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    Cantonites are seeing yellow
    April 17, 2013, 5 Comments

    Excessive imbibers, big drinkers with small bladders, and public urinators of all stripes be advised—somebody’s watching you, and it’s not a  pretty sight. Last month, a few Canton residents, fed ...

  • Patterson Park Public Charter School students are making themselves heard on their own Web site. Amel Evans, Mecca Lewis and Shanteria Thomas (left to right) share friendship, prose and poetry at www.elsewhereonline.org. - Photo by Erik Zygmont
    www.elsewhereonline.org
    April 17, 2013, 3 Comments

    Providing young authors a place to publish their work. This site enables students to connect and communicate with one another other in a safe, creative online environment. This is a ...

  • Billie Holiday's one-time residence, the 200 block of S. Durham St. in Upper Fell's Point. - Photo by Erik Zygmont
    Honoring Billie’s block
    April 17, 2013, 2 Comments

    A $30,000 grant from PNC Bank is more than icing on the cake for Upper Fell’s Point’s Billie Holiday Project, a block transformation slated for the 200 block of S. ...

  • Daniel Torono and Kevin Bulnes plant native shrubs. Their fruit will feed birds and insects.  -  Photo credit: Erin Reed
    For birds, there’s no taste like home
    April 17, 2013, No comments

    On Saturday, April 20, the Patterson Park Audubon Center will be teaching residents gardening techniques to enhance the wildlife native to Baltimore and the surrounding area. Erin Reed of PPAC ...

  • Roland Moskal, a 36-year veteran of the Baltimore City school system, at the Fait Ave. home that his family has owned since 1904. - Photo by Erik Zygmont
    109 years and counting
    April 10, 2013, 2 Comments

    Knocking on doors throughout Southeast Baltimore in 2004, City Council candidate Jim Kraft periodically encountered a certain phenomenon. “A lot of older women would come to the door,” explained Johns ...

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    Liquor Board audit identifies deficiencies
    April 10, 2013, No comments

    A performance audit of the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City has concluded that the agency has multiple problems, including a lack of written policies and procedures, little ...