Body found floating in Inner Harbor
The body of an unidentified man was found last night floating in the Inner Harbor off the Pratt Street Pavilion at Harborplace, authorities said. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., an employee of Harborplace called 911 and reported a man's body was seen floating in the water off the Pratt Street Pavilion in the 400 block of E. Pratt St., said Agent Donny Moses, a city Police Department spokesman. Police reported that the body bore no obvious signs of foul play. The body was taken to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy and possible identification through fingerprints.
Richard Irwin
Plan for Zappa statue in Fells Point advances
A sculpture honoring eccentric musician and Baltimore native Frank Zappa could be placed in Fells Point in the coming months, under a plan supported by Baltimore's Public Art Commission. On Wednesday, the commission endorsed a site at the foot of Broadway on the south side of Broadway Market. The location is subject to approval by Fells Point community groups before the statue of the rock music innovator, who died of prostate cancer in 1993, can be erected, said Tracy Baskerville, director of communications for the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts. Commission members and staffers considered several locations for the statue, including the Station North Arts and Entertainment District and the Mount Royal Cultural District, before settling on Fells Point. The statue, valued at about $50,000, is a gift from a Zappa fan club based in Lithuania. The approved design calls for a bronze cylinder topped with a bust of Zappa.
Edward Gunts
Seminar to cover the financial basics
A seminar on financial health will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia. Sessions are planned for adults and for students in college, high school and middle school. An introductory session will be offered for elementary school children. Speakers will discuss ways to create a budget, get out of debt, improve a credit rating and achieve financial goals. To attend, please contact Black Student Achievement Program Specialist Patricia Branner-Pierce at patricia_branner-pierce@hcpss.org or Towanda Mitchell at 301-317-0616.
2 at Hopkins get grant for environment study
