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Carolyn Marie Hauck, librarian
Carolyn Marie Hauck, a retired Enoch Pratt Free Library staff member who encouraged patrons to explore films and the arts, died of dementia complications at the Pickersgill Retirement Community. The longtime Mount Vernon resident was 89. Born in...
Tags: Miami University, Mount Vernon, Alzheimer's Disease, Anglicanism, Arts
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Arbutus Library hosts 'Pizza Wars'
Pizza does not immediately come to mind when thinking about a library. Chances are, video games aren't often associated with facilities known for shelves of books and constant reminders for "Quiet!" "This isn't your grandmother's library anymore,"...
Tags: Catonsville, Judges, Cheese, Justice System, Gaming
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Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival set for Saturday
Westminster's annual Flower and Jazz Festival typically attracts 5,000 to 6,000 people to Main Street and despite rain in the forecast for Saturday, city recreation and parks program manager Robin Cherney has no doubt attendance will be strrong again this...
Tags: Festive Events, Mother's Day, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Arts, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Anne Arundel County volunteer briefs
Annapolis Wine Expo The Annapolis Wine Expo will be held from noon to 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, and volunteers are needed for each session. Each volunteer will receive a free...Tags: Social Media, Annapolis, Wines, Patapsco, Harry S. Truman
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Columbia teacher named 'Mover and Shaker' in industry
As library media specialist at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, it's Matthew Winner's job to figure out how best to use technology in the classroom. It has become a place where students have a chance to do something they already may be doing at...
Tags: Nintendo Company Ltd., Ellicott City, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students
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History Matters
100 Years Ago Society on the move From the Times social columns: "Mr. and Mrs. William S. Powell will reside at 'Wisteria Hill' near Waterloo in the summer months coming. "Mr. and Mrs. John Warfield have moved to their country home, near Lisbon, for...Tags: Lobbying, Howard County, Ellicott City, PTA, Lisbon (Portugal)
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The Bush library and the willing suspension of disbelief
To nobody's surprise, all four living former presidents were on their best behavior last week at the dedication of the library and museum named for the latest of them, George W. Bush, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The honoree's father,...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, 2012 Republican National Convention, Bill Clinton, Parties and Movements, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Eagle Archive: McDaniel talk offers glimpse into history of 'Presidents Club'
Time magazine editors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy came to McDaniel College this month with a sneak peek into the most exclusive club in the world, "The Presidents Club." A year after the release of their critically acclaimed book, "The Presidents...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Presidents of the United States, Government, Carroll County (Maryland), George W. Bush
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Neuman proposes $1.3 billion budget for Anne Arundel
Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman embraced a message of change in proposing her first county budget Wednesday, describing the $1.3 billion operating budget as an effort to reverse a government that had fallen "way behind in culture, attitude...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Annapolis, Laura Neuman
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Balto. Co. library is more vibrant than ever
I enjoyed reading Shireen Younus' op-ed about rediscovering her public library ("A few words in support of libraries," April 17). Like Ms. Younus, many people have rediscovered their public library over the past few years. In the 2012 fiscal year, the...
Tags: Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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A few words in support of libraries
Guess how I came to know that April 14-20 marks the 55th National Library Week? Before I give away the answer, you might appreciate that this observance started in the 1950s to combat Americans' growing preference for radios and televisions over books....
Tags: Google Inc., Perry Hall High School
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Korean War veterans donate $1,000 to Harford Co. Public Library
A group of Korean War veterans presented a $1,000 donation to the Harford County Public Library Thursday in an effort to support library programs to commemorate this year's 60th anniversary of the end of the war. Six members of Maryland Chapter 33 of...Tags: Banking, Finance, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Harford County, Budgets and Budgeting
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