City plan to acquire a large block of vacants from an out-of-town owner is suddenly withdrawn
LEFT: The pink flamingo-themed kitchen of a woman in Baltimore's Westport neighborhood who has been battling rats from the vacant properties on either side of her. RIGHT: Vacants on Westport's Sidney Avenue.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BREAKING - Judge White denies the city's motion to dismiss Inspector General Isabel Cumming's lawsuit to regain access to city government documents - a stunning defeat for the @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration. [Story to come]
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Pamela J. White.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
City plan to acquire vacants in Westport, long sought by residents, suddenly stalls. tinyurl.com/3w3xcst7 Community leaders express shock at abrupt withdrawal from the BOE agenda of an option to buy or condemn 29 properties from an owner they consider a harmful speculator.
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City plan to acquire vacants in Westport, long sought by residents, suddenly stalls | Baltimore Brew
Community leaders express shock at the housing department’s withdrawal of an option to buy or condemn 29 properties from an owner they consider a harmful speculator.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We can – and must, finally – act to prevent calls to police for medical or mental health emergencies from escalating into tragedies. OP-ED by @ACLU_MD releasing new report and database on fatal police encounters tinyurl.com/5xj3n6tp
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They called for help. The system called their deaths inevitable. | Baltimore Brew
A new ACLU of Maryland report and database on fatal police encounters shows we can – and must, finally – act to prevent medical or mental health emergencies from escalating into tragedies [OP-ED]
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New IG Report details mushrooms, mold and more found inside former hotel repurposed by Baltimore for housing the homeless. tinyurl.com/y7hhpmhf
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Mushrooms and mold found inside former hotel repurposed for housing the homeless | Baltimore Brew
A report by Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming finds poor living conditions and health-related issues at three city-run homeless facilities.
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Baltimore officials flock to Ocean City for the annual MACo gathering. tinyurl.com/d6ybnczx The city is sending 65 people to the beach town for the yearly summer local government meeting, whose theme this year is “Build What’s Next.”
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Baltimore officials flock to Ocean City for annual MACo gathering | Baltimore Brew
The city is sending 65 people to the beach town gathering, whose theme this year is “Build What’s Next.”
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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Remember that white discharge into Stony Run? MDE has (ahem) washed its hands of it. "We were unable to identify a pollutant or source, so we will be closing the complaint," a spokesman said, acknowledging "we did not test the material in the water." tinyurl.com/3mx5axwy
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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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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
York Road crematorium that had two visible smoke releases in July conducts MDE-required stack testing. tinyurl.com/yvjs74h9
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Crematorium that had two visible smoke releases in July conducts MDE-required stack testing | Baltimore Brew
Vaughn Greene Funeral Service’s state permit allows the facility to operate for 120 days before testing for emissions of particulates and metals.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/08/2026
Hiroshima is marking the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticizing major powers for waging wars and urging them to stop justifying the possession of nuclear weapons as a method of deterrence.
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Hiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor deplores the pursuit of nuclear weapons
Hiroshima is marking the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city during World War II.
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