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Baltimore panel blocks company's payment to the City Foundation
Baltimore Sun reportersThe Baltimore Board of Estimates on Wednesday blocked a company's payment to the embattled Baltimore City Foundation, and the city comptroller called for a halt to all donations to the private nonprofit group amid questions about how it oversees spending....Tags: Contracts, Ethics, Charity, State Budgets, Lawyers
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Actress brings Marcia to Mount Vernon
Here's the story, of a woman named Maureen, who went from being America's perfect older sister to TV's weight-loss champion, then wrote a book about all the events in-between. "I had been asked for years to write a book," says Maureen McCormick, who...Tags: Family, Baltimore Book Festival, Celebrity, Drugs and Medicines, Mount Vernon
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Elizabeth W. Brandt
Elizabeth Worthington Brandt, a retired medical secretary who won honors as a field hockey and tennis player, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Tuesday at the Charlestown retirement community. The former Mount Vernon resident was 81.
Born...Tags: Family, Clubs and Associations, Multi-Sport Events, Peabody Conservatory, Retirement
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Traffic officer hailed as ambassador for Baltimore
Next to the workers who write parking tickets, the traffic enforcement officers who stand at busy Baltimore intersections are perhaps some of the most hated municipal employees. But W. Thomas Robinson, who grew up in the city and lives in Florida,...Tags: Baltimore Book Festival, Lexington Market, Vehicles, Diplomacy, Foods and Beverages
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Book fest addresses hard times
Baltimore Sun reporterIt's hard out there for a book fan. In an economic recession, bibliophiles face a tough decision: to purchase or not to purchase. Books borrowed from libraries cost nothing, but you've got to give them back. Fortunately, it's time again for the Baltimore...Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Baltimore Book Festival, Ted Turner, Fiction, Finance
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Cheat sheet for spotting local sites in 'My One and Only'
I was awaiting a bus home one evening in the summer of 2008 when a movie crew commandeered Mount Vernon Place. Dressing room trailers and vintage automobiles turned Charles Street into 1953. I never got to see the star, Renee Zellweger, that evening,...Tags: Renee Zellweger, Douglas MacArthur, Great Baltimore Fire (1904), My One and Only (movie), Mount Vernon
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Seton Hill offers a glimpse into Baltimore's early days
The crape myrtle was at its summertime height the other day when I wandered into the Seton Hill neighborhood to see the area's newest arrival. Without fanfare, a new Mother Seton House visitors center has risen in one of Baltimore's most venerable...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Washington Monument, Architecture, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Ann R. Knott, homemaker and volunteer
Ann R. Knott, a homemaker who was active in several organizations including the annual Flower Mart, died of complications from a stroke Tuesday at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 92.
Ann Reed was born in Baltimore and raised on...Tags: Edenwald, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Oakland (Alameda, California), Clubs and Associations, Death and Dying
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Eclectic events
Baltimore Sun reporterSEPTEMBER SEPT. 3-5: Justin Schlegel, Comedy SEPT. 3-6: Baltimore Summer Antiques Fair, Convention SEPT. 4: The Freedom Singers, Reginald SEPT. 4-5: Larry Lancaster, Magooby's SEPT. 10: Songs of Baltimore, Pratt Light Street SEPT. 10-13: "Sesame Street...Tags: Star Trek (movie, 2009), American Visionary Art Museum, Lancaster (Los Angeles, California), Towson University, Malcolm X
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Classical music performances and events
Baltimore Sun reporterSEPTEMBER SEPT. 4: Pianist Lura Johnson, An die SEPT. 5: Guitarist Ana Vidovic, An die SEPT. 10: Trio Simpatico, An die SEPT. 11, 13: Baltimore Concert Opera, Gounod's "Faust," Engineers SEPT. 12: Baltimore Symphony, pianist Lang Lang, conductor Marin...Tags: David Campbell, Towson University, Edgar Allan Poe, Johns Hopkins University, Dan Snyder
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Animal control cites dog owners in Mount Vernon Square
Animal control officers and police patrolled the park at Mount Vernon Square this week, responding to complaints from residents who say some dog owners allow their pets to run wild and destroy flower beds.
It was the third time in 10 days that animal...Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Dog (animal), Pets and Pet Supplies, Animals, Human Body
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