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Sep 13, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew
Posted Friday, September 13, 2024 9:20 am Baltimore Sun management fired federal courts reporter Madeleine O’Neill on Monday, citing comments she made internally criticizing management’s approach to news coverage under its new owners.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
baltimorebrew.com | Fern Shen
Baltimore Sun management fired federal courts reporter Madeleine O’Neill on Monday, citing comments she made internally criticizing management’s approach to news coverage under its new owners. “I am proud of the reporting I did at the Baltimore Sun. I have no regrets,” O’Neill told The Brew last night. Formerly the legal affairs reporter at the Maryland Daily Record, O’Neill became an active member of The Baltimore Sun Guild after she was hired by The Sun in April.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Mark Reutter |Baltimore Brew |Kevin Parker
In the wake of The Brew’s reporting – including the secret $83,675 payment to firefighter Philip Tirabassi engineered by top staffers for Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski – connections between the two are under scrutiny, including old posts on social media.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew |Lisa Parker
The ornamental stone eagle is gone. So are the carved faces on either side of the entrance, the stone basket-weave detailing under the pediment and numerous other architectural flourishes. Stripped-down as they are, the grand north and south-facing facades of the red-brick Hendler Creamery Building are still standing. But not for long.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew |Kevin Parker
Antoinette Ryan-Johnson was appalled to read the latest report from the Office of the Inspector General describing hazardous conditions for Baltimore solid waste workers. Not just because of the lack of air conditioning, cold bottled water and even toilet paper. Other municipal employees routinely endure similar indignities and potential dangers, the City Union of Baltimore (CUB) president said in an interview. Her most recent example: Baltimore Police Department headquarters downtown.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew |Kevin Parker
Defending their agency after Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Cumming found no working AC or cold water at a sanitation workers’ job site during last week’s record-setting heat wave, the Department of Public Works (DPW) has fired back, disputing one of her findings and arguing others lacked context. Cumming’s report on her July 10 surprise visit to the Cherry Hill yard noted that “inoperable water fountains” were found in an administrative building.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew |Kevin Parker
With the problem of polluted stormwater washing off highways only projected to get worse with climate change, environmental advocates are calling on the Maryland Department of Transportation to do more to curb it. One dramatic example of the kind of mitigation they would like the agency to require:Stormwater runoff controls could be built into the Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew |Kevin Parker
Exposed wiring. Loose and broken catwalks. Trenches without trench boxes. Workers handling high-voltage electricity in cherry pickers with no insulation. A year ago at a memorial for municipal employees who have died on the job, Baltimore union leaders released a report documenting appalling work conditions that contributed to past fatalities and injuries.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew |Kevin Parker
Proponents of a ballot measure to cut Baltimore’s property tax rate in half say the city’s top election official was wrong to reject their proposal for inclusion on the November ballot and vowed to challenge his decision in court. Board of Elections Director Armstead B.C. Jones Sr. today sent a letter announcing his decision to the attorney for the tax cut group, Renew Baltimore. In it, Jones argued that only elected city officials can set the property tax rate. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Fern Shen |Baltimore Brew |Kevin Parker
Celebrating the purchase of two downtown hotels to house the homeless, city officials led by Mayor Brandon Scott closed off a portion of the Fallsway and held an upbeat ribbon-cutting ceremony, summoning the media and state and federal VIPs yesterday to attend. “We should all stand in our resolve to help our unhoused residents,” said Shamiah Kerney, whose role as the city’s chief recovery officer was to supervise the channeling of federal Covid relief funds for the hotel purchases.
