January 8, 2009
Balto. Co. to use grant to fight underage drinking
As part of an effort to curb drinking by teenagers, the Baltimore County Council last night voted to accept a $24,000 state grant to pay overtime for five vice squad detectives to increase surveillance of college students and target "problematic" liquor stores that sell alcohol to minors. Council members also agreed to spend $5,600 to buy four hand-held driver's-license identification scanners and a laptop computer with a portable printer that the detectives will use in the field. The council also approved an increase of $239,869 in payments to the Eastside Community Development Corp. and the We Are Family Community Development Corp. for counseling services that they provide to those facing mortgage foreclosures.
Nick Madigan
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