Category Archives: Neighborhoods

Death comes for a Silver Maple

Posted on April 5, 2012 by atomictv

What one tree means to the Baltimore family losing it. By Stephanie Shapiro (Baltimore Brew, 4/5/2012) By the time we moved to Tuxedo Park nearly 16 years ago, the silver maple towering over our cedar shake house was already dying … Continue reading →

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Video of man beaten, stripped prompting anger on Internet

Posted on April 4, 2012 by atomictv

By Justin Fenton and Peter Hermann (The Baltimore Sun, 4/4/2012) There can, in fact, be a corrective mechanism when it comes to the mob mentality of the Internet. This week, a video was posted online of a seemingly lost and … Continue reading →

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Space Invader — The Futura Flying Saucer House in Dundalk

Posted on April 4, 2012 by almosthipguy

By Michael Yockel (Baltimore City Paper, 11/14/1980) The Place looks like the former residence of George and June Jetson before they packed Elroy up and moved to a high-rise, or something left over from the set of Earth Versus The … Continue reading →

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Dundalk Eagle’s April Fool’s Day Prank

Posted on April 1, 2012 by almosthipguy

The following story originally appeared in the March 31, 2010 edition of the Dundalk Eagle newspaper. On the paper’s front page, the article was topped by a banner saying, “Unbelievable news!” Readers who saw the story on the Internet or … Continue reading →

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