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Where to Watch Fourth of July Fireworks Light Up the Sky Around Baltimore
Your guide to community parades, festivals, and shimmering shows happening for the holiday.
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Local Writer McKay Jenkins Spreads the Environmental Gospel Through Both Action and Words
The journalism professor, urban farmer, and lifelong outdoorsman melds his subject-matter expertise with lived experience.
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A New Gym in Waverly Dispels Everything You Think is True About CrossFit
If CrossFit seems intimidating, just one look at ZEHBRAS’ social media—featuring real people of all ages, shapes, and sizes sharing their goals and achievements—should put you at ease.
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Masonville Was Bulldozed to Expand Roads and Railways
Seventy years ago, 200 residents had to leave their South Baltimore neighborhood—famous for its swimmable cove—behind.
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Holiday Light Shows and Drive-Thru Displays to Check Out in December
From the harbor to Hampden, the Baltimore area is aglow with festive family fun.
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100 Years: United For Our Futures
United Way of Central Maryland has supported the region for a century—through natural disasters, economic upheaval, wars, health crises, and more. What's the secret to its longevity?
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Dr. Nancy Grasmick is Nurturing Ethical Leadership Across Baltimore
In the three years since the former State Superintendent's namesake leadership institute was founded at Towson University, it has welcomed about 2,700 participants from various local organizations.
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Incineration, Coal, and Curtis Bay: Why the South Baltimore Community Suffers Like No Other
The resilient neighborhood has been fighting the worst air pollution in the state for half a century.
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Monument Lighting Returns to Illuminate Mt. Vernon With Even More Sparkle This Year
With plenty of planning and additional lights, the 54-year-old tradition is back Dec. 5.
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Aging Animals at The Maryland Zoo Get Special Care to Help Them Live Longer, Happier Lives
Thanks to new technology, nutrition planning, enrichment activities, and customized wellness programs, animals in zoos are living well past their life expectancies.
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Robinson Agresott Has Spent Nearly 50 Years Reversing Baltimore’s Formstone Fad
In 1977, the former Colombian Navy officer fell in love with Baltimore—and restoring its historic rowhomes.
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Where to Tune In—Or Completely Disengage—on Election Night in Baltimore
Whether you want to keep your eyes glued to the TV at an official watch party, or distract yourself with everything from drinks and dancing to bingo and board games, here are some suggestions to alleviate the jitters.
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Bea Gaddy Family Center Preps for Its Most Important Thursday of the Year
Honoring the legacy of its namesake, the org provides food, clothing, diapers, and more to roughly 350 people per month. On Thanksgiving, that number balloons to 50,000.
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Wellness, Right Around the Corner
Curio Wellness partners with Viola Brands to open its new Pikesville location in time for 4/20 celebrations.
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The Baltimore Votes Coalition Works to Live Up to Its Name
Instead of focusing on parties or politicians, the non-partisan collective of community organizations aims to increase voter participation overall.
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The Great Halloween Lantern Parade Marches Into its 25th Year
Before the major milestone celebration in Patterson Park on Oct. 26, organizers look back on how the glowing gathering has made its mark on the community.
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Back to the Future: NS Savannah, The World’s First Nuclear-Powered Liner, Is Open for Tours
Moored at a desolate former Canton grain pier, the circa-1959 vessel appears ordinary from the outside, but inside it's a mashup of 'Star Trek' on sea and 'Mad Men' on vacation.
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Paranormal Experts Are Taking Over the Historic Lord Baltimore Hotel This Weekend
In celebration of National Ghosthunting Day on Sept. 28, the haunted hotel is hosting a ticketed event for locals to investigate with the Baltimore Paranormal Society. If you go, here are some of the supernatural spaces that will likely send chills up your spine:
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National Aquarium’s Voyages Program Sparks Wonder in Adults
Fusing art and science, Jenny Hamilton has brought a program built by Baltimore, for Baltimore to the Inner Harbor institution.
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Controversial Arrest and Body-Cam Footage Raise Familiar Concerns About BPD’s Plainclothes Unit
In May, a Baltimore Police Department detective pointed his service weapon to the temple of a prone and restrained Baltimore man.
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As the Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum Turns 50, It’s Looking to Grow Again
A skinny three-story brick rowhouse can only showcase so much—especially when the independent nonprofit that operates it has grown to include duties as the Orioles’ official museum, the Colts’ archives, and essentially a repository of all Maryland sports.
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In Boh We Trust
National Bohemian hasn’t been made in Baltimore for decades. Not that anyone seems to care.
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Patagonia Baltimore Does a Lot More Than Sell Jackets
The Fells Point store—the outdoor retail company's largest in the world—emphasizes the importance of getting out into the community as much as outfitting it.
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Jennie Janssen is Expanding Access for Minorities in Aquarium and Zoo Science
The assistant curator at the National Aquarium co-founded a nonprofit that provides professional networks, career resources, and scholarship opportunities.
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Faces of the Maryland State Fair
Whether it was their first or thirtieth time at the annual Timonium tradition, fairgoers came out in droves to enjoy the games and grub. Here’s what a few had to say about the experience this year:
