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'WaterBillWoman' pestered city for years over faulty bills
For years, Linda Stewart has spotted erroneous city water bills and posted them online, where she is known as WaterBillWoman. She has lodged complaints with City Hall about the widespread problems. She has attended hearings. She has demanded...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Facebook, National Aquarium Baltimore
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Debate erupts over elephant training as circus comes to town
He stands on a grassy slope, right arm extended upward with an alfalfa treat, addressing his 4-ton companion in the tones of a tender friend. "You're a sweetie, aren't you? You're special," Mike McClure says. And Dolly plucks the treat from his hand,...
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The Wall of the Wild
In the bright sunlight of a late November Saturday, Maryland Institute College of Art sophomore Colleen Collins was keeping company with a 12-foot-tall lion.
The 2009 River Hill High School graduate is a painter. Her latest — and certainly her...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Dyslexia, Students, Migraine, Teaching and Learning
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Good Friday schedule and closings
This schedule will be in effect Friday: Government offices Closed in Anne Arundel and Carroll counties, and in Baltimore City and Annapolis. Open in Baltimore, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties. Courts Open in all jurisdictions. Libraries...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Good Friday, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Port Discovery Children's Museum, National Aquarium Baltimore
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Ready, set, go — Easter egg hunt draws thousands to zoo
Montrease Lamback of Gwynn Oak stood on the sidelines and snapped photos as her 2-year-old son, Tyler, slipped plastic Easter eggs into his green felt basket.
The eggs secured, Tyler pulled them back out, tossed some on the ground, handed a few to...Tags: Religious Festivals, Hampden, Easter
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The Maryland Zoo announces stillborn chimpanzee birth
The Baltimore SunBunny, a 22-year-old chimpanzee at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, gave birth to a stillborn baby Thursday, the Zoo announced today. The Zoo's chimpanzees were given "mourning time" with the stillborn baby, according to Zoo officials. "This was Bunny's... -
A new champion grows in Baltimore
There's a new champion in Baltimore. Not a sports team, a tree. Tucked amid a clump of loblolly pines in Druid Hill Park stands Maryland's largest striped maple.
Acer pensylvanicum, as scientists know it, looks striking in winter, when its bare...Tags: Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Hurricane Irene (2011), Baltimore County, Tropical Storms, Druid Hill
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Maryland Zoo mourns death of snowy owl
Sophie, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore's resident snowy owl, died Saturday during surgery, zoo officials announced Thursday.
In death, Sophie, 4, joins her companion at the zoo, a 13-year-old male snowy owl named Wesley, who died in November.
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How many more weeks of winter?
Much like I spent the months up to Christmas counting down the days, I am now wishing away each 30-degree day and clinging to our sporadic 50-degree ones. Don't get me wrong, winter is typically my favorite season, but a winter without snow is kind of...Tags: State Parks, Christmas, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Presidents Day schedule and closings
This schedule will be in effect Monday: Government offices Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Frederick counties, and in Baltimore City and Annapolis. Courts Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Port Discovery Children's Museum, National Aquarium Baltimore, Walters Art Museum
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Attractions opening late, some events canceled
The Baltimore SunThe wintry mix that continues to fall around Baltimore has caused cancellations and delays in some planned Saturday activities. -Baltimore's finance department has cancelled a budget workshop scheduled by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake at the Cylburn...Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Port Discovery Children's Museum
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Ravens mascots Rise and Conquer get day off Sunday
Two key members of the Baltimore Ravens will rest instead of attending Sunday's AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough.
Breathe easy, Ravens fans, it's not Ray Rice or Ed Reed.
Instead Ravens mascots Rise and Conquer will...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, New England Patriots, Ed Reed, Houston Texans, Ray Rice
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