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State settles condemnation case with Maryland Green Marble
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 9, 1963: One of the longest condemnation cases ever heard in the Harford County Circuit Court was settled. The Maryland Green Marble Corporation of Cardiff signed an option with the State Roads...Tags: Radio, X-rays, Harford County, Medical Procedures and Tests, Johnny Unitas
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State approves demolition of Henryton complex
The state Board of Public Works last week gave the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene the green light to move forward with emergency demolition of 18 vacant buildings at the Henryton State Hospital Center in Marriottsville. Located near the...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Howard County, Annapolis, Sykesville, Patapsco
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Henryton demolition approved
The Board of Public Works gave the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene the green light Wednesday to move forward with the emergency demolition of 18 vacant buildings at the Henryton State Hospital Center in Carroll County. The center, which... -
Malaria, a scourge that we can defeat
Malaria is an enormous and tragic problem — that can be beat. It takes the life of a child every minute in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a million people die from malaria each year. It also stifles economic development, as malaria prevents children from...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Africa, Catholic Relief Services, Symptoms, Michael Bloomberg
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A&P hopes to open grocery store in new Bel Air shopping center
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, April 18, 1963: The A&P Company signed a long-term lease for its new location in the soon-to-be developed Bel Air Plaza. The Plaza was to be built on the former Durham farm, opposite the Bel Air race...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Petroleum Industry, Radio, Energy Resources, Radio Industry
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Controlling tuberculosis in the jet age
As op-ed commentator Richard E. Chaisson wrote recently, "despite the devastation that TB wreaks, it still is not a global health priority" ("Tuberculosis, the forgotten killer," March 24). Just as it was necessary to eradicate smallpox and combat polio...
Tags: Polio, Smallpox , Malaria, AIDS
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Abandoned Henryton hospital slated for demolition
Perched on a wooded bluff in rural southeastern Carroll County, the old Henryton State Hospital bears silent witness to the ravages of decades of neglect and vandalism. First opened in 1923, the 18-building complex that once housed the sick and...
Tags: Maryland Historical Trust, Painting, Photography, Sykesville, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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TB, the quiet killer
This is World Tuberculosis Day, the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease that continues to rage around the world, killing 1.4 million people each year. The disease remains a leading...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Montgomery County (Maryland), Johns Hopkins University, HIV, Epidemics and Plagues
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The Sun Remembers: March 24-30
March 28, 2009: In the longest lacrosse game in NCAA history — seven overtimes — top-ranked Virginia defeats No. 9 Maryland, 10-9. Brian Carroll (Gilman) scores the winning goal for the host Cavaliers. The game lasts 3 hours, 45 minutes....
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Lacrosse, Don Shula, National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Ernest B. Crofoot, labor organizer
Ernest B. Crofoot, a former labor organizer who later headed Council 67 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, died Friday of complications from cancer at his Annapolis home. He was 88.
"Ernie was one hell of a trade...Tags: Garrett County, World War II (1939-1945), Civil and Public Service, Government, Strikes
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Peace Corps Week a time of reflection for former volunteers
Sally Foster worked in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a health educator in the early 1960s. Mike McQuestion was stationed in the Philippines in the mid-1970s, trying to teach basic preventive medicine to mountain villagers. Chris Carneal...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Catholic Relief Services, HIV, Health and Medical Professionals, Book
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Poetic passions, tragic partings among Baltimore's greatest romances
Baltimore has witnessed love and loss. From the banks of the harbor to Mount Vernon's cobblestones to the grassed-over burial plots of Greenmount Cemetery, embedded in this city are vestiges of some of history's great romances, stories of people coming...
Tags: Rentals, Schizophrenia, Book, Alcohol Addiction, St. Joseph Medical Center
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Tuberculosis Photos
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