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Zoo teams up with state to promote college savings plans
May 29 has been dubbed 529 College Savings Day -- get it 5/29 and 529, as in the part of the tax code that allows the savings plan? -- and the College Savings Plans of Maryland (CSPM) is teaming up with the Maryland Zoo to promote awareness of the plans. ...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Tuition Planning Services
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A 'Passport' to the world of Druid Hill Park
A Roland Park resident has created a "passport" to Druid Hill Park. Janet Felsten, founder and director of the nonprofit group Baltimore Green Map, introduced the green-colored passport April 19 at a Baltimore Green Week kickoff party in the...
Tags: Kickstarter, Bolton Hill, Tourism and Leisure, Roland Park, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Earth-friendly spirit prevails at Mount View Middle School
The results are in: Mount View Middle School rocked its Green Field Day on April 24. Not only did the students raise $1,500 for the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore — and get to slime Assistant Principal Linda Monti as a reward — but they also...Tags: Anglicanism, Teaching and Learning, Auction Service, Howard County, Middle Schools
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Camel rides return to Maryland Zoo
Two Arabian camels who spend their summers in Baltimore are taking on passengers for short daytime trips past their penguin and elephant neighbors at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore for the next few months. The one-humped animals, also known as...
Tags: Labor Day
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Billboard companies object to proposed city tax
Area billboard companies are speaking out against a proposed tax introduced this week by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. In a hearing before the City Council's taxation committee Thursday, the global billboard firm Clear Channel Outdoor offered to give...
Tags: Clear Channel Communications Inc., Television Industry, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Mount View Middle School goes green on its field day [Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock]
On Wednesday, April 24, the students at Mount View Middle School will participate in their third annual Green Field Day. Adults may remember traditional field days filled with outdoor games and competitions, but what makes a field day green? Well, the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Anglicanism, Teachers, Animals, Christianity
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Annual Judith Resnik awards recognize female math, science standouts
Twelve 11th-grade girls, one from each of Harford County's high schools, were honored for their achievements in math and science, as well as extracurricular activities, during the annual Dr. Judith Resnik Luncheon Saturday at Harford Community College....
Tags: Physical Therapy, Zoology, Animal Science, High School Sports, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Samson the elephant improves, is taken off meds
The young male elephant that fell ill with a deadly virus at the Maryland Zoo has been taken off medication and is expected to make a full recovery, zoo officials said Wednesday. "We know from other elephant experts that he will have up and down days, as...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Young elephant continues to recover from deadly virus at Maryland Zoo
Samson, the young male elephant who was diagnosed with a deadly virus at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore late last month, has continued to recover in recent days and has "turned a very positive corner" in his treatment, according to zoo officials. "His...
Tags: Zoology, Symptoms, Druid Hill, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Severna Park Marine dies in Nevada military training accident
He was the teenager who wasn't embarrassed to hug his mom at Severna Park High School while other students looked on, who pitched on the Falcons' 2009 state championship baseball team, and who matured into a Marine with a swallow tattoo on his right arm....
Tags: High School Sports, U.S. Army, College Baseball, Camp Lejeune (military base), Anne Arundel Community College
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Zoo bears responsibility for elephant's illness
The Maryland Zoo's 4-year-old elephant Samson's serious illness with herpes is one example of how zoo breeding programs put elephants at risk ("Young elephant recovering from virus," March 14). This frightening disease causes massive internal...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Viral Diseases and Infections
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