Clara Barton

Reading, no batteries required

2012-04-22 00:00:00

Tenderly, the lover caressed his beloved. So pale, so smooth. He tilted his head forward, the better to inhale that scent — rich and enticing. Fingertip to spine, feeling every contour, he pressed his face closer — and turned a page. I don'...

Babylon awarded Red Cross' highest volunteer honor

2012-07-21 16:43:00

Caroline Babylon was the recipient of the 2012 Clara Barton Award, the localAmericanRed Cross' highest volunteer honor. The award was presented last month during the 107th annual meeting of the American Red Cross of the Chesapeake Region. A 25-year...

Scrabble at the Bain Center

2012-07-12 00:00:00

Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club at...

Dolores Jane "Dollie" Epstein, seamstress

2012-06-11 12:45:00

Dolores Jane "Dollie" Epstein, a former office worker and master seamstress, died Monday of multiple organ failure at her Lutherville home. She was 79. The daughter of an accountant and a homemaker, the former Dolores Jane "Dollie" Moeller was born in...

Clara Barton bobblehead makes debut

2012-06-15 15:15:00

With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s Battle of Antietam approaching in September, the war’s “angel of the battlefield” will be immortalized in a bobblehead figure to be handed out at the June 23 Hagerstown Suns baseball...

Lois Mildred (Miller) Duppstadt, 72, of Somerset

2012-03-28 20:17:00

Lois Mildred (Miller) Duppstadt, 72, of Somerset, died March 28, 2012, at Somerset Hospital. Born Aug. 4, 193,9 in Somerset County. She is the daughter of the late Clarence and Rebecca (Augustine) Miller. She was preceded in death by brothers Paul,...

Famous characters come to life at Sunflower Elementary

2012-03-29 23:44:00

It looked like an act of magic when fifth-grader Xavier Guerra, 10, heard the word “superhero.” Xavier would go from holding a comic book character perfectly still, to moving and talking as Stan Lee, the mind behind characters like Spider-...

Scholarship awarded for Battle of Antietam research

2012-04-09 18:36:00

The Save Historic Antietam Foundation will help fund research by Civil War scholars about the Army of the Potomac and about Clara Barton’s work during the Battle of Antietam, the organization announced in a press release. The foundation awarded its...

Calendar

2012-02-22 14:21:06

THURSDAY TILL SATURDAY Cole Porter Classic Marina High School presents Cole Porter's classic musical "Anything Goes" at the Huntington Beach High School auditorium, 1905 Main St. Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, and...

Unwavering determination

2012-02-15 00:50:00

His appetite for winning started early, in the first wrestling tournament he ever entered. He was an eighth-grader at Clara Barton Junior High School in Royal Oak, a burgeoning Detroit suburb. It was the late 1960s, and William Raymond Arthur didn&...

E. Russell Hicks Middle School students make films of the Battle of Antietam

2011-12-15 17:19:00

There were different kinds of commands that echoed Thursday across the rolling hills of Antietam National Battlefield. "Quiet down! Don't Smile! Ready? Action!" shouted Tanner Barnett, an eight-grade student at E. Russell Hicks Middle School in...

Monuments not meant for private citizens

2011-09-04 00:00:00

Clara Barton bobblehead is unveiled Friday at Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Bureau board of directors president Julie Rohm donned an early Red Cross nurses uniform for hte occasion.

2012-06-15 15:28:00

John Maloney is this week's runner-up for his photo of raindrops on flowers at the Clara Barton house in Glen Echo, Maryland. It was shot at 1/160 second using a Sony A300 with a Sigma 17-70 macro lens.

2012-04-15 00:00:00

FROM LEFT: Ashley Quiroz, 11, performs as Clara Barton while Becky Moreno, 11, performs as Cleopatra on Thursday for Sunflower Elementary School students.

2012-03-29 23:46:00