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Defying order, Baltimore pastor to hold services for 250

By The Associated Press

BALTIMORE — A prominent Baltimore pastor plans to hold two services for 250 people each Sunday, defying an executive order from the city’s mayor that extended stay-at-home directives.

The Rev. Alvin Gwynn Sr. is the pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in northeast Baltimore.

He tells the Baltimore Sun he will not comply with the city’s order that limits gatherings to no more than 10 people.

He said his congregation will follow social-distancing guidelines and the 500-seat church will be at 50 percent capacity.

On Friday, Maryland businesses began a gradual reopening of retail and other businesses, but Baltimore is not easing restrictions.

Maryland seeks contractors for next phase of Key Bridge replacement project

By Maryland Matters
The Maryland Transportation Authority this week began the formal process of finding a contractor for the next phase of the Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement, after parting ways with the phase one contractor over costs this spring. The authority Tuesday issued a request for qualifications, or RFQ, from prospective contractors on the major part of the replacement project: construction of the main span bridge and of marine approaches of the bridge, which will straddle the shipping channel into the Port of Baltimore.
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