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Thanksgiving prep work — by the bushel

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Farmers at stands under the JFX say the Sunday before Thanksgiving is their busiest

Jennifer Pahl tosses an empty bushel basket as she restocks the curly kale and collard greens at the stand for Pahl's Farm in Pikesville. Pahl says wet weather helped boost fall vegetables, and she was selling up to 250 bushels Sunday at the Baltimore Farmers' Market.

U.S. 40 a top pedestrian danger spot

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Worst roads are 'principal arterials,' study finds

Worst roads are 'principal arterials,' study finds

THE MAYOR ON TRIAL Jurors in Dixon case said to be 'making great progress'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:47:00 -0500

Judge clarifies note-sending process as panel in Dixon case deliberates for third day

Judge clarifies note-sending process as panel deliberates for third day in theft trial

City Council to make Baltimore center of abortion debate

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

City council expected to approve rules for offices that don't provide abortion, birth control

City council expected to approve rules for offices that don't provide abortion, birth control

Dixon signs bill to expand live entertainment in businesses

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:00 -0500

Mayor Sheila Dixon has signed a measure expanding live entertainment at restaurants and taverns in the city, according to her spokesman, Scott Peterson.

2 men held after police shootout in Catonsville slaying, carjacking

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Men were pursued by Baltimore Co. and city officers

Two men arrested Saturday night after a shootout with police in a west-side neighborhood are suspected in the fatal shooting of one man and the wounding of another at a Catonsville convenience store Nov. 17 and the shooting of a man during a carjacking on Ingleside Avenue on Friday night, police said.

Archdiocese calls Cumberland pastor abuse claims credible

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:00 -0500

The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore says an investigation has determined that allegations of sexual abuse against a Cumberland pastor are credible.

Battle over truck terminal in Halethorpe enters next phase

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Halethorpe lot seems empty, but hearing Dec. 3 might change all that

The view from outside the New England Motor Freight lot in Halethorpe might suggest the local neighborhood association has won its years-long fight against the trucking company's expansion. On what might otherwise be a busy late afternoon, the gates are locked, the loading dock, offices, maintenance shop quiet, the asphalt lot empty but for a few trailers.

Baltimore County to improve, manage Robert E. Lee Park

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

$6 million allotted for fixing up now-closed city property

Baltimore County will use $6 million in local and state funds to begin the first phase of improvements to Robert E. Lee Park in the Woodbrook area.

Two women stabbed outside West Baltimore bar

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:02:00 -0500

Two women were stabbed outside a West Baltimore bar early Monday morning, a city police spokesman said.