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Valet Safety, Walking School Bus programs forge ahead [Rodgers Forge]
The Valet Safety Program at Rodgers Forge Elementary School kicked off on April 8 to rave reviews. As we went to press, the program was one week old, so we asked Michael Bayer, Rodgers Forge Community Association officer and a Safe Routes to School...
Tags: Literature, Elementary Schools, Criminals, Christianity, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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'Amazing Race' recap, A cheesy time in Switzerland
Oh, Race, it’s good to be back. I’ve missed you. And I’ve missed Phil’s hat and Phil’s Maori fishhook necklace, too! It’s been two weeks, do you remember what happened? Africa? Speeding tickets? Fearless Friends got...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Landforms, Mountains, The Amazing Race (tv program), Auto Racing
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A family grows along with their Timonium chocolate emporium
Jenny and Ben Hauser took something of a leap of faith in 2005, when barely a year after the couple met, they were engaged to marry and opened Glarus Chocolatier in Timonium. Two children, three locations, and eight years of marriage later, the...
Tags: Harbor East, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Timonium
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Davidsonville dog is Westminster-bound
This weekend, he'll be brushed in his Davidsonville home to remove loose strands. He'll get a special bath with custom-blended shampoo, then a blow-dry in Annapolis. Then he'll down a little motion-sickness medicine for his ride to New York. Come...
Tags: American Kennel Club, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Labor Day, Annapolis
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Carol Bartlett
Carol Bartlett, a choreographer who had been the Peabody Preparatory dance department's artistic director for 25 years, died of cancer Dec. 15 at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 67.
"She was the backbone and inspirational leader of the Peabody...Tags: Fine Artists, Greenwich Village, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Artists, Martha Graham
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Find middle ground in drug policy
Regarding Neill Franklin's op-ed ("A caravan for peace," Sept. 9), there is a middle ground between drug prohibition and blanket legalization. Switzerland's heroin maintenance program has been shown to reduce disease, death and crime by providing...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Heroin, Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking
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McFadden finishes ninth in marathon
Clarksville's Tatyana McFadden came up short in her final event at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, the marathon. It wasn't lack of determination or ability that resulted in her ninth-place finish. According to the London Telegraph it was two...
Tags: 2012 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games, Awards and Prizes, Clarksville
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McFadden sisters both make 100 final in the Paralympics (UPDATED)
Tatyana McFadden is three-for-three at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Friday evening the Atholton graduate won her third goal medal, this one coming in the 1,500-meter race. McFadden, who was born with spina bifida, competes in the T54 classification....Tags: 2012 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games, Awards and Prizes, Spina Bifida
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McFadden wins second gold medal in 2012 Paralympics
At the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Clarksville's Tatyana McFadden won five medals, but none of them were gold. She's adding to her medal collection at the 2012 London Paralympic Games, but this time she's collecting gold. Monday,...
Tags: 2012 Summer Paralympics, China, Paralympic Games, Gabby Douglas, Awards and Prizes
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Romney was right about culture and prosperity
One of the few things Americans on both sides of the partisan divide can agree on is that this election is shaping up to be vexingly petty. The hunt for gaffes -- some real, many imagined -- has taken over. Mitt Romney's recent overseas tour, we are told,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Hamas, Racism, American Enterprise Institute, Civil Rights
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'So You Think You Can Dance' recap: Las Vegas auditions, baby
Las Vegas! 181 dancers will be winnowed down to 20 over eight rounds in four days. Judges will be Lil C, Debbie Allen, Adam Shankman, Tyce Diorio, Mary Murphy, and Nigel Lythgoe.
First up they're all doing solos and they could be cut immediately if their...Tags: Jason Mraz, Debbie Allen, Music, Fleetwood Mac (music group), Mia Michaels
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The end of the Bridge
They didn't want it to end this way, but it will.
After 10 years, five albums and roughly 1,500 shows, the Bridge — one of Baltimore's most successful bands — will take the stage one last time on Thanksgiving Eve. Without any opening acts,...Tags: Festive Events, Dan Deacon, Music, Wye Oak (music group), Phish (music group)
Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Feb 10, 2013
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Dec 25, 2012
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Sep 12, 2012
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Sep 10, 2012
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Sep 8, 2012
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Sep 5, 2012
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Aug 13, 2012
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Jun 21, 2012
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Nov 22, 2011
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