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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival

2013-05-15 18:23:39

Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...

Departing's entry in Preakness leads to homecoming for Nicole Stall

2013-05-08 20:35:00

Nicole Stall boarded the first plane to Maryland she could catch when she heard of Benjamin Boniface's death last June. She was there to grieve the death of a boy she had known since his birth. But also to work. In the days after the 20-year-old's death...

Earth-friendly spirit prevails at Mount View Middle School

2013-05-08 17:03:57

The results are in: Mount View Middle School rocked its Green Field Day on April 24. Not only did the students raise $1,500 for the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore — and get to slime Assistant Principal Linda Monti as a reward — but they also...

Nick Markakis told he won't be allowed to use his pink-label bat on Mother's Day

2013-05-10 18:10:00

MINNEAPOLIS — An annual Major League Baseball undertaking to provide exposure and money to cancer-awareness charities became embroiled in a bit of a controversy Friday, with an Oriole being one of the players inadvertently involved. On Sunday, as...

Blood drive and benefit for House of Ruth coming up [Hampden]

2013-05-07 08:12:00

Got blood? Time to help your community. On Wednesday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday ,May 16, from 3 to 7 p.m., the Hampden Family Center, 1104 W. 36th St., is partnering with MedStar Health, which owns Union Memorial Hospital, for a blood...

Plan a weekend filled with strawberries and strange fruit

2013-05-06 08:03:00

New Brunswick, N.J. Spring Date Night at the George Street Playhouse The work is basically done for you. Just get the tickets, and your date night is all planned. Two glasses of wine and a box of chocolates from Thomas Sweet will top off your...

Former Turnbull house in Guilford on annual House and Garden Pilgrimage tour

2013-04-10 06:19:00

For 32 years after noted artist Grace Turnbull died in 1976, the house that she built in Guilford in 1928 sat empty, except for a few erstwhile renters — and some squirrels in the roof. Then, in 2008, manufacturing executive Douglas Hamilton III...

Digest: Bob Socci named Patriots play-by-play announcer

2013-04-24 23:04:00

NFL Socci named Patriots play-by-play announcer Bob Socci, who has called radio play-by-play for Navy for the past 16 years, has been named radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots on 98.5 The Sports Hub. Socci, who replaces Gil...

Hereford Community Association honors Person of the Year

2013-04-24 06:10:00

Because John Mays isn't one to blow his own horn, the Hereford Community Association did it for him by naming Mays, 77, Person of the Year at a community meeting April 9. "Oh, my gosh. I'm not sure I deserve that," he said when the association's...

'On the Shore of the Seine'

2013-04-22 11:05:00

The case of a small painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art decades ago took an unexpected turn recently when new questions were raised about a woman's claim that she bought it at a flea market. The holes in her story...

Fall under the spell of gourds at MD Gourd Festival April 26-28 at HCC

2013-04-18 05:27:00

Drop by the Maryland Gourd Festival April 26 to 28, if you dare. Members of the Harford Community College Gourd Club who are sponsoring the event have all fallen under the spell of the versatile vegetable and what can be done to transform it into a...

Auction and feast at St. Andrew's will mark Cinco de Mayo [Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton]

2013-04-18 06:00:00

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is making plans for a Cinco de Mayo Auction and Feast on May 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. The evening will feature a fun night of friends, food, drinks (cash bar), prizes and an auction. Part of the proceeds from the evening will...

This knife, which was part of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, sold for $34,500 in an online auction.

2013-05-15 06:42:00

Lot 279.Necklace of 82 emeralds 45 total ct, 244 diamonds 32.4 total ct in 14k gold.$2,800 Items will be auctioned of in Tampa with a preview on June 7 and the actual auction on June 8 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Hotel.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Lot 274.Platinum brooch with 35 diamonds, 6.6 total ct4,900. Items will be auctioned of in Tampa with a preview on June 7 and the actual auction on June 8 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Hotel.

2013-05-09 00:00:00