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New Baltimore Community ToolBank lends tools to volunteers working on charitable projects
The first sign that this isn't an ordinary warehouse in southwest Baltimore is the bright blue murals of screwdrivers, wrenches and other tools painted on the exterior.
Inside, the real thing: shovels, rakes, hammers, paint trays, pliers, hard hats,...Tags: Conservation, Business, Baltimore County, Stanley Black, Abell Foundation
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Owner repositioning Green Spring shopping center for 'national tenants'
The relocation of the Rotunda Mall Giant gives a big boost to Green Spring Tower Square, a small, family-owned shopping center in the Hampden area. Mark Manzo isn't stopping there. In email interviews conducted in the past two weeks, Manzo, a partner...
Tags: Landover, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Joint Ventures, Rental Service, Marketing
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Update: Concert news: The Black Keys, The Roots, Cass McCombs, Bombay Bicycle Club, Justice, Neon Indian
The Baltimore SunA couple of bands that played Virgin Mobile FreeFest are returning to the area on tour next year. The Black Keys will perform at the Verizon Center March 9 as part of their tour to promote new album "El Camino." The band closed the festival in...Tags: Neon Indian (music group), Bombay Bicycle Club (music group), Steve Aoki, Electronics, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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Ellicott City firefighters' train garden always draws a crowd
The neon sign flashing "Casino" seems out of sync with the rest of the idyllic Christmas village on display at the Ellicott City Fire Station, reminding onlookers of Pottersville, the racy city that would have replaced homey Bedford Falls if George Bailey...Tags: Toy Industry, Religious Festivals, Howard County, Candy Canes, Ellicott City
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Final defendant pleads guilty in $20M pawn shop scheme
The 16th and final defendant in a scheme to resell $20 million in stolen goods at Maryland pawn shops pleaded guilty Wednesday, prosecutors said. William Cooper Jr., 38, admitted he took part in a conspiracy to transport goods — such as non-...Tags: Theft, Lawyers, Prosecution, Trials, Court Preliminary
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Woodworker finds beauty in nature's simple gifts
If the life of furniture maker Robert Ortiz was ever made into a movie, it would be full of adventure and plenty of plot twists.
The opening scene would unfold in New York City in the 1960s, with a Hispanic kid from humble roots leaving home at age 14 to...Tags: Movies, New York City, Home Improvement, Music, Movies
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Harford comes to a standstill, thanks to back-to-back snow storms
From The Aegis of Jan. 29, 1987: Harford County got hit with back-to-back snow storms this week in 1987, when 20 inches of snow fell and left the county at a standstill. The first storm hit Jan. 22, a Thursday, dropping a foot of white stuff. "Battered...Tags: Courtland, Real Estate Buyers, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Snow Storms, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Retail development heats up in Baltimore
The shelves have been stocked and the cash registers tested for Wednesday's opening of Harris Teeter's upscale supermarket in Locust Point — part of a broader development push that is likely to bring Baltimore as much retail space as a regional...Tags: Property, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inner Harbor, White Marsh, Target
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Drive collects tools to green city's vacant lots
Residents across Baltimore have plenty of ideas for how to turn blighted lots into something green. Some people want to plot vegetable patches and fruit bushes. A neighborhood group thinks plants would complement a public mural. A drug rehab center...Tags: Gardening, Hobbies, Conservation, Conservation
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Sewing club keeps kids in stitches
Nadia Karber spread yards of purple fabric across a sewing table, with all manner of lines marking inches. She measured and remeasured to assure accuracy before carefully pinning pattern pieces to the material. Then, from a sturdy apron this 9-year-old...Tags: Baltimore County, Cat (animal), Randallstown
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Will giving children an allowance make them smarter about finances?
The conventional wisdom is that allowances make children responsible money managers as they learn to budget so they don't run out of cash.
But Lewis Mandell, professor emeritus of finance and former dean of business at the State University of New York in...Tags: Movies, Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Music
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Catonsville Times top sports stories of 2011
Life savers respond on Catonsville High turf
On Sept. 27, Perry Hall junior varsity field hockey player Breanna Sudano collapsed on the Catonsville High stadium field and stopped breathing.
In full cardiac arrest, Sudano received immediate CPR from...Tags: Students, Cardiologists, Track and Field, Teaching and Learning, Field Hockey
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