Jacques Kelly
Jacques Kelly came to the the old Evening Sun as a summer intern in 1969. For many years, he was on the staff of the old News American, where he was immediately taken by the culture and frenzy of an afternoon paper's city desk. He’s been with The Baltimore Sun since 1986. As a local columnist and reporter, Jacques writes about neighborhoods for readers who like learning more about their city. He also writes local obituaries.
Recent Articles
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Kenneth Lee Smith, track coach, race official and teacher, dies
Kenneth Lee Smith, a retired Baltimore schools track and field coach and teacher who officiated at running events, died of heart disease Feb. 11 at Meadow Park Rehabilitation in Randallstown. The Gwynn Oak resident was 68. Born in Reading, Pa., he was the son of Dr. Peter J. Smith, a dentist, and...
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Lois Leuba, retired Baltimore County schools counselor, dies
Lois Reed Leuba, a retired Baltimore County schools guidance counselor who collected and sold antique glassware, died of complications of dementia Jan. 29 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. The former Lutherville resident was 83. Born Lois Eileen Reed in Wilkinsburg, Pa., she was the daughter...
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Kelly: The outcry to save Martick's
After an architect and consulting engineer made the case why the old Martick’s restaurant would be too costly and difficult to preserve, a spontaneous revolt occurred before the city’s Commission for Historic and Architectural Preservation a few days ago. It was an outcry to save the fondly remembered...
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Dr. Paul Englund, Johns Hopkins scientist and teacher, dies
Dr. Paul Theodore Englund, a Johns Hopkins teacher and scientist who studied African sleeping sickness, died of Parkinson’s disease Jan. 12 at his Roland Park home. He was 80. Born in Worcester, Mass., he was the son of Theodore Englund, a mechanical engineer, and his wife, Mildred Elizabeth Anderson,...
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Elizabeth Ross, Johns Hopkins medical campus social ambassador, dies
Elizabeth McCracken “Boo" Ross, a past Johns Hopkins Hospital Women’s Board president who was an ambassador to its medical campus, died of dementia Jan. 30 at her home at the Roland Park Place Retirement Community. She was 93. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., she was the daughter of Robert Wylie McCracken,...
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Proposal to raze Martick's restaurant property in downtown Baltimore is tabled by preservation commission
Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation voted to table a request to raze the former Martick’s Restaurant Francais property in the 200 block of W. Mulberry St. in downtown Baltimore for another month until it gets more information on the proposal. Commissioners said...
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Rev. Charles M. Franklin, pastor of Baltimore's Ray of Hope Baptist Church, dies at 47
The Rev. Charles M. Franklin Jr., pastor of Ray of Hope Baptist Church in Northeast Baltimore, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 47. He officiated at Ray of Hope Church the day he died. “He had preached his sermon and finished serving communion and had gone...
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Jacques Kelly: The Great Fire of Baltimore will not die out
The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 is one of those city tales in which the reality is greater than the myth. The blaze began innocently enough, Sunday morning, Feb. 7, 1904, at the John E. Hurst warehouse, a structure that stood on the site of what is now the Baltimore Arena, at Liberty near Baltimore...