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Looking Out: Gay marriage makes strides in France
The Baltimore SunAs part of this blog's effort to provide LGBT-related news and commentary, we'll be bringing you links to stories from around the web in a weekly feature called Looking Out. Here's a look at what's making a splash today: -- Same-sex marriage has...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor
Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....
Tags: Book, French Literature, Literature, Colleges and Universities, Heart Failure
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Lafayette Trail in Havre de Grace named for key figure in local and world history [Editorial]
Havre de Grace was able to pull together a respectable version of its Lafayette Trail, just in time for the bicentennial celebration of a British sacking of the city during the War of 1812. The trail is named for Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert...Tags: Havre de Grace, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Heroism, War of 1812, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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France-Merrick Foundation appoints new executive director
Amy Michelle Gross has been appointed to replace Robert W. Schaefer as executive director of the France-Merrick Foundation, the Baltimore-based charity announced Tuesday. Schaefer is retiring after 17 years leading the area's fourth largest charitable...
Tags: Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Charity
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HdG's 10th community yard sale is Saturday
Hello dear readers, Saturday is the 10th Havre de Grace Community Yard Sale (April 27 – raindate April 28). Spaces are available by phoning 410-939-6562, to benefit the Havre de Grace Historic Preservations Commission. A final comprehensive list is...Tags: U.S. Congress, Labor Day, War of 1812, Festive Events, Arts
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Joseph A. Miklasz, attorney
Joseph A. Miklasz, a trial attorney who practiced in Glen Burnie and was a wine collector, died of cancer Sunday at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 71 and lived in Crownsville. Born in Baltimore, he was raised in Severn and in East Baltimore, where he...
Tags: Peace Corps, Glen Burnie, Farms, Toll Brothers Inc, Roman Catholicism
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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: Spain, United Kingdom, England, Argentina, Slavery
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A stirring production of 'Les Miserables' at the Hippodrome
There's something about "Les Miserables" that keeps me coming back. It's not that "Les Miz," running through Sunday at the Hippodrome Theatre, is my favorite musical. Far from it. It's all too easy to point out the technical flaws in Claude-Michel...
Tags: Paris (France), Music, Theater, Hippodrome Theatre, Entertainment Events
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Back Story: Red wine with papal ties
"Men are like wine — some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age." — Pope John Paul XXIII Nelson Carey, the genial publican at Belvedere Square's Grand Cru wine bar, is naturally filled with interesting and offbeat wine, beer and...
Tags: The Pope, Bars and Clubs, Italy, Belvedere Square, Wines
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Back Story: The brains behind one of the greatest heists in history
Bruce Reynolds nearly got away with it — and for a time he did. As the brains behind England's 1963 "Great Train Robbery," Reynolds netted some $7 million in small bills for himself and his confederates. Robbing stagecoaches and, later, trains...
Tags: Gang Activity, Criminals, Theft, England, Norwich
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap, Passive aggressive in Paris
We're still in Paris, where Yolanda and Brandi are running through the streets backed by what sounds like Parisian dubstep.
Brandi's on a mission to look as good as Yolanda does when she's her age, to which I say, "Yesssss, ma'mm!" Both of them spent...Tags: Paris (France), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines, Animals
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History group sets course for Continental Congress Center
A fledgling organization devoted to the history of the Continental Congress — and creating a permanent home in Annapolis for examining that period in American history — took steps last week toward its goal. The Annapolis Continental...Tags: Paris (France), U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, United States Naval Academy, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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