The empty pedestal where the Christopher Columbus statue stood in Little Italy. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.
The empty pedestal where the Christopher Columbus statue stood in Little Italy. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.

Here are some recent notable stories published by Baltimore Fishbowl that are worth revisiting as you start your week:

bge bill on red background

BGE customers at risk for service cutoff feel the heat of July 15 deadline“: The lift of a bill-collecting moratorium looms, but BGE customers have many avenues of help available to them.

Graphic with 3 Maryland license plates against black background and white lettering stating that on Oct 1 new rules apply
Graphic for new Plate Where You Live campaign via Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s Facebook page.

Drivers, donโ€™t โ€˜plateโ€™ around with Marylandโ€™s new car registration law“: The MVA is getting serious with a new law going into effect on Oct. 1. Vehicles must be registered in Maryland if you live here.

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture Credit: Rodricks

Dan Rodricks: Protecting the nationโ€™s history from the โ€˜white-out penโ€™“: To appreciate our nation’s story โ€” on the Fourth of July or any day โ€” we must consider all of it, however uncomfortable or conflicted it makes us, Dan Rodricks writes.

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has shown a concerning long-term decline, according to the Chesapeake Bay Program’s blue crab stock assessment. Credit: Photo by Erik Madson

Despite increasing this year, Chesapeake Bay blue crab population shows long-term decline“: A new assessment found the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population has experienced significant long-term declines over the past two decades.

(Left) A rendering depicts the Anonymous Italian Immigrant Family Memorial that Italian American Organizations United plans to commission. (Right) A statue of Christopher Columbus stands in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood, before protesters tore it down and dumped it into the Inner Harbor. Rendering credit: Sebastian Martorana/Italian American Organizations United. Columbus statue photo by AgnosticPreachersKid via Wikimedia Commons.
(Left) A rendering depicts the Anonymous Italian Immigrant Family Memorial that Italian American Organizations United plans to commission. (Right) A statue of Christopher Columbus stands in Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood, before protesters tore it down and dumped it into the Inner Harbor. Rendering credit: Sebastian Martorana/Italian American Organizations United. Columbus statue photo by AgnosticPreachersKid via Wikimedia Commons.

Italian Americans raise more than $200K for immigrant-themed memorial to replace Columbus statue that was dumped into Baltimoreโ€™s harbor in 2020“: Six years after its statue of Christopher Columbus was unceremoniously dumped into Baltimoreโ€™s harbor, an organization of Italian Americans has raised more than $200,000 to replace it with a new memorial with a different theme.

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