Westport NewsLocal news for Westport (Baltimore, MD) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.City razing homes, not building them- September 27, 2007 "The idea of the fund, as I understand it, is to create affordable housing in strong, stable neighborhoods, and demolition can be a piece of that" An affordable housing fund that was created two years ago to provide homes for the poor and the working class in Baltimore is instead being used to demolish old public housing units before there are firm plans to replace them. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City is using a 'significant majority' of the $59 million fund to tear down 15 public...http://www.topix.net/city/baltimore-md-westport/2007/09/city-razing-homes-not-building-the... Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine- September 22, 2007 Dwight Alonzo Hickman, also known as "Monster", age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, ... via Federal Bureau of Investigationhttp://www.topix.net/city/baltimore-md-westport/2007/09/baltimore-man-pleads-guilty-to-con... Man pleads guilty in drug case; murder trial set- September 21, 2007 "I believe that we need to take steps now and continue to move forward by investing in our families, our children and our youth" A 29-year-old man who pleaded guilty this week in federal court to distributing drugs in Baltimore is scheduled to be tried on a murder charge in state court next month, according to public records. via Baltimore Sunhttp://www.topix.net/city/baltimore-md-westport/2007/09/man-pleads-guilty-in-drug-case-mur... City man pleads guilty to dealing crack cocaine- September 20, 2007 A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to distributing crack cocaine in a South Baltimore neighborhood and faces a sentence of up to life in prison at his next hearing on Jan. via Baltimore Sunhttp://www.topix.net/city/baltimore-md-westport/2007/09/city-man-pleads-guilty-to-dealing-... |