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Isaiah 'Ike' Dixon, state delegate from Baltimore
Isaiah Dixon Jr., a jazz fan, world traveler and four-term state delegate from Baltimore City whose accomplishments included introducing a bill that made cross burnings a felony in Maryland, died of heart failure April 26 at Stella Maris Hospice in...
Tags: Annapolis, Howard University, NAACP, Timonium, Music Industry
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Richard F. Ober, lawyer
Richard F. Ober, a retired lawyer and insurance company executive who enjoyed sailing the Chesapeake Bay, died April 13 from vascular disease at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98. The son of a lawyer and a homemaker, Richard...Tags: Charles Street, Armed Forces, Lawyers, Judges, Oxford (Talbot, Maryland)
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Six veterans plead guilty to Agent Orange benefits fraud
Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty to fraud charges this week in a scheme to obtain federal military benefits and state tax breaks with faked documentation claiming they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the...
Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Lawyers, International Military Interventions
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Save public input to help save the environment
When first proposed about a decade ago, it seemed like a promising means to revive the Chesapeake Bay's devastated oyster crop: Bring in Chinese oysters, which are impervious to the diseases killing the native stock and also grow faster. If successful,...
Tags: Oysters, Richard Nixon, Government, National Government, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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William H. Hoffman, engineer
William H. Hoffman, a retired U.S. Food and Drug Administration official, died Monday from septic shock after kidney transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The longtime Ellicott City resident was 81. William Harry Hoffman was...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Engineering, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Washington, DC, Johns Hopkins University
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Havre de Grace election coming up features two running for mayor, five for three city council seats
With Havre de Grace's election just around the corner, on May 7, voters will get the chance to cast ballots for one of two mayoral candidates and three of five running for city council. Mayor Wayne Dougherty, who is seeking a fourth term, is...
Tags: Havre de Grace, John F. Kennedy, Budgets and Budgeting, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County
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Supporting pre-K is a sound investment
Our leaders in Washington face tough budget issues ("Obama budget would have big impact in MD," April 11). But one proposal we should all agree on is for targeted investments in local pre-kindergarten learning. As a grandfather, I support giving America's...
Tags: Schools, Early Learning, Preschools, Obesity, Weight
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Military News
MEDINA: Navy Seaman Melnard B. Medina, son of Bernardita and Michael Medina of Forest Hill, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Medina completed a variety of training...Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), High Schools, Schools, First Aid, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Maryland seeks historic status for Fort Carroll
When she thinks of Fort Carroll, the abandoned 19th-century military installation in the Patapsco River, Beverly Eisenberg thinks of her grandfather — and of duckpin bowling balls. She visited the six-sided artificial island as a little girl, just...
Tags: Endangered Species, War of 1812, Engineering, Preservation Maryland, Patapsco
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President Obama awards Navy football team with Commander-In-Chief's Trophy
President Barack Obama awarded Navy's football team with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy on Thursday afternoon in the East Room at the White House. Here are the president's remarks: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) Hello. Please, everybody have a seat. ...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Football, Barack Obama, Ethics, Ken Niumatalolo
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Leon Nelson, state security officer
Leon Nelson, a retired state security officer assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, died of cancer April 4 at Seasons Hospice in Randallstown. The Inner Harbor resident was 85. The son of John Leon Nelson and Rebecca Nelson, he was...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Lexington Market, Randallstown
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Ronald J. Biglin, Loyola business professor
Ronald J. Biglin, a former business professor and dean of graduate programs at what is now Loyola University Maryland who owned a winery and a distribution company, died Monday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Lutherville resident was 81. "Ron...
Tags: New York University, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, General Electric Company, Georgetown
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