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83 dogs found stacked together in small crates seized, taken to Baltimore animal shelter
BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care shelter has taken in 83 dogs and one cat after the animals were seized from a rowhome in Baltimore Thursday morning.The animals were being housed together in small crates stacked on top of each other in the Cylburn/Pimlico neighborhood.The dogs are of various ages, sizes and breeds.BARCS is an open-admission shelter but it already had more than 150 dogs at its location.BARCS said the dogs are required to stay in the shelter until they are cleared to be adopted.
A Baltimore Japanese restaurant continues success for three generations
BALTIMORE - For Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month, WJZ is taking you inside of Matsuri Japanese Restaurant and Catering.It's a story nearly three generations in the making. The restaurant sits at the corner of South Charles Street and East Cross Street in Federal Hill. "I have been here for 28 years and every year I try to do something a little different so people won't get tired of it," said Bill Tien, the owner of Matsuri Japanese Restaurant and Catering.It may look a little different from how you remember it. The restaurant underwent renovations in 2023."The sushi bar had two levels...
Baltimore City pools reopened for the summer
BALTIMORE — It's summertime!. And as temperatures are heating up, many Baltimore residents are looking to pools to cool off. On Saturday, city officials kicked off the summer season by reopening Patterson Park Pool, which had been out of commission last summer citing safety concern caused by flood damage.
To mark Baltimore harbor cleanup progress, public invited to jump in
Feel like jumping in Baltimore’s harbor? Here’s your chance. The city’s Waterfront Partnership, convinced that it’s finally safe to swim there after a 14-year cleanup campaign, has scheduled an organized dip on Sunday, June 23. Dubbed “Harbor Splash,” the event will give up to 125 people...
Chicken tender restaurant to debut in Baltimore's Locust Point
A fast-casual chain known for its chicken tenders is moving into a Locust Point space home to a short-lived smash burger restaurant. CHX Premium Kitchen plans to debut at 1724 Whetstone Way in June. The chicken restaurant replaces Fat Patties, a smash burger restaurant that closed in December after less than two years.
Dan Rodricks: Rescued and randy, Maryland wood turtles get best revenge | STAFF COMMENTARY
One day in August 2018, conservation police officers in upstate New York busted a retired school teacher who had collected nearly 300 reptiles in his house. He had rare and threatened reptiles, reptiles poached from the wild, reptiles protected from humans by law. At the time, the seizure was the largest of its kind in New York history, according to the state Department of Environmental ...
Atlas CEO complains of “harassment” as Liquor Board approves Fells Point license transfer
The board declines to take up the issue of Atlas making threats to residents. But in a setback for the restaurant group, says its approval does not apply to an adjacent lot on Thames Street. At a Liquor Board hearing on the Atlas Restaurant Group’s request to convey a liquor...
Baltimore Artist Charles Mason III Needs a New Kidney—and Quickly
West Baltimore native Charles Mason III was just 10 years old when he was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD). “The only way I can describe it is like an out-of-body experience,” said the 33-year-old. He said that one of the warning signs was swollen ankles, which he previously thought were from an injury.
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