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Baltimore's Waterfront Partnership organized Sunday's cleanup in the alley between Leverton Avenue and the 3400 block of Baltimore Street, getting rid of everything from mattresses to cans.

Neighbors polish Federal Hill Park

Environmentalists and others fed up with litter are making a pitch in Annapolis for a statewide ban on plastic bags. But the effort faces long odds, with powerful industries opposed and many lawmakers skittish of any proposal that could cost or inconvenience consumers.

Three stories of a new office tower now poke above the ground on the waterfront peninsula between Fells Point and Harbor East. A 280-foot yellow crane, several excavators, dump trucks and loaders, and the sound of incessant beeping filled the site Monday, as some 275 workers shifted waste, finished driving piles, and poured concrete in advance of a Wednesday ceremony to formally mark the tower's rise.

As director of the Inner Harbor Project, I have the unique privilege of working with 25 remarkable teenagers who work every day to eliminate divisions in our city. Their work began long before Ferguson and will continue when the media cycle has tired of the story. These young leaders are already finding success and improving relationships between teens and authorities in novel ways.

Baltimore¿s spending panel is set to approve a $317,000 contract to turn litter collected from the Inner Harbor into electricity, under an agreement believed to be the first of its kind.

A coalition of businesses in Baltimore has launched a media campaign to ensure their full backing for the proposed Red Line light rail project is clearly understood by the public — and by economy-focused Gov.-elect Larry Hogan.

One of Baltimore's most prominent development firms wants to build a new, world-class arena on piers in the Inner Harbor, reviving a long-talked-about project that would replace the aging Royal Farms Arena on the city's west side.

The rink in McKeldin Square is extending its stay

Tuesday column, follows last week's on trash and littering

Baltimoreans have a nifty new way to get the lowdown on how clean - or polluted - their streams and harbor are.

With a glide around by Olympic skater Kimmie Meissner and more of a wall-hugging lap by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore's new downtown ice rink on McKeldin Square opened on Friday.

"It's a Waterfront Life" attractions, including the ice rink, run through Jan. 19.

An ice rink will be the centerpiece of the Waterfront Partnership's annual holiday season Inner Harbor attractions, which also include a Hot Chocolate Happy Hour and Holly Jolly Trolley.

An Inner Harbor ice rink is set to open by Nov. 21, and an ongoing fundraising effort will determine how large it will be, according to the Waterfront Partnership.

Star-Spangled Spectacular and Orioles' winning ways have Baltimore's Inner Harbor on a roll

Tourists and other visitors to Baltimore's Inner Harbor will now have free access to wireless Internet service along the downtown waterfront promenade, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Monday.

Harbor 2.0 planners didn't consult local residents and businesses

Inner Harbor fall left this visitor broken and without legal remedies to get a pedestrian hazard fixed

Some say the struggles of the Inner Harbor carousel — which received a more forgiving lease this month — speak to the limits of smaller projects and the need for a bigger scope when it comes to changing the dynamic of the south side of the waterfront.

Plans are underway to bring outdoor ice skating back to the Inner Harbor with the creation of a temporary rink at McKeldin Square this November.

Where to watch the USA vs. Belgium World Cup match Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Column on the Baltimore harbor, potential

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Anthony Batts walked the downtown and Inner Harbor areas Wednesday evening

We were delighted to see a video that captured the Water Wheel in action during a recent storm quickly went viral. After just a few days more than a half-million people had watched the video, and it had reached nearly 850,000 views as of late May, just a few weeks after the Water Wheel was launched. For a time the video was the top-trending link on Reddit, a popular online bulletin board, and it has received thousands of positive comments from viewers all around the Internet.

Baltimore's harbor earned a failing grade for water quality in the latest assessment of its ecological health, despite fewer reported sewage overflows last year.

City officials said the owners of Harborplace are moving closer to performing improvements on the signature Inner Harbor properties, which have faded since their celebrated opening more than 30 years ago into a collection of stores dominated by chain restaurants, souvenir sellers and vendors of cold desserts.

Maryland visual artists, craft artisans, designers and other creative types who live, work or study in the region will be spotlighted at Sunday's Art Outside in Druid Hill Park.

Before city's harbor can be swimmable, trash must be 'intercepted' at street level

With debris from last week's deluge still littering the Inner Harbor, the city is poised to launch a new tool in its fight against the rafts of floating trash that routinely gross out Baltimore's waterfront visitors and residents alike.

The Kayam Farm event was one of the kick-off activities for Baltimore Green Week, a weeklong affair launched in 2004 as part of a Struever Bros. Earth Day celebration. The week, now organized by the Baltimore Green Works non-profit, includes hikes, cooking demonstrations, and film screenings. The programs coincide with Earth Day April 22 and culminate April 26 in the Druid Hill Park EcoFest.

By implementing a program that will sweep more than 76,000 additional miles of city streets without adding to the annual street-sweeping budget, Mayor Rawlings-Blake has shown a refreshing propensity for innovation that should be applauded and encouraged. Moving your car twice a month so that your street can be swept is a minor inconvenience. As people who live or work in Baltimore, we should all be asking ourselves what more can we do to help clean up our city.