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Federal agencies expand urban rivers effort
Federal officials announced Friday a major expansion of the “urban waters” initiative they kicked off in Baltimore nearly two years ago, adding 11 new blighted water ways around the country to the seven they’ve already pledged to help...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Patapsco, Environmental Politics
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Group offers to check park by planned city casino for pollution
A Washington-based nonprofit group has offered to test for toxic contamination in city park land that borders a new casino being built in South Baltimore, but City Hall says it's not interested. The Inner Harbor Stewardship Foundation, which bankrolled a...
Tags: Litigation, Laws, Inner Harbor, Justice System, Trials
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Man convicted of murdering old friend he found on Facebook
Kenneth Todd Brunetti and Lois Jean Vance Smyth rekindled a high school friendship after finding each other on Facebook two years ago. Just a few months later, Brunetti shot Smyth in the head and left her for dead in Leakin Park. After the killing,...
Tags: Reisterstown Road, Juvenile Delinquency, Windsor Mill, Justice System, Linthicum
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Olde Catonsville: Source of book's character at root of author's appearance at Catonsville Library
There promises to be some lively conversation at the Catonsville Library Thursday, May 31, at 7 p.m., as Jessie Knadler comes to town to talk about her book, "Rurally Screwed: My Life Off the Grid with the Cowboy I Love." The book has received rave...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Tom Quirk, Students, Cancer, College Sports
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Edmondson Avenue to city line could become more bicycle friendly by fall
If all goes according to plan, bicyclists will soon be able to follow a route of trails and designated lanes all the way from Catonsville's border with Howard County to the Inner Harbor. A proposal by the Baltimore County Department of Planning would...
Tags: Baltimore County, Ellicott City, Catonsville, Howard County, Maryland Department of Transportation
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Federal bill would provide money for bike trails
Baltimore and other Maryland localities would receive millions of dollars in federal money for bicycle trails, scenic pull-offs and street beautification projects as part of a huge, bipartisan transportation bill expected to pass in the U.S. Senate as...Tags: Commuting, Jones Falls, Highway Transportation, Republican Party, Tom Coburn
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Baltimore plans roundabout for Key Highway, Light Street crossing
City traffic engineers are working on the final design for a $7 million traffic circle at the intersection of Key Highway and Light Street.
The roundabout — about half the size of the one in Towson — will replace the traffic lights at the...Tags: Towson, Road Transportation, Federal Hill, Highway Transportation, Traffic
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Cyclist questions other city bicycle signs
The problem: Bike Baltimore signs confuse other cyclists, this time in the Inner Harbor. The backstory: Let's refresh our memories about last week's Watchdog, which dealt with Bike Baltimore signs that said "Park Avenue" but directed cyclists onto...Tags: Maryland Science Center, Jones Falls, Inner Harbor, Mount Vernon, Pratt Street
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William F. Eberhart Jr.
William Ferdinand Eberhart Jr., a retired McCormick spice official and city neighborhoods activist who championed urban stream valley parks, died of cancer Tuesday at his Tuscany-Canterbury home. He was 72.
Born and raised in West Baltimore's...Tags: Inner Harbor, Ellicott City, Mary Pat Clarke, Demonstration, Lehigh University
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Boyfriend charged in fatal shooting of Linthicum woman
Baltimore police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old Linthicum woman whose body was found in Leakin Park last month, charging her boyfriend with first-degree murder. Police said Lois Smyth had left her home to meet with boyfriend...Tags: Baltimore County, Windsor Mill, Linthicum, Howard County, Police Arrests
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