NEWS
By Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun | April 2, 2013
Sitting alone at the edge of the parking lot outside Baltimore's 24-hour homeless shelter, Robin Bolden watched the dozens gathered nearby Saturday to remember her husband, Dana, who was stabbed to death at the facility earlier this month. Tears stained her face while she listened to Tony Simmons call on the homeless individuals and activists assembled to demand city leaders step up plans to find permanent homes for the more than 4,000 men, women and children who sleep outside and in shelters every night.
FEATURES
By Liz Atwood and For The Baltimore Sun | March 25, 2013
A guest post from Liz Atwood: I wouldn't normally look to Mick Jagger for parenting advice, but an item in the news a few days ago caught my eye. Jagger's ex-wife Jerry Hall is reportedly asking him to buy three houses for their grown children (their youngest, 15, still lives at home). According to the story, Jagger says he believes his kids should make their own way in the world and not expect him to give them handouts. Lately I've heard my friends talking about helping their children after they graduate from college.
NEWS
March 20, 2013
I read with interest that the goal of the city's program for ending homelessness is to reduce shelter stays to fewer than 90 days, at a cost of roughly $40,000 a year ("Aid for street people failing," March 18). Why then is Robert Cook, a 52-year-old man who wants to see a 24-hour police presence in the Fallsway shelter where a homeless person was stabbed last weekend, claiming to have stayed there for the last three years, if it is such a dangerous place? I don't mean to denigrate Mr. Cook, but during that time he could have earned a high school equivalency degree, and associate degree or any number of trade certifications.
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | March 18, 2013
Amid a stepped up enforcement for St. Patrick's Day-related festivities that was hailed as successful, Baltimore Police were dealing with a spate of violence over the weekend elsewhere in the city. Three people were killed Sunday in apparently unrelated incidents, and police were also investigating a double-shooting that injured two early Saturday morning in East Baltimore. And Monday started off with homicide detectives dispatched to the Remington neighborhood of North Baltimore for a serious shooting around 10 a.m. Few details were immediately available, but police said the shooting occurred in the 2700 block of Fox St. -Detectives have made an arrest in the first killing that occurred Sunday, at the city's Code Blue homeless shelter.
NEWS
By Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun | March 17, 2013
Baltimore police say a man who was stabbed early Sunday at the entrance of the city's 24-hour emergency shelter has died. The adult male was seriously injured about 5:45 a.m., according to officials. In a statement, police spokesman Detective Vernon Davis said the man had been taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, "but despite medical effort, he succumbed to his injuries. " Police have not identified the victim. Police said preliminary investigation suggested the victim and another person had an argument inside the shelter.
NEWS
By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun | March 14, 2013
At Baltimore County's animal shelter this week, dozens of animals were waiting for someone to adopt them. Among them were Cisco, a year-old pit bull terrier, a bulldog named Ivan and Sugar Pie, a tricolor cat. But judging by shelter statistics, potential pets are more likely to be put down than placed in a home. Now, under pressure from animal advocates and some lawmakers, county officials are looking for an animal-oriented nonprofit to take over the shelter. "Much like most animal-control agencies, their focus is really on protecting people from animals," said Ron Lambert, a board member of the Maryland Feline Society.