george washington
-
- Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
- About 35 to 40 people took part in a ceremony Saturday to honor a Confederate veteran at a Havre de Grace cemetery.
- The fossil is the skull of a whale that is "approximately 15 million years old," said John Nance, the paleontology collections manager at the Calvert Marine Museum in Southern Maryland.
- Dayton has announced that it will add women's lacrosse as an intercollegiate sport and begin competition in spring of 2016.
- Members of Maryland's congressional delegation said Monday they are introducing legislation to award R Adams Cowley with the Congressional Gold Medal — the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow.
- President Barack Obama vowed to change Washington, but he remains stuck in old battles over Bush policies and health care reform.
- America's second president may have been most instrumental of the Founding Fathers in the decision to declare independence.
- As much of Baltimore finishes its work day, the Domino sign is just warming up.
- More than 400 C. Milton Wright High School graduates walked across the stage Tuesday at the APG Federal Credit Union Arena at Harford Community College.
- Authorities say 20 percent of texts taken by Barry Landau, his assistant have been reunited with museums, including the Maryland Historical Society based in Baltimore.
- At the Saturday, Feb. 9 Harbor of Grace Chapter meeting, the membership was treated to a presentation by Dawn Fairchild, "Image of a Hero - Recreating George Washington's Revolutionary War Uniform." Fairchild discussed her construction of George Washington's uniform using authentic materials. Her husband, Bill Myers, attended the meeting modeling one of the uniforms.
- Charles Stembler is appointed principal of Calvert Hall College High School; Nicholas Bullis, named National Video Winner in the 2012 / 2013 First Freedom Student Competition; Laura Hillard travels to China as part of the Baltimore County Public School China Cultural Exchange Program
- The Orioles, who once controlled a huge territory, now share much of it with the Washington Nationals, who are ensconced in a population-rich portion of what was once the Orioles' domain.
- Student at Calvert Hall awarded $2,500 for video on religious freedom
- Joseph A. Miklasz, a trial attorney who practiced in Glen Burnie and was a wine collector, died of cancer April 14 at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 71 and lived in Crownsville.
- Andy Enfield set scoring records at Johns Hopkins before he became head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, the darling of the tournament. His assistant, Kevin "Stink" Norris, grew up in East Baltimore and starred at Lake Clifton.
- In Maryland hills, riders maintain British fox-hunting tradition with less-lethal means
- An age-old dispute over who owns the Potomac River is back in court, pitting property owners against outdoors guides.
- William Deal Waxter III, a retired securities analyst who was a World War II veteran, died of a stroke Feb. 11 at Broadmead Retirement Community. The former Roland Park resident was 88.
- Peace Corps Week is coming up Feb. 24 to March 2. We profile three past Peace Corp volunteers from Roland Park.
-
- President Obama's inaugural and State of the Union addresses suggest a muscular second term agenda.
- Monday, Feb. 18 is the official observance, but President George Washington's birthday is Feb. 22.
- Our holiday celebrations were altered this year. Dinners were held later or earlier because of bad weather predicted. Meetings were canceled. Schools delayed or canceled.
-
- Sharon Boston spends her weekends and vacations visiting homes once inhabited, as she says, by "presidents, poets and other historic persons."
- Operation that helped find Bin Laden also endangered health workers, children in Pakistan
- A Connecticut car hit a monument wall on Washington Place and flipped over Thursday morning injuring a passenger.
- Moe's Southwest Grille has asked an Annapolis panel to reject an application for a Chipotle on the grounds that Chipotle is fast-food, which is banned in the historic City Dock.
- Lowering tax rates for all and reducing spending offers best chance for economic recovery
- One of Baltimore's most distinctive landmarks is in bad shape; it will take a citywide effort to save it
- One of Baltimore's most distinctive landmarks is in bad shape; it will take a citywide effort to save it
- Last week, on the eve of Jeff Zucker's appointment as president worldwide for CNN, I wrote about his potential to be a wise and winning choice for a very tough and important job.
- Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is due back at Fort Meade this week, where lawyers for the alleged WikiLeaker plan to argue that he was punished at a military brig before his case had been heard — grounds, they say, to dismiss all charges against him.
- A fledgling organization dedicated to the Continental Congress is bringing three days of lectures, along historic documents and short films to Annapolis, as it seeks to find a permanent home in the city.
- There is no TV genre more problematic than docudrama. And Sunday's premiere of "SEAL Team Six," which claims to be the true, inside story of the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, is as problematic as they come.
- Dr. H. Berton McCauley, the former chief of the Dental Division of the Baltimore City Health Department who led the controversial battle that resulted in the city's water supply being fluoridated nearly 60 years ago, died Oct. 23.
- As we prepare to vote, may I encourage you to go to the polls with the knowledge that you should choose the candidates who best represent what this country was founded upon—the endowment by their Creator of "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
