Locked-out Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians lash out at management
“Serious cash flow issues” have created an urgent need for the BSO to “change its business model,” management says. The players’ response: We “don’t buy it.”
Culture & ArtsJun 16, 2019
Lighting – and lauding – Baltimore’s Japanese lantern from sister city, Kawasaki
Soon to be relocated as part of the Rash Field renovation, the low-key lantern gets recognition as a symbol of four decades of cultural exchange.
AccountabilityJun 15, 2019
Baltimore renews hosting service it nearly lost because “someone failed to pay”
A last-minute appeal staved off the shutdown of the city government website.
NeighborhoodsJun 4, 2019
Demolishing Cab Calloway’s house to make way for a park is shortsighted, critics say
The discovery that the bandleader lived in a building now slated for demolition has caused his grandson to mount a campaign to save the house.
NeighborhoodsJun 14, 2019
Hogan and Young celebrate latest razing of a vacant Baltimore rowhouse
Yesterday’s demolition before a crowd of VIPs give a local resident and an affordable housing advocate little reason for cheer.
EnvironmentJun 12, 2019
Can’t compost? Take your food waste to the Sunday farmers’ market
A new free program diverts Baltimore’s banana peels and plate scrapings away from the incinerator and sends them off to a farm to be composted.
The Drip
Your quick news fix
May 24, 2019
The Evergreen Line’s “Triton,” representing a new generation of mega-sized boats, arrives in Baltimore
Apr 24, 2019
Pugh fined $500 for new roof without permit after Baltimore Brew reported lapses
Apr 24, 2019
Young fires three Pugh aides
Apr 10, 2019
Three aides to Pugh placed on leave following disclosure of involvement with non-profit
Mar 19, 2019
Warehouse with Healthy Holly books: Off-limits to a reporter
Special Series
Fresh Water, Foul Sewage
Jun 10, 2019
Study shows the disparate impact of water rates on black Baltimore
Inside City Hall
May 30, 2019
Young seeks private-sector volunteers in city government
Campaign 2020
May 29, 2019
Policy and personal battles from Annapolis play out among candidates to replace Clarke and Scott
Cold Brew
A refresher from the archives
VIDEO: Rowhouses are razed, a trash bag is filled, and the mayor celebrates
Declaring the glass half-full and cheering? Hyping a program that’s good at knocking down rowhouses, but not so great at renovating or replacing enough to make a significant inroad into the problem? Here’s how the mayor, complete with a plastic jewel encrusted litter picker-upper, promotes her accomplishments.
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