Sandtown Winchester NewsLocal news for Sandtown Winchester (Baltimore, MD) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.An epidemic's unseen cause- November 4, 2007 "They feel they're doing all they can to keep that grasp on what little bit of life they see is left for them." First of two parts - While just a teenager in the 1970s, she danced on The Block, where she snorted cocaine and heroin and sold sex in back rooms. via The Baltimore Sunhttp://www.topix.net/city/baltimore-md-sandtown-winchester/2007/11/an-epidemics-unseen-cau... City OKs purchase of apartment complexes- November 1, 2007 "These properties were not a place where anybody should have to live, and had a horrendous negative impact on the surrounding neighborhoods." The city's Board of Estimates approved the acquisition of five Northwest Baltimore properties yesterday, including the Pall Mall Apartments, once known for drug activity and shootings. The city bought the Pall Mall Apartments - known as 'the ranch' to police - with a $30,100 bid at an auction Oct. 17. Over the past month, the city has acquired four other.http://www.topix.net/city/baltimore-md-sandtown-winchester/2007/11/city-oks-purchase-of-ap... |