Defenders' Day / Star Spangled Banner Weekend at Fort McHenry 2021 is September 17-18. The event starts on Friday, September 17 at 6:30pm with a parade down Hull Street to Fort Avenue and ending at Fort McHenry’s gate. On Saturday, September 18, Fort McHenry will be open with raising of the large Flag, multiple musical [...]
Baltimore Restaurant Week Summer 2021 starts Friday, July 23, and runs through August 1. Participating restaurants have a special Restaurant Week menu for brunch, lunch, dinner or all three. There are links to many of the individual menus on the website, so visit the website, baltimorerestaurantweek.com for more information. Reservations for many of the restaurants, [...]
Baltimore City Christmas Tree Pickup 2021 will be happening January 2-February 6, 2021. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works posted on their website: "DPW will offer curbside tree collection from Saturday, January 2 until Saturday, February 6. Trees should be set out on your regularly scheduled trash collection day and at the same location [...]
Baltimore Restaurant Week Summer 2020 is July 24-August 2 at a good number of restaurants in Baltimore City. This year, due to the Coronavirus, a change is that Baltimore Restaurant Week will be open to both sit-down and fast-casual restaurants. This will include eateries that are currently offering curbside service only. Also, unlike past years, [...]
Baltimore City Christmas Tree Pickup 2020 will be happening January 2-January 31, 2020. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works posted on their website: "Curbside tree collection occurs Jan. 2 – Jan. 31. Set trees out on your regular trash collection day. Place trees at the same location where you trash is collected, and make [...]
A Baltimore City property tax cut was proposed by Mayor Pugh to reduce the tax rate by 2021. Mayor Pugh's goal is to have the Baltimore City owner occupied property tax rate reduced to under 2% of an assessed property's value. Her hope is to have it reduced to 2.048% by this coming July, according [...]
Property taxes in Baltimore County and Baltimore City rise in 2019. Well, and every other county in Maryland. This is apparently the first year since 2008 where every single Maryland county is seeing property tax increases. Assessments on Maryland properties are averaging a 9.1% increase on average. Baltimore City residents are seeing a 5.9% increase, [...]
Baltimore Restaurant Week Winter 2019 is January 11-20 at a good number of restaurants in Baltimore City. There are many different eateries on the list of restaurants in Baltimore. The participating restaurants will have prix-fixe menus. Three course dinners will be $20-35, depending on the place, (I will note, though, that in the past, the majority have been higher [...]
Baltimore City Christmas Tree Pickup 2018 will be happening January 2-January 31, 2019. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works posted on their website: "DPW will offer curbside tree collection from Wednesday, Jan. 2 through Thursday, Jan. 31. Residents should set out trees on their regularly scheduled trash collection day, at the same location where their [...]
Baltimore Harbor Harvest 2018 is Sunday, October 14 from 10am-3pm. This is the 11th Annual Harbor Harvest, hosted by Waterfront Partnership. The Harbor Harvest Fall Children's Festival is held at Rash Field, 201 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230. The event is free, but you can buy tickets for certain activities online until noon Friday, October [...]