holiday vacations
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For the first time since the economy tanked and the country went into a recession in 2008, fewer Marylanders are expected to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday than did the previous year. - On Thursday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m., Tersiguel's French Country Restaurant welcomes this season's Beaujolais noveau, as they have been doing for the past 40 years.
- Disability Express is steadily becoming everything Brian Nobles hoped it could be. The 18-year-old wanted a group that offered a variety of social activities for those with disabilities: Both he and his twin brother, Bob, have autism.
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- Harford County Public Schools parents can view and comment on the school system's calendar for the 2014-2015 school year, a calendar that comes with eight days built in as makeup days for inclement weather.
- B&O Railroad Museum, Ellicott City Station, will honor Veteran's Day this weekend with a display from the museum's collection of the B&O's involvement in World War II, and of the B&O Railroad Police Department.
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- Forecasts of sunny skies are combining with falling gas prices and an apparent "pent-up demand" for a getaway to put Maryland on a course for its busiest Labor Day weekend for travel since the end of the recession.
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- Keith Ziegler 49, was identified Wednesday by family and neighbors as the Rosedale man who died after a fire overtook his home on Seling Avenue early Sunday morning.
- About 718,200 Marylanders are expected to leave town for the beach or mountains, a 1.2 percent decrease from a year ago, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
- State highway officials are urging motorists heading north and west for the holidays to be cautious, given blizzard conditions expected in some areas. In the Baltimore area, meanwhile, residents are being asked to prepare for possible wind-related power outages.
- A fire alarm at Southwest baggage shut down the luggage system Sunday morning during the busy holiday season. Several flights were delayed in an attempt to reunite baggage with travelers, but the problem was resolved by afternoon, authorities said.
- More Maryland residents are planning holiday trips than last year, and most are traveling by automobile despite local gas prices that are the highest they have ever been at this time of year, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
- Organizations are seeking volunteers in Howard County
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- Howard County Historical Society's annual Holiday House Tour features four historic and magnificent homes and a chapel
- What, where, when of Howard County Historical Society's 36th Annual Holiday House Tour
- The holidays are here before you know it and often gone before you've had a chance to sample any of the wonderful seasonal offerings. Taking a day trip to any of these destinations will provide a quick cup of cheer.
- At the Carroll County Farm Museum, in Westminster, that gift was a little bit challenging for Beverly Rose and Dorothy Duerr, who were assigned with displaying that scene in the dining room.
- A record-breaking storm struck on Thanksgiving Day in 1938 across Maryland, dropping as much as 14 inches in Harford County.
- A stretch of Charles Street that was damaged and closed after a 90-year-old water main broke beneath it and sent torrents of water downhill two weeks ago was reopened Wednesday night, according to the Baltimore Department of Public Works.
- Few disruptions were reported early Wednesday as the biggest travel day of the year began, with calm weather across most of the country.
- Handing out turkeys and pumpkin pies Tuesday night at Booker T. Washington Middle School in Baltimore, Ravens free safety Ed Reed said he never forgets his humble roots growing up in Louisiana.
- Charitable foundation says injured Ravens middle linebacker was rehabbing his torn triceps
- Charitable foundation says injured Ravens middle linebacker was rehabbing his torn triceps
- Charitable foundation says injured Ravens middle linebacker was rehabbing his torn triceps
- Charitable foundation says injured Ravens middle linebacker was rehabbing his torn triceps
- BWI Marshall is spending more than a half-billion dollars on terminal expansion and runway improvements to stay ahead of the competition
- McPhee has better chance to return this week from knee, thigh injuries
- A AAA Mid-Atlantic survey to be released Friday indicates that most Maryland residents with travel plans — 91 percent — will be going by car. About 883,000 travelers — or roughly one in six residents — are going somewhere for the holiday, according to the survey.
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- In the days after her sister, Rose, died in a train derailment, Anna Mayr felt as if her younger sibling were upstairs sleeping while friends swapped stories on the family's Ellicott City porch until the early hours of Sunday.
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