Home of the Week:Coming full circle

By DONNA L. COLE For The Capital

Published 07/19/08

There’s nothing like driving into a neighborhood with mature trees, shaded lawns, manicured gardens and homes that are neither brand new nor cookie-cutter-like.

Joshua McKerrow - The Capital Laurie Nilsen on her back porch at the Home of the Week.

It’s sort of like driving back to childhood — an idyllic setting. And that’s the case, quite literally, with Laurie and Glenn Nilsen, who live in the Berrywood neighborhood of Severna Park along with their children, Brent, Lauren and Garrett.

“We kind of grew up around here,” Ms. Nilsen said. “My husband grew up in Severna Park; I grew up in Arnold.”

Adding to the allure of the neighborhood are two marinas, a...

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blue ribbon schools - 2008-07-31 13:15:24

right, and none of those are in the southern cluster.

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Blue Ribbon Schools - 2008-07-31 10:03:44

South River High School is a Blue Ribbon School. Mayo Elementary received the designation back in 1996.

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blue ribbon schools - 2008-07-30 16:38:29

its great there's blue ribbon schools in Severna Park, but when you ask about other parts of the county - like south county - and why there's no blue ribbon schools, administrators like Assistant Superintendent Lynn Whittington and regional director Lorna Leone insist that the Blue Ribbon designation is not important. Why, then, to residents prize such a designation and the AA Schools promote it so much when schools are Blue Ribbon? Its because they discriminate by how they allocate their resources, and they get skittish when people figure it out.

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My Views - 2008-07-27 08:21:16

This is Sunday today and i have really found an interesting story.Whole day i will work through the ideas discussed in the story

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