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Joy Umansky, baker
Joy Umansky, chief baker at the Dorothea's Breads business she co-owned for a decade, died May 11 at Gilchrist Hospice Care of complications from a fractured hip. She was 85 and lived in Pikesville. Born Margaret Joy Ward-Walker in Birmingham, England,...
Tags: Breads, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Literature, Fells Point, U.S. Air Force
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From teacher's pet to insufferable prig
The Baltimore SunBeing a teacher's pet as a child endeared me to no one but teachers. My third-grade teacher, Marian Gulley, once let me take a fourth-graders' history test. (At Elizaville Elementary School, the third and fourth grades were in a single classroom; the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Booker Prize-winning author James Kelman visits Baltimore
Plunging into a novel by James Kelman is like diving head-first into a chilly lake. It's a shock to your system at first, and a bit disorienting, but the trick is to keep moving. Once your muscles get warmed up and you get your bearings, the...
Tags: Literature, Genres, Authors, Scotland
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Back Story: Defending Havre de Grace from British attack
On this morning 200 years ago, a plucky Irish immigrant, John O'Neill, matched wits with British Adm. Sir George Cockburn, a veteran sea dog in command of a fleet of 19 vessels that sailed into Havre de Grace during the War of 1812. O'Neill was born in...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Heroism, War of 1812, Republic of Ireland, Havre de Grace
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Heritage at heart of St. Stephen's British Garden Party on May 4
Scratch the surface of the altar at St. Stephen's Traditional Episcopal Church in Timonium and see the English underpinnings that have led the church to host a British Garden Party and Fete each year. Steeped in classical Anglican tradition, St....
Tags: Anglicanism, Danbury, Timonium, United Kingdom, Christianity
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Thatcher and the Falklands
Regarding the recent article, "Argentine leader not on list for Thatcher funeral" (April 12), it seems logical that to me Great Britain did not invite Cristina Fernandez, the president of Argentina to Margaret Thatcher's funeral. The news item, however,...
Tags: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Margaret Thatcher, Argentina, Slavery, France
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Manifold Greatness
"Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible," a traveling exhibition opening at the Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College on Monday, April 22, celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first printing of the King James...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Harford County, Trips and Vacations, Harford Community College
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Insidious Albion
The Baltimore SunA former Baltimore Sun editor used to get exercised over the phrasal verb go missing, which he denounced as a stinking British import, and I have encountered other editors of the same stripe. I think it probably was originally British, gaining... -
'Dancing With the Stars Results' recap, Jacoby Jones is safe, Lisa & Gleb are out
The show opens with text telling us that last night was about the best year of their lives, but that tonight will be "The worst night ..." I really hope that's not true for any of these people. The opening number is all the female pros and troupe...
Tags: Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Brad Paisley, Entertainment Events, Dance
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Fox-hunting lives on in Maryland
The Baltimore SunCalled to action by the blast of a horn, more than 30 yapping spotted hounds spill down a hill, bound across a country road, leap a fence and rush a faded winter field. On the hound's heels are about two dozen hunters on horseback, men and women in...Tags: Hunting, Wildlife, Conservation, George Washington, Horse and Harness Racing
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Tour d'Ale: An insider's guide to the Howard County brewpub scene
Any foodie will tell you freshness matters. Same holds true for beer. When what’s in your glass was made on the premises, or by a nearby brewer on behalf of the establishment where you’re sipping your suds, it’s bound to taste better...
Tags: Restaurants, Animals, Peppers, Pratt Street, Steaks
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Battle Monument and its architect inspire Essex student
Chloe A. Gudmundsson is a senior at Eastern Technical High School in Essex, and at the suggestion of her English teacher, she decided to research a paper on Maximilian Godefroy, the quirky architect who designed Baltimore's Battle Monument to...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Psychology, Baltimore County, New York City, Roland Park
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