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The National Aquarium in Baltimore is located at the city's Inner Harbor. The idea for the aquarium was first seriously considered in the mid-1970s when city officials fought for an aquarium to be a main component of Inner Harbor redevelopment. Ground was broken in 1978, and the aquarium opened its doors in 1981. Since the Baltimore National Aquarium's opening, it has become a destination for visitors to the Inner Harbor. About 1.6 million people annually visit the aquarium, with 70 percent of them from out-of-state. The aquarium says it is Maryland's largest paid tourist attraction. The aquarium houses more than 10,500 specimens of at least 560 species. In 2005 the aquarium opened an expans...
The National Aquarium in Baltimore is located at the city's Inner Harbor. The idea for the aquarium was first seriously considered in the mid-1970s when city officials fought for an aquarium to be a main component of Inner Harbor redevelopment. Ground was broken in 1978, and the aquarium opened its doors in 1981. Since the Baltimore National Aquarium's opening, it has become a destination for visitors to the Inner Harbor. About 1.6 million people annually visit the aquarium, with 70 percent of them from out-of-state. The aquarium says it is Maryland's largest paid tourist attraction. The aquarium houses more than 10,500 specimens of at least 560 species. In 2005 the aquarium opened an expansion, Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes, which is dedicated to animals that inhabit Australia, including crocodiles, turtles, birds and fish. One of the best-known and most attended attractions at the National Aquarium is the dolphin show, which features the aquarium's Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins, along with their trainers, performing tricks and educating spectators about the mammals. The aquarium also has a new 4-D Immersion Theater that combines 3D film with sensory effects including mist and wind.
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Memorial Day schedule and closings
This schedule will be in effect Monday:
Government offices, courts and libraries
Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Frederick counties, and in Baltimore City and Annapolis.
Public schools
Closed in all jurisdictions....Tags: Baltimore County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Howard County, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore Museum of Art
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John F. Guidera, Jesuit missionary
The Rev. John F. Guidera, a Jesuit missionary who lived in India for six decades while retaining close ties with his Maryland benefactors, died of septicemia May 16 in Jamshedpur. He was 86.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Govans, he was a 1943 Loyola...Tags: Sepsis, Loyola University Maryland, Science and Technology, Govans, Social Issues
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Captive dolphins have less toxic mercury than wild animals
People aren't the only ones at risk from eating mercury-contaminated fish, since coal-burning power plants have liberally sprinkled the toxic metal across the earth's waters. But it appears that captive dolphins have a little less to worry about in...
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What downtown needs: More cops, fewer knuckleheads
During a stroll Thursday night from Little Italy to Harborplace, I bought jelly beans in The Best of Luck candy store, listened to a sidewalk trumpeter play the blues, noted several dead lights that left unappealing darkness along Pratt Street, and...
Tags: Pratt Street, Inner Harbor, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Harborplace, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland)
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A neighborhood that few leave
The other evening, I sat at Doris Poling's dining room table and we discussed Overlea. A lifelong resident of the Northeast Baltimore neighborhood, she asked what angle I would take in writing about it.
After all, it is a quiet, livable residential...Tags: Pratt Street, Kent County, Baltimore County, Pigtown, Harborplace
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Columnist: Why is Baltimore always portrayed as a hellhole?
The Baltimore SunJoe Queenan is nobody's Mr. Nice Guy. But the deliciously cutting columnist has a soft side for, of all things, Baltimore. In fact in the Wall Street Journal, Queenan rides like a white knight to the city's defense after what he sees as slight after...Tags: The Wire (tv program), Periodicals, The Raven (movie), Arts and Culture, Twelve Monkeys (movie)
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Letter: Bobcats' post prom party a success
The Bel Air High School After Prom Party committee would like to thank the following area businesses and/or individuals for their generous donations, which helped to make our after prom party, held at the Bel Air Athletic Club April 28– 29 a...Tags: Panera Bread Company, Ruby Tuesday Incorporated, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Personal Service, Maryland Science Center
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for clouds early, gradually becoming sunny and a high temperature near 83 degrees. Friday night is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low temperature around 68 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic updates for this...Tags: Anglicanism, Juvenile Delinquency, Murder, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Government
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National Aquarium ends dolphin shows in favor of all-day access
The National Aquarium's eight dolphins are no longer a show unto themselves.
After two decades of dramatic leaps and crowd-pleasing stunts, aquarium officials are eliminating the 20-minute dolphin shows in favor of a more open-ended exhibit. Beginning...Tags: Science, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Pneumonia
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'Mahogany tide' of algae turning harbor murky
Record-high water temperatures and a March sewage leak are contributing to a large algae bloom in the Baltimore harbor, bringing what is known as a "mahogany tide" of reddish-brown algae to the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.
The bloom is somewhat...Tags: Natural Resources, Baltimore County, Inner Harbor, Science and Technology, Patapsco
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Harley-Davidson Celebrates International Female Ride Day Karen Davidson, great-granddaughter to Harley-Davidson co-founder William Davidson, talks about tomorrow's "International Female Ride Day," which celebrates the empowerment of women riders. Visit...Tags: Mother's Day, Harley-Davidson Inc.
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Inner Harbor deserves a world-class building
The Baltimore skyline is iconic: The National Aquarium's blue waves and the World Trade Center's five-sided building have been depicted in places as varied as Robert McClintock paintings and local body art. The Domino Sugar sign is — well, it's...
Tags: Harbor, Inner Harbor, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, Exelon Corp.
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