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A swastika was spray-painted in red on a road near an elementary school in Lutherville this weekend, and neighbors are hoping it will be removed before schools reopen Wednesday. "As I was approaching, I was like, 'That isn't what I think I just saw in the road.' I had to back up and look again," said Ellen Birkenthal, a resident of Tenbury Road who spotted the symbol - used by the Nazis in World War II and considered anti-Semitic - on Sunday. "I just find it very offensive. " The mark was painted on Tenbury Road near Charmuth Road, near Hampton Elementary School, Birkenthal said.

Two back-to-back crashes at the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore on Thursday afternoon left one person injured and closed one of the tunnel's four traffic bores for more than an hour as emergency crews responded, according to Maryland Transportation Authority Police. Emergency personnel responded about noon to the third northbound bore of the Interstate 95 tunnel and found two accidents involving three vehicles and a commercial truck, one just outside the tunnel and one inside of it, said Sgt. Kirk Perez, a police spokesman.

Snow, sleet and rain on Christmas Eve made roads slick in parts of the Baltimore area where officials temporarily shut parts of I-83 Christmas morning in the city. I-83 was reopened in the city before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said, and traffic cameras showed light traffic. The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday for Northern Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick Harford, Howard and Washington counties. The agency cautioned that until noon, visibility could be less than one-quarter mile in spots, and suggested that motorists use low-beam headlights and leave plenty of distance between vehicles.

The Harford County Department of Public Works, has announced that Cedar Lane from the Cedar Lane Park entrance to Cedarday Drive south of Bel Air has been reopened to traffic. The road was closed in early December for construction to be completed. For further information regarding this road project, contact the Department of Public Works, Division of Construction Inspections at 410-638-3217, Ext. 2434.

My Thai, originally located in Mount Vernon's Park Plaza building, will reopen in a new location in The Tack Factory at 1300 Bank St. in January. Developed by the husband-and-wife team of Brad and Varattaya "Pui" Wales and Jirat Suphrom-In, the original Charles Street restaurant, along with Donna's and Indigma, was destroyed by a fire in December 2010. The new My Thai will occupy the nearly 6,000 square-foot space formerly held by another Thai restaurant, Lemongrass, and will feature exposed brick, a 40-foot bar, dark woods, and a combination of high top communal tables and traditional seating.

As of 7:40 a.m. Thursday, eastbound lanes of Maryland Route 198, just east of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Anne Arundel County, remained closed due to a two-vehicle crash, according to state highway officials. Drivers near Aisquith and Federal streets in Baltimore might see delays due to another broken water main break on Thursday morning. A city department of Public Works spokesman did not have additional details, but drivers are being told to use an alternative route. The 2300 block of E. Monument Street in Baltimore has been reopened after the section of road was closed for almost five months after the collapse of a storm drain tunnel caused a major sinkhole.

City officials on Wednesday removed orange construction cones and barrels from two blocks of East Monument Street that had been swallowed by a huge sinkhole this summer, unveiled an "Open for Business" sign on a lamppost and marked the end of a five-month, $7 million repair job. "It's just been completely devastating for the businesses here," said Kristina Williams, manager of East Monument Main Street, an organization run by the city, merchants and...

An out-of-state steelmaker has bought the most valuable piece of the Sparrows Point plant to use as spare parts, a move that could kill the last hopes that the steel mill might be purchased by an operator and reopened. American Metal Market reported late Wednesday that Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Corp. had acquired the major portion of Sparrows Point's 12-year-old cold mill, the newest part of an old facility. Nucor's president, John Ferriola, told the trade publication that the acquisition would be used for upgrades and to replace parts at the company's own mills.

Baltimore police have reopened I-83 in both directions after closing it following two separate crashes Sunday morning. The interstate was shut down between Falls Road and Cold Spring Lane, said police spokesman Detective Jeremy Silbert. The interstate was closed for nearly two hours before it reopened around noon. The Mayor's Office of Emergency Management said in a message sent out on Twitter that traffic was "severe" on Greenspring Avenue and Falls Road as a result. Luke.Broadwater@baltsun.com Twitter.com/lukebroadwater

The late Morris Martick closed Martick's Restaurant Francais, his legendary Mulberry Street restaurant, in 2008 after a memorable 38-year run. Now, Martick's is coming back -- as a speakeasy. The operators of the speakeasy are Morris Martick's surviving brother, Alex, his nephew, Steve Shockett, and Brooks Bennett. Shockett said he and his partners hope to have Martick's Speakeasy open by early February. In that it will be a licensed, legal establishment, Martick's will not run as a literal speakeasy but as one of the new breed of drinking establishments that celebrate the speakeasy spirit with classic cocktails and trappings, like hidden entrances and minimal signage.