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Old City, Fresh Look
She remembers having "wonderful" history teachers growing up in 1940s and 1950s Annapolis, and she has explored and chronicled this area's past for more than 40 years.
But as historian Jane Wilson McWilliams researched her massive, colorful and...Tags: Samuel Chase, Maryland General Assembly, Memorial Day, Culture, Maryland
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Operators alter Senator plans in order to add three new screens
The Senator Theatre's operators want to scrap plans for a small-plate restaurant and add more screens to the neighborhood theater that has become "Baltimore's movie palace."
James "Buzz" Cusack and Kathleen Cusack announced their new layout at a public...Tags: Genres, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Chess Playing, Movies
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Preservation will revitalize Baltimore's West Side
As confirmed by a recent report of the Urban Land Institute, the historic and architectural significance and integrity of Baltimore City's West Side is its greatest asset and key to successful and sustainable revitalization. A preservation-based...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hippodrome Theatre, Architecture, Manhattan (New York City), Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Sheer beauty
It shimmers and glistens by day, reflecting the sun's brilliant rays. When night falls, beams of moonlight illuminate its crystal-like walls.
The landmark 'Glass House' overlooking the Magothy River in Anne Arundel County is an architectural gem that...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Architecture, World War II (1939-1945), Real Estate, New York City
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Civil War interpretation efforts lauded
The City of Hagerstown, the Hagerstown-Washington County Conventional and Visitors Bureau and the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area were recognized Jan. 31 at a Maryland Historical Trust awards ceremony at the Governor Calvert Ballroom in Annapolis....
Tags: Ceremonies, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Book, Annapolis, Awards and Prizes
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Demolition is best option for properties near new library
The line that separates “historic” from “blighted” is often too fine to discern. Historic buildings are only of value if someone with tremendously deep pockets can be found to breathe new life into them, and without such a patron...Tags: Libraries, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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City, county officials consider options for structures near new library
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWhile construction of the new Washington County Free Library is nearing completion, an unknown factor of the overall project has caught the eye of some City of Hagerstown officials. At the rear of the library site on the corner of South Potomac and...Tags: Libraries, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), The Herald-Mail, Finance, Property
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Gifts to historical society continue
The Bell Pottery Collection was given to the Washington County Historical Society by Frank W. and Roy V. Mish in honor of Mary Vernon Mish. The first telephone service at the Miller House cost $4.80 a month, and installation cost $6. In August...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), American Legion, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Book, Museums
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What's Wrong With This Picture? - Sept. 10
A follow-up: In September 2011, The Herald-Mail printed an inquiry from Eldon Hawbaker of Hagerstown, who wrote that a historical marker along U.S. 40, about a mile west of Conococheague Creek, was rusty, difficult to read and in danger of falling down....
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), The Herald-Mail
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Property in market limbo grows weeds, frustration
arnoldp@herald-mail.comFrom his modern home, it pains Henry Stiles to look a few hundred yards down Reno Monument Road and watch the deterioration of the historic farmhouse where he was raised. The overgrown yard and wild-weed fields around it have alarmed neighbors Tim...Tags: Bankruptcy, Executive Branch, Trials, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Real Estate Sellers
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