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Baltimore was the origin of a major railroad workers' strike in 1877 when the B&O company attempted to lower wages. On July 20, 1877, Maryland Governor John Lee Carroll called up the 5th and 6th Regiments of the National Guard to end the strikes, which had disrupted train service at Cumberland in western Maryland.
CityLink Orange (abbreviated OR) is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the Wal-Mart parking lot in Catonsville, Maryland east through downtown Baltimore to the Fox Ridge community in Essex, serving the corridors of Edmondson Avenue on the west side and Eastern Avenue on the east, and the communities of ...
While Baltimore was the first city to use 311 as a police non-emergency number, in January 1999, Chicago initiated the first comprehensive 3-1-1 system, by providing information and tracking city services from intake to resolution, in addition to taking non-emergency police calls. When the new service was launched, information regarding all ...
The corporation and the City are under public criticism for the planning, financing and construction of the Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel. The $301 million, 750-room hotel near the city baseball and football stadiums is an almost entirely publicly funded project (through city bonds), expected to open in August 2008.
Died. September 7, 1917. Harry Sythe Cummings (May 19, 1866 [citation needed] – September 7, 1917) was a lawyer, fraternal leader, and the first African American Councilman of Baltimore City. [1] Born to Henry and Eliza Cummings in 1866, he was the second eldest of eight children. [1] Due to the lack of educational opportunities in Baltimore ...
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Website. www .fcsmd .org. Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland ( FCS) is a private, nonsectarian social services agency that was founded in 1849. FCS addresses issues from birth through the end of life with a goal to build self-confidence, resilience and hope. FCS is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization .
Length. 7.8 miles (12.6 km) Service. Frequency. Frequent Daily Service / 24 hours. Ridership. 1,444,463 (2022) CityLink Brown (abbreviated BR) is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration between Downtown Baltimore City, and Overlea, Baltimore County, or Gardenville, Baltimore County. [1] Northbound trips on the route depart ...