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Refugees find comfort in an alley garden in Highlandtown
As a boy, Abdi Hassen helped his father nurture and harvest maize, wheat and tropical fruits — until the early 1990s, when his father vanished. "He was disappeared because of his political opinion. I don't know if he is alive or not now," said...
Tags: Politics, Refugee, Ethiopia, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Media
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BGE offers incentives for combined heat and power projects
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said it is offering new incentives for nonresidential electric customers' "combined heat and power" projects — up to $2 million apiece. Combined heat and power systems use waste heat from hot exhaust gases for space... -
Five arrested in home invasion scheme
Baltimore police have arrested two women and three men accused of posing as city tax collectors and violently robbing elderly people in their homes. Tierra McCoy and Vaneka Powers, both of Baltimore, have been charged with robbery, conspiracy and...Tags: Theft, Dundalk, Greektown, Abusive Behavior, Locust Point
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Hearing set for Tuesday to discuss 'smart meter' fires
The news that a Southeast Pennsylvania utility company has suspended "smart meter" installations following reports that some have overheated and caused fires has prompted the Maryland Public Service Commission to schedule a public hearing Tuesday to...
Tags: Government, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Peco Energy Company, Electronics
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Jeanne M. Hammond, homemaker
Jeanne M. Hammond, a homemaker and longtime volunteer, died Aug. 25 of congestive heart failure at her Glyndon home. She was 87. The daughter of a builder and a homemaker, Jeanne Monroe Wales was born, raised and lived her entire life in Glyndon. "She...Tags: Reisterstown Road, Heart Failure, T. Rowe Price
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Learning the dangers of smart meters
Recently, the Maryland Public Service Commission convened to hear testimony from Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Inc. regarding news of smart meters overheating and causing fires in Pennsylvania. I attended...Tags: Maryland General Assembly
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Utilities defend 'smart meters' before Public Service Commission
Four major electricity providers defended the safety of "smart meters" Tuesday at a hearing called by the Maryland Public Service Commission after commissioners read reports of similar meters overheating and catching fire in Southeastern Pennsylvania....
Tags: Potomac Electric Power Company, Government, Consumers, Politics, Peco Energy Company
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Margaret B. Tyler, customer service rep
Margaret B. Tyler, a former Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customer service representative, died Aug. 5 from complications of dementia at Cadia Rehabilitation in Millsboro, Del. She was 96. The former Margaret Beulah Knochel was born in Baltimore and...
Tags: Consumers, Alzheimer's Disease, Ellicott City, Boeing Co.
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Two workers are assaulted by youths downtown
A group of youths attacked a federal office worker and a BGE employee Thursday morning in downtown Baltimore in random assaults that police said were related. The workers suffered injuries described as minor in the latest in a series of violent incidents...Tags: Government, Politics, St. Patrick's Day, Pratt Street, Safety of Citizens
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Sinkhole closes Monument Street near Johns Hopkins Hospital
In the latest example of Baltimore's aging infrastructure's causing damage to city streets, a large sinkhole opened on East Monument Street near Johns Hopkins Hospital on Wednesday afternoon — causing a stretch of the road to be closed and nearby...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Water Supply, Lombard Street, Patterson Park, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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City converts streetlights to energy-saving LEDs
Going block by block, crews in bucket trucks are converting 70,000 city streetlights from sodium vapor lights to long-lasting, energy-saving LEDs. The bright side: Baltimore expects to reap an annual savings of $1.9 million on its electric bill and $275,...
Tags: Energy Saving, AAA, Environmental Pollution, Physiology, National Aquarium Baltimore
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Design plan for Harbor Point approved by city panel
Baltimore's Urban Design and Architecture Review panel approved Thursday the master plan for a nearly 3 million-square-foot development at Harbor Point, between Harbor East and Fells Point, where Exelon's new headquarters is expected to be built.
The...Tags: John Paterakis Sr., Arts and Culture, Ayers Saint Gross, Sports, Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel
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