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Baltimore Cemetery a little-known and dignified site
A letter from a reader in Ruxton recommended a visit to a place guarded by entry gates and stone walls. Juliana C. Watts made her first trip to Baltimore Cemetery this month. She and a nephew were searching for ancestors interred there. She told me,...
Tags: Belair Road, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles
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State workers ready to untangle Memorial Day traffic snarls
On Memorial Day weekends, Kim Yates and Albert Kullman measure success by speed. Yates steers her bright yellow tow truck toward trouble, with the goal of getting disabled vehicles out of the roadway or back in business before traffic has time to clog....
Tags: Petroleum Industry, AAA, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Traffic, Ocean City
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Traffic: Disabled vehicle at Bore 1 of Fort McHenry Tunnel
A disabled vehicle in Baltimore City on Interstate 95 South/North at Bore 1 of the Fort McHenry Tunnel has closed one of four southbound tunnel lanes at 8:48 a.m. The Maryland Transit Administration reported minor delays on the MARC train at 9 a.m.
Tags: Maryland Transit Administration, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Baltimore County
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Five questions with ... Chad Barnhill
Moving to Maryland has been a learning experience for Chad Barnhill, general manager of the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino that will fill the sweeping vacant lot currently greeting drivers coming into the city on Russell Street. At home within the walls...
Tags: Politics, Government, Casino and Gambling, Baseball, Harvard Medical School
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Seagirt Marine Terminal's super cranes celebrated
He didn't get down on one knee, but Christopher Lee wooed his wife with a skyscraping crane she literally could call her own at the dedication of the port of Baltimore's berth capable of handling the world's largest cargo ships. As founder of Highstar...
Tags: Culture, Politics, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Ceremonies, Government
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David Hildebrand to perform music of the War of 1812
The Maryland Humanities Council will present David Hildebrand in a concert of “Music of the War of 1812 in America,” Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m. in St. Mark’s Fellowship Center, 18313 Lappans Road, Boonsboro. The War of 1812 spawned a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Music, War of 1812, Entertainment, Concerts
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Volunteers pour into Fort McHenry wetlands to clean up
More than 100 gloved volunteers, some in boots and others in waist-high waders, streamed along narrow paths and historic sea walls Saturday in a secluded nook of wetlands just south of Fort McHenry, their eyes scanning for trash or the perfect spot to...
Tags: Pigtown, National Parks, National Aquarium Baltimore, Patapsco, Wetlands
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Friday traffic: Lane shut down on I-95N into Baltimore
A collision involving three cars has shut down a northbound lane of I-95, closing off some access to the ramp of 395 into Baltimore City. In Baltimore County, an accident on Harford Road shut down one shoulder of the outer loop. Emergency roadwork is...
Tags: Harford Road, Baltimore County
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M. Faysal Thameen, structural engineer
M. Faysal Thameen, a retired structural engineer who headed the city's role in the 1980s construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, died of cancer April 9 at his home in Millbury, Mass. The former Parkville resident was 75. "He was a quiet force in the...
Tags: Technology, Groceries, Lebanon, Parkville, House Building
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Traffic: Police activity closes all lanes on 177 in Arundel
All lanes are closed on MD 177 in both directions in Anne Arundel County at 9:11 a.m. on Tuesday due to what the state Department of Transportation said is police activity. No additional information was given. In Baltimore City, a two-vehicle collision...
Tags: Maryland Transit Administration, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Middletown, Baltimore County
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Maryland seeks historic status for Fort Carroll
When she thinks of Fort Carroll, the abandoned 19th-century military installation in the Patapsco River, Beverly Eisenberg thinks of her grandfather — and of duckpin bowling balls. She visited the six-sided artificial island as a little girl, just...
Tags: Justice System, Government, Judges, Preservation Maryland, U.S. Army
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VFW Ladies Auxiliary hosts awards, organizational meeting [Port Deposit]
District 10 VFW Ladies Auxiliary met for their quarterly dinner meeting April 2 at the VFW Post 8185, Port Deposit. Auxiliary units from Elkton, Chesapeake City, and North East joined the auxiliary unit from Post 8185 to make plans for June's convention....Tags: Port Deposit, Havre de Grace, Bodies of Water, War of 1812, Museums
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