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Baltimore officials are laying the groundwork for a major overhaul of the city-owned Lexington Market that could cost as much as $25 million. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and market managers believe a redesigned building and better vendor mix — less fast food, more fresh, gourmet and ethnic fare — could lure back the middle-income shoppers who abandoned it long ago. But officials acknowledge that managing what happens outside, including open-air drug sales, is vital to achieving

Ron Legler of Florida Theatrical Association succeeds Jeff Daniel at key west-side site

Mercedes C. Samborsky, an accomplished musician who changed careers later in life and became a lawyer whose specialty was family law, died Jan. 31 of heart failure at Franklin Square Medical Center. She was 84.

The Social Security Administration's departure creates a vacuum in an area where stalled developments and ongoing concerns about safety threaten to undermine renewal brought by the expansion of the University of Maryland, new apartments and a nascent arts district anchored by the Hippodrome and Everyman Theatre.

I have city eyes. Apparently I was born with them. Whenever my parents and sisters exclaimed about the beauty of a beet plucked from our Connecticut garden, I would think, "Mmmm . . . a beet. . . . cousin of the sugar beet, source of that white powder sprinkled on those twisty crullers from Howland's Department Store. I really do like a good department store."

City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young on Monday night said he wished the city had not paid consultants $285,000 for a crime-fighting plan that he described as "something we could've done in-house."

At Woody's Taco Island food truck, customers take their marinated tilapia, Caribbean fried rice and jerk chicken chili to go in recycled cardboard containers. It's an environmentally friendly — albeit more expensive alternative — that restaurateurs around Baltimore say their customers are demanding in place of traditional foam cups and containers that some want banned from the city.

Emily Velelli, who survived the Holocaust and later immigrated to Baltimore, where she worked as a seamstress, died Tuesday of breast cancer at her Pikesville home. She was 100.

Learning to use a simple white cane can open a world of possibility for those with low vision.

Lou Panos, a heralded journalist and author who covered state and national politics during a career that spanned 67 years, died of complications from heart disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital early Sunday.

WASHINGTON — The federal government began the process Wednesday of selling a 1.1 million square foot complex on North Greene Street in downtown Baltimore that officials expect to be vacant by next year.

From its base at an auto repair shop on Desoto Road in Southwest Baltimore, a robbery crew is accused of launching sophisticated jobs across four states.

David E. Traub, who photographed Baltimore for nearly six decades for the postcard and tourist souvenir business he founded, died of cancer complications Monday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Slade Avenue resident was 91.

When a childish act can have lifelong consequences, adults must exercise good judgment

To fix up Lexington Market, paint the place, attract new vendors and offer better customer service

In a pair of working gloves with the Ravens logo emblazoned on the front, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee on Friday painted broad white brush strokes outside the war room at a West Baltimore police station to make good on a bet.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will join the mayor of San Francisco Friday for a day of service in Baltimore to collect on a Super Bowl wager that she won when the Ravens dominated the 49ers.

Lexington Market should offer more locally grown produce

Liver and onions - a staple of working class communities with strong German heritage, and therefore an old favorite in old Baltimore and endures here as a savory snapshot of the way our grandparents ate.

Emporium, badly in need of an upgrade, still has a special place in Baltimoreans' hearts

Leon Nelson, a retired state security officer assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, died of cancer April 4 at Seasons Hospice in Randallstown. The Inner Harbor resident was 85.

Lexington Market renovation must be part of a comprehensive plan for downtown redevelopment

Charles Kelley stands in Baltimore's historic Lexington Market, chowing down on a Faidley's famous overstuffed crab cake sandwich.

A number of downtown city streets will be temporarily closed mid-day Wednesday to accommodate the circus elephant walk from 1st Mariner Arena to Lexington Market.

Managers of West Baltimore's historic Lexington Market are looking for a consultant to help them plan a multi-million dollar renovation to transform the market into a regional draw.

Maryland transit police are warning travelers to be alert on trains and buses, amid a long-running rash of mobile device thefts targeting riders who were texting, listening to music or talking on the phone.

Andrew Zimmern manages to present positive stories and images without sugar-coating.

Restaurant known for dedication to community sees steep revenue decline

Police testified Tuesday that a Severn man, whose 5-year-old son lost consciousness last September after drinking methadone that the father acknowledged buying, waited more than an hour after the boy initially became ill to call for help because he "was scared."

Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country — and Baltimore's are even stricter — but the city continues to struggle with rampant gun violence as thousands of criminals gain access to weapons.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock lost bet on Ravens game, meaning he has to perform linebacker's signature dance

Baltimore musician who formed the Don Cohen Trio and the Jazz Express, died Jan. 8 of heart failure at Warren Place senior housing and senior center in Cockeysville. He was 78.