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Article - Correspondence; by Barbara Tether - 2/24/11

Timing the Movies

Dear Bay Weekly: I enjoy reading the paper each week, but want to point out that the accuracy of the movie times has been horrible lately. Last Monday we went to Black Swan at Annapolis Harbour Center, only to find the time was 20 minutes off. This Saturday we drove from North Beach to the Annapolis Mall to watch a listed movie, The Mechanic, only to be told it wasn’t even playing there. We decided to complain about the postings since the Bay Weekly...

Article - Correspondence; by Cathy Noone - 2/3/11

Grateful for Good News

Dear Bay Weekly: Thank you Margaret Tearman. “What Goes Around Comes Around” [Jan. 3] was a wonderful, happy news story. I didn’t even know there was a day dedicated to paying it forward. It’s always good to hear about kind and unselfish acts for a change. –Cathy Noone, Baltimore (formerly of Fairhaven) Editor’s note: Bay Bridge toll collections manager Cathy Noone was featured in the story as an intermediary between giver and receiver in paying bridge tolls...

Article - Correspondence; by Carol Wyman - 2/3/11

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Dear Bay Weekly: In “What’s with That” on January 13, Diana Beechener writes “it’s too cold for even a native Marylander to sit on a pier right now.” I beg to differ. After our afternoon walk, which usually lasts for an hour to an hour and a half, my dog and I go out on the pier, where he enjoys several treats while I have a beer and contemplate the universe. We live just south of Holland Point where Herring Bay meets the Chesapeake. Rain is about the...

Article - Correspondence; by Rob Bierregaard - 2/3/11

Osprey Winter Update

Dear Bay Weekly: Greetings from an iced-in Charlotte. Typical winter mess down here. Snow, then rain, which all froze, so you can ice skate down our street. All our [transmitter-tagged] osprey are down in much warmer places, and they’re all doing fine. I updated all the maps through the end of 2010. Just a couple of months before the adults head north! There are quick links to the new maps for the youngsters (interesting movements by all, including our S.C. bird, Buck) on the Migration...

Article - Correspondence; by Community Building at Calvert Library Dear Bay Weekly: I am delighted to let you know that our customers are reading and loving Bay Weekly. Thank you for keeping our community informed about the various classes, events and services we offer at the Calvert Library. For some of these, we have found the need to be strict about registration because of overwhelming interest. One such service is the Job Counseling that volunteer Sandra Holler offers at the Prince Frederick library most Thursday mornings. These are tough economic times, and we are thankful to be able to offer this service. Ms. Holler gives one-on-one attention to her customers, so thank you for reminding your readers to sign up for an appointment slot either online at calvert.lib.md.us or by calling 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. I am always delighted when I see the product of our Creative Memoirs workshops printed within your pages. And I love the great articles about our Calvert Eats Local group. We were so excited to host Bill Lambrecht, journalist and author of Dinner at the New Gene Café, at our most recent potluck and meeting. Keep up the great work. Your commitment to community building is an inspiration. Thank you from the Calvert Library. –Robyn Truslow for Calvert Library - 1/27/11

Community Building at Calvert Library

Dear Bay Weekly: I am delighted to let you know that our customers are reading and loving Bay Weekly. Thank you for keeping our community informed about the various classes, events and services we offer at the Calvert Library. For some of these, we have found the need to be strict about registration because of overwhelming interest. One such service is the Job Counseling that volunteer Sandra Holler offers at the Prince Frederick library most Thursday mornings. These are tough economic times,...

Article - Correspondence; by Joe McCall and Alexis Lee - 1/27/11

One More Best of the Bay

Editor’s Note: In the Christmas rush, we omitted the words of Joe McCall and Alexis Lee, explaining how their Maggie Moo’s in Dunkirk strives to be what Bay Weekly readers voted them: Best of the Bay. The staff of the Maggie Moo’s of Dunkirk sincerely believes in the simple values. We make our award-winning ice cream from only high-quality ingredients, simply prepared and served with a genuine smile and thanks. We hire from our local schools and train our...

Article - Correspondence; by Deede Miller - 1/20/11

Of Art, Artists and Art Stories

Dear Bay Weekly: I am planning to go see the Boys and Girls Club exhibit at Bay Woods, thanks to Aries Matheos’ article about that show [January 13: Inspiration to Last a Lifetime]. I appreciate your running those types of stories. I feel that those connections — Boys and Girls Club and Bay Woods and Peg Burroughs — may be good connections for me to make in promoting the work of our artists at Arundel Lodge, where we provide psychiatric rehabilitation services to Anne Arundel...

Article - Correspondence; by Tim Swann - 1/20/11

What’s With It? Now I Know

Dear Bay Weekly: I enjoyed reading Diana Beechener’s article, What’s With It: Finding the Source of a Local River, in the recent Bay Weekly of January 13. As a county resident who lives close to the Magothy, I never knew the meaning of the word until now. Also, in my role as editor of the Lake Waterford Community Association newsletter, I would like permission to reprint the article in our next edition. We have run several articles about the history of the Pasadena area over the...

Article - Correspondence; by Cheryl Sparks - 1/13/11

Nothing New About Paying It Forward

Dear Bay Weekly: My sister was in a very serious car accident where another driver hit her head-on about 20 years ago. She and her five-year-old daughter were both critically injured. My sister was also five months pregnant and lost her unborn baby in the accident. After recuperating from many broken bones and surgeries, my sister has donated (and continues to) gallons of blood to the American Red Cross to pay them back for helping save her life from that dreaded car accident. What my sister...

Article - Correspondence; by Caroline Wugofski - 1/13/11

Paying It Forward Behind the Berlin Wall

Dear Bay Weekly: Thirty years ago, while living in West Berlin, I went on a shopping trip to East Berlin. Although I speak some German, I am not truly fluent. I call it survival level. In the train station where I had to make the mandatory exchange into East Marks, I also made a visit to the ladies rest room. Of course there was a line. By the time I was second in line, the lady ahead of me was arguing with the restroom attendant. When she moved on and I was first, the attendant told me that...