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Baltimore's downtown public spaces get a face-lift
![A vision for the "greening" of downtown Baltimore is taking shape after city leaders proposed ambitious steps to keep and attract businesses and residents by making public areas more inviting.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67261561-09155914.jpg "A vision for the "greening\" of downtown Baltimore is taking shape after city leaders proposed ambitious steps to keep and attract businesses and residents by making public areas more inviting.")
A vision for the "greening" of downtown Baltimore is taking shape after city leaders proposed ambitious steps to keep and attract businesses and residents by making public areas more inviting.
An open-space plan unveiled last February by the Downtown...Tags: St. Paul Street, Inner Harbor, Jim Brown, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Health
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Mary Catherine Walker, Peabody director of alumni relations
Mary C. Walker, a retired Peabody Institute director of alumni relations who had been a special assistant to the school's director, died of cardiovascular disease Dec. 22 at the Edenwald Retirement Community. She was 100. Her friends at the music...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Edenwald, World War II (1939-1945), Johns Hopkins University
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Staff Q&A: What's the best place to find a last-minute holiday gift?
This week we asked our b staff and guests where they go to cross off what's left on their holiday shopping lists. Here's what they had to say.
I know this is terrible and immoral and exploitative and all that, but Walmart has some really good deals. ...Tags: Walmart, Apple iTunes, Cross Street Market, Nordstrom, Holidays
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Z on TV: Uneven coverage of Baltimore's mayor race thus far
Last Tuesday, Baltimore had its first live on-air mayoral debate among all the candidates, including incumbent Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
WMAR (Channel 2), Baltimore's ABC affiliate, didn't cover the event at all.
WBAL (Channel 11), the city's NBC...Tags: NBC (tv network), Mass Media, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, Photography
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High-speed race to slow local travel
Imagine the crowds that attend Artscape and the city marathon. Add the throngs drawn by Barack Obama's pre-inaugural visit. Mix in a few ethnic festivals and a bunch of holiday parades, and you get a sense of the transportation tangle Baltimore faces when...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Barack Obama, Public Transportation, Inner Harbor, Travel
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As Grand Prix road closures pile up, here's how to get around them
As Grand Prix officials are making final preparations for this weekend's race, traffic is backing up.
You say you still have to work Friday, when the downtown congestion and closings will be at their peak?
If you're coming from the north, west or due...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Inner Harbor, Travel, Road Transportation, Federal Hill
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Conaway says it's 'jobs, jobs, jobs'
Mere seconds after setting foot on the bustling sidewalk outside Lexington Market, Frank M. Conaway Sr. is surrounded first by a small group of admirers, quickly followed by hordes of hangers-on howling his name. Like many Baltimoreans who have fallen on...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Frank M. Conaway, Sr., Local Elections
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Report: Parking authority manager 'exerted influence' on contracts with boyfriend
The Baltimore parking official in charge of managing contracts at city-owned garages "exerted influence" on garage operators to hire a firm owned by her then-boyfriend, according to the city's inspector general. In a report distributed Tuesday to members...Tags: Career and Workplace, Ethics, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Values
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Students help dream facelift for Cross Street Market
The cardboard models showed what a new town hall near Cross Street Market in Federal Hill could look like.
The graduate architecture students at Morgan State University crowded around professor Sanjit Roy as he critiqued the miniature buildings one by...Tags: Fells Point, Arts, Fine Arts, Government, Cross Street Market
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Man killed by stolen car identified as city music teacher
In nearly 38 years as a music teacher for the Baltimore city public schools, Wendell Hairston led student bands in performances before visiting dignitaries including Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and former President Bill Clinton. No matter who the audience was,...Tags: Vehicles, South Carolina, Sean John Combs, Teachers, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Baltimore's fight against hunger gets healthy
When a load of bagged salad arrived at the Fishes & Loaves food pantry in West Baltimore recently, people scooped it up quickly.
Salad is a treat for the more than 100 people who come to the pantry each month but usually face a limited choice of high-...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Healthy Diet, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Personal Income, Diseases and Illnesses
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Bank of America drops plans for debit card fee
Facing a consumer backlash and an online revolt, Bank of America said Tuesday that it won't adopt a $5 monthly debit card fee next year after all.
The move — which came after some banks had backed away from similar fees — is seen as a major...Tags: Facebook, Southwest Airlines Co., Consumers, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, College Park
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