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Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits in his Anne Arundel County yard. He and wife Renee can hitch it to a truck and take it with them wherever they go. "It's so cheap — that's what's so cool about this," said Cantori, 52, who envisions a surf-and-turf future, alternating between the house and a sailboat. "We bought the house for $19,000.

Get ready to roll. Baltimore and Washington's fleets of food trucks are squaring off again. Some 40 trucks, 20 from each city, are expected to attend the second Taste of Two Cities event on June 1, which is relocating from Westport Waterfront to Rash Field. Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington will compete in several categories. An overall winner will be presented the Mayor's Cup Trophy by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who performed the same honors at the event's premier edition, when Baltimore's Gypsy Queen was selected the best by a panel of judges.

You take your good news where you get it and here's mine: the Preakness sent Kegasus packing. You remember Kegasus. Sleaze-ball centaur with the biker haircut and beer gut? Budweiser-swilling centerpiece of the Infield Fest ad campaign the past two years? Gone. Got the proverbial pink-slip. You won't see him Saturday for the 138th Preakness Stakes. "He went back to the islands and I haven't seen him since," Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas joked the other day. Good thing.

An Aberdeen man was killed Wednesday morning while walking on Route 40. At about 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, Aberdeen police were called to Pulaski Highway near Beards Hill Road Extended, where CPR was being administered to a man, identified as David Robert Brooke Jr., 32, of Walnut Lane in Aberdeen, according to a press release from the Aberdeen Police Department. Brooke was walking east on Route 40 toward Havre de Grace, on the fast lane shoulder near the median, when he was hit by a 1996 Chevy Blazer being driven by a 50-year-old man from Aberdeen, according to the release.

Cars pulled off Ruxton Road, one after another Monday morning, almost as soon as the first crates of fruits and vegetables were unloaded from the large white truck parked on the shoulder. At the roadside market operated by Hampstead-based Misty Valley Farm, under the shade of a tent, customers filled brown paper bags with tomatoes, peaches, squash and melons. They selected ears of white corn from a pile in the open back of the truck. "I've never gotten a bad piece of fruit," said Megan Kelly of Towson, who stops at the Ruxton stand several times a week, even after work when more than a dozen cars can be lined up on the roadside.

Cal Ripken Jr.announced today that he'll be auctioning off the 1994 Chevy Suburban that he drove for several years during his Hall of Fame career with the Orioles.  Ripken drove the truck to Camden Yards the nights he tied and broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record, Sept. 5 and 6, 1995. Ripken also drove the Suburban to Orioles postseason games in 1996 and 1997, according to a news release put out by his public relations firm. The winning bidder will receive first-class airfare and lodging for two in Baltimore, and he or she will be invited to attend the Sports Legends Museum Gala honoring Ripken and fellow Hall of Famer Eddie Murray on Sept.

A tanker truck making a delivery to an Annapolis gas station started leaking fuel after hitting a fire hydrant Wednesday. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m., according to Capt. Kelly Martin, a spokeswoman for the Annapolis Fire Department. An Eastern Petroleum truck was making a delivery to the Exxon station at West Street and Lafayette Avenue when the truck clipped a fire hydrant. The collision damaged a line to the truck, causing fuel to leak. The truck was carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline, but the leaking tank was holding only 2,500 gallons.

The Freixenet Tastings & Tapas Truck rolls into town tonight and will stay here until Sunday. The truck will be showing up at partering clubs and restaurants. There wil be fun and games, samples of Spanish tapas, and tastes of Freixenet sparking wine. The truck will be "popping up" around town by day and making scheduled stops in the evening at partnering clubs and restaurants. Those stops include the Get Down in Fells Point tonight, 8-11 p.m., the Charles Street Friday Market tomorrow, 4-7 p.m., and Power Plant Live tomorrow (11 p.m.-2 a.m.)

The Freixenet Tastings & Tapas Truck is in town. I do like the idea of sparking wine on wheels, but the real reason for the post is so I can say that it's pronounced "fresh-e-net" By day, the truck will "pop up" around town, and by night it will make scheduled stops at participating restaurants and clubs. Those stops include the Get Down tonight, 8-11 p.m., the Charles Steet Friday Market , tomorrow 3-7 p.m., and Power Plant Live , tomorrow (11 p.m.-2 a.m.) and Saturday (8 p.m.-2 a.m.)

A dirt bike rider remains in critical condition after crashing into a truck in West Baltimore Friday afternoon, city police said. The crash occurred at about 4:15 p.m. in the 2200 block of McHenry Street. He was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said. Police are still working to determine the his identity. No additional details were immediately available. jkanderson@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

We're making a few tweaks to the Baltimore Sun Food Truck Finder. Here's where your Baltimore food trucks are today: The Gypsy Queen will be at President and Pratt streets. Philly Mignon will be at Commerce and Pratt streets. Kooper's Chowhound will be at Monument and Wolfe streets. Woody's Taco will be at 2610 Boston St. in Canton, near the Safeway. GrrChe will be at Charles and Baltimore streets. Kommie Pig will be at Wyman Park near the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus.

Baltimore's fleet of food trucks are rallying again this weekend. The series of weekly food truck rallies known as the Gathering will convene, for the first time, on the Sinai Hospital  campus. The trucks will gather from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday at the Michel Mirowski Medical Office Building, 5501 Greenspring Ave. The band Greasy Hands will perform. Expected to roll in are Gypsy Queen, The Sultan, Jolly Pig, Busia's Kitchen, Wheyich, South Carolina BBQ, Flavor Cupcakery, Miss Twist, Great Cookie, Hardy's BBQ, GrrChe, Kooper's Chowhound, Charm City Gourmet, and Iced Gems Baking.

There are three food truck rallies this weekend. First on Friday, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., nine food trucks will gather at Johns Hopkins University. That's going to be near the “Beach” in front of Milton S. Eisenhower Library, and there will be live music and beer. The Gathering , the regular weekly rally, comes up to Penn Station on Friday night from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Live music will be performed by Baltimore's own June Star. Discount all-you-can-drink wristbands are available through Missiontix, and the Parking Authority of Baltimore City will offer $5 discounted parking in the Penn Station garage.

Three men were injured when a truck crashed into a city bus stop on Wednesday morning, according to the Baltimore Fire Department. The collision occurred about 7 a.m. near the intersection of West North and Park avenues, along the northern edge of the city's Bolton Hill neighborhood, said Capt. Roman Clark, a department spokesman. The three pedestrians, one 34-year-old and two 60-year-olds, were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Clark said. The crash is being investigated, Clark said.

A woman in her 70s was badly injured when she fell out of a moving antique pickup truck in Baltimore County Sunday morning near the Pennsylvania border, police said. Details of how the woman fell out of the 1949 black Chevrolet pickup were not available, and Baltimore County police were investigating the matter but it has not been determined whether charges will be filed, Lt. Rob McCullough, a police spokesman, said. The woman was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center as a precaution, but her condition was stable and she was able to answer questions from detectives, McCullough said.

An allegedly intoxicated man allegedly drove into two homes on East MacPhail Road in Bel Air Wednesday night, hit a propane gas line that started a fire at one house and then backed his pickup truck into the other and knocked part of it off of its foundation, according to police. The driver, later identified as Michael Lee Smith, 54, of the 1000 block of Cedar Lane in Bel Air, then allegedly left the scene and was arrested a short time later near his home. At about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, Harford County Sheriff's deputies were sent to the 1000 block of East MacPhail Road, where a vehicle, later identified as a 2001 blue Chevy Silverado, drove off the road and hit a home and propane gas line, starting a fire, according to a press release from the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

A 36-year-old Baltimore County man died Sunday night after he lost control of his truck and crashed down an embankment on Mount Carmel Road, according to police. Richard Winkler III, of the 3200 block of Mount Carmel Road, was driving his 1990 Chevy pickup in the westbound lane near Masemore Road in Parkton about 11:10 p.m. when the truck crossed the center line, overturned and rolled down an embankment, a police spokesman said. Winkler was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are unsure whether the record-breaking snow that pummeled the region played a part in the accident.

Two lanes of Interstate 95 north in Baltimore were closed after a pedestrian was struck by a dump truck just before 5 p.m. Wednesday. The pedestrian suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The driver of the truck carrying gravel also suffered minor injuries and was taken to Hopkins Bayview. Two northbound lanes had been closed near O'Donnell Street, said Sgt. Jonathan Green, a spokesman for the Maryland Transit Authority. Police were able to talk to the pedestrian, but have not determined why they were walking on the highway.

A group representing Baltimore-area food trucks have signed a letter of support for the Food Truck Association of Metropolitan Washington, which is fighting a set of new regulations it fears will hamper and even cripple its business. Addressed to the Council of the District of Columbia, the letter was signed by eight regional food truck associations, including the Maryland Mobile Food Truck Association, whose members operate in the Baltimore area.  The letter says proposed regulations from Mayor Vincent C. Gray "represent some of the worst food truck laws in the country.

The food truck rally known as The Gathering comes to Meadow Mill for an all-day family-friendly party. The Gathering is at 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Meadow Mill, 3600 Clipper Mill Road. It's accessible to the Woodberry Light Rail station and bicycle friendly. One of the rally's co-sponsors is Bikemore , a Baltimore bicycle advocacy organization. Proceeds from the event will benefit Moveable Feast and Ride for the Feast 2013 , a fundraising bike ride from Ocean City to Baltimore, scheduled for May 11-13.