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- A Baltimore apparel designer is seeking trademark for his "hOn" hat
- Hampdenfest 2014 has been canceled because it conflicts with Sailabration downtown and police say they don't have the resources to patrol it,. This is posted on the Hampdenfest Facebook page.
- In the mood for a comically oversized, fruity, refreshing cocktail? Hon bar has you covered.
- Coverage of HonFest 2014 includes St. Luke's Lutheran Church, on The Avenue, holding Sunday services on the lawn to take advantage of HonFest and nice weather.
- Three veteran hons, all vying for top honors at this weekend's Honfest, explain why they do it.
- HonFest turns 20. This will be an advance interview with founder Denise Whiting about what a long strange trip it's been and where it goes from here.
- This is traditionally the time of year when I use this column to give the HonFest update. And I'll get to that in a bit, but before we do, there are a number of other awesome events going on in Hampden to highlight first.
- HONtown, a gift shop run by Cafe Hon owner and HonFest founder Denise Whiting, has moved out of its space at 1001 W. 36th Street (The Avenue) in Hampden and is moving across the street to Cafe Hon, 1004 W. 36th St.
- Minas art gallery, event space and gift shop is closing after 22 years as the owner, Minas Konsolas puts a little bit of the business online and focuses on his artwork more.
- Longtime Hampden resident Jack Barr, a colorful, well-remembered character who trolled The Avenue for news and passed it on as a beloved town crier, died Sunday at the Manor Care nursing home in Towson, of heart disease and a colon infection at 79. Denise Whiting of Cafe Hon said he was "Hampden's original Facebook page."
- Hampden is the first project for Jennifer Leonard, who was hired in May to the newly created position of parking planning manager, responsible for studying parking problems in neighborhoods citywide.
- Alice Ann Finnerty, the longtime owner of The Turnover Shop and founder and first president of the Hampden Village Merchants Association, will throw a party at the store Sept. 7 to celebrate her 35th year in business. We profile her in advance of the party.
- The following is compiled from police reports. It is the Baltimore Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Baltimore City Police Department's Northern District at 410-396-2455.
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- Food Market's June 5 birthday party will benefit the Hampden Family Center.
- Charlotte Murray stepping down as organizer of Hampdenfest, leaving a leadership vacuum for an annual fest that is a magnet for the neighborhood and a revenue generator for business.
- Sidebar to ph-ms-hampdenfest-0906, focusing on the toilet races and a new race for waiters, plus a mac & cheese cookoff
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- The Food Market, a new restaurant, opens to instant success at HonFest, but the boutique store Angela Lynn says it is moving to Baltimore County
- Two-day HonFest estival takes over The Avenue in Hampden for 19th year
- Among the teased and towering hair, the fluttering boas and the crowd sticky with snowballs Saturday at Hampden's Honfest wound a joyful party who were celebrating more than the neighborhood's quirky character.
- Breaking news in Baltimore includes a shooting on the west side, a bomb threat in Howard County and a Havre de Grace stabbing.
- The 3,000 restaurant has seating for 110 and an open kitchen whose focus, Gauss has said, will be "basically blue-collar food in a white-collar execution."
- Organizers expect 50,000 over the course of the weekend, on par with previous years
- HonFest caps a rocky year for founder and Cafe Hon owner Denise Whiting after controversy over "Hon trademarking and Gordon Ramsay's makeover of her restaurant on "Kitchen Nightmares."
- Hampden Column HonFest
- Gordon Ramsay helped Cafe Hon owner Denise Whiting decide to kill the Hon trademark, and yet, mention of it appears in this year's Honfest literature.
