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Smaller and cheaper
The Baltimore SunBALTIMORE - Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet -- one-tenth the size of the average new American house -- and sits in his Anne Arundel County, Md., yard. He and wife, Renee,...Tags: Homes, Tameka Cottle, Washington, DC, Financial and Business Services, Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland)
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Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill
Barbara Shapiro's love affair with Druid Hill Park dates to her childhood, when she passed through it daily on the way from her Ashburton home to old School 49 on Cathedral Street. And even when construction of Druid Park Lake Drive in the 1940s and...
Tags: Artscape, Fine Artists, Arts, Jones Falls Expressway, Culture
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Hudson's Corner: Blend T lemon passes taste test and is on its way to a store near you
We all have the nightmare of being late to class, forgetting to study for the exam or being late to a test. At three score and four, I have now lived that nightmare. I did not awake in a sweat. I did not leap from bed, throw on clothes and run...Tags: Lemons
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City school system receives seven charter applications
The city school board is considering proposals for seven charter schools that include two named for female trailblazers, another attempt at an all-male, college-preparatory program in East Baltimore, and an elementary school for at-risk youths. The new...
Tags: Andres Alonso, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Customs and Tradition
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: Frederick Law Olmsted, Parkinson's Disease, Brooklyn (New York City), Schools, Economy, Business and Finance
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Funnel cloud sighting, severe wind damage reported in Saturday storms
A trained weather spotter reported a funnel cloud sighting in Roland Park on Saturday afternoon, while severe wind damage occurred in Harford County as storms passed through the region, according to the National Weather Service. The funnel cloud...Tags: Weather, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Tornadoes
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Color Run to draw 25,000 to Camden Yards
Kate Joyce detests running. She has since she was in high school. But the prospect of trotting through vibrant clouds of yellow, blue, orange and pink has prompted her to make an exception this weekend. Joyce will be among 25,000 people participating in...
Tags: Mother's Day, Road Running, Harford County, Pimlico Race Course, Prince George's County
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In testing-dominated system, real learning comes outside the classroom
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, the standardized testing season has mostly ended in the public schools this year — and what have we learned? Parents have learned that their first-graders are developing test anxiety. Teachers have learned that they...
Tags: Schools, Arne Duncan, Social Sciences, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Thinking small: Compact, cheaper living in 'tiny houses'
Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits in his Anne Arundel County yard. He and wife Renee can hitch it...
Tags: Homes, Tameka Cottle, Rentals, Baltimore County
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Back Story: Seeking landmark status for valve house at Cross Keys
Passersby on Falls Road may catch a quick glimpse of what looks like a misplaced limestone mausoleum sitting atop a slight grassy berm in front of the Village of Cross Keys. What they're looking at is one of three surviving Greek Revival valve houses...
Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture
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A 'Passport' to the world of Druid Hill Park
A Roland Park resident has created a "passport" to Druid Hill Park. Janet Felsten, founder and director of the nonprofit group Baltimore Green Map, introduced the green-colored passport April 19 at a Baltimore Green Week kickoff party in the...
Tags: Interior Policy, LinkedIn Corp., Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Travel, Politics
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Action in Maturity to mark 40th anniversary
Esther Bonnet, 100, is always thinking about new plans for Action in Maturity — as she has since she co-founded the transportation service for seniors more than 40 years ago. During a recent visit from Elizabeth Briscoe, AIM's executive director,...
Tags: Mother's Day, Mary Pat Clarke, Hampden, Memorial Stadium, Govans
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