Elise Levine’s new book, Say This, is composed of two linked novellas that take on the aftermath – both immediate and over decades – of a violent, meth-fueled murder. But this is far from your typical crime novel. Critics have characterized Levine’s previous books — two collection of stories and two novels — as lyrical, experimental, and genre-bending. Those […]
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Weekend Events Calendar: Kwanzaa Celebration and Marketplace; Harlem Globetrotters and more
This weekend, Kwanzaa highlights the holiday celebrations, with events offering entertainment and marketplaces with local goods. Elsewhere, local musicians pay tribute to legends like Fleetwood Mac and Hank Williams. And the Steelers come to town.
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Coppermine to open immersive technology gym in Towson
When Ann Marie Barbour walks through the old space formerly occupied by home goods retailer Stebbins Anderson in the Shops at Kenilworth in Towson, she sees beauty amid the exposed steel beams, dangling wires, ladders and dusty concrete floors. It means progress is being made on the 22,000-square-foot fitness center she will oversee.
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Hot House: Rambling Roland Park Queen Anne house up for Auction
5701 Roland Avenue, Roland Park, Baltimore. Hot House: Beautiful Queen Anne-style house with details galore! Eight beds/seven baths. 6,426 square feet on 0.85 of an acre. Opening Bid: $500,000
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Bourbon War is in for the Preakness Stakes; Maximum Security is out
Bourbon War, who fell short of qualifying for the Kentucky Derby, will enter the Triple Crown series at Old Hilltop, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today. He’s a familiar foe to some of the Derby contenders, finishing second to Derby runner-up Code of Honor in the Fountain of Youth Stakes and fourth behind Maximum Security, […]
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Vice President Harris hears from Baltimore student activist Kimberly Vasquez in listening session about digital divide
Expanding access to electronic devices and building up infrastructure to support high-speed internet are a start to bridging the digital divide, but the gap will remain if people are not taught how to use those tools, Baltimore City College senior and activist Kimberly Vasquez told Vice President Kamala Harris during a virtual White House listening […]
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State lawmakers look to plug in disconnected Marylanders
Capital News Service – Maryland state lawmakers aim to amend inequities in broadband internet access that the coronavirus pandemic has accentuated. “There’s a great deal of urgency now,” said Sen. Sarah Elfreth, D–Anne Arundel, the Senate sponsor for one of two related bills presented Tuesday to a House of Delegates committee.
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Grand Central nightclub cleared out to make way for office building
Workers spent the weekend clearing out and hauling away the contents of Grand Central nightclub in Mount Vernon, one of the many local bars and restaurants that have closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity is a sign that development group Landmark Partners is getting ready to begin construction of an eight-story office building that […]
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Historic Pigtown bathhouse and fire station transformed into apartments, ground-floor café
Kim Lane likens Pigtown’s three blocks along Washington Boulevard to a barbell. The weights down in the 700 block, closer to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, are the local shops that have served as the commercial core of the just-barely Southwest Baltimore neighborhood. Up in the 900 block, past a stretch of mostly row homes […]
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Wednesday Morning Headlines: Three shot dead, eight wounded on bloody Tuesday in Baltimore; A look at Dundalk’s new business incubator; and more
‘Bullets don’t have a name’: 11 shot, three fatally, in Baltimore City on Tuesday — The Sun Commission looking into Baltimore police corruption meets for first time — WBAL-TV Police Jacket from The Wire Nets $3,350 at Thomas Johnson Silent Auction — SouthBmore.com Inside The Forge, a new business incubator in Dundalk — Technical.ly Local […]
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Friday Afternoon Headlines: ‘The Wire’ alums reflect 10 years out; Family of woman from infamous UMMC patient-dumping case speaks out; and more
She was tossed from a hospital on a cold night wearing only a gown. The viral video followed years of struggles. — The Washington Post 10 years after ‘The Wire,’ cast members reflect on their careers after the classic series — Baltimore Sun Retail phase of former Pemco site in Highlandtown to debut in 2019 […]
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Rapper Chad Focus wanted people to know about his rising career. The feds say it’s a fraud.
Editor’s note: This article won second place (Division O) in the Arts/Entertainment Reporting category of the Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Press Association’s 2019 Contest. Read our other award-winning pieces here. Six days ago, local rapper Chad Focus posted a video message to his 187,000 Instagram followers, a word of advice from the self-described “#BestMarketerOnEarth” about how […]
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More Pets of Evergreen
As I mentioned a while ago, I’ve been collecting stories about pets from my neighbors here in this little corner of North Baltimore. You may have read the sad and unusual story of Jupiter, a dog who was killed by a cop. Here are two more from the growing pile, one dark, one light.
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A second Wheelhouse apartment project in the works, this time for Station North
Developers of the Wheelhouse apartment project in South Baltimore–aimed at millennials who want to live a “car-free lifestyle”–are planning to launch a possible sequel in the Station North area.
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Baltimore Sun staff wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘Healthy Holly’ coverage
The Baltimore Sun staff won the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for the newspaper’s investigatory work on former Mayor Catherine Pugh’s children’s book line, ultimately exposing the series as a scheme Pugh used to enrich herself and part of a larger pattern of self-dealing on the board of the University of Maryland Medical System. Under […]
