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History calling: Baltimore artist adorns abandoned phone booths across the city
September 9, 2022 -

Juliet Ames pulled her blue hatchback into a Remington gas station, heading past the pumps to the far corner of the lot. There, scrawled with graffiti and streaked with rust, was her target: a pair of long-forgotten pay phones. “I do this part in the car so that it’s a quick hit,” said Ames, 42, sticking a thick strip of double-sided tape to a sheet of bright yellow corrugated vinyl. “People don’t usually say anything to me. I’m actually normally a rule follower.” With a quick glance to see if anyone was watching, Ames sprang out of the car and affixed the yellow sheet inside one of the phone booths. She stepped back to admire her work.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Queen Elizabeth II’s death reverberates across Baltimore, a city that played a role in her ascension to the throne
September 9, 2022 -

When Queen Elizabeth II visited Baltimore in 1991 to see an Orioles game, then-Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke escorted her to a reception at Memorial Stadium. As the queen entered the room, the guests — team owners, local business leaders, coach Cal Ripken Sr. and his player-sons, Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy Ripken — grew silent, intimidated by the presence of a monarch. The queen then turned to Schmoke and asked in a stage whisper, “Must one be named Ripken to be on this team?” “That broke the ice,” said Schmoke. “She had a certain lightness of spirit the public didn’t always see. She gave you the sense that you were important to her at that moment, and that’s a real gift as a leader.”

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore government was ‘stuck in the ’90s.’ City administrator Christopher Shorter was hired to shake things up
September 8, 2022 -

A long list of urgent needs sits before Christopher Shorter as he leads Baltimore’s executive team through a weekly Zoom leadership meeting. A city report on how local tax credits are both inefficient and unfair will publish soon: What solutions are available? Residents are reporting that squeegee kids are scamming motorists via Cash App: How can leadership help victims and prevent future thefts? The city is digitizing payroll and expense reports: How will workers be onboarded?

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Anne Arundel school board hears about transportation challenges from former president
September 8, 2022 -

Every morning Julie Hummer brings as many students as she can with her on the journey to Meade High School, making sure they arrive on time so they don’t miss instruction. She can’t depend on the Anne Arundel County school bus to get the kids there in time for the bell, she says. To make the new bus schedule for her neighborhood work, Hummer said, the system would need to hire the fictional teacher Ms. Frizzle, a cartoon character who took students on flying adventures in the ‘90s TV show “The Magic School Bus.”

Read More: Baltimore Sun
City to conduct traffic calming study on Orleans Street
September 8, 2022 -

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation is looking for ways to ease traffic along the busy and congested Orleans Street corridor after years of complaints from residents.Liam Davis, the legislative affairs manager for the department, said the city is committed to implementing some traffic calming measures and conducting a six-month study of the corridor. The study, which will focus on traffic patterns from Washington Street to Ellwood  Avenue, is set to start in either late October or early November, according to the department.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
A $25M apartment complex for police, other first responders is coming to downtown Baltimore
September 8, 2022 -

A new apartment complex geared specifically to police officers, firefighters and other first responders is coming to downtown Baltimore. Jon Pannoni, president of Landmark Partners, said his firm is investing roughly $25 million to transform four dilapidated buildings in the 100 block of South Gay Street into Guardian House.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Some Baltimore seniors have difficulty accessing clean water amid boil water advisory
September 8, 2022 -

It seems the boil water advisory centered in west Baltimore is starting to take a toll on one of the most vulnerable populations. On the third day of the advisory that was issued after E. coli was detected in routine water samples over the weekend, many senior housing residents are having issues getting fresh, clean water while others are too fearful to boil their water to use it as frustrations mount.

Read More: WBAL
Two of three Baltimore sites that originally had E. coli contamination in water have since tested negative, officials say
September 8, 2022 -

Two days after the city first announced that E. coli had been found in tap water samples taken in West Baltimore, two of the three sites where the bacteria were first found now show negative results, officials said Wednesday. The city Department of Public Works first discovered the bacteria in water samples taken from Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park over Labor Day weekend. On Monday, Public Works told residents across a large swath of West Baltimore and southwestern Baltimore County to boil their water.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Officials reduce boundaries of boil-water advisory and announce plan to discount water bills citywide by 25%
September 8, 2022 -

Baltimore officials reduced the boundaries of a boil-water advisory on Wednesday, after another round of water testing results returned one positive test for E. coli and coliform contamination in West Baltimore. Department of Public Works Director Jason W. Mitchell said Wednesday afternoon the agency is still working to identify the source of the contaminants, which were first detected in three different areas in West Baltimore’s Harlem Park neighborhood during routine testing last week.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
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With parts of Baltimore under boil warning, advocates push for improvements to city’s water system
September 7, 2022 -

One day after Baltimore officials informed residents that E. coli spread into parts of the city’s water system and issued a boil-water advisory, advocates are calling for improvements to the city’s water infrastructure. “No one in Baltimore should have to worry that their family could get sick from the water coming out of their tap,” Emily Scarr, director of the Maryland PIRG Foundation, said Tuesday. “The boil-water advisory is an all-too-often reminder that more needs to be done to protect our water.” John Rumpler with the non-profit Environment Maryland Research and Policy Center, said the millions of dollars in federal money from the infrastructure plan should be used to update the city’s water system.

Read More: Maryland Matters

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