Farms

Royal Farms fined for Md. fuel leaks

2013-05-28 17:59:54

Royal Farms has agreed to pay a $600,000 penalty for fuel leaks at two of its Maryland outlets and to check dozens more for possible problems, the state Department of the Environment said. The Baltimore-based convenience store chain, in a settlement that...

Laurel Farmers Market quietly opens for the growing season

2013-06-06 14:00:00

The Laurel Board of Trade's Farmers Market opened for the season June 6 in the empty lot next to BB&T Bank on Main Street. The little-advertised "soft" opening of the weekly Thursday market only attracted three vendors, but Board of Trade officers...

An opportunity to tour historic Merryland Farm on June 2

2013-05-30 07:10:00

The Historical Society of Harford County's next historic property Open House Tour will take place at Merryland Farm this Sunday, June 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. Merryland is at 12901 Bottom Road in Hydes, just over the Harford/Baltimore County line....

The seed from which an urban garden grew

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Elisa Lane is not much bigger than the pigtails she wears when she gardens at the Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill. But she has a big impact. She sells the fresh vegetables from the empty corner lot that she just kind of took over at below-...

Baltimore pastor wins award for efforts to fight poverty, crime

2013-05-26 13:52:04

When passersby drive through West Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester community, they won't see flags symbolizing unity or notice traces of an affluent town. What they will see is a neighborhood once riddled with drug trade and prostitution, now being...

Daniel Baker, Alex. Brown partner

2013-05-25 11:44:53

Daniel Baker, a former general partner at Alex. Brown & Sons who headed the firm's institutional sales department and in retirement managed a family farm, died May 19 of cancer at his Ruxton home. He was 82. "Dan was one of the true gentlemen in the...

Horsemen search for deals at post-Preakness sale

2013-05-24 16:51:00

On the Wednesday and Thursday before the Preakness, as excitement built for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, many trainers and owners slipped away from Pimlico Race Course and drove eight miles north on Interstate 83 to look a year into the future....

Hereford Farm Market shoppers enjoy local fresh produce, other products

2013-05-15 06:56:00

Finding specialty goods — organic eggs, goat cheese, goat cheese cheesecake, whole grain bread and rolls, honey, vegetables, herbs, pork, lamb, turkey, chicken, flavored olive oil, balsamic vinegar, native plants, trees, shrubs and flowers —...

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...

Under Armour founder Kevin Plank sees himself as the underdog

2013-05-09 13:19:00

Kevin Plank may have sold the first Under Armour shirts from the back of his car, but as his reach has grown, so too have his wheels: These days, he jets around the world, recently to five Asian cities in six days, but managed to get back home to...

Colt with Harford connection is a favorite in Saturday's Kentucky Derby

2013-05-03 03:00:00

Unless you are a farmer or a you deliver morning newspapers, Bel Air's Mike Pons probably woke up earlier than you did on Thursday. Pons, joined by one of his brothers, a son and a nephew, rose before the sun and was on the road by 4:15 a.m., on his way...

Herbert A. Davis, real estate broker

2013-04-29 08:48:00

Herbert A. Davis, a Baltimore real estate broker and decorated World War II veteran, died Monday of progressive supranuclear palsy at Keswick Multi-Care Center. He was 87. "Herb was always very enthusiastic and just a great guy," said Dorothy F. "Patsy"...

Unemployed workers speak with State Farm Insurance representatives at a career fair last month. (Mark Ralston/Getty)

2013-05-06 06:09:00

One of the popular Daily Crisis Farm T-shirts sits on display and for sale outside the farm stand at Vaughan family's Daily Crisis Farm in White Hall during Sunday's Farm Visitation Day.

2012-06-24 00:00:00

Still River Cafe 134 Union Road, Eastford, 860-974-9988 stillrivercafe.com The first seating is at 5:30 p.m. (Seven courses for $75 per person.) The second seating is at 8:30 p.m. (nine courses with a champagne toast for $95.) Optional wine pairing for $55. Please call to reserve.

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