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The Making of Bay Area Professional Basketball

C.T. Schwink
Bodies banging, shots falling and clanking. Huffing, puffing and hustling up and down the court. Rookies and guys who’ve played in state and minor league systems, guys who’ve played in Europe for years, guys scouted in summer basketball leagues. All entertaining hoops dreams, all trying to make the cut.     The 28 players on the floor weren’t the only dreamers that hot July morning at Kilby Athletic Center in Severn.
article –   –  by C.T. Schwink  – 8/11/11

Record-Breaking Rockfish

Dennis Doyle
A new world record has been set. The largest striped bass ever recorded — 81.88 pounds — was caught August 4 by Greg Myerson of North Branford, Conn., in Connecticut waters. The old record rockfish, 78.8 pounds, was caught by Al McReynolds in 1982.
article –   –  by Dennis Doyle  – 8/11/11

Five Loaves and Two Fish

Breakfast Club takes childhood hunger battle to the streets

Diana Beechener
Nathaniel Quimby spent the summer of second grade worried about his friends. The elementary schooler fretted that a friend who depended on cafeteria meals would go hungry during the break.
article –   –  by Diana Beechener  – 8/4/11

After 20 Years, It’s Time to Get Back Home

Nancy Collery closes Main Street Gallery to reclaim her home

Margaret Tearman
Nancy Collery’s business has occupied more than her time. It has also occupied a good part of her home. Main Street Gallery is her front parlor, den and dining room. Her front door is the gallery’s front door.     After 20 years, Nancy wants her house back. So at month’s end, she is closing up shop.
article –   –  by Margaret Tearman  – 7/28/11

Annapolis: Maryland’s Biking Capital

The city’s new Bicycle Master Plan may earn it that title

Sandra Olivetti Martin
If Annapolis’ Bicycle Master Plan ever gets off the drawing board and onto the streets, our capital city could be Maryland’s biking capital.     The thoughtful plan, introduced last week, is the work of the Toole Design Group whose specialty is moving people, have created bike plans across the country, from Washington, D.C., to Seattle, Washington — including Baltimore, Philadelphia, Winston Salem and Asheville.
article –   –  by Sandra Olivetti Martin  – 7/28/11

Chinese Takeout

Water watch for foreign invaders

Margaret Tearman
They are coming by water, but you won’t catch them sailing up the Patuxent like the British in the War of 1812.     These invaders are a lot smaller but with the potential to pack a wallop on our shores.     You can help stop this enemy before all heck breaks loose.
article –   –  by Margaret Tearman  – 7/21/11

Here and Now: Ride the Annapolis Circulator

Sandra Olivetti Martin
The Annapolis Circulator, which hit the road July 1 on a six-month trial, can take the hell out of Annapolis city traffic.     The four trolleys that together are the Circulator make it possible, perhaps even easy, for you to park and ride throughout historic Annapolis — with Eastport and West Annapolis just over horizon.
article –   –  by Sandra Olivetti Martin  – 7/14/11

Celebrating a Century of Faith and Fellowship

Originally tucked in the woods at the edge of town, Union Church has grown from a house of worship for vacationers to a year-round community anchor

John Riedesel
June 9, 1900, was a signal day in Chesapeake Country. The Chesapeake Beach Railway began bringing throngs of fun-seekers from Washington, D.C., to a new amusement park and sparkling beach resort at the mouth of Fishing Creek. A small community, incorporated in 1894 as the Town of Chesapeake Beach, had grown up around the park construction site. By 1900, development pushed toward the Anne Arundel County line as the land above Chesapeake Beach was platted for summer cottages.
article –   –  by John Riedesel  – 7/14/11

Zoning Rips Apart a Community

Nobody wants heavy equipment in their backyard

C.T. Schwink
If you’re taking a ride down to Shady Side and you head onto Snug Harbor Road, you’re bound to see a mess of cranes, bulldozers and trucks in the center of the wooded lot.     Resident or passer-by, you’ll likely be wondering, what’s with that?
article –   –  by C.T. Schwink  – 7/14/11

The Museum Behind the Music

Mixing rock, country and comedy to feed Bubbles and Squeak

Margaret Tearman
For a quarter-century, music fed Calvert Marine Museum’s otters and salaried its staff.          In service of the museum’s twin causes of local history and science, Los Lobos howled, Crosby Stills and Nash harmonized, Bob Dylan growled and the Allman Brothers jammed.
article –   –  by Margaret Tearman  – 7/7/11
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