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Traveling Orchestra Charms
School Children
photo by James Clemenko
When the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra music van visits a school, third graders get to make music for themselves. Here, violinist Lorraine Combs show Brooklyn Park students how to bow a violin.

It’s a Dog’s Life
by Nancy Hoffmann
These days, one more stop has been added to the morning routine: dropping Fido off at doggie day care.

Hit the Road, Jack
Traveling symphony charms schoolchildren
by James Clemenko

That’s Alotta Green!
At William Paca Garden sale, 6,750 plants raise $10,900
by Diane Gunter
Fairhaven School Stretches Out
Curiosity and democratic governance drive growth
by Sonia Linebaugh
Dylan Plays Solomons
Times have a-changed, but Dylan still in good rasp
by SOM
Way Downstream

• In Delaware, protections for horseshoe crabs thrown out in court…
• In Florida, boaters picket U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over new speed regulations to save manatees…
• In West Hollywood, California, declawing your companion cat is now against the law…
• This week’s Creature Feature: In the West Pacific, McGill University scientists discover the world’s smallest seahorse.
  

Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Chesapeake Country Resolution	A Parable for Our Times You probably don’t remember the McCarthy Era — but you should.
Scharmen Scores Again; No More Malls Without Parking Beneath	Rockfish Season Off to Bang-up Start
Silence of the Swans by Steve Carr	Horses in Spring by Nancy Hoffmann • photos by Phil Hoffmann