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To push or not to push a child past their comfort zone?

Back in 2014, when my boys were 4 and my baby girl 2, my parents came to our house for breakfast. After stuffing ourselves with pancakes and cinnamon apples, we sat around the table discussing spanking versus not spanking.

By Tanika Davis

Oct 16, 2019

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‘Born to Run': What heart-pumping tunes inspire Sun readers ahead of the Baltimore Running Festival

Ahead of the 2019 Baltimore Running Festival, we talked to athletes and experts about running to music and assembled a list of some of runners' favorite workout songs.

By Hallie Miller

Oct 16, 2019

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TV pilot for Showtime series based on Bill Clinton’s ‘The President Is Missing’ to be shot in Baltimore

The pilot for a potential Showtime series based on Bill Clinton's novel 'The President Is Missing' to be filmed in Maryland in 2020.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 15, 2019

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Meet your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man: 6 reasons to swing through Baltimore Comic-Con

Baltimore gets to be the center of the comic book universe this weekend, thanks to the 20th annual Baltimore Comic-Con.

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Baltimore City Councilman Ryan Dorsey marries artist Erin Fostel in front yard ceremony, according to Twitter

Ryan Dorsey, Baltimore’s pro-biking city councilman, married artist Erin Fostel at a casual ceremony in their front yard Saturday.

By Christina Tkacik

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Things to do in Baltimore this week: Comic-Con, the Baltimore Running Festival, an interactive ‘Rocky Horror’ and more

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Oct. 13-19, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 13, 2019
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Kid entrepreneurs pitch handmade products, homegrown business ideas at Baltimore fair

Child entrepreneurs pitch their original products, services and marketing plans to grown-up customers at busy Baltimore fair.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

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'Blair Witch’ turns 20: How a surprise hit horror movie made this Maryland town infamous

On its 20th anniversary, the folks responsible for 'The Blair Witch Project' look back on the shot-in-Maryland movie that became one of the most successful independent films ever.

By Chris Kaltenbach

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Then and now photos: Winans Mansion

The Winans mansion, designed by architect Stanford White in 1882, has been used as a school for girls, a funeral home and doctors' offices.

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Garden Q&A: When to harvest birdhouse gourds and can one winterize mandevillas

How to harvest birdhouse gourds and, no, don't try to winterize tropical mandevillas. Bring them inside.

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Is your house haunted? Tell us about the ghosts you live with.

Ever feel an otherworldly presence in your space? We want to hear about the "ghosts" you live with and how you interact with them.

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Just married: Fox45′s Jennifer Gilbert weds developer Edward St. John

Fox45 news anchor Jennifer Gilbert married Baltimore businessman Edward St. John, according to a post the veteran journalist put on her Facebook page Saturday.

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How Baltimore’s first female reporter used maps and data to save Edgar Allan Poe’s Amity Street home

The recent controversy over the planned demolition of jazz legend Cab Calloway’s childhood home in Druid Heights brings to mind the story of how the home of Edgar Allan Poe was saved from a similar fate.

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Symphonies need to establish relevance to communities, consultant says at meeting of BSO financial work group

Orchestras are discovering that to justify donor and governmental support, they must demonstrate their relevance, a consultant tells the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

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The John Brown General & Butchery, a restaurant and butcher shop on Falls Road in Cockeysville, draws on both the area’s history and its agricultural richness. It also serves the best chicken sandwich for miles.

By Christina Tkacik

Oct 16, 2019

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Meet your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man: 6 reasons to swing through Baltimore Comic-Con

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The visit of two penguins to a Carroll County distribution center belonging to the publisher Penguin Random House was captured in a ridiculously cute video that now has more than 500,000 views.

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