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Richard D. Pickens, owner of a Crofton interior design firm who lived in Union Square where he served as president of the Friends of the H.L. Mencken House, died Tuesday of stomach cancer. - One of the 'most highly respected coaches of all time' Bob Scott will be honored May 30 in Washington
- Ellicott City's George Grall, a freelance photographer for National Geographic magazine, will give a photo-heavy presentation Nov. 16 at the Howard County Conservancy on one of his favorite subjects, the reawakening of amphibians in spring's vernal pools.
- Rodney G. Stieff, former chairman of the board and CEO of Kirk-Stieff Co., which was the oldest silversmith firm in the country, died Tuesday of kidney cancer.
- Former Frederick dressmaker Esther Krinitz created 36 tapestries that tell the story of her escape from the Holocaust.
- Melvin B. Lowe Jr., a floral and hat designer who also worked as a funeral home attendant, died Sept. 27 of renal failure at his Washington home. He was 47.
- Three months after acquiring the property for public use, officials say the future is taking shape for one of the region's oldest surviving colonial era plantations, and it looks a lot like the past.
- Baltimore native Ann Kuebler, 61, helped make 200,000 pages of Ellington collection public
- Dylan Guest's elementary school world was full of frustration and embarrassment. Everything about his special education classes was a struggle. He came home from school each day demoralized and asked his mother why people called him a "retard." But this year, he won two national awards.
- Thus the recently concluded traveling Smithsonian exhibits collectively entitled Journey Stories which brought bits of U.S. history to the Harford County Public Library system and other local public venues came as a welcome addition to our view of our history.
- As Journey Stories comes to a close, I would like to thank the Harford County community for its support and participation as we explored our heritage and enjoyed the Smithsonian Exhibit at the Abingdon Library.
- In an effort to boost small construction firms that have been hit especially hard by the down economy, congressional lawmakers are taking another look at expanding a little-known bond guarantee program run by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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- For sale: painstakingly restored Vietnam War-era Marine helicopter. Records missing, but mounts, gun replicas and rocket pods included. Blades will spin, but the 1965 UH-1E Huey gunship is not flyable.
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