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America's story told at Journey Stories exhibit
America's history of travel came alive this weekend at the Abingdon branch of the Harford County Public Library in a new Smithsonian-partnered exhibit. Journey Stories, which will run through July 6, opened to a small, but excited crowd Saturday morning....
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America's Journey Stories on display at Abingdon library beginning Saturday
For the first time, Harford County will host an official Smithsonian exhibit when Journey Stories, a look at how and why Americans have traveled since the country's inception, opens at the Abingdon library Saturday. The exhibit, which will be open though...
Tags: Havre de Grace, Trips and Vacations, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Boston, Libraries
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Getting a ducky start to the new year
The illuminated duck will drop over Havre de Grace, Saturday, Dec. 31, with fireworks on the Havre de Grace Middle School grounds on Lewis Lane. Thank you Susquehanna Hose Company volunteers for continuing this tradition in Havre de Grace. Happy New Year...Tags: Haiti, Science, Business, Christianity, Ceremonies
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Baseball's popularity was on the rise in 1911
100 Years Ago A Look back at 1911 • Baseball was getting very popular, but airplanes were still thought of as just for racing and sport. • Popular books in early 1900s were "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," by Frank Baum, "Up From Slavery,"...Tags: Ellicott City, Jack London, Cancer, Booker T. Washington, Flu
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Immigration: good; illegal immigration: bad
In the minds of some people today, immigration is a bad word ("Immigrants key to reaching mayor's population goal," Jan. 7). Overlooked is the fact that a half century ago, residents of Canton, Highlandtown, Locust Point and Curtis Bay were either...Tags: Immigration, Locust Point, Migration, Highlandtown
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Councilman wants to make English Arundel's official language
County Councilman Jerry Walker plans to introduce a bill at Monday night's council meeting that would declare English the official language of Anne Arundel County. The Gambrills Republican said the bill is the first in a series he plans to press that...Tags: Labor Legislation, New York City, Immigration, Justice and Rights, Language
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To get our licensed renewed at the MVA we practice our driving skills: stop, go … yield
It happens every four years, has to do with the government and seems to take forever. Not the presidential election. I'm talking about getting my driver's license renewed. Last week I suddenly realized that I had one day left before my driver's...Tags: Vehicles, Elections, Dog (animal)
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Cecil George Mateer, machinist, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterCecil George Mateer, a retired machinist and Royal Navy veteran, died July 28 of pneumonia at Lorien of Bel Air. He was 90. Born and raised in Belfast, Ireland, Mr. Mateer ran away to the sea when he was 13, and served onboard windjammers as a cabin boy....Tags: Ellicott City, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Armed Forces
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Andre Budd
Andre Budd, a Polish immigrant and self-made businessman who established a Highlandtown machine shop, died Wednesday from complications after kidney surgery at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
The Sparks resident was 77.
The son of a factory worker and...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Highlandtown, Severna Park, Timonium
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Best 'theme' for the Inner Harbor: the water
Jim Rouse's "festival market place" concept for the Inner Harbor, with retail pavilions and entertainment venues, brought with it the retail industry's pattern of re-branding and call for entertaining with ever new "attractions." This put the harbor...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Baltimore Development Corporation, Cruises, Theme Park Vacations, Gardens and Parks
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The secret to Harry Potter's success
At a screening in Columbia, a 16-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl emerged from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" blissed-out but also fighting because he wouldn't kiss her during the movie — he didn't want to miss a single second...Tags: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (movie), Movies, Star Wars (movie), Paul Haggis, Colleges and Universities
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