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The two Harborplace pavilions were considered visionary when built nearly four decades ago. They've lost their luster, and some have ideas to bring them back.

Now that the owners of Harborplace are out of the way, we have a few ideas to make it the centerpiece of the harbor that it once was.

Van R. Reiner, a Bethlehem Steel Corp. executive who later became president and CEO of the Maryland Science Center, died Wednesday. He was 70.

Diesel fuel was leaking into the Baltimore harbor Friday morning from an abandoned warehouse that caught on fire Thursday night.

Despite an onslaught of 260 million gallons of sewage contamination into waterways, much of Baltimore's harbor was technically safe for swimming in 2018.

The Baltimore Sun is partnering with Baltimore Homecoming to help solicit nominations for the 2019 Homecoming Heroes.

The top arts and entertainment events in the Baltimore area for the week of May 19-25, 2019.

As the first installment in a series of stories inspired by readers’ curiosity, The Baltimore Sun took a look this month at what’s in the harbor water and interviewed experts who’ve ventured the approximately 30 feet to the bottom.

Mr. Trash Wheel is celebrating his 5th birthday with a Classy Trashy Birthday Bashy, and a new craft beer, Mr. Trash Wheel's Solar Power Sour.

With approval from both General Assembly chambers, Maryland’s legislature has moved the state toward becoming the first in the U.S. to ban polystyrene foam food containers and cups. The ban would start in 2020.

A photo posted to the Facebook account for the Inner Harbor water wheel Sunday shows a flattened can, bearing the image of Mr. Trash Wheel.

A 25-year-old woman’s body was recovered from the Inner Harbor on Saturday, the most recent fatality to stem from a fall into the murky waters. Baltimore has long struggled with safety around the harbor, and people have often called for railing to be added.

Alexandra Carroll, 25, drowned in the Inner Harbor Saturday, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

The incident happened just after midnight at the Blarney Stone Pub on the 700 block of S. Broadway, while Thursday’s crowds lingered in the bars and restaurants of the Baltimore neighborhood known in part for its colorful nightlife.

Upgrades planned for Rash Field, the multi-purpose swath on the south shore of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, have been refined and could get underway next fall, according to the Waterfront Partnership, a city non-profit leading the work.

The Harbor East rink is new to Baltimore and will debut Nov. 23.

A trash-collecting water wheel like Mr. Trash Wheel in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor will soon be gobbling trash in Upper Newport Bay in Southern California.

The Trash Wheel Fan Fest is scheduled for Oct. 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Peabody Heights Brewery and will benefit the initiative to make the harbor safe for swimming and fishing.

Baltimore has committed to spending roughly $125,000 to install safety equipment around the Inner Harbor following pleas from the parents of a 26-year-old man who died earlier this year after falling into the frigid waters.

A year after baby oysters were deposited on a man-made reef near the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the bivalves are flourishing despite a legacy of Patapsco River pollution, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation said.

Plastic is forever. It seems we can’t live without it. And our silence about this cheap and convenient modern invention has been deafening — until now. People are beginning to speak out about plastic. But even more, it’s time to make those words actionable. Here’s what you can do.

Captain Trash Wheel is stationed at Masonville Cove and has already cleared 3.7 tons of garbage from the area.

Johns Hopkins University professor and musician Thomas Dolby performs his hit '80s song, "She Blinded Me With Science," in honor of Professor Trash Wheel's new beer.

Baltimore stands to benefit from a greater investment in electric vehicle charging stations.

Peabody Heights Brewery, in collaboration with the Waterfront Partnership's Healthy Harbor Initiative, will release Professor Trash Wheel Blinded Me Wit Science on Earth Day.

Pedro Duarte has been named executive chef of the Rusty Scupper, Underground Kitchen announced its first Baltimore pop-up of the year, and more developments on Baltimore's food scene.

Baltimore City Council voted decisively Monday to support a ban on foam containers for carryout food and drinks, the last step before final approval. Mayor Catherine Pugh says she supports the measure.

A coalition of environmental organizations, community associations, students, businesses, community members and Baltimore City Council members are taking a stand to support a bill that would ban the use of expanded polystyrene food containers.

Some of the elements of the Schroeders’ trip to Baltimore are practical: They had to pick up their son’s belongings from the police station. But they’re also hoping to accomplish something more meaningful while they’re in the city where their oldest son died.

Federal Hill businesses are looking to hire private security guards to counter crime in the Baltimore neighborhood's commercial district.

Reversing previous opposition, Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced his support for banning stores and restaurants from using the plastic foam containers commonly known as Styrofoam.

The top A&E events in Baltimore for the week of Jan. 14-20, 2018

Baltimore's anthropomorphic trash-collecting water wheel is in the internet spotlight, again.

The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore is expanding its maintenance and security services to Fells Point.

Michael D. Hankin, the president and CEO of Brown Advisory, was named Business Leader of the Year for 2017 by Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management.

The ice rink opens at the Inner Harbor Friday, and will remain open through January 15.

Some Baltimore residents feel as though Mr. Trash Wheel, the most senior of the three trash-collecting water wheels, is not getting the respect he’s due, and they’re taking action.

The Port of Baltimore announced on Monday that Captain Trash Wheel is the winning name for the trash-collecting water wheel planned for South Baltimore’s Masonville Cove.

Maryland has a waste problem, we need to fix it, and a bottle deposit system is a great step forward.

The Pandora Ice Rink in the Inner Harbor will open Nov. 10, the Waterfront Partnership announced on Wednesday.

Waterfront Partnership moves forward with redesigned Rash Field

Baltimore’s family of trash-collecting water wheels continues to grow. The Maryland Port Administration is planning to install a trash wheel in South Baltimore.

Rash Field will have a new pavilion, more dedicated space for children and more landscaping in the latest designs for the downtown Baltimore park released Thursday.

About 300 paddlers seated in kayaks and canoes, and some standing on paddle boards, careened gently 2.5 miles from Canton Waterfront Park to the Inner Harbor Promenade Saturday morning.

Operator Charm City Carousel Entertainment packed up the attraction, which was not profitable and struggled to attract visitors, in early May, and the city has no plan to replace it, city officials said.

Maryland breweries like Jailbreak and Diamondback are preparing to release new spring and summer beers.

It was safe to jump into waters off of Fort McHenry almost 90 percent of the time in 2016, but the Baltimore harbor is still far from meeting a goal of becoming "swimmable and fishable" by 2020, according to a report card being released Monday.

Students, Waterfront Partnership celebrate Mr. Trash Wheel's third birthday with trash cake, music

Dozens of intrepid "pilots" and "pit crews" powered wacky, mobile sculptures through the streets of Baltimore during the American Visionary Arts Museum's annual Kinetic Sculpture Race on Saturday.

Chesapeake Bay advocates are testing a strategy to give oysters a second chance in the Patapsco.