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  • Patterson Park hosts many events, including the American Visionary Art Museum’s annual Kinetic Sculpture Race. From now on, the Baltimore CIty Department of Transportation will be enforcing parking rules in the park. - Photo by Erik Zygmont
    Park to see more traffic enforcement
    May 8, 2013, No comments

    Parking enforcement in Patterson Park has been transferred from the Department of Recreation and Parks to the Baltimore Department of Transportation. “DOT is now in charge,” reported Bill Vondrasek, Chief ...

  • Firefighter of the Year, Jeffrey Dausch. - Courtesy photo.
    Firefighter and Policeman of the Year
    May 8, 2013, No comments

    Last month, the Exchange Club of Highlandtown/Canton named and recognized the Firefighter of the Year, Jeffrey Dausch, top left, and the Policeman of the Year from the Southeastern District, Demario ...

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    Community Calendar
    May 8, 2013, No comments

    ♦ Patterson Park Flea Market:  The annual Flea Market and Craft Fair will be held Saturday, May 11, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the northwest corner of Patterson Park, near ...

  • Todd Perzynski of Bartlett Tree Experts trims a tree in Library Square, the triangular strip of grass and trees adjacent to the Patterson Park Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Fayette St. Chad Vrany, Bartlett’s Baltimore representative, said that his company donated “seven guys and three trucks” on Thursday, April 24, to trim the trees. The donation was coordinated through Baltimore Tree Trust, and is part of an effort to add to East Baltimore’s tree canopy.  - Photo by Erik Zygmont
    East side showing strong signs of life
    May 1, 2013, No comments

    “Vital Signs 11,” a comprehensive data portrait of Baltimore city and its unique neighborhoods, was recently released by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute. Neighborhoods on Baltimore’s east side ...

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    Katyn memorial
    May 1, 2013, 3 Comments

    The National Katyn Memorial is seen by motorists and pedestrians every day as they navigate the traffic circle in Harbor East, at the southern end of President St. Last Sunday, ...

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    Community Calendar
    May 1, 2013, No comments

    ♦ Canton Shred-A-Thon:  Mobile shredding trucks will destroy confidential documents on Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-noon, at Canton Safeway, 2610 Boston St. Don’t be a victim of identity theft. This ...

  • Delegate Peter Hammen joins the cleanup. | Photo by Patricia Clark
    Spring Cleanup in Canton
    April 24, 2013, No comments

    Delegate Peter Hammen and neighborhood volunteers joined the Canton Community Association in cleaning up O’Donnell Square during Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Spring Cleanup last Saturday.

  • East Baltimore graffiti writer and decorative painter Adam Stab brings he Chesapeake Bay to life in an area mural project. Photo by Danielle Sweeney.
    New life, underwater, on Fayette Street
    April 24, 2013, No comments

    “Creatures of the Chesapeake Bay,” a mural created by East Baltimore  graffiti writer and decorative painter Adam Stab with help from local children in the Banner Neighborhoods Art club, is ...

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    Community Calendar
    April 24, 2013, 1 Comment

    Please email your events to Danielle Sweeney, dsweeney@baltimoreguide.com. Events are due the Friday prior to publication at noon. Wednesday, April 24 Mother Goose Baby Steps: Wednesdays,11:30 a.m. Interactive nursery rhyming ...

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    Community supports liquor store
    April 24, 2013, No comments

    In support of a local liquor store, the Upper Fell’s Point Improvement Association has forwarded a letter to City Council members, Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot, and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. The ...

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    Real Estate Transfers
    April 24, 2013, No comments

    Source: Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation February 26, 2013 36 N. Decker Ave.; $40,000; Elizabeth Dodson to Oliver Investments LLC 2938 E. Fayette St.; $42,000; Bohctab Ventures Inc to ...