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2 days ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
Burlington, Five Below, coming in: one DQ closes permanently as another reopens, and more. Coming: Burlington: Looks like what's old is new again at the Parkville Shopping Center on East Joppa Road. Burlington is opening another store there in a space a couple of doors down from where the store had been for many years until it closed in 2021. Signage is already up. A company spokesperson says the store is slated to open in the fall and will create 65-75 jobs.
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2 weeks ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. - More and more undergraduate college students are parents, one in five in fact. Balancing books and babies is complex. Nyinde Glover knows this firsthand. The Baltimore County resident became mom to daughter Satori at age 19. Dropped out of community college, and for awhile thought her dream of earning a bachelor's degree was gone.
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4 weeks ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BEL AIR, Md. - Well, it's March Madness and students at Southampton Middle School in Bel Air caught their own basketball fever. They're raising money to help others in their community. Hooping to help the homeless. They call it Hoops 4 a Home. Since 2017, the school has been raising funds for Harford Family House, which operates a 24-hour emergency shelter for families and individuals and provides other housing services to those who need a home.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
John Brown Jr. and Joseph Pullum are cousins. Raised in Essex and fourth-generation members of the historic St. Stephens African Methodist Episcopal Church. It's the oldest continuing serving church in Essex, founded a few years after the Civil War ended. And served families living in pockets of Black communities in the Back River Neck area during segregation. "Most churches you go and 'hi' and 'see ya later,' but here the people welcome you.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — Are you looking for a job? Baltimore County Public Schools is holding job fairs this week, starting today at Dundalk High School from 5-7 p.m. They will continue at the same time Wednesday at Catonsville High School and Thursday at Carver Center for the Arts and Technology in Towson. · Sr. automation systems tech. Benefits offered include health insurance, dental, vision, paid leave and retirement plans.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. - Are you looking for a job? Baltimore County Public Schools is holding job fairs this week, starting today at Dundalk High School from 5-7 p.m. They will continue at the same time Wednesday at Catonsville High School and Thursday at Carver Center for the Arts and Technology in Towson.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE - These students are learning how to sit at the grown-up's table. They're taking an etiquette class here, at Miss Shirley's restaurant in Roland Park. "No, what on the table?""Elbows.""No elbows on the table."Students and teachers from Sharp Leadenhall Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore got a hands-on lesson in dining protocol. "You can rest your wrists on the table and have your hands like that," says Catherine Hanson, etiquette coach.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE - Celebrating a historic past and preserving that history for generations to come. The Afro Charities held a groundbreaking Friday at the Upton Mansion in West Baltimore. When finished, it will become the home of The Afro-American newspaper, as well as a cultural and research center with more than a century of archives chronicling African Americans in Baltimore and nationally.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
Tom Miller was a homegrown artist from Baltimore. It was here where Miller began rescuing old furniture and other items dumped in the alleys. "He's most famous for painted furniture," says Derek Price, executive director, Eubie Blake Cultural Center. "I believe part of his thinking was kind of restoring this old, discarded furniture into something useful and beautiful." Twenty-five years after Miller's death, several of his works are on display here at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center in Midtown.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
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BALTIMORE — The nation’s oldest public market is doing something new. Giving back to a community that has supported it for more than two centuries. Lexington Market opened its doors to the community Monday for a free Thanksgiving dinner for the first time. They call it “Nourish the Neighborhood.” “Without the community, we wouldn’t be here,” says Daniel Hyon, co-owner of Garden Produce, one of the businesses at the market.
