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Thousands in Carroll without power, some without water in aftermath of storm
Carroll County emergency management officials reported Saturday, June 30, that the county was experiencing widespread power outages as a result of the line of severe thunderstorms that crossed the county Friday night. Additionally, officials said, the...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Sykesville, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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Transit of Venus offers rare glimpse of heavens
When Venus passed between Earth and the sun 251 years ago Tuesday, scientists scribbled down observations that helped calculate a rough estimate of the size of our solar system. Using crude telescopes, they watched the yellow planet move across the sun'...Tags: Howard County, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Car Safety Tips and Advice, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Science Center
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Andy Griffith and the myth of a fair-minded, small-town Southern America in the turbulent '60s
The Baltimore SunAndy Griffith, one of the stars who put CBS on top of the TV world in the 1960s with an easy-going but culturally-packed sitcom that ran for eight seasons during that stormy decade in American life, died Tuesday at 86 at his North Carolina home in Roanoke...Tags: Andy Griffith, Elia Kazan, James Stewart, Double Indemnity (movie), John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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Buon Appetito: Carroll Restaurant Week offers its second helping
Dante Liberatore already knew the value of participating in a "restaurant week" — a special promotion in which restaurants offer various discounts and special menus to showcase their establishments. With restaurants in Harford and Baltimore...
Tags: Sykesville, Georgetown, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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Joyce Carol Chaney
Joyce Carol Chaney, a former cosmetologist who changed careers and became Baltimore County's first full-fledged female police officer assigned to patrol duty in 1974, was found dead Sunday in the bedroom of her Parkville home. She was 67. Her brother,...
Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Belair Road, Child Abuse, Parkville
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Cooling centers open; BGE says outages in Carroll down to 142
Because of high temperatures and humidity — and with some people in Carroll still without power from last Friday's storm — the Carroll County Department of Citizen Services operated several cooling centers around the county this past week. As...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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Head of the Class: Awards and achievements for Carroll County students
State Del. Susan Krebs of District 9B recently announced the award of state scholarships to graduating high school seniors in her legislative district. The Education Subcommittee of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce evaluated the students based on...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Nursing, University of Delaware, Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities
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In Howard, a growing buzz over beekeeping
After spying a small praying mantis perched on a slightly spent bee-balm plant, Leslie Englehart tried twice to cup it in her hand, but the slender green insect bounded artfully, and frustratingly, out of view. "Ross, can you get it?" she asked her...
Tags: Howard County, Beekeeping
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Farmers, homeowners spar over preservation
Residents and farmers in western Howard County sparred Thursday night over whether three farm families should be allowed to reclaim the development rights on their farmland — the first-ever attempt to defect from Maryland's agricultural land-...Tags: Howard County, Farms, Agriculture, Arable Farming
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John L. Walz, egg producer
John L. Walz, a former typesetter who later ran a Carroll County farm that produced eggs, died of cancer Sunday at his son's Mount Airy home. He was 82.
John Louis Walz was born and raised in Baltimore and was a 1948 graduate of City College.
A pitcher,...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland)
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Dry Md. town of Damascus prepares to get wet after vote
At the Music Cafe on Ridge Road, the restaurant local residents call the hippest in town, owner Randy Anderson says he's thrilled he'll soon be able to add beer and wine to his menu for the first time. A few blocks away, at the down-home Red Rooster...
Tags: Music, Maryland General Assembly, Montgomery County (Maryland), Rite Aid Corp., Restaurants
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