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Bel Air development plans draw fire from residents of adjacent new development
Some residents of the new Richardson's Legacy development off of Tollgate Road in Bel Air took issue Wednesday with plans for a new community of more than 300 homes – approved in 2011 – being built around them. Besides adding hundreds of...
Tags: Plant Openings, Homes, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Somerville, Agriculture
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Patrons and vendors warm up to Annapolis winter farmers' market
At first glance, a grass-roots farmers' market in the covered parking lot of a suburban mall seems a bit incongruous. But that's the charm, and convenience, of the Westfield Annapolis Winter Farmers' Market, held every other Sunday at Westfield Annapolis...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Soups, Gucci Group NV, University of Baltimore
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Christmas tree that escaped Sandy's wrath arrives in Baltimore
Welcoming guests to a Baltimore hotel this holiday season will be a Sandy refugee — a tall, graceful Christmas tree that escaped the massive storm's high winds and unexpected snow. The 22-foot-high Douglas fir arrived at the Royal Sonesta Harbor...
Tags: Holidays, Forestry and Timber, Garrett County, Inner Harbor, Baltimore Hotels
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History matters: Protecting fruit against mouse damage
100 Years Ago Rube in Laurel From the Laurel social column: "Several of the young ladies of Laurel will hold a dance at the Academy of Music here on Monday evening February 3rd, dancing to begin at 8:30 P.M. "At the regular meeting of the mayor...Tags: Entertainment Events, Dance, Pumpkin, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland)
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Harford Farmer of the Year 'Brownie' Pearce reflects on his career
Wilbur Brown Pearce has farming in his blood. "All of my ancestors had been farmers. My mother and father grew up on farms, " Pearce, known to his friends as "Brownie," said. "But neither of them acquired an interest in farming." Pearce did acquire an...
Tags: Elizabeth Mitchell, Radio, Colleges and Universities, Havre de Grace, Rite Aid Corp.
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Samuel H. Patterson, Black & Decker executive
Samuel H. Patterson, former director of recruitment and placement at Black & Decker Corp. who also enjoyed farming, died Nov. 7 of congestive heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
He was 93 and lived at Oak Crest Village in Parkville.
The son of...Tags: Habitat for Humanity International, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Employees, Heart Failure
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Letter: Selling farm property could preserve farm preservation program
For those folks seeking to leave the state's farm preservation program because they feel that they are incapable of financially succeeding in modern day Howard County, perhaps they should simply sell their farm property at fair agricultural value to... -
No winners in chicken lawsuit
Last week, a federal judge in Baltimore issued a verdict in a lawsuit filed by an environmental group against an Eastern Shore farming family and Perdue. After nearly three years of litigation, Judge William Nickerson ruled that the evidence presented...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Justice System, Environmental Pollution, Litigation, Litigation and Regulation
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Mt. View Middle can be proud of these young musicians
Last week's column celebrated the many students at Marriotts Ridge High School who earned acceptance into Maryland All State ensembles. This week, I would like to recognize the Junior All State musicians who hail from Mt. View Middle School....Tags: Schools, Music Industry, Holidays, Elementary Schools, Oranges
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Eastern Shore poultry pollution trial winds up
Lawyers squared off one last time Friday in a packed Baltimore courtroom to wrap up the long-running trial of a bitterly contested pollution lawsuit with ramifications for water cleanup efforts and the poultry industry in Maryland and nationwide. Jane...
Tags: Justice System, Environmental Pollution, University of Delaware, Colleges and Universities, Perdue Farms
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Remembering virtuoso Harford harmonica player Gene Miller
Some folks we've known nearly all of our lives, some we've just met, yet feel like we've known them just as long. Like a well-worn shirt they become part of the fabric of our own lives. When these folks depart from this world it leaves us wondering what...
Tags: Heart Attack, Chemotherapy, Music, Health Treatments, Bluegrass (genre)
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Experiencing deja vu in Howard County farmland fight
This Howard County movie has played before: the County Council considering laws to restrict rural land development, farmers staging a tractor parade protesting what they see as an attack on their property values, public officials saying preservation...Tags: Justice System, Conservation, Ellicott City, Ken Ulman, Deere and Company
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