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‘I finished.’ The pain and joy of the Baltimore Marathon
Willy Fink and Sara Kenefick were the winners in the Baltimore Running Festival event.
A Half Marathon runner sports a crab hat during the Baltimore Running Festival on October 19th, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Eric Thompson for The Baltimore Banner.
Runaway garbage truck rolls downhill, kills its driver
A 41-year-old garbage worker was outside of the garbage truck he was operating when it began to roll.
Baltimore Police, Fire and the City Office of Emergency Management on the scene of a collision near the intersection of Cathedral and Centre Streets in Baltimore on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
Baltimore cancels contract with BOPA after weeks of turmoil
BOPA CEO Rachel Graham said the arts council is still planning to put on a fireworks display for New Year’s Eve and to organize a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
BOPA’s board voted Wednesday to lay off an undisclosed number of staff.
Who’s behind those pro-Harborplace ads?
Baltimore for a New Harborplace reported receiving no donations while owing more than $100,000 to political strategy firms for “field expenses” and “media.”
Photo illustration shows David Bramble with view of Harborplace pavilions in background.
Labor unions donate $150K to stop effort to reduce Baltimore City Council size
Stop Sinclair has $155,952 on hand, a sizable advantage over Baltimore County media executive David Smith’s group, which has just over $5,100 in its account.
Spectator holds a sign opposing the bill that would reduce the size of City Council during a press conference in Zeke’s Coffee Shop on September 15, 2024.
Harborplace redevelopment ballot measure will count, Maryland’s Supreme Court rules
Thursday’s ruling means voters will cast ballots on a charter amendment which would allow MCB Real Estate, a private company, to redevelop the site of the existing Harborplace pavilions.
Votes on “Question F” to allow redevelopment at Harborplace will count, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Confidential 2023 memo outlines how Baltimore could cut ties with BOPA
The detailed plan would redirect all money the city gives the nonprofit to a wing of the mayor’s office and other organizations to put on BOPA’s signature events.
Artscape, BOPA’s marquee event, could be farmed out to another organization, according to a plan put forward by senior City Hall officials last year.
Baltimore City Council wants to raise property tax rates on vacant homes
The plan would set the property tax rate on vacant properties at triple the current level for the first year it is in effect and then quadruple the current rate in subsequent years.
Owners of vacant properties would pay higher tax rates if Baltimore City Council approves legislation introduced Monday.
Will your vote on the redevelopment of Harborplace matter? A court will decide.
The fate of a nearly $1 billion plan to reimagine Baltimore’s downtown waterfront now rests in the hands of judges.
Harborplace renderings show massive residential units envisioned by the developer.
How Baltimore’s legal wins over ballot questions were turned against Harborplace
Baltimore’s City Hall may have fumbled a chance to put its highest priority issue before voters.
A fight over $1.5M could cause Baltimore to break-up with BOPA
BOPA says the money was meant for the organization; the mayor’s office said it was a restricted grant that was always meant for the city.
Temperatures in the 90s didn't deter crowds at ArtScape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out the festival's scheduled concerts on Friday night.
Baltimore could give birth control to rats, but there’s one big catch
The typical female brown rat has about five litters a year, with up to 12 “pups” a litter.
This rat doesn’t live in Baltimore, but city officials are considering birth control for its relatives.
What’s next for the Key Bridge: Rebuilding, lawsuits, investigations
What we know six months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse — and what will surface in the years to come.
A structural pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge remains in the Patapsco River six months after the container ship Dali lost power and hit a pier causing a catastrophic collapse.
Power hungry: The restaurants that fuel Baltimore politics
How campaign finance records reveal the palates of Baltimore’s politicos.
Perhaps the City Council’s biggest advocate for Baltimore restaurants, Zeke Cohen often feeds his volunteers from DiPasquale’s deli.
State election board seeks to count Harborplace votes while appeal waits
Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis wrote on social media that his agency made the request in an effort to prevent “potential disenfranchisement” or “undervoting” while an appeal is ongoing.
“I encourage all City voters to vote the entire ballot,” the state’s election administrator advised on social media.
Broke BOPA wants a $1.8M bailout. The mayor wants a forensic audit first.
At the same time the city’s top arts organization was struggling to make payroll, its CEO went ahead with plans for Artscape, BOPA’s premier event, without consulting anyone.
Festival goers at ArtScape headed for cover Friday night after a thunderstorm blew through Baltimore. The weather forced the cancellation of musical acts, including Grammy winner Chaka Khan.
BOPA runs out of money, calls ‘emergency’ board meeting
Troubled Artscape host plans to vote on ‘personnel and business location’ Thursday
Artscape
Dali ‘jury-rigged’ and unseaworthy when it slammed into Key Bridge, feds say
The U.S. Justice Department accused the operators of Dali, the container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, of negligence and mismanagement.
The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
Election board will appeal Harborplace ballot ruling to state Supreme Court
With the election less than two months away, it’s expected the state Supreme Court will decide whether to take up the case and rule expeditiously.
The Baltimore skyline is seen above the Harborplace pavilions and the Inner Harbor.
Judge blocks ballot question to allow Inner Harbor redevelopment
An Anne Arundel County judge ruled Monday to invalidate a ballot question asking Baltimore City voters to rezone the Inner Harbor for development on the grounds that it’s not proper charter material.
A state judge has ruled against a November ballot question allowing for this proposed redevelopment of Harborplace.
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