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By Amy Oakes and Amy Oakes,SUN STAFF | June 11, 1999
As the school year winds down, a spirited group of fifth-graders from East Baltimore's Tench Tilghman Elementary has made sure it won't soon be forgotten.Since February, eight pupils and their teacher have undertaken three projects to improve their elementary school in the 600 block of N. Patterson Park Ave.Calling themselves the Legacy Club, the pupils have written letters to the school board asking for more classroom space, decorated the boys' and girls' bathrooms and, this weekend, they will finish fixing up their playground.
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | September 21, 2011
Marion Jean had just started bringing her young children back to the playground at the old Memorial Stadium site in Waverly. An intentionally set fire at the playground in 2008, as well as more recent reports of a stabbing, had caused her to take her children to other YMCA sites in the area. So on Tuesday, she was shaken when she learned that a man had been shot in the head just steps from the playground. On Wednesday morning, the 30-year-old man died from his injuries at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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By Brent Jones, The Baltimore Sun | April 29, 2010
Baltimore county fire officials are investigating a fire reported Thursday morning at a playground in Parkville. Fire units responded to a call for a fire in the 3000 block of Balder Ave. about 6:30 a.m. No further details were available.
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By Andrea F. Siegel | andrea.siegel@baltsun.com | December 8, 2009
Prosecutors will seek the maximum sentence, life in prison, for a 17-year-old boy who pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree rape of a 7-year-old girl he took from the playground of his Crofton neighborhood. But the attorney for David B. Raszewski, of the 1700 block of Granite Court, said he will propose that Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge William C. Mulford II sentence the teen-ager more like a juvenile -- not confine him to an adult state prison and, instead, ensure he receives treatment.
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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | January 19, 2012
A man walking his dogs shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday alerted Baltimore police to a body lying in a playground in the Norwood Heights neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore. The unidentified male victim, who had been shot in the head, was pronounced dead at 10:02 p.m. at the scene in the 4300 block of Cedargarden Road, investigators said. Police released no further information and said the investigation is continuing. mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts
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By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | September 21, 2010
The weeds behind the vacant lot next to Carolyn Pitt's Aiken Street home had reached her clothesline, but on Tuesday, volunteers mowed the plants down, picked up trash and painted the nearby playground to ignite efforts to revitalize the neighborhood. "Beer bottle, glass, needles — you name it" can be found in the small patch of pavement with a missing basketball hoop, Pitt, 54, said from her tidy front steps. "It's wonderful they are giving kids a chance to play over there," she said as she sat with two of her grandchildren, who she will not allow to play in the area because of the constant drug traffic.