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Inner Harbor site approved for Du Burns statue
A bronze statue of Baltimore's first African-American mayor can join a statue of former Mayor William Donald Schaefer on the west shore of the Inner Harbor, a municipal panel ruled Wednesday. Baltimore's Public Art Commission voted 6-0 to allow a city-...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Arts and Culture, Maryland Science Center, Arts, Sculpture
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Who would be on Baltimore's Mount Rushmore?
Your article about Michael Phelps' prospects for being on Baltimore's Mount Rushmore of athletes made me think who else could be compared to its towering figures ("Make room on our Rushmore," Aug. 5). James Rouse would be George Washington, Thomas...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, James Rouse
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Rep. Roscoe Bartlett's career in Congress comes to a close
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett began his unsuccessful campaign for another term with an unusual meeting: a one-on-one chat over dinner with his Democratic rival. Bartlett and his challenger, John Delaney, met alone for two hours in a Frederick restaurant...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Frederick County (Maryland), Alex X Mooney, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Ancient attractions
An authentic Indiana Jones is alive and well, right here in town. Baltimore, meet Douglas Comer.
Operating rather inconspicuously from his Charles Village-based firm Cultural Site Research and Management, Comer has overseen some of the region's most...Tags: Research, Camp David, Peru, Arts and Culture, Archaeology
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Sailabration launches War of 1812 bicentennial
Baltimore will launch its commemoration of the War of 1812 by land, sea and air this week, starting with parachute jumps into Camden Yards and a parade of tall ships into the harbor. The history-filled week features music, fireworks and an air show over...
Tags: Fort McHenry, Patterson Park, Arts and Culture, Harborplace, Tourism and Leisure
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Inner Harbor site eyed for statue of ex-Mayor 'Du' Burns
Three years after an Inner Harbor statue of William Donald Schaefer was unveiled, admirers of the city's first African-American mayor want to erect a statue of him nearby. A nonprofit foundation created to honor the late Clarence "Du" Burns, who...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Science, Corporate Officers, Harborplace, Maryland Science Center
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Lucille Gorham, neighborhood activist
Lucille Gorham, a longtime East Baltimore neighborhood activist whose "quick wits and good-natured tenacity" equipped her as the voice of poor residents who lived near Johns Hopkins Hospital, died of cancer Saturday at her Belair-Edison home. She was 81....Tags: Politics, M.J. Brodie, Activism, Belair-Edison, Carl Stokes
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Half of state voters approve of O'Malley as governor — but few see him as president
Half of Marylanders view Martin O'Malley's performance as governor favorably, but only one in five say they would support him for president, according to a new poll conducted for The Baltimore Sun. After a rocky year that included two special sessions of...
Tags: Executive Branch, Harford County, Democratic Party, Annapolis, Martin O'Malley
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H. Berton McCauley, dentist
Dr. H. Berton McCauley, former chief of the dental division of the Baltimore Health Department, who led the controversial battle that resulted in the city's water supply being fluoridated nearly 60 years ago, died Oct. 23 of prostate cancer at his...Tags: Family, Prostate Cancer, Dietary Supplements, Govans, National Institutes of Health
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Success of Ravens and Orioles brings back memories of 1971
Forty-one years. Until now, that's how long it had been since Baltimore's baseball and football teams thrilled fans by making their respective playoffs in the same year. In January, the Ravens played New England for the AFC championship, and lost to the...
Tags: Baseball, World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens
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Mark Joseph steers an award-winning path to Yellow Cab's second century
Yellow Cab, which has operated in the Baltimore area since 1909, has been named taxi operator of the year by the industry's trade group, the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association. Behind the wheel is Mark Joseph, a graduate of American...
Tags: Washington, DC, Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, World War II (1939-1945)
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A day to remember — or find out about — the lost town of Daniels
"Gone, but not forgotten" is the nostalgic slogan adopted by organizers of Discover Daniels Day, a one-time event Saturday that will mark 40 years since the last remnants of the town of Daniels were demolished by Tropical Storm Agnes. Haven't heard of...
Tags: Halloween, Tropical Storms, Ellicott City, State Parks, Annapolis
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