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Westport developer seeks to dismiss Baltimore-Washington maglev rail operator’s condemnation lawsuit
Stonewall Capital argues the rail company lacks the authority to acquire private property for public use through eminent domain.
- The proposed $10 billion, high-speed maglev train between Baltimore and Washington and a major waterfront housing development planned in the city’s Westport neighborhood are hurtling toward a legal showdown: Both would require the same land.
- Eva P. Higgins, a Mount Vernon resident who was a history teacher and later an advocate for Baltimore's historic preservation movement, died of respiratory failure Saturday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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- Baltimore City buildings, including City Hall and numerous other office buildings, have been closed since early 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Just realized our landscape is mostly non-native, even invasive, plants. Either useless to nature or out-and-out damaging! How did that happen? How do we turn it around?
- This 23-foot wide Federal Hill home was designed by Rebecca Swanston, one of the two lead architects behind the American Visionary Art Museum.
- United Way of Central Maryland is expanding rent support for Baltimore City and Baltimore, Harford and Howard County residents as the national and statewide pauses on evictions approach their expiration dates.
- Maryland is offering tax breaks and rental help to companies that revitalize vacant commercial spaces through Project Restore, a new program Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday.
- The potential sale and redevelopment of a building called Area 405 has troubling implications for Baltimore’s arts community, some of those who live and work in Station North say.
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- The developer planning a 1,300-unit waterfront community in Baltimore’s Westport has agreed to sell parcels to town house and apartment builders who could start work within a year.
- This is evidence of the four-lined plant bug, a short-lived sucking insect, who is already done for the year by the end of June.
- From the street, the white-brick Colonial with the blue shutters doesn’t hint at the expansive rear yard that is a gardener’s dream and was designed by its artist-owner.
- The developer of Clipper Mill, an enclave of once-industrial 19th century buildings along the Jones Falls in Baltimore, has sold the assets and development rights to a new owner.
- Sometimes tree seedlings begin life as “nurse logs,” a nutrient-rich nursery bed for the next generation of trees.
- Before Brooklyn was founded in 1853, it was a village that catered to farmers in northern Anne Arundel County.
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- Two lawsuits are pending against Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who is being represented by a team of attorneys from the Venable law firm.
- The Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre is dusting off the stage and getting rid of the cobwebs as they prepare for their first live performance on their outdoor theater stage since their 2019 season, said President Carolyn Kirby.
- This 23-foot wide Federal Hill home was designed by Rebecca Swanston, one of the two lead architects behind the American Visionary Art Museum.
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Westport developer seeks to dismiss Baltimore-Washington maglev rail operator’s condemnation lawsuit
Stonewall Capital argues the rail company lacks the authority to acquire private property for public use through eminent domain.
- Two lawsuits are pending against Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who is being represented by a team of attorneys from the Venable law firm.
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