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Mostly Main Street: When it's too hot to cook, savor restaurant weeks
Mostly Main Street, news from Ellicott City business district: Restaurant Week, First Friday and Second Sunday and ghost Tours Sometimes it's just too hot to cook, right? That's when an event like Howard County Restaurant weeks comes in really handy. We'...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Outdoor Cinema, Dining and Drinking, Up (movie), Restaurants
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Effort under way to restore New Deal murals in Ellicott City
As a 5-year-old who adored her father, Shirley Bossom contentedly tagged along with him 70 years ago on daily errands that often included business in the granite-clad Ellicott City Post Office on Main Street.
The lifelong Ellicott City resident recalls...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Renovation, Arts, Painting, Respiratory Disease
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New history tea debuts at Ellicott City's Tea on the Tiber
If you’re a history buff but don’t fancy walking up and down Ellicott City’s hills, take note of the new literary (and stationary) tour at Tea on the Tiber.
Now you can have a seat and a sweet in the charming teahouse while listening to...Tags: H.L. Mencken, Ellicott City, Washington Irving
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New Castle, Delaware
Baltimore Sun reporterGo here: With its cobblestone streets, sweeping views of the Delaware River, grassy commons and rich architectural heritage, New Castle's historic district ranks among the finest heritage towns in the Mid-Atlantic. It's got history: William Penn first set...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Daniel Webster, Forests, William Penn, Natural Resources
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Phil Collins Remembers the Alamo Against All Odds
ReporterPhil Collins is not the first name you associate with the Alamo. But yes, Phil Collins the musician is considered an expert on the Battle of the Alamo and owns the biggest collection of Alamo artifacts in the world. He displays them in a pristine...Tags: Genesis (music group), Phil Collins, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Movies, Music
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"Great dick, bro" candidate teaches a lesson about the anatomy of elections
If Hayley Wade were American, I'm sure she'd someday be president. A junior at the University of Calgary, Wade recently ran for and won the position of vice-president of student life within the Canadian college's student government. She campaigned on a...
Tags: Elections, Toyota, Colleges and Universities, Primaries, Teaching and Learning
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Alamo, shops, food highlight visit to downtown San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — This city is known for the Alamo and the River Walk, and rightly so, but don't stop there. The small downtown is packed with interesting sites, and visitors can easily get around by trolley and river taxi. Beyond the city limits, Texas...Tags: Executive Branch, Dining and Drinking, Arts, Government, Restaurants
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Natural Perspectives: Digging up some family roots
I have a confession to make. I'm utterly addicted to tracing my family's roots. Vic says that kicking a heroin habit might be easier, but I have no intention of overcoming my addiction. I enjoy it too much. I lay the blame on my mother and my Aunt...Tags: John James Audubon, Agriculture, Forests, Ohio River, Heroin
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Live Action! Our chat with Animal Planet’s Turtleman
Channel Guide MagazineBy Jeff Pfeiffer Follow @ChannelGuideJP If you missed the sneak preview of Animal Planet's new series Call of the Wildman this past Sunday (I'm still disappointed it didn't keep its original title, Turtleman of Wild Kentucky, but, hey, what do I know... -
Fess Parker dies at 85; actor played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV
Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday. He was 85.
Parker, who played another...Tags: University of Southern California, Television Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Family, Walt Disney
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Television 'Pioneers' reflect again
Zap2ItTelevision has been part of so many people's lives for so long, there's always an audience for its past. If there weren't, Nick at Nite and TV Land likely wouldn't exist, nor would have the 2008 PBS miniseries "Pioneers of Television." Each of its...Tags: Mike Connors, Stephen J Cannell, Lucille Ball, Gene Roddenberry, Peter Graves
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A slice of 20 LA noirs, for reading and watching
Jacket CopyDenise Hamilton -- writer, former reporter and editor of the new anthology "Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics" -- has shared some of her noir knowledge with The Times' LA magazine. There she's come up with a list of 20......
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