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Osprey Down

Exhausted learning to fly, this young fish hawk needed many helping hands

Janie Suss

At 7:45am on Tuesday, July 21, my phone rang. Rosemary Roberts, who lives down the road in Chesapeake Beach, announced she’d found an osprey in the middle of the road. “It can’t fly. It needs help,” she screeched. Roberts had read my book, Oscar and Olive Osprey (www.oscarandolive.com) so she was sure “the osprey lady” would know what to do. I didn’t, but I knew who would.

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– by Janie Suss – 8/12/10

Cretaceous Park

You don’t have to travel out of state to meet a dinosaur

Lane Page

Hot enough for you?

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– by Lane Page – 8/5/10

World Trade Center Mystery Ship Berths in Maryland

Archaeological find is biggest news Jefferson Patterson Park team has ever been part of

Margaret Tearman

Something good has come out from under the World Trade Center. Near the site of so many grim finds, excavators working on the new trade center unearthed a treasure — an ancient wooden ship buried beneath modern lower Manhattan. Its remains were discovered about 20 feet under street level, in an area that had not been dug out for the original World Trade Center.

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– by Margaret Tearman – 8/5/10

There’s Ice Cream in Heaven — and in West River

At Heavenly Ice Cream, butter fat is next to godliness

Vicki Marsh

“There’s ice cream in heaven.” Really? You bet says, Harry Felder, owner of Heavenly Ice Cream. Arriving in Southern Anne Arundel County as pastor of the Living Waters Bible Church, the Baptist minister wanted to reach out to the community and bring God in. But how?

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– by Vicki Marsh – 8/5/10

A Child Will Lead Them ...

... to free summer vacation breakfast in Southern Anne Arundel County

Vicki Marsh

Free Breakfast Outreach came to be because of a second grader’s concern. You’ve heard it said, There ain’t no free lunch. Nathaniel Quimby of Tracy’s Elementary School says, Yes, there is!

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– by Vicki Marsh – 7/29/10

Neighbors, Can You Spare $300 Grand?

How Calvert’s biggest party brings in the bucks

Margaret Tearman

What’s left after 1,000 pounds of lobster are washed down with champagne? Or if you prefer, a roasted pig is washed down with beer? Or filet mignon washed down with martinis?

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– by Margaret Tearman – 7/29/10

Struck by Fame

Annapolitan Joel Machak’s Crash Test Dummies break into the Smithsonian

Sandra Olivetti Martin

It was a very bright idea indeed that struck Annapolitan Joel Machak and then partner Jim Ferguson a quarter of a century ago. Struck is a key word here. For in that moment of brilliance, the two ad men created the Crash Test Dummies Vince & Larry.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 7/22/10

Extreme Makeover

Grants from Maryland Heritage Areas Authority makes two groups flush (with cash)

Diana Beechener

It’s surprising the difference a bathroom makes. As Maryland Heritage Areas Authority divided its $2,617,146 of grant money between 55 projects, at least two projects in Anne Arundel and Calvert County got cash for bathroom upgrades.

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– by Diana Beechener – 7/22/10

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