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Mead and cider make a comeback in Maryland
Make room for cider and mead. In Maryland, cider was last popular in Colonial times. Mead never has been. But a new generation of mead and cider makers, with their feet planted firmly in Maryland soil, are rethinking these age-old fermented...
Tags: Wines, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Physical Conditions, Apples, Honey
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History Matters
100 Years Ago Monumental monuments From the Times social column: "Mrs. Andrew Norton and daughter of Baltimore, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Cromwell. "Mr. John Penn, of Savage, was visitor here the past week. "Mr. John E. Gaither who was...Tags: Nursing, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Ellicott City, Medical Specialization, Johnny Unitas
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At the Baltimore Farmers' Market & Bazaar, new finds and friendly faces
On Sunday, Thomas Albright will wake up early. Before 5 a.m., the patriarch of the Albright Farms family will be in his truck, driving from his farm in Monkton to the city, where Saratoga and Holliday streets meet underneath the Jones Falls Expressway....
Tags: Potatoes, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Gardening, Garlic, Agriculture
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Steeplechase season begins this weekend with Elkridge-Harford
The next two weekends feature some of Harford County's longest running sporting/social events as the steeplechase season is in full swing locally with the running of two of the three races commonly referred to as the Triple Crown of Maryland...
Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Track and Field, Triple Crown, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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A better solution for manure
Optimism might seem out of place after the Waterkeeper Alliance's bitter loss in a recent lawsuit to hold Perdue Farms and its grower Alan Hudson responsible for polluting waterways with poultry manure. But it's possible to at least be hopeful of...
Tags: Lancaster County (Virginia), Trials, Perdue Farms, Environmental Pollution, Plant Openings
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Harford housing market making a slow comeback
While homes continue to be built around Harford County, the market has a long way to go before it gets to the heights it sustained before the nationwide housing market crash began in 2007. "In general, we are tracking equal to, or slightly above the...
Tags: Credit and Debt, House Building, Mortgages, Real Estate, National Association of Realtors
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Agriculture should pay for its own pollution
What industry gets a significant discount on property taxes funded by other taxpayers? Can you think of a business the price of whose products is supported by the treasury? Or a business that is paid from taxpayer funds not to make its products? Wouldn'...
Tags: Executive Branch, Rivers, Environmental Pollution, Government, Finance
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Public emergency shelters stock with two weeks worth of survival items
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, March 21, 1963: Four designated public shelters were stocked 50 years ago with a two-week supply of survival items supplied by the civil defense director. Employees of Harford Memorial Hospital along...Tags: Leprechauns (legendary entities), Havre de Grace, Federal Communications Commission, St. Patrick's Day, Radio
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A guide to Harford County's CSA programs
While it might be tough to imagine heading out to a local farm for an armful of fresh vegetables when it’s still chilly, it’s almost that time of year. Harford County farms are gearing up for growing season, and that means it’s time to...
Tags: Green Beans, Potatoes, Zucchini, Cabbage, Summer Squash
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Farmers offered new type of financing [Letter]
Editor: As State Executive Director for the Maryland Farm Service Agency, I regularly meet small and beginning farmers and ranchers, military veterans and disadvantaged producers interested in making a living in production agriculture. For many, the...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Credit and Debt, Customs and Tradition, Money and Monetary Policy, Food Industry
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After years of debate, Sparks poultry farm wins approval to build farmer's stand
For 17 generations, members of Catherine Webb's family have worked or lived on Springfield Farm in northern Baltimore County, where chickens and turkeys roam the hilly ground and, three days a week, Webb sells eggs and chicken meat from a farmhouse...
Tags: Consumers, Lawyers, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Baltimore County, Justice System
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County residents say no to O'Malley's gun-control legislation
Howard County residents Thursday urged their state delegation to say no to Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun control legislation, arguing that it punishes lawful gun owners. Of the more than 100 residents who filled the Banneker Room inside the George Howard...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Atlantic Ocean, Solar Energy, Wind Power, Punishment
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