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Slavic heritage celebrated at museum dedication
A fledgling museum dedicated to preserving Polish and Slavic heritage and culture was dedicated in Baltimore on Sunday. The National Slavic Museum at 1735 Fleet St. in Fells Point is staffed by volunteers. The small museum's collection includes items...Tags: Religion and Belief, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Bank buys Inn at the Black Olive for $3.9 million
The Inn at the Black Olive, a boutique hotel in Fells Point, was sold at auction for $3.9 million Thursday to mortgage holder 1st Mariner Bank. Bidding for the South Caroline Street hotel, restaurant and cafe-market opened at $2.5 million, said Bradd...
Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Personal Service, Companies and Corporations, Auction Service, Real Estate
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From Baltimore book seller to CIA
The life of an independent bookstore owner is perilous these days. Having to fend off deadly competition from giant Barnes & Noble, online merchants such as Amazon, and big box stores including Target and Walmart. Still, even with that cut-throat...
Tags: Tom Clancy, Target, Central Intelligence Agency, Amazon.com Inc.
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Former Baltimore resident named No. 2 at CIA
A former Baltimore resident and Fells Point business owner, Avril D. Haines, has been named deputy director of the CIA -- the first woman to hold the second-highest position at the agency. Haines, 43, previously worked as a White House deputy...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, White House, Central Intelligence Agency, University of Chicago, Georgetown
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Religious groups pushing for city stormwater fee reduction
The two Catholic parishes led by the Rev. Robert Wojtek could pay more than $6,000 in new city stormwater fees later this year — an amount equal to an entire Sunday collection at his Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown. To Wojtek, that...
Tags: Carl Stokes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Judaism, Social Issues, William E. Lori
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Tornado damages Locust Point warehouse as heavy rains soak region
A waterspout zipped across Baltimore harbor Monday afternoon, tossing pieces of a warehouse roof into the air, and at least one other tornado was reported in the area as storms brought heavy downpours and flooding. In Fells Point, cars sat in standing...
Tags: Fort McHenry, National Weather Service, Glen Burnie, Silo Point, Dundalk
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Exelon wants to build it, with our help
On the day Exelon's gleaming new office tower opens on Harbor Point, I wonder if anyone will remind the company, "You didn't build that." Remember the hubbub during the 2012 campaign when President Barack Obama said that? His point was that successful...
Tags: Carl Stokes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Elections, Baltimore Business Journal, Patrick Turner
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After Camden Yards assault, Orioles fans speak out
In the aftermath of a Camden Yards fight that left a Maryland man with severe head injuries, Orioles fans have turned to radio talk shows, Twitter, Facebook and office watercoolers to express their outrage. The alleged assault of lifelong Yankees fan...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Philosophy, Annapolis, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Ravens
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Icky or delicious? Maryland's complicated relationship with soft-shell crabs
Third in a three-part series. There's no denying that soft-shell crabs are a little weird. They're slimy and slippery when raw. Cooked in a sandwich, their spindly legs and grabby claws poke out from the slices of bread and make some people wonder,...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Mayonnaise, Cilantro, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants
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Review: The Tide King by Jen Michalski
Local author Rosalia Scalia kindly offered to review "The Tide King," a new novel by Jen Michalski, and Read Street took her up on it. She has high praise for the latest from Michalski, a Baltimore resident who has been nominated for Pushcart Prize, is...
Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Johns Hopkins University, Nazi Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Keep Baltimore promenade dream alive
In the summer of 1989, the Baltimore Harbor Promenade opened officially. It began with a 3-mile walk from the Canton Waterfront Park and concluded at Rash Field in the Inner Harbor. "The Promenade was designed as a permanent public pedestrian walkway with...
Tags: Fort McHenry, Under Armour Inc., Inner Harbor, Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc., Frederick Law Olmsted
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Harbor Point's tax deal facing council criticism
The Rawlings-Blake administration is asking the City Council to approve more than $100 million in taxpayer assistance to help fund a large waterfront development that will house energy giant Exelon Corp.'s regional headquarters. But some council members...
Tags: Carl Stokes, Exelon Corp., Media Industry, Taxation, Robert W. Curran
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