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  • Let Chuck Co help you buy a new home

    I wonder how our furloughed EMS workers feel about this. Darci Marchese, WTOP Radio Dec. 7 – County Offers Cash Incentives To Buy Foreclosed Homes CHARLES COUNTY, Md. – Another county in our area is offering cash incentives in an effort to get existing foreclosures off of the housing market. Charles County is [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:22am EST
    by Tracy

  • “A Date which will Live in Infamy”…68 years later

    Pearl Harbor survivor back for 1st time since war By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) – Retired firefighter Ed Johann was a teenage apprentice seaman on Dec. 7, 1941, when he spotted Japanese planes coming in over Pearl Harbor. He thought they were U.S. aircraft conducting drills until explosions [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:17am EST
    by Tracy

  • CCSO is being proactive this holiday season

    Hurrah for Charles County's finest! From the Washington Post's Matt Zapotosky: [...]Charles County is launching one of the region's more aggressive holiday initiatives. The sheriff's office is putting an additional 15 officers, a 25 percent increase, on patrol every night through New Year's Day, pulling in command staff officers to help. The [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:52am EST
    by Tracy

  • Santa “Claws” and Toys for Tots

    First of all, I love that crazy Pinch, but he looks NOTHING like a crab.  Now, Pinch will be a crab dressed as Santa Claws?  I'm having a tough time getting the visual.  Hmm.  Oh well.  Jolly Ole Pinch is helping Toys for Tots, so it's all good. Blue Crabs sponsor breakfast' [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:07am EST
    by Tracy

  • Goodbye, Levy. Hello,….?

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    The 2010 elections will bring change to Southern Maryland.  Let's all hope that it is change for the better! Levy to step down at end of term Delegate, ex-commissioner has served since 1986 By ALAN BRODY, Staff writer Del. Murray D. Levy, a fixture of public life in Charles County for nearly four [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:24am EST
    by Tracy

  • Holli White - You Will Be Missed

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    Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. at New Life Church in La Plata, MD. For directions, www.newlifelaplata.org. Funeral services for Holli will be held at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Waldorf, MD on Friday, November 13 at 11AM. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 12 from 2-4PM and 6-8PM at [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:40pm EST
    by Heather

  • Latest recession casualties - AZ Pizza and Indian Head Cinema

    Number of comments: 2
    I first started hearing rumors that Arizona Pizza would be closing a year ago.  The big question is – where will PTP members congregate now? Pizza, movies go out of business BUZZ on BUSINESS By Erica Mitrano, Staff Writer A La Plata restaurant has served its last fresh, oven-baked pizza. The town's location of Arizona' [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 9:05am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Is a health care compromise in the works?

    It would be up to the insurance companies to make sure that the government option isn't "triggered." By Ed Henry and Dana Bash CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama and top aides have quietly stepped up talks with moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine on a scaled-back health care bill, according to' [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 8:55am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Last Summer Concert at O’Donnell Lake on the 19th

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    June 19 The Wise Guys (classic rock) Come out and see the last free summer concert at O'Donnell Lake for the summer. I have been to three of them and I think it's a worthwile event. Please support these events.  Just come by for a little while or late if you can't stay [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 3:46pm EDT
    by Heather

  • The End of a Maryland Tradition?

    Fears of the Final Stretch at Pimlico Preakness Stakes, Maryland's biggest sporting even, faces uncertain future By Liz Clark, Washington Post Staff Writer BALTIMORE — With Rachel Alexandra bidding to become the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes since 1924 and long-shot Mine That Bird chasing the second jewel of an improbable [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2009, 8:51am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Charles Co. sheriff warns of wheel thieves

    WALDORF, Md. (AP) – The Charles County Sheriff's office is warning Waldorf-area residents to watch out for thieves who have been stealing wheels and leaving cars, trucks or SUVs propped up on wheels or landscaping stones. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Diane Richardson says there have been 14 cases since January, mostly in [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 7:31am EDT
    by Tracy

  • After states fail to clean the bay, EPA steps in

    Obama Orders EPA to Take the Lead in Bay Cleanup By Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post Staff Writer President Obama took a dramatic step to revive faltering efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay yesterday, issuing an executive order that could empower the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set a more demanding [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 7:17am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Staycations becoming even more popular this summer

    By BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor NEW YORK (AP) – The number of vacationing Americans will be down this summer, according to a new AP-Gfk Poll, and a third of Americans surveyed said they have already canceled at least one trip this year because of financial concerns. Overall, the survey found only [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 3:24pm EDT
    by Tracy

  • Is closing/reopening failing schools the answer?

    When nothing else is working… Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close By LIBBY QUAID AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says kids have only one shot at [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 3:19pm EDT
    by Tracy

  • Is Your Commute Ruining Your Happiness?

    Number of comments: 8
    I thought this Postsecret was very interesting.  I wonder how many people actually like their commutes.  I wonder how improved some lives could be without the commute.  What if you could stop commuting but it meant a couple thousand less per year?  I wonder what trade-offs people would make to [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2009, 10:44am EDT
    by Heather

  • Reminder: Election Day in La Plata, Indian Head

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    If you are a resident in the Town of Indian Head, you can vote between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM at the Village Green Pavilion.  If you are a La Plata resident, voting is open from noon to 8:00 PM at Town hall. People who looked at this item also looked [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2009, 7:31am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Burnt

    Number of comments: 9
    I'm exhausted of politics.  Two years getting Carrington Neighborhood Association going only to have a very negative situation go down. I've met some wonderful people through local websites and blogs and through trying to do community work.  Unfortunatly, I have met some abusive, abrasive, bigoted people too, who don't deserve my' [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 9:28pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Graduation 2009

    Board of Education members participate in graduations as part of the academic procession, and along with the Superintendent confer diplomas to the graduating class.   If you wish to have your graduating senior presented their diploma by a particular board member, please contact that board member with the students name and school as soon as [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 2:12pm EDT
    by Jennifer

  • H1N1 in Chuck Co.

    Charles County man diagnosed with swine flu By NANCY BROMLEY McCONATY Staff writer, Maryland Independent State health officials said Friday that a Charles County man is one of 11 people who are being tested for the swine flu virus. The 31-year-old man was in San Diego, Calif., when the H1N1 virus broke out in [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 7:56am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Swine Flu School Closings

    What schools are closed because of swine flu? May 1, 2009 - 7:56pm From WTOP: WASHINGTON - The following schools are closed while officials investigate probable cases of swine flu: Rockville High School in Rockville - The school will be closed until further notice. Montpelier Elementary School in Laurel - The school will be [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 10:46am EDT
    by Heather

  • A Slight Change in the Line-Up

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    ACPT PARTNERS WITH CHARLES COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE TO HOST SUNSET CONCERT SERIES AT O’DONNELL LAKE ST. CHARLES, MD.— American Community Properties Trust (ACPT) announced today that it will co-host with the Charles County Arts Alliance (CCAA) a six-week outdoor concert series at the O'Donnell Lake Restaurant Park in St. Charles. The Summer Concert Series at' [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 3:23pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Citizen Notification System, NOW LIVE

    Citizen Notification System Phase I Now Live! • Would you like to receive a text message or e-mail about weather alerts or health and safety information? • Would you like to be notified when a public meeting announcement about a zoning case is posted? • Would you like to be notified when there is [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
    by Heather

  • 3 SoMD Teachers Honored

    Agnes Meyer Awards Go to 3 Southern MD Teachers By Jenna Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer Three Southern Maryland teachers are among 21 public, private and charter school educators being honored with the 2009 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Awards, presented by the Washington Post Educational Foundation. The annual awards recognizing outstanding teachers are named [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 11:47am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Eating your veggies “nose-to-tail”

    Don't Toss Tops; Leave the Leaves By Barbara Damrosch Special to The Washington Post It's called "nose-to-tail" eating, to borrow the subtitle of British chef Fergus Henderson's wonderful book, "The Whole Beast," and it was the way everyone ate in the days when you raised a yearly hog and used "everything but the'" [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 10:54am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Traffic is region’s top concern

    Traffic ranks as region's No. 1 issue, survey finds Hank Silverberg, wtop.com Mark Segraves, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Traffic/transportation ranks as the No. 1 long-term issue for area residents, according to an extensive survey conducted for the Greater Washington 2050 Coalition, a regional initiative to improve the region's quality of life. The telephone survey of [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 10:46am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Parents Debate Sending Children To School as Officials Urge Caution

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    By Lori Aratani and Lisa Rein Washington Post Staff Writers The word came so late in the school day yesterday that officials couldn't send a letter to parents, so they resorted to e-mails and phone calls: A student at Folger McKinsey Elementary School in Severna Park was one of six probable cases' [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 9:57am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Chrylser will declare bankruptcy

    By Brady Dennis, David Cho and Peter Whoriskey Washington Post Staff Writers Chrysler, one of the three pillars of the American auto industry, will file for bankruptcy today after last-minute negotiations between the government and the automaker's creditors broke down last night, an Obama administration official said. U.S. officials had offered Chrysler's secured [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 9:54am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Teachers question effectiveness of AP classes

    Evan Haning, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The boom in Advanced Placement classes would seem to be the opposite of "dumbing down" the schoolroom, but some educators say it's not always a smart move. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an educational think tank, asked more than a 1,000 public school teachers what impact rapid [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 5:49pm EDT
    by Tracy

  • Swine flu hits Maryland

    From WTOP.com Six probable cases of swine flu in Maryland WASHINGTON - There are six probable cases of swine flu in Maryland, state health officials say.Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley says samples have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control for possible confirmation. State officials expect to get results Thursday. Three of the' [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 5:45pm EDT
    by Tracy

  • La Plata Elections on Wednesday, noon to 8:00 PM

    From the Town of La Plata's public notice: The Town of La Plata will hold a General Election on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m. The polling place for all qualified voters of the Town is the La Plata Town Hall, 305 Queen Anne [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 5:40pm EDT
    by Tracy

  • SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT O’DONNELL LAKE IN WALDORF/ST. CHARLES

    Number of comments: 8
    This is AWSOME! I can't wait! WOO HOO! ********************************* ACPT PARTNERS WITH CHARLES COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE TO HOST SUNSET CONCERT SERIES AT O’DONNELL LAKE ST. CHARLES, MD.— American Community Properties Trust (ACPT) announced today that it will co-host with the Charles County Arts Alliance (CCAA) a six-week outdoor concert series at the O'Donnell [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 2:52pm EDT
    by Heather

  • 7th Annual La Plata Day

    Tomorrow, Saturday, April 25th, is La Plata Day! Come join the fun at Town Hall, 305 Queen Anne Street, from noon until 4:00 PM.  There will be free activities for children, a craft show, food, family entertainment and…um…bed races.  Seriously.  I might go just to see that!  I'm picturing something' [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 11:39am EDT
    by Tracy

  • La Plata Election Notes part 2

    Number of comments: 15
    When I read the email from Scot Lucas posted by Jennifer, it was pretty clear to me that Mr. Lucas was talking about his opponent in the Town Council election.  As a La Plata resident in Scot Lucas' ward, I know that Scot Lucas' opponent is Keith Back.  We all [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 8:02am EDT
    by Tracy

  • LaPlata Election Notes

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    Jennifer:   On April 20 the LaPlata Business Association held a meet the candidate night at Town Hall.  After the meeting a few people were still gathered when one of the candidates stated he was rigorously opposed to a definition in the Town Code–   FAMILY–One (1) or more persons occupying a single dwelling [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 7:13am EDT
    by Jennifer

  • Freddie Mac CFO Commits Suicide

    News Alert 8:15 a.m. ET Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Acting CFO of Freddie Mac Found Dead in Apparent Suicide The acting chief financial officer of troubled mortgage giant Freddie Mac committed suicide overnight in his Vienna home, Fairfax police said this morning. David Kellermann, 41, has been Freddie Mac's' [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 9:54am EDT
    by Heather

  • That Fever and Rash Could Be Measels!

    Number of comments: 2
    Fever and Rash? Maybe you have measles! Measles outbreak: http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=106&sid=1654199 People who looked at this item also looked at… Family Sues School - Son Bullied to Suicide SCHOOL INCIDENT TICKER LaPlata Election Notes Open Thread La Plata Elections on Wednesday, noon to 8:00 PM Related items Maryland Teen Dies from Flu Lower drinking age is backed Possible Counterfeit or Expired [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2009, 8:57am EDT
    by Heather

  • Good news about crabs!

    Crab population rebounds in the Chesapeake Bay ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A new survey has found the Chesapeake Bay's adult population of blue crabs has increased substantially over last year after new management measures were put in place. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 8:05am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Cafe Work

    Number of comments: 5
    We are doing work on the Cafe. We will likely be doing work on it for the next couple of weeks. So if things look weird, that's why! People who looked at this item also looked at… Ain't No Sunshine Tracy Good news about crabs! Charles County Family Sues School - Son Bullied to Suicide Related [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 6:47pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Happy Spring Sprung!

    Have a lovely spring sprung day! And Easter for all you Christians out there. I will be spending some of my day putting Carrington Neighborhood meeting fliers on doors with the family. PEACE YO! People who looked at this item also looked at… Math Problem for the Day What does a platypus sound like? Poetry Saturday Hop [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Poetry Saturday

    Number of comments: 3
    Every now and then I get a little pretentious and toss one of my own poems on here. Today is one of those days. Bankrupt I have seen how, in the slow burn of summer, a life of work and faith can rust away in the high weeds and overhanging limbs of an abandoned apple [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2009, 10:15am EDT
    by mbillard

  • The Blob!!!

    A big green, yellow and red blob is headed right for us.  Sigh. Maybe if we get it over with now, the weekend will be dry and sunny? People who looked at this item also looked at… Winter Storm Could Be Coming Our Way 2 hour early dismissal today Related items Winter Storm Could Be Coming [...]
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    Posted: April 10, 2009, 11:49am EDT
    by Heather

  • Family Sues School - Son Bullied to Suicide

    Number of comments: 4
    Teen Commits Suicide Due to Bullying: Parents Sue School for Son's Death Family Wants No Money but Insists School Address Bullying and Three Other Suicides By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES April 2, 2009 Eric Mohat, 17, was harassed so mercilessly in high school that when one bully said publicly in class, "Why don't you go'" [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
    by Heather

  • S.C. Governor Accepts Stimulus Funds, but With Caveats

    Republican Mark Sanford Has Been One of the Most Outspoken Critics of Obama's Plan By Philip Rucker Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 3, 2009; 1:29 PM South Carolina's Republican governor will break his political logjam with the White House over stimulus funds today, his aides said, becoming the last governor in the [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 1:53pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Unemployment Rate Jumps to 8.5 Percent, 663K Jobs Lost in March

    By Annys Shin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 3, 2009; 10:00 AM The nation's unemployment rate shot up from 8.1 to 8.5 percent last month, new figures out today show, as employers continued to slash jobs in the face of slumping demand. The economy shed 663,000 jobs in March, the fourth straight [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Iowa Court Rules Against Same-Sex Marriage Ban

    Number of comments: 3
    Iowa Court Rules Against Same-Sex Marriage Ban By William Branigin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 3, 2009; 1:16 PM The Iowa Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional a state ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for Iowa to join two other states in allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. In a unanimous decision, [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 1:49pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Carrington Neighborhood Association Meeting Scheduled

    Visit CarringtonCafe.com to leave messages regarding Carrington Business CARRINGTON MEETING Meeting Tuesday April 28, 2009 @ 7:30pm Good Shepard United Methodist Church 305 E. Smallwood Drive ELECTION We have several board positions to fill. Please come to the meeting if you are interested in serving on the board. Meeting Topics • Election – Election of additional Board Members • Insurance for [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
    by Heather

  • SCHOOL INCIDENT TICKER

    Number of comments: 2
    The incident ticker you have seen under construction in the left hand column of my site, Ready, Willing and Abell, is now active. I will use this ticker to post serious events at our local schools that are reported to me by members of the public. The events listed will [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2009, 9:44am EDT
    by Jennifer

  • Not so safe in MD

    Bob Kur, WTOP.com UNDATED - Some new crime statistics are out, and there is good and bad news about what is happening in local areas. Virginia is the 14th safest state in the country, improving its position for a fourth consecutive year. The ranking is the best the state has had since [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2009, 7:51am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Early Dismissal!

    Don't forget - today is early dismissal for Chuck Co. schools! People who looked at this item also looked at… SCHOOL INCIDENT TICKER Cross County Connector Not so safe in MD Why is there a double-standard when our children's health is involved? Poetry Saturday Related items SCHOOL INCIDENT TICKER Jennifer's Board of Education Updates News to Me Abell to Hold Q' [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2009, 12:04pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Pistachios - the new peanuts

    FDA says to avoid pistachios amid salmonella scare By GARANCE BURKE Associated Press Writer FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Federal food safety officials warned Monday that consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination. Still reeling from the national salmonella outbreak in peanuts, [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2009, 9:07am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Poetry Saturday

    Number of comments: 2
    The metaphor is one of the most often used, and most often abused, devices in poetry. When done well it can be surprising, delighful, and add meaning or an interesting angle to the object being compared. When done badly it can be unintentionally funny or distracting or make no sense [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2009, 2:42pm EDT
    by mbillard

  • Willie Aames Is In Trouble

    Number of comments: 1
    updated 9:49 a.m. ET, Fri., March. 27, 2009 OLATHE, Kan. - Cash-strapped former “Eight Is Enough” and “Charles in Charge” star Willie Aames is selling off his belongings in suburban Kansas City. Read the rest here. People who looked at this item also looked at… Why is there a double-standard when our children's health' [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 1:36pm EDT
    by Tony Penny

  • It’s Cherry Blossom Time

    If you go, take Metro.  It's just crazy trying to drive anywhere near the Tidal Basin during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Cherry blossoms are days away from full bloom Michelle Basch, WTOP Radio WASHINGTON - The nation's capital is about to turn pink! The 97th National Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off this weekend, [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 8:46am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Ain’t No Sunshine

    Related items A Man Named Pearl You'd Need a Really REALLY Big Can of Raid Ken Taylor Benefit Concert The Fine Art of Copyright Potomac Wildlife Art Show ' [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2009, 5:28pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Why is there a double-standard when our children’s health is involved?

    Number of comments: 2
    Special thanks to a concerned reader for passing this along! A Vaccine Debate Once Focused on Sex Shifts as Boys Join the Target Market By Rob Stein, Washington Post Staff Writer When a vaccine designed to protect girls against a sexually transmitted virus arrived three years ago, the debate centered on one question: [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
    by Tracy

  • Jennifer’s Board of Education Updates

    NOTES FROM BOARD OF EDUCATION WORK SESSION 3/23/09 FOLLOW-UP OF BOARD WORK SESSION Related items NOTES from Board of Education Meeting, 11/18/08 Charles County Announces Temporary School Assignment Changes Charles County School System, All High Schools Meet State Benchmarks REMINDER: Board of Education Meeting, 11/18/08 Notes from BOE Work Session 11/10/08 [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2009, 8:27am EDT
    by Jennifer

  • The Future of Info Gathering - Anywhere?

    Related items Md. bill would expand cyber harassment to social networks About Face Cheap TV 9 Million PC's not wearing their condom… A Dissenting View on Macs [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 8:36am EDT
    by Heather

  • Riot Grrrl

    Wikipedia Riot grrrl was an underground feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990s, and it is often associated with third-wave feminism (it is sometimes seen as its starting point). However, riot grrrl's emphasis on universal female identity and separatism often appears more closely allied with second-wave feminism than with [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 8:10am EDT
    by Heather

  • A Man Named Pearl

    Pearl Fryar is a very cool, very energetic dude who created a beautiful garden in his yard from discarded plants tossed out by a local nursery. I recommend sitting down with some hot tea and being prepared to feel as though you are a very lazy slug when you’re all done [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Crib and Car Seat Donation Needed

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    Wanted - crib donation.  Need a fairly new (last 3-4 years) crib with mattress for family that is in need.  Decent condition please.  Please email Terry at belle33@hotmail.com if you know of one.  Thank you.  (please make sure you put crib in the subject line) We are also looking for a [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 11:46am EDT
    by Heather

  • You might have to pick your own

    Number of comments: 4
    Summer job opportunity! Lack of visas hurts Maryland crab industry FISHING CREEK, Md. (AP) - Because would-be crab pickers haven't been able to get H2B temporary visas, many crab processing plans in Dorchester County are expected to stay closed when the season opens on April 1. And Chesapeake Bay area watermen want First' [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 11:08am EDT
    by Tracy

  • You’d Need a Really REALLY Big Can of Raid

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    My internet/bloggy friend Greg Luce snapped some photos of some giant bug sculptures by artist Gary Staab that are on exhibit outside of the National Geographic Society in DC.  Check out these ants on a log he had to hide his lunch from!  WOAH!  I plan on going to see [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 10:39am EDT
    by Heather

  • Woodburn Hill Commune

    Number of comments: 14
    There is a commune in St. Mary's County - did ya know that? I saw their ad at the health food store in Waldorf. I have always thought commune living is kind of cool if you can find the right people to do it with.  Good for them!  It takes a lot [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 9:35am EDT
    by Heather

  • Types of Vegetarians

    According to this list of vegetarian definitions found at PassionateVegetarian.com, I am a "Vegetarian Sympathizer" and my girls are pescetarians. Vegans Vegans eat only foods of plant origin, no foods of animal origin; that means, no eggs, dairy products, or honey. Soyfoods, legumes, nuts and seitan form the protein building blocks, and [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 8:36am EDT
    by Heather

  • Another day, another health scare

    Number of comments: 8
    Today's culprit - red meat.  As I see it, this is just another reason to eat more crabs.  Maybe the rockfish poachers can use this as their defense at sentencing; they were just trying to save lives! Daily Red Meat Raises Chances Of Dying Early By Rob Stein, Washington Post Staff Writer Eating [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 7:46am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Ken Taylor Benefit Concert

    Head out to My Brother's Place for some rockin' and to help out Ken Taylor! Sam Grow Eric Scott Austin Cody Related items From Russia, With Love Free Navy Band Performance Friday Alpha Jazz in Concert at Indian Head Black Box Kajun Kelley Gig Dates I Vant to Bite Your Neck ' [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2009, 3:36pm EDT
    by Heather

  • My Assessment of the New Bike Trail

    Read it HERE. Related items Heart Healthy Heather A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood Two for Two and The Sit-bones Are Bruised! Who is that fat girl with the sore sit-bones? [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2009, 7:55pm EDT
    by Jennifer

  • Poetry Saturday

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    This is March. This is Madness. This is 1983 and Jimmy V is running wildly around the court, searching for someone to hug after Lorenzo Charles took the 34 foot jump shot Derrick Wittenberg took from 35 feet out and slammed it home with one second to go to win [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2009, 10:51am EDT
    by mbillard

  • Allzah Foundation Needs a Fix

    Robert and I switched to a new server company a couple of weeks ago.  You may have noticed the sites being down and my emails bouncing back and so forth.  Well, until Monday expect more problems with all Allzah related blogs which include this site, my art site and my [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2009, 7:06am EDT
    by Heather

  • Happy Birthday, Heather!

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    I love you! Related items Poetry Saturday Hop To It! Easter Egg Hunt and Activities! A bad day for friggatriskaidekaphobics Scarification Poetry Saturday [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
    by Robert

  • The Fine Art of Copyright

    This was a topic we previously discussed on the Cafe.  A friend saw this article and forwarded it.  If Fairey only ran the photo through a digital filter, then yeah, I think it's more like infringement.  However, if he did this by hand and even with help of digital, I [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2009, 9:08am EDT
    by Heather

  • Potomac Wildlife Art Show

    Annual Potomac Wildlife Art Show on Friday, May 15 & Saturday, May 16, 2009 hosted by the College of Southern Maryland, La Plata campus – Celebrate wildlife along the Potomac River with artists from Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, the Eastern Shore, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Waterfowl carvers, wildlife painters and photographers, [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2009, 9:03am EDT
    by Heather

  • Looking Ahead to What’s Coming to the Black Box

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    Black Box Theatre - Indian Head Center for the Arts Mark your calendars now for upcoming events at the Black Box Theatre, and watch this e-news and our website for more details as the dates get closer: April 25 Earth Day Festival May 8 Glenn Spayth - Folk Singer/Songwriter May 9 & 10 Go Diva - Jennifer [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2009, 9:01am EDT
    by Heather

  • It Made Me Feel a LITTLE Better

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    I signed an online petition today directed at the AIG bonuses.  I don't know if it will help, but it made me feel a little better. AIG Executives: Your Bonuses or Your Jobs! The U.S. unemployment rate has risen to 8.1% – yet taxpayers are providing more than $170 billion in bailout' [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2009, 4:46pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Hop To It! Easter Egg Hunt and Activities!

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    Sponsored by CSM March of Dimes Team! When: Saturday April 4th Egg Hunt Starts 11AM, Activities to Follow FEE: $2 Per Child All Proceeds Benefit CSM March of Dimes Team Please join the CSM March of Dimes Team for a fun filled morning! Egg Hunt by Age Group, Easter Crafts, Games, Face Painting, Bake Sale [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2009, 4:51pm EDT
    by Jennifer

  • Good Earth Produce - Weekly Update

    The Good Earth Produce Weekly Update Here’s a quick look at this week’s produce: Cameo, Fuji, and Pink Lady Apples Asparagus-USA grown Avocados Bananas Broccoli Celery and ChardCilantro Cucumbers Garlic and Ginger Red Seedless Grapes Green Seedless Grapes Grapefruit Dandelion greens Kale Lemons Crimini mushrooms Olivia’s Asian Salad Earthbound Baby Greens Earthbound Italian Salad Yellow onions Abate Fetel Pears – they’re beautiful! Sweet Red Peppers Pineapples Russet Potatoes Yukon Potatoes Scallions Shallots Strawberries – California grown Tomatoes on [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2009, 3:51pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Artsty Stuff To Do

    There are a number of places in Southern Maryland to get your art - Annmarie Gardens is one of them.  I am going to be taking a clay tile class next weekend.  YAY. There is stuff at Annmarie for the kids to do over the summer as well.  Check out their [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2009, 3:28pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses

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    By HELENE COOPER Published: March 16, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Obama vowed to try to stop the faltering insurance giant American International Group from paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives, as the administration scrambled to avert a populist backlash against banks and Wall Street that could complicate [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2009, 1:18pm EDT
    by Heather

  • News to Me

    This morning I was looking for a person located in Central/Northern Charles County to do men's shirt alterations.  I tripped across this website - I've never seen it befor - have you? CharlesCountyWebsite.com Related items The Fine Art of Copyright It Made Me Feel a LITTLE Better Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 1:19pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Who gets a bonus for a company’s worst loss in its history? AIG execs, that’s who.

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    Our tax dollars at work. Insurance giant AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses even though it received a taxpayer bailout of more than $170 billion dollars. AIG is [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 10:54am EDT
    by Tracy

  • UNFRIGGINGBELIEVABLE TAX DRAMA

    Number of comments: 7
    Ok - so my daughter Amber did not ever get her stimulus check because she was told somebody else claimed her on their 2007 taxes as a dependent.  We have not been able to figure out who that was.  We have not been able to sort that mess out.  She [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
    by Heather

  • A bad day for friggatriskaidekaphobics

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    Freaked out about Friday the 13th? Neal Augenstein, WTOP Radio WASHINGTON - If you think Friday the 13th is unlucky, brace yourself — we're in for an unusually unlucky year. March's Friday the 13th is the second of three Friday the 13ths to occur in 2009. First, there was Friday the 13th in' [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2009, 8:54am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Renewable energy credits

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    Renewable and Affordable By Megan Greenwell, Washington Post Staff Writer As smoke rose from the power plant just across Cuckold Creek, one of the first residential windmills in Maryland began providing the Elliott-Robinson home with a greener source of electricity yesterday. The couple spent $23,000 to put up a personal windmill in their [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2009, 8:49am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Not-so-sunny day on Sesame Street

    Sunny day!  Sweeping the clouds away!  On my way to where the air is sweet.  Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Sesame Street layoffs are no joke Jonathan Berr Roll over Cookie Monster and tell Elmo the news, the economic slowdown has hit Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop, [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2009, 8:37am EDT
    by Tracy

  • I Heart Mariska

    Number of comments: 6
    I have always like Law & Order SVU even though it deals with some pretty horrible subject matter.  I think Mariska Hargitay is a great actress and for some reason I just always took a shine to her.  I don't generally follow celebrity lives, but on the local news last' [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Survey Results of 915: 1 in 7 Say Women Should Be Hit For Wearing Sexy Clothes

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    I'm really not the least surprised. **** One in seven people believe it is acceptable in some circumstances for a man to hit his wife or girlfriend if she is dressed in “sexy or revealing clothes in public”, according to the findings of a survey released today. A similar number believed that it' [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 11:05am EDT
    by Heather

  • Post Calls ‘Angels’ “Marvelous!”

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      By Elizabeth Hand Special to The Washington Post Tuesday, March 10, 2009; Page C01   ANGELS OF DESTRUCTION By Keith Donohue Shaye Areheart. 347 pp. $24 By day, Keith Donohue is the consummate Washington bureaucrat, toiling away in the National Archives. But when he's not approving grants for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, he's summoning [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 8:25am EDT
    by Coleman Shedman

  • Wait Until Dark (This Weekend Only)

    Wait Until Dark runs this weekend at the College of Southern Maryland. I'll be at the helm of the light board and you might just see another of the Cafe members onstage fumbling around in the dark! It's also Emmitt Woodey's last show at the college. Hope you can make it' [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 7:04am EDT
    by richard

  • “I’m definitely not trying to be a criminal. I’m trying to eat.”

    Unfortunately, their short-term gain is our long-term loss.  As the article states,"…fishermen who break the law are stealing from their future to satisfy immediate needs." By Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post Staff Writer As police tell it, waterman Dan Dierker was out on the Eastern Shore's Chester River before dawn, illegally trying to [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 7:04am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Ways to eat well for less

    WASHINGTON - As budgets get tighter and you look for more ways to cut your food budget, you can still eat well."It doesn't hurt nutrition-wise to switch to canned and frozen vegetable and fruits, if they're not packed in heavy syrup," says Jane Brody, personal health columnist for the New [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 6:51am EDT
    by Tracy

  • Thanks for the Letter That You Sent

    It will be interesting to see if this song is yanked off of YouTube for copyright issues.  I have found it sad and amusing how people who once were real punks and anti-establishment can't stand a little sharing of their music.  If it's not making money every single time it's [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Hayley Mills on Femininty

    You can see a scene from the movie with this song in it HERE. Related items Gay People Have No Morals 1809 Gay President Someday? Laws Made to Protect Children Now Being Used to Ruin Their Lives What We Believe [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Bed Peace 40 Years

    I missed this by a month.  I didn't get the memo. **** The John & Yoko Amsterdam Bed-In took place from 25-31 March 1969 at The Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland. The John & Yoko Montreal Bed-In took place from 26 May to 2 June 1969 at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Canada, culminating in' [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 1:53pm EDT
    by Heather

  • Poop Scooping Doggy Doo Solutions

    We have three dogs and a big yard.  Yup, doggy poop is a big problem around here.  We are really trying to get our yard into shape this year and two doggy things we are going to have to figure out is how to deal with the doggy doo and [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 1:32pm EDT
    by Heather

  • A Tomato Girl

    Number of comments: 7
    Actually, I want to be a garden girl.  I go on this wild adventure each year wanting to plant stuff and at the end of it I've spent a couple hundered dollars and have nothing but rotting or shriveled leaves to show for it.  So, this year I am probably' [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 12:34pm EDT
    by Heather

  • St. Charles Grocery Co-op?

    It would be cool to have a co-op grocery store and/or cafe in St. Charles.  I think they tend towards wanting "up scale" around here - but maybe there is some kind of happy compromise?  I know Safeway and Giant aren't going anywhere.  Whatchagonnado? **** GLUT FOOD CO-OP Natural Foods for People, Not' [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 10:42am EDT
    by Heather

  • A good start to the Iraq exodus?

    Twelve Thousand U.S. Troops To Leave Iraq Posted By: Raul Rivero 13 hrs ago BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military has announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September. Maj. Gen. David Perkins says that will reduce U.S. combat power from 14 brigades to 12 brigades. He also [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 9:56am EDT
    by Heather

  • Local Currency - Charles County Cash?

    I have long found local currencies very interesting.  They are good and smart for lots of reasons, mostly because it keeps local businesses humming. **** MOUNT RAINIER, Md. (WUSA) — An early morning delivery, a constant stream of customers, business bustles at the Glut Food Co-Op. "I'll use half in Anacostia Hours," says' [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 9:31am EDT
    by Heather

  • Losing (Our) Religion?

    From the AP:  A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all. Fifteen percent of respondents said they [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 8:54am EDT
    by Coleman Shedman

  • Rich Falcone of Chesapeake Beach - Whachoo want?

    It sometimes takes me a while to catch up on my reading. Usually what happens is I have three or four newspapers stacked up, I grab them, sit on the couch, turn on the TV and flip through the pages. Today, before tossing it in the recycling pile, I found [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 8:15am EDT
    by Heather
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