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Robert R. "Bob" Timberg, a former Evening Sun and Baltimore Sun reporter and Marine Corps veteran whose 1995 book "The Nightingale's Song" about five Naval Academy graduates who served in the Vietnam War earned him wide acclaim, died Tuesday from respiratory failure at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 76.

The more distraught we get about the name-calling, wall-building tone of this year's presidential campaign, the more it helps to revisit a national campaign of half a century ago, which started out mired in a similar meanness, but then demonstrated how to rise above it.

Richard "Jud" Henderson, an author who turned his love of sailing and the Chesapeake Bay into a series of books on maritime topics, died Feb. 18 of a ruptured appendix at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was 91.

Local ice skaters Allison and Elena Bonier have been honing their turns, spirals, spins and butterfly jumps in preparation for the Columbia Figure Skating Club's production of "Movies and Minions"

Center for Conscious Living announces series of Wisdom Workshops for 2015

Black History Month offers an opportunity to recognize the contributions African Americans have made to American society. The observance began in 1926 as Negro History Week, created by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator and publisher. In 1976, it became a month-long celebration. The month of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted 381 days, and even though it has only been 197 days since Michael Brown was shot I wonder whether the #BlackLivesMatter movement, without a leader or a national manifesto, can continue

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Many people had not heard of the Friendship 9, a group that staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter at the local McCrory's in 1961, but that changed last month when Judge John C. Hayes III, the nephew of the judge who originally sentenced the Friendship 9, overturned the charges against them, calling their sentencing "repugnant" and "flawed."

"The Book of Negroes," based on Hopkins alum Lawrence Hill's novel of the same name, will air on BET in February.

Tables stacked with books greeted visitors as they entered the fellowship hall of Millers United Methodist Church Jan. 17. Crowds of people meandered through the tables, some stopping to look at titles, and many pausing to grab the ones that caught their interest. That was the goal of the sixth annual Day of Knowledge Book Fair — to get the books into the hands of the readers. The book fair, an outreach of the church, offered free books to anyone who stopped by.

Award-winning photographer David Simpson has published a new book for children based on his love of Loch Raven Reservoir — "The Swan at Loch Raven"

"The Work" describes the author's search for a larger purpose to which he can devote his life

Lisa Trovillion, an author and horse farmer from Cooksville, has just published her first novel, called "False Gods."

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Former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and potential Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is under fire for passages included in a 2012 book that appear to be lifted from an anti-socialism website and other sources.

Writing a novel is an individual journey that requires imagination, patience and a whole lot of free time. For some, it takes a matter of months; for others, the process takes years. For Ellicott City resident and novelist Loree Lough, it took 20 years ¿ to write more than 100 books.

On "Top Chef," Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski judges a sausage contest.

Here are some of the local-interest cookbooks that got our attention this year. Consider them for holiday giving, or as a gift to yourself.

Suzanne Shaw, a social worker who was the founder of the Women's Literary Review, died Dec. 1 at Copper ridge assisted-living in Sykesville of complications of dementia. She was 60.

Achariya Peter, who founded a universalist yogic spiritual religious community, died of cancer Nov. 24 at his North Baltimore home. He was 79.

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Carine McCandless, sister of the infamous Chris McCandless, whose journey of solitude through the wilderness in Alaska was canonized in the Jon Krakauer's novel "Into the Wild", will discuss her recently published book "The Wild Truth" in Arbutus.

When it comes to giving thanks, there's nothing to be said that hasn't been said before — and better — so we opt for tradition instead.

November has been a good-news/bad-news month for the climate struggle. The U.S. and China just inked an historic agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but that accord is imperiled by the American electorate.

A Havre de Grace pastor, author and retired university educator is this year's winner of the Henry Salvatori Prize, an annual prize given to individuals who promote conservative political thought and the governing principles of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Author Lily Myers Kaplan has a book reading and talk for residents of Carroll Lutheran Village

Author Faye Green, a Laurel native, has written a new book, "Gertie," which is set in Laurel in the early 1900s. The release of her new book reminds me of an interview I did with Green after the release of her previous book, "Dicey."

Author Faye Green, a Laurel native, has written a new book, "Gertie," set in Laurel from 1909 to 1946.

Rachel Carson's three lyrical books on the sea made her an acclaimed author, but 1962's "Silent Spring" — the title conjuring a world without birdsong — made her a heroine.