I was painting a room today and noticed a shadow jump to the wall. I've dealt with my fair share of roaches so I was pleasantly surprised to find it not be a bug, but a tree frog!

The other day, I asked about a plumber because I had six inches of water in my basement. Well, come to find out that there was a blockage in the sewer lines on my street, and while my line was clear, someone else's was blocked and my basement flooded. As soon as the city unplugged the blockage, all of the water going through my sump pump stopped.

I just got the bad news from my insurance company that I don't have the proper sewer rider on my account, so insurance was denied. (just s h o o t me!)

Has anyone tried to go after the city to have them pay for some of the damage? At this point, I am going to have to re-do the basement, and probably get a new washer and drier and possibly furnace, not to mention other things that got soaked.

If anyone has any tips, etc. it would be much appreciated.

The section of the harbor promenade that goes around the Residences at Henderson's has been blocked off for a year by temporary construction fencing. This means you can't continue walking along the waterfront and have to go around the building. However, the Residences at Henderson's has replaced the construction fencing with permanent cast iron gate and a sign that says it's 'temporarily closed'.

Is this illegal? The promenade is city property, right? If yes, how can I report this? I haven't had any luck with anyone responding to non-emergency 311 requests, so I'm not sure if there is a different flag I can use for this.

ETA: looks like there is an easement here http://baltimorecity.gov/planning/about/promenade-information so I think the next step is contacting the councilperson https://www.baltimorecity.gov/city-council/mark-parker-district-1 . Feel free to join!

If you're curious, Maryland is actually between 15th and 20th, a dramatic drop from top 3 ten years ago.

Did any other parents get this, or a similar policy in there school?

I’m not totally sure what to think about it: I get the desire to minimize disruption, but how big are the water bottles? Can they refill them during gym? It sounds like they want them to fill the bottle at the beginning of the day, then not again.

My daughter has an accommodation that will keep her access, but it’ll be just another thing to single her out as different. She’ll already sometimes avoid using accommodations that draw attention to herself.

I wish they had a comment period, or an opportunity to ask questions about it.

Edit: we didn’t get the call as a voicemail so we can’t play it again, but I confirmed that I wasn’t the only one to heard it say that students where only allowed to fill the bottle once. The letter seems more wishy-washy and I’m guessing they’ll walk it back, but at least whoever was on the voice announcement was talking about restricting the amount of water student had.

I don’t necessary think that’s a bad thing all in all, but it seems really sudden and I wish they announced it in an interactive forum so parents could ask more about it.

Potentially biased rant from someone who worked for the City and has friends in DOT triggered by this reporting from the Baltimore Banner's Impact Maryland event: the City Administrator, Faith Leach, has served in her role overseeing all city operations for nearly 4 years and she continually talks as if she just got here.

The City had been filling potholes in 48 hours since the early O'Malley days. That we can't do it in months should be a source of her shame and not a laugh line. In fact, instead of joining a vanity panel discussion, she should've been working on any of the dozens of operational issues that are disasters on her watch.

In lieu of focusing on systemic fixes to "do[] the little things well," she'll have every agency spin their wheels on blitzes so that she can go and take an instagram reel of herself like she's Mamdani. Instead of being strategic leader to set priorities, she's focused on superficial matters she personally cares about. So we've ended up doing crosswalk striping in the fall (which can be done in-house, but also immediately failed because it's too cold for paint to cure) in lieu of her working to fix procurement so a resurfacing contract can get awarded properly.

Unlike her, the interim DOT Director she installed (after the last DOT Director and Chief of Staff were forced to resign) Berke Attila, is said to be competent government administrator, but he is not a transportation guy nor is the acting Chief of Staff (who was formerly the Mayor's junior City Council liaison). And with abysmal HR processes (along with a still terrible Workday implementation), going to be hard to hire anyone who actually knows how deliver projects and braid federal and state funding. Or actually fix traffic signal timing. Or actually oversee effective parking enforcement. Or overseeing traffic enforcement (so rush hour has been a disaster downtown with no one preventing gridlock). Or fixing special event permitting. Or properly preparing for snow removal season so they aren't spending $80 million in emergency contracts from one snow storm.

Of course, the City's ability to contribute financially to any of these things will be limited as she's overseen a downgrade in the City's bond rating despite our receiving a once-in-a-generation infusion of $640 million from the feds, and once-in-a-generation alignment with a Governor and Senate President from Baltimore.

What other operational disasters can you identify that's she done nothing to fix?

Anyone here play commander around the city? I have zero friends who play and I’m tryin to get some commander games in at a game store!

Hey we're throwing an all volunteer-run activity fair for various local hobby groups at Peabody Heights Brewery on Saturday, January 23.

The Local Charm Community Expo offers free space for Baltimore-area clubs, arts groups, and meetup organizers to meet and attract new people.

In short, the event is free for any group that has a strong social/community component and is open and welcoming to new members

If you are part of a group or know a group, they can fill out the interest form at localcharm.wiki/groups . Please help pass this along

I might be shouting into the void here, but I have to ask! I’ve been an irregular attendee, admittedly, but I’ve now gone twice in a row and there’s no one else!

So what happened? Major drama? The rapture? An all out brawl resulting in a lifetime ban? Fill me in!

I have a good musician friend from Austin that's playing a show in Baltimore. She's asked me to help by hanging up flyers promoting her show. I'm being given 12 nice big flyers to hang up and I want to strategically put them where they will reach the best audience.

She's a queer folk singer-songwriter that plays banjo. The show is at Four Hour Day in Arcadia/Lauraville.

I'm looking for recommendations on where I should hang up these flyers.

Just curious, I’ve been a HT shopper for years but I’m thinking of switching over if it’s better 😂

Also, I don’t even live in the area! But where I am is such a desert, and I’m fortunate enough to make trips out there. It’s a shame there are two in such close proximity!!! Shame on us & city planning!!!

‼️We’re 10 days out‼️
🇰🇷Bring your crew and don’t forget to RSVP🇰🇷

📍 Ynot Lot (101 W North Ave, SW corner of Maryland & North Ave)
📅 Saturday, October 24
⏰ 12 PM–7 PM
🎟️ Free & open to everyone

Food, drinks, art, dance, photo booth, souvenirs.. and more!

This was part of a bigger project to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s founding! I’ll be releasing a full build and history video in the coming weeks

has anyone here been to previous years' and if so how was it? i'm considering going this weekend but the ticket prices are holding me back a bit...🫪

also am i correct in thinking that you won't need to pay for drinks? the website page mentions "unlimited sampling."

This graph shows how long it usually took Baltimore City to close TRS-Parking Complaint 311 requests in each council district.

The districts are listed from fastest to slowest based on the median number of days it took to close a complaint.

The median is the middle number. That means half of the closed complaints were resolved faster than that number, and half took longer.

For example, if five complaints took 2, 3, 5, 8, and 40 days to close, the median would be 5 days. We use the median because a few complaints that take a very long time can make the average look higher than what most people actually experience.

For this comparison, I only counted complaints that were marked Closed and had valid created and closed dates. Complaints that were still open, marked as duplicates, transferred, or had incorrect dates were not included.

The results show a big difference between districts. District 11 had the fastest median resolution time at 3.16 days, while District 5 had the slowest at 29.97 days. The citywide median was about 10.13 days.

This does not tell us why some districts are faster than others, but it does show that parking complaints are not being closed at the same pace across the city.

N. Locust Point Marine Terminal

Hey Baltimore, the next photo walk is here! We’ll be meeting up in Hampden for a spooooooooky walk on Friday, October 23rd. We’ll meet at 6:00 pm and start our walk at 6:15 pm.

We’ll all meet up at Roosevelt Park (36th St and Falls Road) and we’ll explore the neighborhood together to check out all the fun decorations. Bring a flash, it’ll be dark out!

We have a Renaissance themed costume ball you won't soon forget!! With Drag, Aerial, Burlesque and armored combat!! But that's not all, we have games and fun things to discover before the show starts!!

Then a dance party after!!! It's gonna be so fun you won't wanna miss it!!!

can someone tell me where the closest ev charging station is to mt vernon that isn’t on a private lot where the owner will charge? just tried the one on 100 w centre and they wanted $20. the one in hotel indigo is in a garage, 15 w franklin - garage, annie e casey - garage.

thank you!