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Towson Legion, Elks join forces for Memorial Day tributes
Towson resident Dwaine Garber didn't serve in the military himself, but he comes from a family of veterans. On Sunday, flanked by his wife, Tonya, and son, Matthew, 11, Garber continued a 20-year tradition of attending Memorial Day ceremonies "I can take...
Tags: Todd Huff, Korean War (1950-1953), American Legion, Kevin Kamenetz, Vietnam
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Ocean City will hold powerboat races Sunday
Powerboat racing has been compared with NASCAR or Indy car racing. It's not only wetter, but it can be wilder, according to Ed Smith, president of the New Jersey-based Offshore Powerboat Association. "You're dealing with Mother Nature," Smith said....
Tags: NASCAR, Open-Wheel Racing, Auto Racing, Atlantic Ocean
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On New Year's Eve, some Maryland towns will drop anything but a glittering ball
New York City has its descending ball. Miami Beach has its giant orange. And Princess Anne has its stuffed muskrat.
At midnight Saturday, the town of 2,400 people in Somerset County will become the latest in a line of Maryland communities — and...Tags: Miami Beach, Havre de Grace, Bangor, The Happiest News!, New York City
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John B. 'Jack' Owens, boat builder
John B. "Jack" Owens, who had been a principal in the family-owned Owens Yacht Co., the legendary Annapolis boat builder, and later established a real estate firm, died Saturday of heart failure at his Naples, Fla., home.
He was 96.
Mr. Owens was born...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Labor Legislation, Annapolis, Companies and Corporations, Thurgood Marshall
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Eugenia A. "Genie" Kennedy, educator
Eugenia A. "Genie" Kennedy, a former Peace Corps volunteer and teacher, died Jan. 7 of multiple organ failure at her Bel Air home. She was 82. A daughter of a businessman and a homemaker, Sarah Eugenia Asbury, who did not use her first name, was born...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), George Kennedy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Peace Corps, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland)
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Title chase takes backseat
As years go, it hasn't been a great one for Jimmie Johnson. He still has a fighting chance to claim his unprecedented sixth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup title, but that's strictly an optimistic spin. Johnson's shot at winning the title would rely on...Tags: Bodies of Water, NASCAR, Auto Racing, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Carl Edwards
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Stuart L. Buchwald
Baltimore Sun reporterStuart L. Buchwald, a former Baltimore professional prestidigitator who performed under the name of "Stuartini the Magnificent," died Oct. 21 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer at his home in Hollywood, Fla. He was 67. Mr. Buchwald...Tags: Charles Street, COPD, Harborplace, Cancer, Dominican Republic
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10th anniversary of Pearl Harbor was low-key
The Sept. 11 observances that were the focus of much of the nation last weekend were in marked contrast to the somewhat understated 10th anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Perhaps what presaged this change was TV's ascendancy and power,...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Transportation Accidents, Armed Conflicts, Armed Forces
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Arthur William Divens Sr., MTA employee, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterArthur William Divens Sr., a World War II submariner who later worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and the Maryland Transit Administration, died June 25 of heart failure at Genesis Elder Care Center in Severna Park. He was 86. The son of a...Tags: Physical Conditions, Monroe (Fairfield, Connecticut), Christianity, Armed Conflicts, Annapolis
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Ritual of opening up the house to the new season
The people who sell the bleach, detergents, trash bags, brooms and brushes love to see me coming this time of the year. For two or three weekends, I've been lugging the vacuum cleaner up and down the stairs. I've already totaled one shop vac filter...Tags: Family, Car Tires, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Ike, now Cat. 2, gathers force for beach assault
Maryland WeatherUPDATE: Hurricane Ike is now a Category 2 storm with top sustained winds of 100 mph. The storm continues to gather strength in the Gulf of Mexico, headed for a weekend landfall in Texas. Watch Ike grow in this satellite......Tags: Hurricanes, Weather Warnings, Hurricane Ike (2008), Natural Disasters, Tropical Weather
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Not much better in Florida
Maryland WeatherJust received this dispatch from Steve Zubrick, the science and operations officer from the National Weather Service forecast office in Sterling, who last week was shivering in Florida:"Frank: From today's Miami Herald online- "The National Weather...Tags: Weather Reports, Tampa
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