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Amy Schumer talks about her journey from Towson to TV and concert stardom
The Baltimore SunAmy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days. So, let the star of Comedy Central’s...Tags: NBC (tv network), Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Television Industry, Lobbying, Times Square
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Baltimore mayor to preside over mass wedding at GLBT Pride event
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will preside over a mass wedding of same-sex couples at this year's Baltimore Pride Celebration, with the event drawing interest from couples as far away as Atlanta, according to organizers. In November, Maryland became one...
Tags: Weddings, Druid Hill, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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The seed from which an urban garden grew
Elisa Lane is not much bigger than the pigtails she wears when she gardens at the Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill. But she has a big impact. She sells the fresh vegetables from the empty corner lot that she just kind of took over at below-...
Tags: Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Farms, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rawlings-Blake named grand marshal for LGBT celebration
Organizers of this year's Baltimore Pride celebration have chosen Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to serve as grand marshal in recognition of her support for the gay community. The GLBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland is hosting the...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Family, Festive Events, Druid Hill
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Residents oppose town house development on historic site in Hampden
A developer's plan to turn a historic house into townhouses and apartments is sparking consternation among residents, who say their streets are already overly dense and congested. General contractor John Brooks wants to convert the old Crittenton Home...
Tags: Business, Arts, Mary Pat Clarke, Hampden, Sales
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David W. Gjerde, restaurant investor
David Waldemar Gjerde, a retired Procter & Gamble executive who became a restaurant investor and consultant to his sons, Spike and Charlie, died of a heart attack May 2 at his Cockeysville home. He was 75. Born in Mankato, Minn., he was the son of...
Tags: Baltimore County, Heart Attack, Locust Point, Work Relations, Bars and Clubs
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Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure
Kwame Kwei-Armah is turning up the floodlights on Center Stage. It's been not quite two years since the British-born playwright became artistic director of Maryland's largest regional theater. With his production of two button-pushing dramas nicknamed...
Tags: Bruce Norris, BBC, Charles, Prince of Wales, Awards and Prizes, PBS (tv network)
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H&S plans expanded Whole Foods, department store, apartments for Central Avenue sites
H&S Properties Development Corp. plans to push its Harbor East development east across Central Avenue with an expanded Whole Foods Market, a possible department store and apartments on two sites, baker-turned-developer John Paterakis Sr. said Friday....
Tags: Annapolis, Harris Teeter, Inc., Baltimore Hotels, Whole Foods Market, Realty
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Pre-paid cards, phones and codes are inmates' currency
In the black market of Maryland's prisons and jails, where the right price can secure cellphones and drugs, transactions unfold through a complex system of currency. Among the key elements: 14-digit codes, prepaid debit cards and text messages. One...
Tags: Howard County, Organized Crime, Prosecution, Lawyers, Blackmail and Extortion
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Renaissance for North Avenue as arts district
When Christa Daring was a student, she rode a bus from her Waverly home and crossed North Avenue on her way to classes at the Baltimore School for the Arts. "This was always oh-so no-man's land," she said of the commercial crosstown street that is...
Tags: Restaurants, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Arts, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Baltimore School for the Arts
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Helen Bruce Thomas, volunteer
Helen Bruce Thomas, a retired nurse and homemaker, died April 23 at the Rogerson House assisted-living facility in Boston of unknown causes. The longtime resident of Phoenix, Baltimore County, was 89. Born Helen Whitridge Bruce in Baltimore, she was...
Tags: Washington, DC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Christianity, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals
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Police blotter
Aberdeen Sheriff's deputies and state police report: Antoine D. Rushing, 20, of the first block of New County Road, was charged Thursday with trespassing and failing to obey a lawful police order. Warren E. Smith, 54, of the 100 block of Bouzarth Lane,...Tags: Vandalism, Kilmarnock, Shootings, Prosecution, Walmart
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