Coney Island

Recipe Finder: Coney dog sauce

2013-01-23 06:17:00

Harold Lauer from Spearfish, S.D., was looking for a recipe for the Coney dog sauce that was served at many A&W drive ins in the 1960s. John Van Meter from Dickeyville sent in a recipe for the sauce that was given to him by his late sister. He said...

'Amazing Race' finale recap, Goat farmers for the win!

2012-12-10 04:38:00

Previously on "The Amazing Race," there were 11 teams. Some of them were really awesome, and some were not. Phil Keoghan eliminated a lot of them, and now the lucky remaining few are in Spain. It all ends tonight, you know, so I hope you have some comfort...

A sense of history at Antrim

2012-11-29 12:17:00

What's new at Antrim 1844? Not much, really. If it wasn't your thing then, it still won't be now. But If you enjoyed coming up to Taneytown for your 30th anniversary dinner at the Smokehouse Restaurant, you won't regret the drive up to northwest...

Does Baltimore think trash cans cause litter?

2012-11-05 08:48:00

On Oct. 22, the Baltimore City Council passed a bill confirming my long-held belief that people in Baltimore actually think trash cans cause litter. Though the bill appears simply to criminalize the dumping of excess quantities of noxious waste in...

From the harvest: Apples' bountiful flavor

2012-09-26 05:38:00

One bite of a cool, crisp and bittersweet apple, and it's apparent why it is so intertwined with autumn. No fruit has had a more schizophrenic symbolic history — from the tantalizing tempter of Eve to the sign of appreciation for favorite...

After years of struggle, Sondheim Prize winner celebrates

2011-07-10 16:42:00

The morning after an independent filmmaker heard he's been given a $25,000 arts award, he tried to assess what the check would mean. Matthew Porterfield, who walked away with the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize on Saturday, worked seven years as a...

Harford County Police Blotter

2011-07-06 00:00:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Rew E. Watkins, 20, of the 1000 block of Warwick Drive, was charged Saturday with two counts of second-degree assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, negligent...

2012 Maryland Film Fest off to a short, sweet start

2012-05-04 05:57:00

Five short narrative films, on themes ranging from a modern-day urban cowboy to a scamming extraterrestrial, kicked off the 14th annual Maryland Film Festival at MICA's Brown Center Thursday night. Maryland's festival remains the only one of its kind...

Rooms with a muse

2012-03-22 00:00:00

It is a match made in heaven, or at least in that part of heaven where the hip and young creatives types hang out. For its 2012 DreamHome, the Washington Design Center asked a handful of young interior designers to take inspiration for residential spaces...

Laurel: Trees and wires down, some roads blocked after Irene moves through

2011-08-28 13:06:00

Update Downed trees, blocked roads and some street flooding were the calling cards left by Hurricane Irene, downgraded Sunday to a tropical storm, as wind and rain ripped through the Laurel area Saturday night and Sunday morning. City officials said the...

Westminster circus in September 1879 was, simply put, electrifying

2011-09-14 06:36:57

There can be no doubt that at this time in 1879, folks in Carroll County were still talking about the circus that came to town that year on Sept. 3. The circus was billed as "W.W. Cole's Famous New York and New Orleans Circus, Museum, Menagerie &...

Police Blotter

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen A caller in the 1400 block of Cranberry Road reported Saturday someone tried to break into Mt. Calvary Free Will Baptist Church. A caller in the first block of Locust Street...

"Steve Powers, a.k.a ESPO, is a New York artist that is famous for his passion for hand-painted signs and using clever one-liners in his work. My client was going to New York and wanted to show tribute to the big apple by doing Steve Powers nails.

2013-02-28 13:04:00

People enter the water while taking part in the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Swim in New York's Coney Island January 1, 2013. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the U.S.

2013-01-02 07:44:00

People taking part in the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Swim enter the water in New York's Coney Island January 1, 2013. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the U.S.

2013-01-02 00:00:00