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A fleet of pirate ship-theme boats will be coming to the Inner Harbor this summer, as part of a number of changes coming to Baltimore's waterfront.

Baltimore garbage-picker Mr. Trash Wheel now has his own beer, thanks to a collaboration between Peabody Heights Brewery and the Waterfront Partnership.

Environmentalists and Baltimore lawmakers Sunday unveiled a second water wheel, "Professor Trash Wheel," at Harris Creek Park in Canton.

A new googly-eyed trash wheel is coming to town this December.

The Pandora Ice Rink at the Inner Harbor will return for the holiday season from Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, until Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 16, the Waterfront Partnership announced Tuesday.

Adam Lindquist, director of the Waterfront Partnership's Healthy Harbor Initiative, demonstrated how to clean sediment off oyster cages Saturday to a group of about two dozen volunteers, who helped clean the cages before returning them about three feet below.

Adam Lindquist, director of the Waterfront Partnership's Healthy Harbor Initiative, demonstrated how to clean sediment off the oyster cages Saturday to a group of about two dozen volunteers, who helped clean the cages before returning them about three feet below.

The Baltimore Museum of Industry will host a lecture in which local food makers will share strategies for adapting to technology and economic conditions.

In one of the more disgusting milestones in Baltimore history, the Inner Harbor's water wheel trash collector "Mr. Trash Wheel" has collected its one millionth pound of cigarettes, trash and other debris from city waters.

The large-scale mural at S. Collington Ave. and McElderry St. is the first of five planned by the Waterfront Partnership's Healthy Harbor Initiative

↑ Joyce J. Scott

This year, in particular, the accolades don't stop flying at Sandtown-based sculptor and jewelry maker Joyce J. Scott. A

Mr. Trash Wheel will soon have a new sister.

The Chesapeake Conservancy and a Virginia technology company are using a pontoon boat mounted with cameras to create a virtual map of Baltimore harbor and the Patapsco River as part of a multi-year project to map more than 3,000 miles of the bay and its rivers — think Google Street View but on the water.

As you change out your closet from summer to fall clothes, and check to see if your party pieces will work for you this season, you may not realize what that apparel and the shindigs you might be wearing it to have in common.

Whether the Inner Harbor's "Mr. Trash Wheel" will be getting a brother or a sister will be determined at an event this September, a local nonprofit said.

Mr. Trash Wheel, the Waterfront Partnership's googly-eyed cleanup project that collects trash from the Inner Harbor waters, was no match for Saturday's flood.

First "Field Day" event aims to bring more people to Rash Field.

Temperatures hit 100 degrees Monday afternoon on Baltimore's hottest day in more than four years.

Hundreds of people in kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddle boards and dragon boats paddled more than two miles from Canton Waterfront Park to near the Maryland Science Center on Saturday as part of the first Baltimore Floatilla For A Healthy Harbor.

The number of Inner Harbor performers has dwindled. Ever since last year's unrest, visitors leave earlier. And tips have decreased, too. Yet those who persist in street performance embrace a timeless art.

With a "Code of Respect," local teens hope to encourage empathy in the Inner Harbor.

More than 1,000 bicyclists are expected to take to the streets in Baltimore and other areas around the state Friday for the 19th annual Bike to Work Day, which encourages bicycling as a commuting alternative to driving.

Sewage backs up into Baltimore homes more than a dozen times a day, on average. Repairs to fix the sewage system are expected to extend another decade.

Latest failing water quality grades for Inner Harbor are no surprise given its sewage mess

Hot dog carts and ice cream stands, perhaps a funnel cake booth. Such light concessions would be allowed at an Inner Harbor park under legislation introduced Monday by Councilman Eric Costello.

Mr. Trash Wheel, a water wheel in the Baltimore Inner Harbor, hosted an AMA on the popular website Reddit on Friday. Here are a few things we learned.

Did you think you missed your chance to ask Mr. Trash Wheel a pressing question? You'll have another opportunity on Friday.

Just after Mr. Trash Wheel got a fresh pair of googly eyes, the Inner Harbor water wheel isn't seeing as clearly after losing an eyeball.

With the return of his set of eyes, Mr. Trash Wheel won't have to miss out on witnessing the installations, lights or musical acts at the Light City Baltimore festival.

A majority of Baltimoreans believe the city focuses too much attention on the Inner Harbor, even as most said they visited the harbor annually and were proud of it, a survey released Tuesday found.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and about a dozen police officers strapped on skates and hit the ice with kids at the Inner Harbor Monday night.

This year, Baltimore's oddities didn't disappoint.

Ice Rink Expands to 6,000 square feet; located at top of Inner Harbor Amphitheatre

It's been more than a century since oysters thrived in the Patapsco River, but on Thursday two groups unveiled an ambitious effort to try to bring them back to the Chesapeake Bay's most degraded tributaries.

Believe it or not, but a local water wheel was the talk of the Internet, at least in some circles, on Tuesday.

An influential downtown nonprofit is pushing to launch a new downtown shuttle and increased boat service to Harbor East and Harbor Point next year to alleviate mounting traffic problems in Southeast Baltimore.

After spending $700 million over the past 13 years, the city of Baltimore plans to drop another $400 million to fix an aging, leaky sewer system that routinely fouls areas streams and the harbor with raw human waste. But less than four months before a court-ordered deadline, the overhaul is nowhere near done.

Attention all oyster lovers. It was announced Wednesday that the inaugural Great Baltimore Oyster Festival will take place on October 24, from 1:00-5:00 p.m., at West Shore Park at the Inner Harbor, 501 Light Street.

Escaped pet snake is found curled around trash-collecting water machine

The Waterfront Partnership and Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks are offering residents free fitness opportunities this summer.

Baltimore's Waterfront Partnership said Monday it is looking for firms to create a new design for a $3 million overhaul of Rash Field in the Inner Harbor that includes volleyball courts, an event area, and space for exercise and other activities, such as bocce.

The Chesapeake Bay Program executive council must recognize the urgency of the environmental problems Baltimore and other communities face. Further, the council must acknowledge the imperative cities, counties and states face in reducing pollution. Ultimately, the council must articulate how it will support Mayor Rawlings-Blake and accelerate implementation of the blueprint.