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Elkridge: St. Augustine Knights of Columbus to host annual bull and oyster roast Feb. 18
Wow ... can you believe that we are halfway through February already? And, it's been such a mild winter that my jonquils are already 4 inches out of the ground. I guess they're just as eager for spring as any of us. However, the word from "Puxatawney...Tags: Howard County, Awards and Prizes, Lent, Pancakes, Entertainment Events
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Rodgers Forge: Lenten season brings slate of activities at area churches
Now that Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow and we've all declared our love for family, friends and others at Valentine's Day, it won't be long before local Christians begin the six week observance of Lent. Our area churches will inaugurate the Lenten...Tags: The Washington Post, Lincoln Center, Christianity, Lent, Science
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Lutherville: Thinking Day will help mark Girl Scouting 100th birthday
Girl Scouting will celebrate its 100th anniversary on March 12, celebrating how Juliette Lowe brought scouting to Savannah, Ga., to start this wonderful program for girls in the United States. Our local Girl Scout Service Unit will celebrate Thinking Day...Tags: Asthma, Christianity, Allergies, Lent, American Legion
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Three area churches celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancake suppers
The Christian season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends 40 days later (Sundays not included) with Easter. In the Middle Ages, celebrants fasted during Lent and thus indulged in richer foodstuff – for example, milk, eggs, sugar, and butter &#...Tags: Tennis, Christianity, Lent, Music, Music
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Highland/Fulton: Emmanuel United Methodist Church set for Shrove Tuesday dinner Feb. 21
Question: What day comes before Ash Wednesday? Answer: Shrove Tuesday. Next question: What kind of meal is typically consumed on Shrove Tuesday? Why, pancakes of course! Next question: Have you ever noticed how some things taste so much better when...Tags: Schools, Literature, Literature, Google Inc., Awards and Prizes
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Cockeysville students' art complement Meyerhoff show
Twelve students from Cockeysville Middle School are having their artwork displayed at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The exhibition coincides with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's February concert series, which includes a multimedia performance of...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Lent, Concerts, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Television
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Clarence B. "Curly" Garrett
Clarence B. "Curly" Garrett, a retired Baltimore Sun news photographer whose career spanned nearly four decades, died Saturday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Homewood at Plum Creek, a Hanover, Pa., retirement community.
The former Ellicott...Tags: Photography, Ellicott City, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), John F. Kennedy, World War II (1939-1945)
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"Ash Wednesday Storm" struck 49 years ago
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:One of the greatest nor’easters on record struck 49 years ago today. The “Ash Wednesday Storm,” as it came to be known, generated 70 mph winds that piled up 40-foot ocean waves. Ocean City sustained major...Tags: Long Island
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Orthodox Lent starts today; spring cleaning, too
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Today is the first day of the Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. It’s also known as “Clean Monday,” a reference to the obligation among the faithful to cleanse themselves spiritually through fasting...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Christianity, Lent, Getaway Travel, Christian Orthodoxy
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Photo gallery recalls "Ash Wednesday Storm"
Maryland WeatherNor'easters can do far more damage than merely burying Maryland in snow. On a Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6-7, 1962, one of the most intense coastal storms ever to strike Maryland - summer or winter - pounded the region with snow,......Tags: Hurricanes, Religious Festivals, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Calendars, Days, and Months, Dewey Beach
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When the weather has no sizzle
Maryland WeatherThese are the times that try men's souls. Weathermen, anyhow. The single-digit cold, the record snows, the rumors of snow and even the obscure records breaking - those are the things that keep the weather news clicking. But that was last......Tags: Weather Reports, Lent
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Baltimore native helps run the church
Sun StaffPope John Paul II is dead. The election of his successor is at least two weeks away, and most members of his Curia have lost their positions. During the interregnum, Vatican affairs have been left to three senior cardinals, one of them a former auxiliary...Tags: Ellicott City, Vatican City, The Pope, Death, Family
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