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    May 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director

    Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his Roland Park home.
    Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...

    Tags: Roland Park, Economy, Business and Finance, Teachers, Public Schools, Human Interest

    2. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. Spirit of 'deliverance' propels McIntyre's bid for change on Buffalo School Board

    The Buffalo News
    Bryon J. McIntyre sees himself as an agent for change in the Buffalo Public Schools. The lifelong city resident credits education with helping him pull his life together after he admittedly spent his late teenage and early adult years in a destructive...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Teachers, State University of New York, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning

    3. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Guilford neighborhood marks 100th anniversary

    On sparkling spring days, Ann Goldman Giroux enjoys tending her garden, planting vegetables and nurturing the lush roses and rare azaleas that adorn her family's home in Guilford.
    On sparkling spring days, Ann Goldman Giroux enjoys tending her garden, planting vegetables and nurturing the lush roses and rare azaleas that adorn her family's home in Guilford. Giroux, who typically plants 800 white tulips along the front walkway and...

    Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Fine Artists, Roland Park, Ogden Nash, Annapolis

    4. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Tour of Wardour neighborhood kicks off annual House & Garden Pilgrimage

    From the dentils that punctuate the roofline to the wide staircase leading upstairs, the home of Gretchen and A. Denis Clift is a classic.
    From the dentils that punctuate the roofline to the wide staircase leading upstairs, the home of Gretchen and A. Denis Clift is a classic. And it's in an Annapolis community where architecture is distinctive, gardens are gracious and century-old trees...

    Tags: Henry Cooper, Annapolis, Architecture, Shingles, Arts and Culture

    5. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  5. Exploring Hartford's Famous Burial Grounds

    Since its founding by English settlers, Hartford has been one of New England's most populous cities. Over the nearly four centuries of Hartford's existence, millions of people have lived and died here and, in most cases, their earthly remains were...

    Tags: Hudson River, Wethersfield, Human Interest, Samuel Colt, Newington

    6. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Runners' top 12 trails

    Do you feel the nip in the air?
    Special to The Baltimore Sun
    Do you feel the nip in the air? Runners do. For them, the advent of fall means more than changing leaves and back to school. Cooler weather and coming races (the Baltimore Running Festival is October 13) make autumn the ideal time to run in the great...

    Tags: Roland Park, Animals, Annapolis, Patapsco, Baltimore Running Festival

    7. Aug 6, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Touring the Biltmore, on horseback and foot

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. - From the back, the Biltmore House appears sleeker and taller than it does from the front. Built into a hillside, the back side is six stories tall, rising majestically from its stone facing to its French Gothic spires, while the front is four stories and boxy.
    ASHEVILLE, N.C. - From the back, the Biltmore House appears sleeker and taller than it does from the front. Built into a hillside, the back side is six stories tall, rising majestically from its stone facing to its French Gothic spires, while the front is...

    Tags: Property, Trips and Vacations, Peter Sellers, Horse (animal), Forestry and Timber

    8. May 28, 2012 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  8. August 17: Author - Justin Martin, Genius of Place

    Justin Martin
    WGN News
    Justin Martin To purchase a copy of the book: Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted Most people have heard of Central Park and Prospect Park in New York, Stanford University in California, the Back Bay Fens and Franklin Park in Boston,...

    Tags: Central Park, Human Interest, WGN

    9. May 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. English cottage revival in Homeland

    John and Leila Juracek's British friends tell them their 1929 Tudor Revival house in Baltimore's Homeland neighborhood is more like an English cottage than the country cottages in England.
    John and Leila Juracek's British friends tell them their 1929 Tudor Revival house in Baltimore's Homeland neighborhood is more like an English cottage than the country cottages in England. The L-shaped exterior is of 18-inch-thick stone dressed in ivy...

    Tags: Land Price, Central Park, Lifestyle and Leisure, Building Material, Architecture

    10. May 23, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Group ranks Baltimore's parks 15th in nation

    Baltimore's historic park system ranks 15th among the nation's 40 largest cities in a new rating released Wednesday, which credits the city's foresight in carving out public spaces over the past two centuries but faults its more recent leadership for not maintaining that investment.
    Baltimore's historic park system ranks 15th among the nation's 40 largest cities in a new rating released Wednesday, which credits the city's foresight in carving out public spaces over the past two centuries but faults its more recent leadership for...

    Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Tampa, Gardens and Parks, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance

    11. Apr 16, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  11. Best Park

    1) Elizabeth Park
    1) Elizabeth Park Hartford has acres of history. We got your Mark Twain, your Harriet Beecher Stowe, your Wallace Stevens, your Samuel Colt, your Thomas Hooker. Major-league cultural shapers all. A somewhat lesser-known light is Frederick Law Olmsted,...

    Tags: Samuel Colt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Central Park, West Hartford, Wallace Stevens

    12. Apr 6, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Focus on Roland Park

    Focus has been on Roland Park in recent weeks. It is easy for us Roland Parkers to take our verdant, well-planned community for granted. When interest from others comes, it increases our appreciation.  First, Justin Martin, the author of Genius of Place:...

    Tags: Roland Park, Anne Tyler, NPR

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