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- Winners announced at council meeting Monday
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Rick Brostrom built the mailbox that sits outside the Santa House on the 700 block of Frederick Road six years ago. He stores the mailbox in his garage and makes repairs to it each year after the weather batters it. - Last month, Jason Toraldo started Pork N' Pine, a combination of Christmas trees and sliced meat that taps into a niche market Baltimore never knew it had.
- Laurel Leader columnist offers elementary school memories that bring back Christmas past
- R. George Hopkins, a retired Anne Arundel County funeral director who loved Christmas and filled his yard with handcrafted decorations, died Dec. 6 of cancer at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. He was 61.
- Santa's coming to Main Street on a crucial mission to defend his honor in Laurel Mill Playhouse's rendition of the American classic, "Miracle On 34th Street," adapted to the stage by Mountain Community
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- Annual holiday event brings hundreds to Main Street
- Look at you, you have a baby ... in a bar: Baltimore taverns announce Santa Claus events
- Traditional images, and those of Ravens, among decorations on Christmas tree
- Aberdeen kicked off holiday festivities with a parade and other events Saturday.
- This holiday season, Frisky's Wildlife Sanctuary is thankful for not one, not two, but three recently completed Eagle Scout projects.
- Havre de Grace holds annual Christmas parade and tree lighting
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- Running game leads Comets over Patriots
- During the first week of collection, Suzy Hill counted more than 90 toys and games. By the time representatives from the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation came for a second pick up at Curves in Glenelg, the amount of playthings had doubled. If you would like to pitch in with an unwrapped gift for a child, then bring your donation to the Curves in Glenelg by Friday, Dec. 2.
- For the 18th straight year, Catonsville celebrated the start of the winter holiday season with a tree lighting, singing, hot chocolate and cookies and a visit from Santa Claus.
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- John Waters doesn't love all holidays. "I think Santa Claus should team up with tooth fairy and kill the Easter bunny," he says. But Christmas? Christmas he loves unconditionally, without irony.
- Donate goods, money or time to local organizations and advocacy groups during the holiday season. Share your blessings with the less fortunate.
- Toast the holiday season this weekend with light displays and beer tastings
- Thanksgiving traditionally serves as the beginning of the holiday season, and our community has much planned for our enjoyment in December.
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- A philanthropist and jokester, fullback Leach almost never puts himself first. First-year Raven faces his former team Sunday
- We've reached the quarter pole of the NFL season, and it's probably fair to say we still don't quite know what to make of this Ravens team.
- The Town of Bel Air Film Festival is in late October at the Bel Air Reckord Armory.
- The addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's 2011 "Dancing with the Stars" is such an exquisite example of how calculating and exploitative prime-time network TV can be. This year's cast also includes Chaz Bono, David Arquette and Rob Kardashian.
- Those who knew William Donald Schaefer from all walks of life — as an employer, a leader or just another Baltimore resident — gathered on a warm, breezy Tuesday at City Hall to pay their final respects to the former mayor and councilman.
