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• Morgan State Plans To Turn Lake Clifton HS Site Into Satellite Campus, Officials Say

  01-04-2022 23:40
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Morgan State University has agreed to buy the former site of Lake Clifton High School and plans to invest $200 million turning an approximately 73-acre parcel into a new satellite campus, city officials said.
  The Land Disposition Agreement includes a 59-acre parcel with the former school and 14 acres of adjacent property.
  Under the terms of the agreement, Morgan State will demolish the former school, stabilize the historic Valve House, restore five public artworks on the
  
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• Baltimore Farmers’ Market Returns This Weekend - CBS Baltimore

  01-04-2022 23:20
  
  Baltimore Farmers’ Market Returns This Weekend  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore Farmers’ Market Returns This Weekend

  01-04-2022 23:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Farmer’s Market will kick off its 45th season this Sunday, April 3.
  Every Sunday from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., the market will host dozens of vendors beneath the Jones Falls Expressway at Holliday and Saratoga Streets, rain or shine.
  Seasonal produce, fresh bread and pastries, dairy products and meats are to be expected at Maryland’s largest producer-only market, but artisan vendors will also offer handmade crafts throughout the market.
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• Columbia Named No. 7 Best Place To Live In The U.S.

  01-04-2022 23:19
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Columbia is one of the best places in the country to live.
  That’s according to rankings compiled by Niche.com and shared by CBS News. The rankings graded American cities based on schools, cost of living and crime rate, among a range of other factors.
  No. 7 ranked Columbia was credited as a “top spot for young professionals and families thanks to its highly rated public schools, employment rate, job and business gr
  
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• Maryland Judge Defers Decision On New Congressional Map - CBS Baltimore

  01-04-2022 23:00
  
  Maryland Judge Defers Decision On New Congressional Map  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Thurgood Marshall's old school in West Baltimore to become community center - Fox Baltimore

  01-04-2022 22:58
  Thurgood Marshall's old school in West Baltimore to become community center  Fox Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore City Hosting Free Shredding Event On Saturday - CBS Baltimore

  01-04-2022 22:58
  
  Baltimore City Hosting Free Shredding Event On Saturday  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore City Hosting Free Shredding Event On Saturday

  01-04-2022 22:58
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Just in time for spring cleaning, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works is hosting a free shredding event this weekend.
  City residents are invited to shred unwanted or sensitive documents at the event, which is being held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday at Middle Branch Park at 3301 Waterview Ave.
  Residents are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to dispose of sensitive documents, such as canceled checks, medical records, bills, pay stubs and tax reco
  
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• Data shows Baltimore on pace for 300 homicides - Fox Baltimore

  01-04-2022 22:54
  Data shows Baltimore on pace for 300 homicides  Fox Baltimore
  
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• Woman & Infant Found Dead At Scene Of Waldorf House Fire

  01-04-2022 22:43
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The deaths of a woman and infant whose bodies were found at the scene of a Waldorf house fire are under investigation.
  Deputies were called to the Heathcote Road home about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in response to a reported assault and house fire, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said.
  Upon arrival, deputies found the home engulfed in flames. Once the fire was out, investigators found the woman and child dead inside the home.
  The bodies were taken to the medical exami
  
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• Theatre Review: 'Pocket Moxie: A Happenstance Vaudeville' at Baltimore Theatre Project - MD Theatre Guide

  01-04-2022 22:39
  
  Theatre Review: 'Pocket Moxie: A Happenstance Vaudeville' at Baltimore Theatre Project  MD Theatre Guide
  
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• Last Dance: Director Robert Fishman Ready For His 39th Final Four

  01-04-2022 22:31
  
  (AP) – Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski isn’t the only one retiring after the Final Four. It’s also the last games for Bob Fishman, who is in the director’s chair for the 39th time for CBS and Turner’s coverage of the NCAA Tournament.
  “We have become dear friends over these years. I’ve directed every single one of his national championships,” Fishman said. “I said to him a couple weeks ago ‘You know, I’m impartial coach, but it sure w
  
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• Maryland Voters Will Decide On Recreational Marijuana Legalization This Year

  01-04-2022 22:28
  
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ/AP) — Maryland voters will decide this year on legalizing recreational marijuana for adult use in the state.
  Maryland lawmakers on Friday approved House Bill 1, which establishes the ballot referendum to legalize recreational marijuana for adult use, effective July 1, 2023. Currently, medicinal marijuana use is legal in Maryland.
  If Maryland votes yes on the ballot question — “Do you favor the legalization of adult–use cannabis in the State of Maryland
  
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• Hogan, Ferguson And Jones Sign $1.86B Tax Cut Package Into Law

  01-04-2022 22:22
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Marylanders are due to receive $1.86 billion in savings after Gov. Larry Hogan, House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson signed into law a package of tax cuts, including a bill that eliminates the income tax for most retirees in the state.
  Senate Bill 405 and House Bill 420 create a tax credit of $1,000 for residents age 65 and older whose income does not exceed $100,000, and a credit of $1,750 for couples age 65 and older whose income does not exce
  
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• Johns Hopkins Doctor, 38, Wounded In Northeast Baltimore Shooting

  01-04-2022 22:12
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Johns Hopkins doctor was hospitalized Friday morning after he was shot in Northeast Baltimore, WJZ has learned.
  The shooting happened about 7 a.m. near the intersection of Loch Raven Boulevard and East 33rd Street, according to preliminary details released by Baltimore Police.
  Officers called to the scene found a 38-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound in the 1200 block of East 3th Street, police said.
  He was taken to an area hospital for treatment of his injurie
  
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• Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby seeks to postpone her federal trial until September, feds push back - Baltimore Sun

  01-04-2022 22:06
  Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby seeks to postpone her federal trial until September, feds push back  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Baltimore parents sue city after student graduates high school not being able to read; shocking number of students have failing GPAs - TheBlaze

  01-04-2022 21:36
  
  Baltimore parents sue city after student graduates high school not being able to read; shocking number of students have failing GPAs  TheBlaze
  
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• Philadelphia Bats Silenced by Orioles in Sarasota - Sports Illustrated

  01-04-2022 21:31
  
  Philadelphia Bats Silenced by Orioles in Sarasota  Sports Illustrated
  
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• Schedule for Ravens' OTAs, mandatory minicamp announced - Baltimore Sun

  01-04-2022 21:21
  Schedule for Ravens' OTAs, mandatory minicamp announced  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Restaurant roundup: Roggenart opens another bakery, Baltimore Farmers' Market returns - Baltimore Business Journal - The Business Journals

  01-04-2022 21:09
  Restaurant roundup: Roggenart opens another bakery, Baltimore Farmers' Market returns - Baltimore Business Journal  The Business Journals
  
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• Baltimore-based CFG Bank makes S&P Global's list of top performers - The Business Journals

  01-04-2022 21:03
  Baltimore-based CFG Bank makes S&P Global's list of top performers  The Business Journals
  
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• Baltimore City set to sell Lake Clifton High School property to Morgan State University - Fox Baltimore

  01-04-2022 21:01
  Baltimore City set to sell Lake Clifton High School property to Morgan State University  Fox Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore boxing gym combines academic development & athletic training to empower, mentor youth - WEAA

  01-04-2022 21:01
  
  Baltimore boxing gym combines academic development & athletic training to empower, mentor youth  WEAA
  
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• Maryland Judge Defers Decision On New Congressional Map

  01-04-2022 20:52
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge on Friday deferred a decision about the state’s newly redrawn congressional map, noting at a hearing that her ruling striking down the previous map is being appealed by the attorney general’s office to the state’s highest court.
  Judge Lynn Battaglia also pointed out that the new map, which the General Assembly approved Wednesday, has not yet been enacted. The measure with the newly drawn political boundaries for the state’s eig
  
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• Sens. Cardin And Van Hollen Tout $1.5M Investment In Three West Baltimore Projects

  01-04-2022 20:40
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen appeared in West Baltimore on Friday to tout $1.5 million in federal funding for three community projects, including plans to turn the former segregated school U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall attended as a child into a community hub and legal center.
  The effort to restore P.S. 103, also known as the Henry Highland Garnet School, has received $1 million. Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr. said the funding would allow organizer
  
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• Baltimore Blight: Grassroots, non-profits 'struggling to hold city together' - WEAA

  01-04-2022 20:30
  
  Baltimore Blight: Grassroots, non-profits 'struggling to hold city together'  WEAA
  
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• ‘They Are Unprepared’: Federal Prosecutors Oppose Motion To Delay Marilyn Mosby’s Trial

  01-04-2022 20:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Eight weeks after Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby called for her federal trial to begin immediately, her defense is now asking that it be delayed until September.
  In a motion filed Friday in federal court, Mosby’s defense attorney cited concerns he said the court previously expressed about whether both sides would be ready to go May 2 when Mosby’s trial is scheduled to get underway.
  Additionally, the motion states the defense would not
  
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• Marilyn Mosby’s Defense Asks That Federal Trial Be Pushed Back To September

  01-04-2022 20:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Eight weeks after Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby called for her federal trial to begin immediately, her defense is now asking that it be delayed until September.
  In a motion filed Friday in federal court, Mosby’s defense attorney cited concerns he said the court previously expressed about whether both sides would be ready to go May 2 when Mosby’s trial is scheduled to get underway.
  Additionally, the motion states the defense would not
  
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• Press Release: BALTIMORE COUNTY BREAKS GROUND ON DESTINATION PLAYGROUND IN OWINGS MILLS - BaltimoreRavens.com

  01-04-2022 20:12
  
  Press Release: BALTIMORE COUNTY BREAKS GROUND ON DESTINATION PLAYGROUND IN OWINGS MILLS  BaltimoreRavens.com
  
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• Will the Baltimore Ravens use Tyler Huntley more this season? - NFL Spin Zone

  01-04-2022 19:32
  
  Will the Baltimore Ravens use Tyler Huntley more this season?  NFL Spin Zone
  
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• Rousuck's Review: "The Folks at Home," at Baltimore Center Stage - WYPR

  01-04-2022 19:31
  
  Rousuck's Review: "The Folks at Home," at Baltimore Center Stage  WYPR
  
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• Injured Maryland trooper discharged from Baltimore hospital | Local News | times-news.com - Cumberland Times-News

  01-04-2022 18:45
  
  Injured Maryland trooper discharged from Baltimore hospital | Local News | times-news.com  Cumberland Times-News
  
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• Baltimore Screamo Trio Yume Release Lovely, Intense New EP 'Ambitious Cards': Stream - Stereogum

  01-04-2022 18:43
  
  Baltimore Screamo Trio Yume Release Lovely, Intense New EP 'Ambitious Cards': Stream  Stereogum
  
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• Ravens To Hold 7th Annual L.I.F.T. Conference For Female Student-Athletes Next Week

  01-04-2022 18:39
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis will speak to female student-athletes next week as part of the 7th annual L.I.F.T. (Leading and Inspiring Females to Thrive) Conference, the team said.
  Freshmen, sophomores and juniors from Maryland high schools who serve as both an “untitled leader” and “unsung hero” for their teams applied to participate in the leadership seminar, the team said. Coaches and athleti
  
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• Where’s Marty? Exploring Baltimore’s History With Relic Hunter Evan Woodard - CBS Baltimore

  01-04-2022 18:22
  
  Where’s Marty? Exploring Baltimore’s History With Relic Hunter Evan Woodard  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Where’s Marty? Exploring Baltimore’s History With Relic Hunter Evan Woodard

  01-04-2022 18:22
  
  Hi everyone!
  TGIF! Ain’t that the truth?
  Today was flat-out interesting. When we featured Salt Box Bae Juliet Ames on “Where’s Marty” a few weeks back, she told K-2 and I about Evan Woodard.
  Woodard is a cyber-security specialist for the Baltimore Ravens, but while working remotely during the pandemic, he found a new hobby: treasure hunting for old relics buried beneath the city.
  Baltimore dates back to before the American Revolution, so there is a trove of ceramic potter
  
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• Baltimore employment opportunities, transitional programs - WEAA

  01-04-2022 18:11
  
  Baltimore employment opportunities, transitional programs  WEAA
  
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• New Baltimore Farmers Market gets green light from council - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers

  01-04-2022 18:01
  
  New Baltimore Farmers Market gets green light from council  New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
  
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• Skippy Is Recalling 161,692 Pounds Of Peanut Butter

  01-04-2022 17:44
  
  (CNN) — Skippy Foods, LLC, is recalling thousands of pounds of Skippy peanut butter because of stainless steel fragments possibly contaminating “a limited number of jars.”
  The company, which is owned by Hormel Foods, said Wednesday that it was recalling more than 9,000 cases of reduced fat peanut butter voluntarily. That amounts to 161,692 pounds of the brown-bag lunch staple.
  The fragments, Skippy said, were “from a piece of manufacturing equipment.”
  “Skippy
  
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• Burlington Donates $5K To William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary In Abingdon

  01-04-2022 17:31
  
  BEL AIR, Md. (WJZ) — A brand-new Burlington store in Bel Air is celebrating its new location by giving back, donating $5,000 to William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School. 
  “It’s more so like an introduction to the community and to the things that we’ll do in the future to make sure that we continue to foster those relationships,” store manager Matthew Rogers told WJZ of the donation.
  Daniel Zubrowski, assistant principal for the elementary school, said the m
  
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• Press Release: BALTIMORE RAVENS HOST SEVENTH ANNUAL LIFT CONFERENCE - BaltimoreRavens.com

  01-04-2022 17:08
  
  Press Release: BALTIMORE RAVENS HOST SEVENTH ANNUAL LIFT CONFERENCE  BaltimoreRavens.com
  
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• COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit A Pandemic Low In The US, But Strain On Hospitals Persists

  01-04-2022 16:59
  
  (CNN) — Fewer people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to feel the strain.
  As of Friday, there are 16,138 people in the hospital with COVID-19 — fewer than there have ever been since the US Department of Health and Human Services first started tracking in July 2020. Just 2% of hospital beds are currently in use for COVID-19 patients.
  Previously, the lowest point was in late June 2021, just
  
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• 'Act a Fool' at the Baltimore Comedy Factory - Fox Baltimore

  01-04-2022 16:13
  'Act a Fool' at the Baltimore Comedy Factory  Fox Baltimore
  
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• Maryland Weather: No April Fool’s Day Tricks. Just Calmer & Cooler Weather

  01-04-2022 15:45
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It might be April Fool’s Day, but there are no tricks or pranks in this forecast. After a whacky end to our March, April is off to a serene start in Maryland.
  No tornado reports have been confirmed yet following Thursday evening’s severe weather, though that could change. Today we’ll transition into more quiet and seasonably normal conditions.
  It’s shaping up to be cool and windy with a mixture of sunshine and clouds. We’re looking at a high
  
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• Ravens 2022 Draft Prospect Profile: TE Greg Dulcich - Baltimore Beatdown

  01-04-2022 15:44
  
  Ravens 2022 Draft Prospect Profile: TE Greg Dulcich  Baltimore Beatdown
  
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• Baltimore County Police Department invites teens to join summer Youth Leadership Academy - nottinghammd.com

  01-04-2022 15:00
  
  Baltimore County Police Department invites teens to join summer Youth Leadership Academy  nottinghammd.com
  
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• Dan Rodricks: At the UN, Baltimore's own Wendy Sherman slams Russia and Putin for creating war and food crisis | COMMENTARY - Baltimore Sun

  01-04-2022 14:47
  Dan Rodricks: At the UN, Baltimore's own Wendy Sherman slams Russia and Putin for creating war and food crisis | COMMENTARY  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Baltimore Drug Dealer Admits to Distributing Fentanyl and Cocaine to a Fatal Overdose Victim - Department of Justice

  01-04-2022 14:29
  Baltimore Drug Dealer Admits to Distributing Fentanyl and Cocaine to a Fatal Overdose Victim  Department of Justice
  
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• Ravens News 4/1: Underrated Prospects and more - Baltimore Beatdown

  01-04-2022 14:00
  
  Ravens News 4/1: Underrated Prospects and more  Baltimore Beatdown
  
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• Catching Up With Baltimore Blast Head Coach David Bascome - PressBox - Press Box

  01-04-2022 13:56
  
  Catching Up With Baltimore Blast Head Coach David Bascome - PressBox  Press Box
  
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