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Dr. Elizabeth A. Edmonds, city school principal
Dr. Elizabeth A. "Betty" Edmonds, a longtime city public school principal who was fearless in her efforts to straighten out troubled schools and later joined the faculty of Coppin State University, died May 21 of pneumonia at Sinai Hospital.
The longtime...Tags: Coppin State University, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Teaching and Learning
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Students honor 100-year-old teacher
It isn't unusual for students to remember the impact a teacher had on them well into adulthood, but on Saturday, many students of former Baltimore music teacher Lucille Marcus Brooks had an unusual opportunity to tell her — more than a half-...Tags: Coppin State University, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Peabody Conservatory
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Lloyd Campbell 'Mitch' Mitchner, city Urban Services director
Lloyd Campbell "Mitch" Mitchner, who had been director of Baltimore's Urban Services Agency during the mayoral administration of Kurt L. Schmoke and later headed AFRAM, the African-American cultural festival, died July 16 of lung cancer at Northwest...Tags: Randallstown, Morgan State University, Lung Cancer, Social Services, Colleges and Universities
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Girls Track & Field: Duncan powers Warriors to state title
andrewm@herald-mail.comFrom top to bottom, the Boonsboro girls are still the best. The Warriors wrapped up their second straight Class 1A team title Saturday at the Maryland State Track & Field Championships at Morgan State University. They finished with 99 points, while...Tags: Morgan State University, Thomas Johnson, Movies, Edgewood, Awards and Prizes
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Boys Track & Field: Hardy sets county mark in state 1,600 victory
andrewm@herald-mail.comAfter taking the lead for good in Saturday’s race, Williamsport senior Evan Hardy still had one guy left to beat — Jeff Scuffins. And he got past him too. Hardy convincingly won the Class 2A boys 1,600-meter run at the Maryland State Track &...Tags: Morgan State University, Pikesville, Movies, Edgewood, Entertainment
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High school wrap-up: State tennis and track results
Outdoor track State championships (May 24-26 at Morgan State University) Class 2A Girls team scores: 1. Liberty, 73.5 points; 16. Long Reach, 20; 17. Glenelg, 18; 23. Oakland Mills, 10. Top county individuals: 800: 6. Alyssa Hemler, OM, 2:24.40. 1,...Tags: Morgan State University, Thomas Johnson, Colleges and Universities, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Mountains
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Championship moments in softball, track and field
Carroll County's spring sports season concluded with two state team championships and several individual crowns for high school athletes. A miracle finish earned the Liberty softball team its first state title, while the Lion girls' track and field...
Tags: College Sports, Morgan State University, Walt Whitman, High School Sports, Awards and Prizes
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88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
Baltimore's marble lady stepping down from Calvert Street
Lady Baltimore has withstood much in 189 years perched overlooking Courthouse Square.
She has lost both of her arms over the decades — one of them, holding high a wreath that signifies service to the republic, was sheared off by a gust of wind in...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Justice System, Zachary Taylor, Mount Vernon, John Quincy Adams
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Maryland will feature prominently in Smithsonian's latest museum
When the country's largest museum devoted to African-American history and culture opens in Washington, Maryland people and places will get a healthy share of the limelight.
A two-story log house built by freed slaves from Montgomery County, dubbed the...Tags: Thurgood Marshall, Slavery, Tuskegee Airmen, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Annapolis
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Obama's 'cynicism' on gay marriage
President Barack Obama's critics have a point in criticizing his handling of the gay marriage issue as evasive, politically devious and lacking in principle. I hate to say it, but it's bad enough to qualify as Lincolnesque. Abraham Lincoln is...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Slavery, Family, Philosophy, Politics
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Feedback: Your favorite travel book
Bill Bryson is my personal standard as far as travel literature. He's appealing in his teddy bear look and sharp in his wit. His ability to describe things in detail makes me feel as if I'm right next to him, bellying up to the same bar. "A Walk in the...Tags: P.J. O'Rourke, Family, Travel, Literature, Arts and Culture
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