Hampden News

Baltimore police are forming a squad to investigate the recent strangulations of five women.Mike Hellgren reports Amanda Bishop is one of five women strangled in Baltimore in less than four months.

G rano, the new Hampden pasta joint, is indie-movie cute. You know those movies where some type-A executive loses it all, rediscovers his muse and ends up opening the place of his dreams, a modest bakery or a ...

Jul 9, 2008 8:42 AM by Stephen Janis and Luke Broadwater , The Examiner Baltimore police found the body of a woman Monday night on this trash-strewn pathway leading from a church parking lot in West Baltimore.

Since April, four women with histories of prostitution have been found strangled in Baltimore City.

If you grew up in suburban Maryland, chances are your family had a meal at Ledo Pizza.

W hen Doug and Annie Brown were forced to leave the Baltimore area they had grown to love to look for work, the couple ended up downhearted in Denver - so much so that they were willing to do anything to put Charm City spark back in their lives. 'Let's have sex for 100 consecutive days,' said Annie to Doug one night two years ago. 'What the hell, let's do it,' Doug replied. 'There's nothing else going on.' Eager to spice up their marriage of 14 years, the couple resorted to a personal, no-excuses course of Sex 101 (later tacking on an additional day).

The second of two teenage residents of the Victor Cullen Center in Frederick County who escaped last week after allegedly assaulting a staff member was captured Friday at his home in Baltimore.

Kenneth Cooper Jones, a 26-year-old African-American man from South Baltimore, had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at 12:26 a.m. 4:20 p.m. Police were called to a house in the 300 block of South ...

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County.

As the last, annoying overuse of the word "hon" drifts over 36th Street in Hampden, here's a postscript line to last weekend's 15th annual Honfest and the controversy surrounding it: We're taking a smile and ...

Saturday, June 15 HONFEST 2008 - Day 2 12PM - 6PM. 36th St. from Falls Rd. - Chestnut.

Put on your leopard-print spandex and best beehive hairdo and head to Hampden this weekend, hon! The annual Honfest, a 'Bawlmer' tradition, is back with food, music and, of course, the best hons in the city.

Joy Sushinsky is not your average busybody. She is not the type of person who peeks at neighbors from behind her curtains and gossips about their activities.

Free. Atomic. Hampden, Baltimore. 3620 Falls Rd. To celebrate the release of KidRobot's new Fatcaps series, we'll be hosting a toy trading party.

A long Baltimore weekend filled with good times Article History May 31, 2008 12:00 AM by Rafael Alvarez , The Examiner A whole gas tank away for good fun? How about just down the street and right around the ...

THE PROBLEM // A Hampden resident says a nearby business doesn't get enough deliveries to warrant a truck-loading zone out front.

The Hampden area, thanks to affordable vintage shops, boho eateries, and low-key nightclubs, is the stomping grounds for Baltimore's music creatives. via New York Magazine

“It was a big part of me. But I'm 70. It's time to enjoy the 19 grandchildren.”

Hampden gets piece of the pie 'Dangerously Delicious' change on Chestnut Ave. 04/30/08 By Adam Bednar and larry perl Email this story to a friend Kathleen Finnerty-Curtis, left, and her mother, Alice Ann ... via Baltimore Messenger

“I made one phone call to the (city) planning department and asked what the process was, and found out it was as simple as writing a letter as an individual to the appropriate people.”

The Scottish Rite Masonic Center is one of two buildings in the Tuscany-Canterbury and Guilford area that are being recommended this year for historic designation. via Baltimore Messenger

“Baltimore: Get in on it") who were in town to attend a preview of "Cry-Baby”

Baltimore - famous for its harbor, its crab cakes, and its drug trade. Many know it as Charm City, although it's gone by other names: Monument City, Mobtown, Salty Balty, the City of Firsts , Balti-Sore . Its ... via New Yorker