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Russett: Volunteer and give back on MLK Day
Happy New Year and thank you! It's been said that a small act of kindness goes a long way. Whether you volunteer in your community or outside, you are making a difference in the lives of many. On Saturday, Jan. 19, come celebrate Dr. Martin Luther...Tags: Snow Storms, Annapolis
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'Die-hard' Ravens fans keep Harford stores busy on Monday
Monday wasn't technically a national holiday, but it may as well have been in Harford County, and a lot of other places in the region, as plenty of local Baltimore Ravens fans ran out first thing in the morning to stock up on Super Bowl championship gear,...
Tags: AFC Championship Game, Football, Super Bowl XLVII, Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated, Jacoby Jones
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'Celebrating the Dream' features music with memories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Though Jan. 21 was a school holiday for students around the country, a number of students were on a school campus earlier this week. McDaniel College welcomed nearly 100 Carroll County schoolchildren on Monday to the fourth annual Martin Luther King Day...Tags: Sykesville, Teaching and Learning, Students, Music, NAACP
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Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater...Tags: Medicare, New Year's Eve (movie), Ellicott City, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Clubs and Associations
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Community column, Havre de Grace, celebrating Dr. King's birthday, and others
Coming up dear readers, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 21, recognizing his birthday on Jan. 15. This day honors Rev. King's lifelong commitment to equality and unity. Schools and many offices will be closed. A recent addition to this...Tags: Havre de Grace, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Mardi Gras, Christianity, Martin O'Malley
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Second Inauguration was a good way to honor legacy of MLK Jr.
Kellie Cook of New York City pushed her 80-year-old mother, Yvette Cook, in a wheelchair down 18th Street, as her two sons playfully lagged behind them. This black family came to the nation's capital to watch President Barack Obama's swearing-in...
Tags: Culture, Beyonce, Barack Obama, Stevie Wonder, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Inauguration, Spanish politics and Super Bowl prep
Barack Obama may already have been officially inaugurated yesterday, but don't tell that to the people on Washington's National Mall this morning: A second, more outdoor ceremony today will give the public a view as Obama starts his second term. Some of...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, The New York Times, ESPN (tv network), Barack Obama, Jim Harbaugh
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Obama begins new term with calls for unity, equality
President Barack Obama began his second term Monday by calling for an end to the rigid ideologies of modern politics but laying out a broad policy agenda more likely to stoke partisan confrontation than avoid it.
Looking out over hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Democratic Party, U.S. Congress, Martin O'Malley, Same-Sex Marriage
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Celebration of King's life punctuated by commitment to create a 'beloved community'
Standing inside the Smith Theatre at Howard Community College on Sunday, social activist and author Dorothy Bailey recalled Martin Luther King Jr.'s words resonated with her as she was preparing to "sit in" protest at North Carolina Central University...
Tags: Howard Community College, Teaching and Learning, Students, North Carolina Central University, Ellicott City
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day schedule and closings
This schedule will be in effect Monday, Jan. 21: Government offices Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Frederick counties, and in Baltimore City and Annapolis. Courts Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford,...
Tags: Museums, Arts, Annapolis
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Inauguration on King Day an emotional tie for many
She'd never seen a presidential inauguration in her life, or wanted to, but on Jan. 20, 2009, Nathasa Werts braved bone-chilling weather and a crowd of more than a million people for a trip to Washington. The nation had just elected its first black...
Tags: Barack Obama, Slavery, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King 'would be proud' of today's military, APG commander says
The diversity of the military and of Harford County at large is a sign of how far the country has come since Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech in 1963, Aberdeen Proving Ground's new commanding general said Thursday. Major Gen....Tags: Mike Bennett, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. Military, The Beatles (music group)
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