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Beginnings: Brooklyn native Walter Shirley caught his first glimpse of the Suffolk County woodlands that would later bear his name during World War I. Shirley was an Army private assigned as a bugler at Camp Upton. One night Shirley snuck out of camp to explore only to get lost in the vast wilderness.
Photo: Cruising down the the Carmans River (in a yellow kayak), Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, Shirley. (Newsday / Bill Davis)
Photo: Cruising down the the Carmans River (in a yellow kayak), Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, Shirley. (Newsday / Bill Davis)
Beginnings: Brooklyn native Walter Shirley caught his first glimpse of the Suffolk County woodlands that would later bear his name during World War I. Shirley was an Army private assigned as a bugler at Camp Upton. One night Shirley snuck out of camp to explore only to get lost in the vast wilderness.
Photo: Cruising down the the Carmans River (in a yellow kayak), Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, Shirley. (Newsday / Bill Davis)
Photo: Cruising down the the Carmans River (in a yellow kayak), Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, Shirley. (Newsday / Bill Davis)
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Harford County Police Blotter
Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Alexander Isaac Brown, 49, who has addresses in the 200 block of Engle Avenue and the first block of Norman Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Thursday in a case in...Tags: Theft, Panera Bread Company, Clifton, Property, Xbox 360
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Mayor's adviser on crime resigning in June
Top City Hall official Sheryl Goldstein, who served as a liaison between the mayor's office and the Baltimore Police Department, plans to resign next month — a decision she made public hours after Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III...Tags: Baltimore County, Sheila Dixon, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Peter Hermann, Peter O'Malley
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New York woman dies in Severn car crash
A New York woman died Monday, when the van she was driving sideswiped a trash truck and struck a tree in the Severn area of Anne Arundel County. Shirley Walker-Lloyd, 76, of West Islip, was driving north at 11:07 a.m. on Quarterfield Road near Myers...Tags: West Islip
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Engaged: Megan Strasdauskas & Brian Nee
This couple is expressing the easy, relaxed nature of their relationship with a "beach-y chic" wedding in Ocean City. Wedding date: October 27, 2012 Her story: Megan Strasdauskas, 27, grew up in Towson. Her mother, Leslie Wright, is community...
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Laurel Mill Playhouse's production is believable 'Miracle'
Santa's coming to Main Street on a crucial mission to defend his honor in Laurel Mill Playhouse's rendition of the American classic, "Miracle On 34th Street," adapted to the stage by Mountain Community Theater and based on a novel by Valentine Davies....Tags: Movies, New York City, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn, Santa Claus (fictional character)
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Hazel E. Melchior, registered nurse, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterHazel E. Melchior, a retired registered nurse and avid reader, died Aug. 18 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 88. The daughter of a postal worker and a homemaker, the former Hazel E. Bready was born...Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Parkville, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Natural Resources, Wetlands
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Miss Shirley's breakfast of champions
Dining@LargeFood Network Magazine -- magazine, who knew? -- names the tastiest breakfast in every state in the July/August issue that hits newsstands next week. "Food Network Magazine traveled to every state in the country, looking for the one breakfast you......Tags: Tomatoes, Foods and Beverages, Food Network (tv network), Pancakes, Periodicals
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Sun ReporterAn overlooked stay in the city NAACP founder Du Bois was Morgan Park resident -------------------- The life of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the civil rights leader, scholar and one of the five founders of the National Association for the...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Slavery, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, Abraham Lincoln
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Discount retailers add Santa Claus
The Wall Street JournalDepartment stores and shopping malls long have enjoyed a holiday advantage: Santa Claus. The same parents who bought toys at Wal-Mart would take the kids to Macy's to sit on Santa's lap and have their picture taken. This year, though, they won't have to...Tags: Hasbro Inc., Santa Claus (fictional character), General Growth Properties, Inc., Groceries, Maryland
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Singing Thanks
Sun StaffMARLBORO, Vt. -- As violin and woodwind music swells behind her, Hyunah Yu, one of America's fastest-rising classical vocalists, sits in a simple chair at the front of the stage, small hands folded as if in prayer. It's the 35th New England Bach Festival,...Tags: Lincoln Center, Opera (genre), BBC, Faith Hill, Theater
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Sad times for Happy Meals
The Wall Street JournalIn recent years, McDonald's Corp. has puzzled over how to expand beyond two core markets, young men and children. But now, it is facing a bigger problem: the loss of some of its kids' business. Sales of its Happy Meals have fallen three years in a row....Tags: Foods and Beverages, Cartoons, Mattel Inc., Ecosystems, Obesity
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Will meat safety overrule taste?
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