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Bird watchers get glimpse at city's offerings
It's just a spit of woods buffering a creek that winds through a cluster of apartments and houses in Northwest Baltimore. But it's a cozy winter home to the city's birds.
These aren't the average urban pigeons. These are hawks, crows, sparrows, doves and...Tags: Patterson Park
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Facebook enables Baltimore Highlands resident to connect with former scouts
Kitty Mathias wore her Girl Scout leader hat as she dined Tuesday afternoon with some members of the Girl Scout troop she led more than 40 years ago. A Baltimore Highlands resident for the past four decades, the former Pigtown resident joked that she...Tags: Glen Burnie, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations, Girl Scouts of the USA, Linthicum
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Tax credit for homeowners means big break for some, nothing for thousands
Jeff Burdick and his next-door neighbors have nearly identical two-story rowhouses, on the same block of East Clement Street with the same public schools and the same city trash pickup. But one striking difference is the $5,300 he pays in yearly...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Maryland General Assembly, University of Baltimore, Credit and Debt, Companies and Corporations
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New year, new look
As the New Year dawns, many people will look around and realize that it's time for a little freshening up at home.
Putting away the holiday knickknacks is a good start, but more substantial dramatic changes require a little more effort — although...Tags: Architecture, Severna Park, Federal Hill, Architecture, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Concert news: Ziggy Marley, Pigtown Festival, Crooked Fingers
The Baltimore SunAt least one Marley will perform in the area this Fall. Damian Marley had been scheduled to perform at Summer Spirit Festival at Merriweather this August, but the show, which also had Nas on the bill, was unexpectedly cancelled. Then on Monday, it was...Tags: Music Industry, Nas, Festive Events, Ziggy Marley, Ani Difranco
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Preparing to Meet Irene
All over town on Friday, preparations were made in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene. In our neck of the woods, tree companies were summoned to prune massive, old trees overhanging the old Roland Park houses. Insurance companies were called...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Hurricanes, Whole Foods Market, Natural Disasters, Roland Park
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City approves Main Street redevelopment projects
The city's Board of Estimates approved two deals Wednesday aimed at redeveloping portions of Pennsylvania Avenue in Druid Heights and Washington Boulevard in Pigtown, the Baltimore Development Corp. said. The BDC, the city's quasi-governmental economic...Tags: Baltimore Development Corporation
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Sept. 6-11 in nightlife: Virgin Mobile FreeFest, The National, Incubus, new Heavy Seas seasonal
The Baltimore SunVirgin Mobile FreeFest is finally here. And unlike last year, when only High Zero conflicted with the festival, there are a ton of other things happening on Saturday. We'll have a blog post later this week on alternatives to Virgin FreeFest for Saturday....Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., The National (music group), Wye Oak (music group), Station North, Arts
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District 10: Bill Marker
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council.
I am a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. History) and the University of Maryland Law School (J.D.). I have lived near...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Business, Lawyers, Economic Policy, University of Maryland, College Park
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September 12 - 18 in nightlife: Lupe Fiasco, HFStival, Mary J. Blige
The Baltimore SunRecovered yet from FreeFest? (Or! Hampdenfest!) Even if the festival was only a day, the weekend felt like a long one. Maybe that's what being around all those Deadmau5 fans feels like. What did you think of the festival this year? Were there too many...Tags: Mary J. Blige, Deadmau5 (music group), Flogging Molly (music group), Colesville, Festive Events
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Florence B. Cornish, cook, dies
Florence B. "Sissy" Cornish, a retired cafeteria cook and homemaker, died June 26, her 77th birthday, of kidney failure at Bradford Oaks Rehabilitation Center in Clinton.
The former longtime Pigtown and Edmondson Village resident had lived in recent...Tags: Christianity, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Conaway, Sneed launch write-in campaigns for City Council
Two Democrats who lost in close Baltimore City Council campaigns in September say they're not giving up. Incumbent 7th District Councilwoman Belinda Conaway and 13th District challenger Shannon Sneed have launched write-in campaigns for the November...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Belinda Conaway, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Local Elections, Elections
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