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July 7, 2009
'Fair share' about more than negotiations Collective bargaining means much more than sitting down at a bargaining table ("How fair is 'fair share?'" July 3). It means educating employees about their rights, training shop stewards and providing materials and resources to employees. It means involving employees in workplace policies and practices through labor-management committee meetings which are designed to improve workplaces. And it means representing employees in issues regarding the enforcement of contracts.
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By Art Cohen | July 1, 2009
In 1969, strong community action from all over Baltimore defeated an expressway plan that devastated neighborhoods in West Baltimore and threatened to do the same in Canton and along Boston Street. I was one of hundreds of people across Baltimore who worked with neighborhood groups and the citywide Movement Against Destruction to prevent the building of an eight-lane East-West Expressway. Forty years later, Baltimore finds itself again in a debate about the best way to move people to and through our city.
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By Michael Dresser | April 26, 2009
Once a gritty neighborhood on Southeast Baltimore's industrial waterfront, Canton has transformed itself into a model of urban chic where million-dollar townhouses overlook the harbor and destination night spots surround O'Donnell Square. But many residents of the resurgent community worry that the city's preferred route for an east-west transit line would cut off Canton from the water, drag down property values and compound the area's already serious traffic and parking problems. They're organizing to oppose the plan known as Alternative 4-C - which has powerful support and could well be chosen when the Maryland Transit Administration decides this summer.
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By Jessica Anderson | June 21, 2008
With a large fitness club on one side of Boston Street and new business on other side, the signs are clear that Canton is rapidly growing across a section of railroad tracks and into an adjacent industrial area. Cars routinely clog Boston Street, with traffic jams now reaching as far east as Interstate 95, frustrating residents and visitors. "It's already a nightmare," said Darryl Jurkiewicz, president of the Canton Community Association. The large, multitrack crossing used by three railroads that often switch from one track to the other increases delays and backups.
NEWS
November 20, 2007
THE PROBLEM -- Large trucks use Bonaparte Avenue in East Baltimore even though doing so is prohibited. THE BACKSTORY -- Bonaparte Avenue is a residential street that runs through the East Baltimore-Midway neighborhood. Truck drivers seem to like it as a convenient shortcut to industries at the eastern edge of the city, ignoring signs that bar them from using the road. "The trucks are shaking our houses and knocking our pictures off the walls," said John D. Brown, who has lived on Bonaparte for 21 years.
NEWS
August 3, 2007
As I read "Slow down or say cheese" (Aug. 1), I anticipated the usual reactions from those who claim their right to speed would be violated. But leave it it to state Sen. Andrew P. Harris to bring out the "Big Brother is watching you" argument. What I find ironic is that those who scream the loudest against public safety enhancements such as photo speed radar and red-light cameras seem to have no problem when it comes to illegal government wiretapping and surveillance. It seems that the big difference is that in this case they might be caught.
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By Julie Turkewitz | July 30, 2007
Residents and bar-goers on Boston Street will see new faces - and more police uniforms - in Canton this week. Two off-duty police officers will begin patrolling the nearby Northshore at Canton townhouse community Wednesday, and instead of the usual bouncers or security guards, Good Love Bar, a Boston Street hangout, has already hired two of its own off-duty officers. Huckas, a sports bar and hookah lounge, has also agreed to hire uniformed officers, according to officials. After years of complaints about rowdiness spilling out onto Boston Street, the two bars agreed to pay for officers as a concession to residents.
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By [HARRY MERRITT] | January 28, 2007
Downs Engravers & Stationers 2500 Boston St., Canton Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 410-752-7770 Looking for a clever card for Valentine's Day? How about some fine paper for those Christmas thank-you notes you never got around to writing? You might find what you need at Downs Engravers & Stationers' new, 1,000-square-foot store in the Flagship Building at The Can Company in Canton. (To find it, locate the Starbucks on Boston Street. It's a few feet away.
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January 28, 2007
The removal of pedestrian bridges at the General Motors plant will necessitate the closure of a portion of Broening Highway from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. today, according to city transportation officials. The affected area runs from Keith Avenue to Holabird Avenue. Northbound Broening traffic will be directed north on Clinton Street, east on Boston Street, south on Ponca, and then back to Broening. Southbound Broening traffic will be sent west on Holabird, north on Ponca, west on Boston Street, south on Clinton Street, east on Keith Avenue, and then back to Broening.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | December 9, 2006
We can't let the year end without mentioning the 100th birthday of the Canton Railroad Co. which for some reason or other, passed by in May unnoticed. Since 1906, the Canton's fleet of locomotives and its hearty band of railroaders, has kept freight moving to and from local industries and moving through the port of Baltimore. A visitor to the railroad finds it located in a part of industrial Baltimore that is still hardworking and grimy, while not too far to the west, Edwin F. Hale Sr.'s First Mariner Bank building, a component of his Canton Crossing development, sprawls on a 65-acre waterfront site, a symbol of the new Canton.