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Affirmed co-owner Patrice Wolfson says she's pulling for California Chrome to win the Triple Crown at Saturday's Belmont Stakes. - Bob Hieronimus' Charles North mural gets a facelift — and includes more symbolism
- For the first time in its almost 300-year history, Belmont is hosting public environmental and preservation programs.
- The Aberdeen Moose Lodge 1450 has a long and extraordinary history. It was chartered in 1949 and has occupied its own facility on North Rogers Street since 1953
- genealogy is the fastest growing hobby in the country, says Dennis Ayers, who lives in Ellicott City and is president of the Howard County Genealogical Society
- How does this year's squad stack up through 50 games against successful Orioles teams of the past?
- D. Watkins' unflinching portraits of the lives of poor, black Baltimoreans have gained him national recognition, a literary agent and talk of a book deal.
- Observers wonder whether Cornell Brooks, the new president of the NAACP, will be a cipher or a savior for the Baltimore-based organization.
- With his fife's high-pitched notes soaring over enthusiastic throngs that gather each year to celebrate Memorial Day, Dave Embrey is an attention-getter.
- Advocates for Patterson Park and Baltimore's legacy of the War of 1812 are planning to install new signs and display cases describing artifacts uncovered in an archaeological dig completed this month.
- Loyola Maryland senior defenseman Joe Fletcher became the first player in program history to win one of the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's major awards Friday, earning the William C. Schmeisser Award as the nation's best defensive player.
- There's a long list of goalies who have left the Maryland men's lacrosse team without winning the sport's ultimate prize.
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- Urn at cemetery also marks spot where town began 250 years ago
- Alan Walden, the former WBAL radio anchor, has been emceeing the Memorial Day event at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens for 25 years and is a huge supporter of the military. He lives in Cross Keys.
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- How does this year's squad stack up through 40 games against successful Orioles teams of the past?
- A highlight of the exhibit, which explores Americans' relationship with the flag, is a mural created by the artist Sheila Pree Bright of 15 portraits of Baltimoreans posing with Old Glory
- Linda Rice will make history by becoming the first female trainer to have a horse win a Triple Crown race; she'll run Kid Cruz in the 139th Preakness Stakes.
- "A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass" is a saying attributed to the Sioux tribe of Native American Indians. What The Aegis has done throughout its existence that began in 1856 is make sure the people of Harford County are not "like the wind on the buffalo grass" by recording local history.
- You don't have to travel far to find a Hobbit hole, a lighthouse or other unique accommodations within driving distance of Baltimore.
- Book chronicles the rise and fall of a worldwide footwear manufacturing center
