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Arts & craft nirvana in Portland, Oregon

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Portland, Oregon Iknew this was no ordinary trip when I got on the hotel shuttle at Portland International Airport. Two nicely dressed women about my age shared it with me, and for the first minute or two we sat in silence, like every other shuttle...

Racetrack handicapper has fresh face, old-school approach

2013-05-13 06:09:00

In the first week of her reporting internship for a horse-racing newspaper, Gabby Gaudet nervously approached one of the most celebrated figures in the sport. "Can you tell me how you first got involved in the game?" she asked Kelly Breen, who trained the...

Tau Delta Zeta Laurel chapter celebrates 10th anniversary

2013-05-03 13:24:00

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. —Tau Delta Zeta Chapter celebrated 10 years of service in Northern Prince George's County at a gala April 20 at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt. Chartered on April 10, 2003 in Laurel, the chapter began with 11 business...

In 'Hoodwinked,' Laurel filmmaker challenges statistics on black men

2013-01-31 14:06:00

On Capitol Hill, in African-American churches and at historically black colleges and universities, people are talking about a documentary film that challenges negative reports and statistics regarding blacks, especially black men. "Hoodwinked," produced...

Electricity restored to most Baltimore-area customers after storm

2012-09-09 07:30:00

About 1,500 customers, most in Anne Arundel County, remained without electricity Sunday morning in the wake of wind-whipped thunderstorms that swept through Maryland Saturday, but BGE said it expects to have power restored to them by late Sunday...

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-07-26 15:51:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Kevin Darshaun Watkins, 18, of the first block of Alton Street, and Joshua Kalechae Telp, 18, of the 300 block of Custis Street, were charged Wednesday with 13 counts of...

Prince George's delegate convicted of theft, misconduct

2012-06-12 18:02:17

Tiffany Alston, a freshman delegate from Prince George's County, was convicted Tuesday morning of stealing $800 in General Assembly funds to pay an employee of her law firm. If the guilty verdicts on counts of misdemeanor theft and misconduct in office...

Mayor plans to raise bottle tax to pay for school construction

2011-11-10 17:13:00

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will seek to raise the city's bottle tax from 2 cents to 5 cents as part of a plan to boost funding for school construction and repairs, her administration said Thursday. The bottle tax money and other revenue would...

Frostburg student fatally stabbed at off-campus party

2011-11-07 12:26:23

It was a church service at which Baltimore's Kortneigh McCoy, a 19-year-old Frostburg State University physics major known for her lovely voice, was supposed to sing. But instead, more than 500 students and faculty jammed the Lane University Center...

How early is too early for high-schoolers?

2012-03-07 17:26:00

It was hard to tell whether his eyes were actually open when Derek Jones shuffled into his dimly lit kitchen at 5:45 a.m., the smell of bacon in the air. The 16-year-old didn't speak, but took directions from his mother who whispered: "I have your...

Mays Chapel residents raise questions about scarcity of land for parks, schools

2012-03-19 18:29:00

For the second time in four years, there's a fight brewing in northern Baltimore County that raises questions about the scarcity of county-owned land for parks and schools. The school system is poised to approve building an elementary school on land it...

Catholic school enrollment continues to decline

2011-10-24 16:44:19

Catholic school enrollment continued to decline this year, although at a slower pace than in recent years, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The archdiocese said the number of its students declined 4.3 percent this year. However, the latest...

Erica Barnhardt of Bowie and Brian Johnson of Brandywine stand in line for the drama shorts.

2012-05-06 17:35:00

Erica Barnhardt of Bowie and Brian Johnson of Brandywine stand in line for the drama shorts program.

2012-05-05 00:00:00

Former Maryland guard Adrian Bowie is starring for the semi-pro Bay Area Shuckers.

2012-04-27 00:00:00