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- Jim Dryden with the Friends of the Concord Point Lighthouse informed me about the 2013 volunteer orientation and briefing to be held March 9 at 10 a.m. at the Havre de Grace Police Department meeting room. Information? Call 410-939-3213 or email concordpointlighthouse@verizon.net
- Josephine Grace "Joey" Gay, a 7-year-old child born in Columbia who died Dec. 14 in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting, was recalled by her family for her "indomitable spirit," love of the color purple and her generosity.
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- The all-important holiday season is looking brighter this year for area independent toy shops
- Amy Lynne Shelton has a closet full of toys at the Johns Hopkins University cognitive psychology lab: Lego and model train buildings, wooden human figures with movable joints, toy cameras and wooden triangular blocks — some with eyes, some without.
- Radio Control Modelers of Baltimore, with 105 members, fly model planes weekly at Kirk Field at Parkton landfill and indoors at Carroll Manor Recreation Council gym in Jacksonville.
- For the past few years, I've taken this first week of June to write a column to acknowledge a few seniors who I've had the pleasure of watching, covering and enjoying over the time spent in high school. This year things are just a bit different. 30 years ago on a early June night, I walked across the stage of the Havre de Grace High School auditorium to receive my high school diploma and seemingly instantaneously, became an adult. Yes, an adult with no real direction outside of my church and
- During National Teacher Appreciation Week, a Catonsville High teacher who is beloved by students is on a roll in his Advanced Placement European History class.
- Women's basketball: Terps forward Tianna Hawkins could go from double-doubles to double agent. Junior forward has interned with the Secret Service and wants to go into law enforcement after her time on the court.
- Local doctor went to high school with Whitney Houston, who died Saturday at the age of 48.
- Marjorie Catherine Ordun, a homemaker and volunteer, died of dementia complications Jan. 27 at Kline Hospice House in Frederick. She was 89 and had lived in Severna Park and Towson.
- Though the location of the event has long been known as Patriot Plaza, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz—with the blessing of Maryland Adjutant General James Adkins—ensured fans that at least this weekend, they won't have to say "that p-word" anymore.
- Better or Worse: At least you know the new (fill in name of luxury vehicle) you bought for your spouse was much appreciated, because you haven't seen him/her for more than an hour — not since he/she said, "I just want to go outside and sit in it for a minute."
- Coachspeak: Albert Holley, Milford Mill basketball
- Guests can make merry, collect cookies or sip soup
- Advocates pushing for laws barring discrimination against transgender individuals are looking to local jurisdictions after suffering a defeat in the state legislature and a brutal attack on a woman at a Baltimore County McDonald's last spring.
- Singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield on working with Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and her Barbie-like kitchen.
- The inaugural Grand Prix swept into Baltimore this weekend with much at stake — for a city whose economy and image could both use a boost, and for its mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who has been the most visible proponent of the much-hyped event
- At 71, Mario Andretti is anything but retired This country's most versatile racecar driver reflects on his four-decade career and talks about his love for Baltimore
- 'Hairspray' is back where it started, in Baltimore, MD
- Oakland rapper Kreayshawn releases new single 'Gucci Gucci'