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Mary B. Filler, dance instructor
Mary B. Filler, a former dance instructor and preschool teacher, died May 13 from bladder cancer at Harmony Hall, a Columbia retirement community. She was 99. The daughter of the owner of a Baltimore feed and seed store and a homemaker, the former Mary... -
Hudson's Corner: Blend T lemon passes taste test and is on its way to a store near you
We all have the nightmare of being late to class, forgetting to study for the exam or being late to a test. At three score and four, I have now lived that nightmare. I did not awake in a sweat. I did not leap from bed, throw on clothes and run...Tags: Lemons
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Cyclists ride to downtown Towson for Bike to Work Day
Biking enthusiasts and advocates from all around the Towson area took advantage of a warm, clear morning Friday to participate in the 10th Annual Baltimore County Bike to Work Day Rally at the Towson Courthouse. "I think it was really successful,"...
Tags: Baltimore County, Justice System, White Marsh, David Marks, IKEA
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Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill
Barbara Shapiro's love affair with Druid Hill Park dates to her childhood, when she passed through it daily on the way from her Ashburton home to old School 49 on Cathedral Street. And even when construction of Druid Park Lake Drive in the 1940s and...
Tags: Jones Falls Expressway, Arts, Druid Hill, Fine Artists, Booker T. Washington
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Funnel cloud sighting, severe wind damage reported in Saturday storms
A trained weather spotter reported a funnel cloud sighting in Roland Park on Saturday afternoon, while severe wind damage occurred in Harford County as storms passed through the region, according to the National Weather Service. The funnel cloud...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Tornadoes, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: Public Schools, PTA, Frederick Law Olmsted, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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City school system receives seven charter applications
The city school board is considering proposals for seven charter schools that include two named for female trailblazers, another attempt at an all-male, college-preparatory program in East Baltimore, and an elementary school for at-risk youths. The new...
Tags: Andres Alonso, Colleges and Universities, Customs and Tradition
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Roland Park Elementary/Middle School holds annual May Mart
Tony Sartori, 61, and Sam Jenkins, 10, were fundraisers extraordinaire at the 85th annual May Mart on Saturday at Roland Park Elementary/Middle School. Sartori, of Bellona-Gittings, a hairdresser at Kobi's in Mount Washington and father of a Roland Park...
Tags: PTA, University of Maryland Medical Center, Students, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Teaching and Learning
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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: Princeton University, Armed Forces, Justice System, U.S. Army, Christianity
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Color Run to draw 25,000 to Camden Yards
Kate Joyce detests running. She has since she was in high school. But the prospect of trotting through vibrant clouds of yellow, blue, orange and pink has prompted her to make an exception this weekend. Joyce will be among 25,000 people participating in...
Tags: Road Running, Harford County, Mother's Day, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Running
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In testing-dominated system, real learning comes outside the classroom
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, the standardized testing season has mostly ended in the public schools this year — and what have we learned? Parents have learned that their first-graders are developing test anxiety. Teachers have learned that they...
Tags: Public Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Students, Arne Duncan
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Thinking small: Compact, cheaper living in 'tiny houses'
Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits in his Anne Arundel County yard. He and wife Renee can hitch it...
Tags: Baltimore County, Homes, Rentals, Tameka Cottle
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