Weekly series: Summer's calling

6:48 PM EDT, August 31, 2010

Summer's Calling: Logistical mastermind behind State Fair's 4-H programs

Another article in a series about the people and the jobs that define a Maryland summer.

8:51 PM EDT, August 22, 2010

Summer's Calling: Master of beer and memorabilia

It's 30 minutes before game time at Camden Yards, and Greg Schwalenberg peers out at the vast expanse of empty green seats. He grimaces.

12:39 AM EDT, August 17, 2010

Lifeguard combines passion for pool, policy

Another article in a series about the people and the jobs that define a Maryland summer.

6:48 PM EDT, August 9, 2010

Organic farmer hopes to grow business

Another article in a series about the people and the jobs that define a Maryland summer.

10:51 PM EDT, August 3, 2010

Veteran Harborplace performer 'Unicycle Lady' delights crowds

Another article in a series about the people and the jobs that define a Maryland summer.

10:48 PM EDT, August 1, 2010

Chesapeake Bay Bridge toll-taker unfazed by jams

It's the bump in the road to paradise, the bottleneck between you and the beach. Before you get to the ocean, you have to get over the Bay Bridge. Before you can get to the Bay Bridge you have to get past someone like Arlene Roberts.

9:15 PM EDT, July 25, 2010

Miss Twist brings soft-serve relief from heat of South Baltimore

It's over a hundred degrees at sunset in Locust Point, but still there are groups of people — old, young, middle-aged — gathered on corners and standing out on their front steps, from Decatur Street to Reynolds Street. They look sweaty and tired, but their faces light up when they hear a familiar jingle and see a bright aqua-blue-and-white truck turn the corner.

10:44 PM EDT, July 19, 2010

Summer's Calling: Wind, water, wonder

Hal Ashman remembers the day his connection to watersport took hold.

'Worm Girl' helps state's anglers and fish find summer feast

10:37 PM EDT, July 13, 2010

'Worm Girl' helps anglers and fish find summer feast

Anglers love Dee Tochterman's bloodworms, but the fish of the Chesapeake Bay love them even more. She washes up to 30,000 worms a week to keep fishermen and their catch happy. Every day from spring to late fall, Tochterman is the head worm wrangler at T.G. Tochterman & Sons, the 94-year-old tackle shop on Eastern Avenue. Her attention to detail over 17 seasons has earned Tochterman, 53, the nickname "Worm Girl."

12:29 AM EDT, July 3, 2010

Ocean City's beach-buzzing airplanes are flown by 'seat of the pants'

Freshman banner pilot Jake Thibeault, 24, banked the little 1978 Bellanca Scout around the soybean fields north of Berlin, Md. He cut his altitude and lined the plane up with the two white poles, about 8 feet apart, just to the left of his employer's grass landing strip.