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Joyce Ward, preservationist, dies
Joyce McCartney Ward, an activist in historic preservation causes who helped establish the Irish Shrine in Southwest Baltimore, died of cancer Aug. 4 at her Bolton Hill home. She was 81.
Born Joyce McCartney in Baltimore, she attended Garrison Junior...Tags: Judges, Johns Hopkins University, Mount Royal, Road Transportation, Interior Policy
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Chesapeake band to cap off concert series
 Lee Hager, a board member of the Woman's Club of Perry Hall, is pleased to share news of the final concert of the year in the eleventh Perry Hall Community Concert Series. A Free September Concert featuring the music of the Chesapeake Concert Band...Tags: White Marsh, Maryland, Perry Hall, Nottingham, High Schools
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Best entertainment value: GOP nomination contest
Las Vegas is one of my favorite places, but there's a tinge of sadness on the Strip these days.
It's not a lack of crowds or dearth of attractions. The streets, shows, restaurants and casinos are packed as always. No, what's made the people of Las...Tags: Tim Pawlenty, Republican Party, Saudi Arabia, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama
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Catonsville councilman's support of plan shows power of developers
Councilman Tom Quirk's support of Whalen Properties' PUD is unsettling ("Councilman offers bills related to PUD development," Catonsville Times, Sept. 28). Justifying his decision, Quirk said he listened to the community, cites the project's similarities...Tags: Catonsville, Elections, Tom Quirk
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Maryland law professor was adviser to Nobel laureate
When University of Maryland law professor Larry Gibson was asked to become involved with the Liberian presidential campaign of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, he initially declined. But she ultimately won him over, and his efforts helped her become Africa's...Tags: Government, Feminism, Heads of State, Human Rights, Liberia
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Protesters are right to rail against Wall Street plutocrats
As time goes on it will become increasingly apparent to the youthful demonstrators in the Occupy Baltimore movement that we are governed by a plutocracy. The financial interest bloc successfully controls government through corrupting contributions to... -
Laurel mayor touts background in bid for third term
When he was in elementary school, Craig Moe worked on his first political campaign by handing out campaign fliers for Lawrence Hogan, who was running for Congress in Maryland's 5th District. Hogan won the election and Moe went on to volunteer for other...Tags: Local Elections, Government, Companies and Corporations, Entertainment Events, Employers
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Overrule the Supreme Court on campaign finance reform
Democracy has been called a government of laws, not of men; but who makes the laws that govern democracy? Not you, me, or our fellow citizens — at least, not according to the five-justice conservative majority on the Supreme Court, who continue to...Tags: Shareholders, Democracy, Litigation and Regulation, Government, Constitutional Issues
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John M. Wilson, geologist, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterJohn Mackenzie Wilson, who mapped the Eastern Shore for the Maryland Geological Survey, died of a lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, July 3 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Fells Point resident was 57. Born in Salisbury,...Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Employees, Human Rights, Unions, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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For Pitcairn's family, a journey from happiness to grief
Gwen Pitcairn drove slowly through the cemetery in Tequesta, the small Florida village where she raised her three children. She stopped in front of her son Stephen's grave.
More than a year after his death, it still was marked by a makeshift memorial,...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Music, Japan, Tequesta, Prosecution
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Flunking Government Ethics 101
Politicians are a lot like middle school students. The moment you think they are mature and thoughtful enough to do the responsible thing, they are bound to disappoint. As any experienced parent or president of the United States will tell you, better to...Tags: Ulysses Currie, Ethics, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Government, Kenneth N. Oliver
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The U.S. should keep its troops in Iraq
Regarding your article "Obama: Troops out of Iraq by Dec 31, 2011" (Oct. ), it shows of poor judgment on President Obama's part to make such a decision when it could be interpreted as a political campaign ploy for the 2012 election. I think the U.S....Tags: Barack Obama, Guerrilla Activity, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Al-Qaeda
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