This is your first call for the holidays. It’s the weekend to take the initial pass and get into some of the attractions before the hubbub. Plus, plenty of chances to start shopping. Elsewhere, check out Oyfest and see new exhibits at BMA’s Art After Hours.
Students protest, petition to urge Hopkins, University of Maryland to cut ties with ICE — The Sun
In Baltimore, a pre-Kirwan pep rally centered on equity — Baltimore Brew
A video game raising mental health awareness won University of Baltimore’s Attman Competition — Technical.ly
How Beer Is Made In Guinness’ Pilot Brewery — CBS Baltimore
Man accused of murdering Baltimore Tattoo Museum artist acquitted by jury — WBAL-TV
On first snow day of the season, Baltimore sets a record for its wettest year in the books — The Sun
Hundreds of crashes reported as snow, sleet, freezing rain falls — WBAL-TV
Port Covington no longer being considered for maglev station — BBJ
One Year Later| Questions remain surrounding Baltimore Detective’s death — Fox 45
Lamar Jackson absence due to illness leaves RG III as only available Ravens QB at practice Thur. — ESPN
Construction is scheduled to begin next spring on a $12 million apartment project in Ridgely’s Delight, now that Baltimore’s preservation commission has given final approval to the design.
This fall marked the beginning of a first for GFS—and Maryland—as Garrison Forest added a mountain biking team to its list of Upper School fall sports. GFS joined the Maryland Interscholastic Cycling league, which is in its first year in the state, as the only girls’ school in Maryland to participate. The Maryland Interscholastic Cycling League was organized in 2017 to provide a fun, safe and high-quality mountain biking program for students in grades 6 to 12.
A man who stood up during intermission last night at the performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Hippodrome Theater downtown and shouted “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” was escorted out of the building, and was permitted to walk away free after police made contact with him.
Eugene Poverni, principal at Poverni Sheikh Group, is a local business leader, father and Baltimore native who works in the real estate industry. Involved with The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore – he chairs CHAI’s Real Estate Committee – Eugene works towards improving the lives of Baltimore families and seniors, especially as it relates to housing and home repair.
Plans to create a “ruin garden” at the Current Space artist gallery on N. Howard Street can move forward after Baltimore’s preservation commission this week approved a $500,000 plan that calls for partially demolishing an adjacent building.
