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Despite being home to two colleges, Catonsville tends to be known more as a place to pass through on the way to more prominent neighbors Columbia, Ellicott City or Baltimore rather than a destination of its own. Historically, the town was exactly that -- a crossroads just outside of Baltimore where travelers would stop on their way up the Frederick Turnpike. The business those travelers brought with them is what gave life to the shopping districts that now line Catonsville's main roads of Edmonson Avenue, Route 40 and Frederick Road (the former Frederick Turnpike). The town's excellent shopping and many restaurants and bars make it an optimal stop for a taste of the city without the crowds.
Despite being home to two colleges, Catonsville tends to be known more as a place to pass through on the way to more prominent neighbors Columbia, Ellicott City or Baltimore rather than a destination of its own. Historically, the town was exactly that -- a crossroads just outside of Baltimore where travelers would stop on their way up the Frederick Turnpike. The business those travelers brought with them is what gave life to the shopping districts that now line Catonsville's main roads of Edmonson Avenue, Route 40 and Frederick Road (the former Frederick Turnpike). The town's excellent shopping and many restaurants and bars make it an optimal stop for a taste of the city without the crowds.
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Much-altered Colonial still subject to change
In the winter of 2003, Kirk Bauer bought an old mill house in Howard County's historic Ellicott City. His intention was to rehab the property (as he had done with four other houses) and then sell it. The work went smoothly until April 2005. "At that...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Land Price, Building Material, Williamsburg, Ellicott City
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Loretta M. Beadenkopf, candy store owner
Loretta M. Beadenkopf, former owner of a West Pratt Street candy store, died Sunday of complications from dementia at her Morrell Park home. She was 90. Loretta M. Keys was born and raised in Southwest Baltimore, and after graduating from Fourteen Holy...Tags: Candy, Armed Forces, Defense, Candy, Flowers and Gifts
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Top 10 Old Baltimore restaurants that aren't institutions...yet
Dining@LargeThis week's Top 10 takes a little more in the way of explanation than usual. These are Old Baltimore restaurants that haven't reached the status of Institution, Icon or Landmark yet, and maybe never will. But they are part of......Tags: Parkville, Candlelight Inn, Highlandtown, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Christmas
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Teacher to tell of his long, hot journey toward understanding
As Martin Davidoff trekked through the blazing heat of Mexico's Sonora Desert in the spring, he carried the migration papers of his grandfather, who came to the United States a century ago to escape religious persecution in his native Russia. Although...Tags: Human Rights, Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Illegal Immigrants, Demographics
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Phelpstival host appreciated the love
Access Hollywood host Billy Bush schlepped all the way from L.A. to Baltimore to host the Phelpstivities at Fort McHenry, but he didn't spend the night in town. He stayed instead at the Ritz in Georgetown. Charm City not swanky enough? Not at all,...Tags: Billy Bush, Richard Nixon, Fort McHenry, NBC, Hotels and Accommodations
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Calendar
programs Arthritis health Laurel Regional Hospital, 7300 Van Dusen Road, Laurel / The hospital is partnering with the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation to offer a seven-week exercise program called People with Arthritis Can...Tags: Pikesville, Charity, White Marsh, Private Health Care, Breast Cancer
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Catonsville Activist Dies At 73
Baltimore SunForty years ago last spring, John Hogan of Hamden and eight others seized hundreds of draft records from the Catonsville, Md., U.S. Selective Service office, doused them with homemade napalm outside and set them ablaze. The actions of the protesters,...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Meriden, Demonstration, Hamden, Death and Dying
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John Hogan, 73, anti-war activist
Baltimore SunJohn Hogan had just returned after 15 years helping the poor in a Guatemalan village when he learned about a protest against the Vietnam War planned by Catholic activists. Among them were brothers Philip and Daniel Berrigan, Baltimore priests who...Tags: Tribune Co., New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Meriden, Demonstration, Hamden
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The Best of Baltimore dining awards
Dining@LargeSadly, I must now put away my wonderful award from City Paper for best Sun blog 2007. I've wrung all the lording-it-over-my-colleagues out of it that I can. It's a new year, at least as far as the City Paper......Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Milwaukee Brewers, Employees
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Make the Mechanic a relic of memory
I've read with interest of the discussions about saving the Morris A. Mechanic Theater, a grotesque example of public-building-as-urban-fortress ("Saving the Mechanic," Sept. 28). Ugly when it was built, it served as a cold and unfriendly public space...Tags: Morris A. Mechanic Theatre
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Business Calendar
Tomorrow Open house Noon to 4 p.m., Knott Science Center, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 4701 N. Charles St., Baltimore, for prospective students at the Women's College. To reserve a seat, call 410-532-5500. Tuesday Student job fairSponsored by the...Tags: Timonium, Susan Gallagher, Colleges and Universities, College of Notre Dame
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Two teens arrested in Edmondson robbery
Two teenagers were arrested last week and charged in last month's armed robbery of a woman at Edmondson Village Shopping Center, police said. Members of the regional warrant apprehension task force arrested the suspects at their homes Thursday without...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Theft, Prosecution
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