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and some neighbors are not happy. >> pink i'm. it's never been on one menu. >> and somebody wanted to tear this dunn and put up a gas station. how would you like to own the famous shot tower. an update on a story. at least two people are stabbed after a fight. it all took place on spectator lane in garrison, which is where abc2 news joce sterman is live. joce? >> reporter: neighbors coming home tonight to a bit of a surprise seeing the crime tape on spectator lane, something they were not expecting in a neighborhood that has been generally free of problems. at 3:45 this afternoon medics were called for a potential stabbing. police tell us as a result of
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what happened, two people were stabbed, one with life-threatening injuries. a group of people showed new a car, went inside one of the town houses. there was a fight. the two people were stabbed. the people who live there were also injured. that group of individuals left and shots were some point although no one was hit. as we said earlier, in addition to this scene on spectator lane, around the corner there was an additional scene where the shots may have been fired. now at this point police tell us they have no one in custody although they are questioning many people to trito piece together this story. we talked to people or coming home, people who cannot get to their homes as a result of this crime tai. they said they're shocked to see this happening. they're used to seeing kids playing and not used to having a criminal element. other witnesses said this was a fight with kids not from the
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neighborhood. but to recap, two people stabbed as a result of the fight on spectator lane, one with life-threatening injuries. we'll have or as it progress. joce sterman, abc2 news. police need your help trying to find a man who forced his way into an elderly women's home and robbedler. it happened on moravia road in the 3300 blofnlgt the suspect approached the 84-year-old woman and demanded money. a man forced his way into the home. the victim worked with police to get this sketch. she says when the suspect got into her home he took money and assaulted her. if you know anything about it, call crime stoppers right now at 1-866-7-lockup or crime stoppers.org. let's go out to carroll county. it gives help to those addicted
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to heroin. it's called methadone. there's a clinic which distributes it. it has moved and it has businesses not too happy about the move. >> kathy is my main gal. she does my hair. >> reporter: the sign says walk-s in are welcome at this hair salon but patrons of the new business across the street may be -- >> all right. we'll try this go back to jeff hager's story. we also talked to the clinic by phone. they refused comment to discuss security plans they might have in place but we'll rerack that story. the baltimore county school board is going to gather in about 28 minutes to vote on whether to build a new elementary school in timonium.
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the plan is to build a school in east chapel park. it's a 20-acre park just off padonia road. people showed up to protest. others were from overcrowded schools that this school would help. we'll have a full report on abc2 news at 11:00. today we want to take a look at a live look at the beltway at harford road. the traffic is coming at you at the inner harbor. it was dreary, but the sun came out. it's been nice and warm. let's check in with lynette charles who will tell us how the rest of the night and week will play out. lynette? >> you hit the nail on the head when you said it started out dreary for the first day of spring but turned out nice. lots of sunshine. we see showers back in west virginia and also diving down into virginia this evening. it will stay away from us.
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look at all the 70s in baltimore, d.c., frederick, hagerstown, upper 60s in york. 72 across the eastern shore in easton. these temperatures will fall through the evening in the 60s. we'll be mild with a stray shower but all in all we should stay mainly dry. as we look at tomorrow check out the forecast. 73 degrees. it will be a carbon copy of what we saw today. we will shoot up into the 80s. i'll give you those details coming up. >> we're shooting up into the 80s. pink slime, the name con gorps up images. while the filling is approved by the u.s. department of agriculture, schools are taking it off the menu. there are other schools where it has never been an issue. >> reporter: pink slime is just trimmings from the cutting process much the fat is separated from the meat to make this laner it.
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is added back into it. she says given the choice the school will not serve the pink slime. >> we will choose not to use it if we have pan option -- an option. >> reporter: before the issue of pink slime ever came up, anne arundel school systems didn't have it in their cafeterias. >> a week ago we started hearing about it and questions started coming in, do you use pink slime. we asked for clarification. do you have this as an ingredient. they gave us the statement. that's how we knew in anne arundel that we do not have it. >> it's disgust huge --
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disgusting, bad. >> it sounds really unhealthy and it sounds like it's fake and does not need to be in our school food, so i'm proud that our school isn't using it. >> reporter: even still the school had a suggestion on how to improve school lunches. >> i wish they would let us go to subway. >> reporter: in anne arundel county, don harrison. catholics in baltimore have a new leader tonight. he is bishop william lori. the 60-year-old former bishop of bridgeport, connecticut will take over from cardinal o'brien. lori took questions on the recent passage of the same-sex marriage law. and lori sent a message today of
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unified faith in these modern times. >> i ask that the spirit, the holy spirit will inspierks unify and strength -- inspire, union my and strengthen us all. >> he got his masters at mount st. mary's. the installation will be held may 16th. abc2 news at learned that the board of directors at st. joseph's held a vote to decide who will be the next owner, the company that owns st. agnes or the university of maryland medical center. the vote has been sent off to denver. they can either accept the board's decision or pick another group. we're told we could hear more news within about a week. from selling hospitals to selling our lnldmarks, how about
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this piece of history. how you like to buy this. here's roosevelt leftwich wearing his real estate jacket. >> reporter: the city is expected to hire an apraise tore look at half dozen properties that this wants to sell or lease to cut down on the operating costs. many are women known landmarks like the war memorial and others are not so well known like the house or the up ton mansion. some are in good shape and others not good shape. those who run the shop tower said the city is a great partner. they say with the right approach the shot tower could be something special right in the city. >> i really think there's a love and a passion for the tower and
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that the community of baltimore will support it if we have a program they love to come to, bring their kids to, out of town guests, so -- we're willing to share that program with the consultants that the city wants to hire. there's no reason it start from scratch. >> reporter: some of the other lefthand, include the civil war museum. roosevelt leftwich. >> when you were younger, do you remember walking into your friend's home and seeing the ceiling brown? that wasn't the paint but the smoke from cigarettes. there's a study that will tell us more about second hand smoke. how about loading up with organic fruits and vegetables.
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years. >> reporter: the sign says welcome but patrons of the new business across the street may be the exception. >> time will tell if it's a problem or not and how our customers feel, that concerns people i was hoping they wouldn't find out what it was. >> reporter: it's a methadone clinic, a place where heroin addicts can get a synthetic methadone to kick the habit. >> we have one guy. i don't think he wants help. he's so out of this world, it's pathetic. >> reporter: the clinic moved from its location on baltimore boulevard when another business expanded into its space and its lease wasn't renewed. a former neighbor said he was glad to see a this go. >> they closed at 10. there's a rush at 9:55. people getting out of their cars
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in pajamas. other issues where they're in their car nodding off a couple minutes and then drive away. >> reporter: already places are seeing the impact. >> you can tell in the morning when there's 9 million cars. >> reporter: and their customers are having second thoughts about their own safety. >> we had one lady tell one of our stylists that she wouldn't be coming, so, yeah. if they're serious about wanting to help, they clan get it if they want it. >> as long as kathy's happy, i'm happy,. they don't come over here. we don't need them. >> reporter: in carroll county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> workers at the clinic refused to comment on the move or discuss any security measures they may have in place. >> all right. let's take a look the your
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health news. children exposed to second hand smoke have twice the risk of getting lung disease when they're adults. they develop chronic obstructive pull machine fair ri disease which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. >> the demand for organic foods has gone up. when it comes to fruits and vegetables, which ones should you buy organic. linda so breaks it all down. >> reporter: it's all organic all the time but when you're picking your produce there's certain fruits and vegetables you should by organic. carrots fall into one of the categories. >> roots vegetables, anything sprayed on the ground -- >> reporter: leafy green vegetables are another one. >> every bug out there.
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so that's always been a big issue dealing with leaf yeah greens. >> reporter: when it comes to fruit, berries are known to be treated heavily with pesticides because of how delicate they are. >> they're very delicate it. doesn't take much at all for the littlest berry it ruin the bugs. >> reporter: if you're into prepackaged are you dues, remember, there's a down side. >> it's the one washed three or four times, packagessed -- packaged and people handle it. >> reporter: and that can raise the risk for contamination. >> there are some things you don't have to by organic because of the skins like bananas or avocados. ?ooment first day of spring
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turned out nicely. a beautiful shot of the harbor with plenty of sunshine. 71 degrees. that humidity is high, 63%. the winds are out of the east at six miles an hour. let's take you into laurel where we had plenty of foggy conditions. we're not dealing with yawn anyone -- one on the football field. people came out. the clouds parted. turned out to be a nice day. maryland's most powerful dry aco see showers still diving down into virginia as of now. no type of severe weather as of now. that has, spired. so that's good news. i do believe we'll stay dry. he'll keep a slight chance for a stray shower to move into the picture. right now baltimore 71.
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72 in easton. ocean city 56 degrees. weigh go all the way over to oakland 64 and everything in between. 68 in yes right -- in york right now. we have a weather maker out toward the with the there dumping lots of rain, flooding conditions across the southern plains. all this is beginning to work off to the east but very slowly. we're dealing with humid war air. we have high pressure. we'll continue to get that easterly, that southeasterly flow. it will be a carbon copy of today starting off with the patchy fog and we'll have the chance for isolated showers to pop up. we'll do it all over again as we go into thursday. you can see how slow the system is moving. once it gets to us, we're'
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hoping it picks up speed. there's nothing to move this along, so we possibly may be dealing with some flooding issues of our own as we go into the weekend. definitely going to cope you updated -- keep you up dated on that information. mostly cloudy skies. that patchy fog will develop once again, just lots of moisture in the atmosphere. 73 degrees for tomorrow starting you off with fog in the morning and partly cloudy like it did today and the day before. 53 degrees, mostly cloudy and staying humid. here's a check of the 70s forecast. we will begin to warm up by friday. 80 degrees. we'll see temperatures higher. by the weekend we have the chance for the showers to work their way in once again. we'll cool the temperatures down with plenty of sunshine to begin next week. jamie? >> that is just great. just let that soak in. it's on to the sweet 16 for the university of maryland women's basketball team.
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all right. before we go, tell us what's coming up on abc2 news at 11. >> we're staying on top of that breaking news in garrison county where two people were stabbed. one person has serious injuries. it stems from a fight at a home on roads road. also, we're grinning to give you more details about the timonium area. >> all right. nice to have you here. >> thank you. it's my favorite season and i'm happy to be here. as we go momentum it will be a car been copy. we'll have fog in the morning and temperatures around 73 degrees. the set of -- seven-day forecast will get us warmer. temperatures still well above average with wet weather moving in for the weekend but we can
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