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Baltimore mayor to preside over mass wedding at GLBT Pride event
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will preside over a mass wedding of same-sex couples at this year's Baltimore Pride Celebration, with the event drawing interest from couples as far away as Atlanta, according to organizers. In November, Maryland became...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage
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Rawlings-Blake named grand marshal for LGBT celebration
Organizers of this year's Baltimore Pride celebration have chosen Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to serve as grand marshal in recognition of her support for the gay community. The GLBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland is hosting the...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Minority Groups, Gay Pride San Diego, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage
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Roaming the neighborhoods around Pimlico
Roaming the streets that encircle Pimlico Race Course, I discovered so many places that I had trouble going back to the same locale twice. Outer Northwest Baltimore is a fascinating, at times geographically bewildering, place. When the Maryland Jockey...
Tags: Pimlico, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Hampden, Transportation, Travel
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Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill
Barbara Shapiro's love affair with Druid Hill Park dates to her childhood, when she passed through it daily on the way from her Ashburton home to old School 49 on Cathedral Street. And even when construction of Druid Park Lake Drive in the 1940s and...
Tags: Artscape, Entertainment, Booker T. Washington, Ceremonies, Fine Artists
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A 'Passport' to the world of Druid Hill Park
A Roland Park resident has created a "passport" to Druid Hill Park. Janet Felsten, founder and director of the nonprofit group Baltimore Green Map, introduced the green-colored passport April 19 at a Baltimore Green Week kickoff party in the...
Tags: Racism, LinkedIn Corp., Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Human Interest
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Ruth M. Land, educator
Ruth M. Land, a retired Baltimore public schools guidance counselor, died April 26 of complications from dementia at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 93. The daughter of farmers, Ruth Margaret Williams was born and raised in Ocala, Fla. After...Tags: Howard University, Booker T. Washington, Roland Park, Hospitals and Clinics, Ocala
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Guilford neighborhood marks 100th anniversary
On sparkling spring days, Ann Goldman Giroux enjoys tending her garden, planting vegetables and nurturing the lush roses and rare azaleas that adorn her family's home in Guilford. Giroux, who typically plants 800 white tulips along the front walkway and...
Tags: Architecture, Artscape, Human Interest, T. Rowe Price, Fine Artists
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Every dog (and tortoise) has its day at March for the Animals
Humans had their hands full at Sunday's 18th annual March for the Animals in Druid Hill Park. Adam Mittadam, 30, of Canton, held fast to the leashes of six French bulldogs — Mango, Kiwi, Coconut, Scooter, Vespa and Moped — all wearing...
Tags: Entertainment, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Annapolis, Hampden, Eric DeCosta
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Earth Day takes on climate change, sustainability
Today is Earth Day, a day when environmentalists and concerned citizens around the world demonstrate their caring for the health of their communities, the natural world and the planet. Forty-three years ago, the first Earth Day drew an estimated 20...
Tags: Global Change, Weather, Environmental Issues, Earth Day, Conservation
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Baltimore dirt bikes seized in police raid of repair shop
Detective Hassan Rasheed had been watching the Northwest Baltimore repair shop for weeks as men brought dirt bikes in and out for repairs. Now police, intent on cracking down on illegal bikes, were prepared to move in. Armed with a search-and-seizure...
Tags: Media Industry, Reisterstown Road, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Baltimore police unveil email address to report illegal dirt bikes
Police have taken a new step in their the battle to remove illegal dirt bikes and their freewheeling riders from the streets of Baltimore, creating an email address where residents can report the bikes anonymously. "All the way around, it's a menace, and...
Tags: The New York Times, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Theft, Reisterstown Road
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