walt disney world
- Montgomery County developer Robert Eisinger wants to build a monorail on Maryland's congested Interstate 270.
- Cal Ripken will be the celebrity narrator of the biblical Christmas story tonight for the candlelight processional at Disney World.
-
- In 2011, the great writer John Jeremiah Sullivan wrote an essay for the New York Times Magazine about, among other things, sneaking away with his old buddy to
- In 2011, the great writer John Jeremiah Sullivan wrote an essay for the New York Times Magazine about, among other things, sneaking away with his old buddy to
- Roller skates are not like bicycles: Those without recent experience tended to wobble like newborn gazelles after strapping on their skates at Upperco's
- Lizzie Johnson deals with chronic seizures due to suffering a traumatic brain injury when she was just 22-months old and that's just the kind of lifelong condition the Sunshine Foundation exists to, as Sample puts it, "spread sunshine into."
- Simon Hatcher, of West Towson, set off on a weeklong dream vacation with his family last Thursday, Sept. 22. With the help of the Casey Cares Foundation and American Airlines' Something mAAgic Foundation, Simon, 8, was selected for an all-expenses paid family trip to the Give the Kids the World Resort and Florida theme parks.
- Under Armour is opening a Brand House store in Walt Disney World.
- When teacher Suzanne Eldridge saw children performing at Disney World during a family trip almost 10 years ago, she knew she had to find a way to give her students that same opportunity.
- In her final semester at McDaniel College, Westminster resident and Class of 2015 graduate Sarah Michaels worked as a princess, dressing up for children's parties where she dances and sings, most often as Queen Elsa from the Disney movie "Frozen."
- The Orioles will make their first of two trips to Lake Buena Vista, the home of Disney World, to face the Atlanta Braves at ESPN Wide World of Sports.
- Emily Ogorzalek and Gabriella Cook are basking in Florida sunshine and participating in the college program at Walt Disney World.
- Shawn Oliver Jr. closed 2014 with a family trip to Disney World, but the beginning of 2015 was not so magical for the 21-year-old Baltimore man.
- Congratulations are due Clarksville's Tyler Reed and her friend Kate Lewis. The ladies successfully completed a marathon at Walt Disney World on Jan. 11.
- A dozen Harford County runners left Disney World Sunday with weary legs and a heavy load of memorabilia – nothing particularly unusual for visitors to Orlando, Fla.
- Well-knit cast at Center Stage shines in Baltimore premiere of Colman Domingo's 'Wild with Happy' about a gay man, the death of his mother and a zany road trip.
-
- The Long Reach High School Band, Orchestra and Choir were invited to Disney World April 9-13 to perform in both Epcot and the Magic Kingdom.
- Of Towson High School's 1,400 students, 607, or 43 percent, have requested to enroll in a music class for the 2014-2015 school year. And that is a tribute to John Olin, department head Dave Rhen and chorus director Derrick Jackson. Olin, of Towson, recently organized a trip for nearly 200 students to perform at Disney World in Orlando.
- Matt and Wendy McDermott thought they had planned the perfect surprise for their five-year-old son, Ferris.
- Shirley L. Meldrom, a former Baltimore Sun secretary who later became a Disney World sales associate, died Monday of liver failure at Anne Arundel Medical Center. She was 82.
- Students from John Carroll School in Bel Air became stars of their own Disney show as part of the Disney Performing Arts Program.
- Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett blasted leaders of the Historical Society of Harford County on Monday for their oversight of the former B&O train station, which he said has recently resembled "Disney World's haunted house."
- Members of the Blackburn family of Forest Hill didn't attend Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans, but they probably experienced the next best thing about the Baltimore Ravens' heart-stopping 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers.
- Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is going to Disney World after being named SuperBowl MVP.
- Making this the band's seventh title since 2004, the Perryville High School marching band won its fifth consecutive Maryland State 1A Championship for high school marching bands earlier this month.
- India Said, a 16-year-old Laurel High sophomore, was chosen for this year's Disney's Dreamers Academy, held March 8 to 11 inside Florida's Walt Disney World resort, where she will attend lectures and gain hands-on experience — from cooking with a master chef to designing illustrations with Disney animators.
- Over 30,000 people, including three-dozen from Harford County, converged on Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 7-8 for the annual running tour of Walt Disney World.