Section: CBN

Around Broadneck: Broadneck area benefits from Eagle Scout projects

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00

Eagles usually hatch in the spring, but four new eagles emerged from the Ulmstead Barn in Arnold last Thursday evening. They are members of Boy Scout Troop 835. Each teen had fulfilled all the requirements to become an Eagle Scout, something only 2 percent of all Boy Scouts achieve.

The new Eagle Scouts, all of whom are Broadneck High School students, are: Joe DiPaola and Giovanni Gargano, both 16, and Ryan Jan and Sean Hocking, both 17.

Around Broadneck: Pirate treasure hunter held the attention of Arnold Elementary kids

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00

The multipurpose room at Arnold Elementary School looked like the galley of a pirate ship, staffed by Lilliputians. Pint-sized scalawags swaggered by, muttering "Arrrgh!" They were adorned with bandanas printed with skulls and crossbones, paper eye patches and hand-scribbled temporary tattoos.

A much taller pirate herded the little rapscallions into orderly rows. He was Michael Kovaks, a second-grade teacher.

It turns out these...

Around Broadneck: BHS gears up for Tournament of Bands Championships

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00

It's a sensory thrill ride on AstroTurf. It's "surround-sound" in 3-D, accompanied by a visual feast of pageantry, glitter and flurries of swirling streamers. There's drama, suspense, a few plotlines, but mostly it's an all-American spectacle.

And, at $7 for general admission, it's the same price as a movie ticket.

The Annual Tournament of Bands Chapter IX Championships is this area's Lollapalooza of hig...

Around Broadneck: Atlantis artist's mural helps soothe trauma, burn patients

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00

It's hard to look at a painting by local artist and muralist Gayle Mangan Kassal and not smile.

Perhaps that's why the Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I., has commissioned murals from Gayle three times. The Boston Medical Center called her twice to paint their walls with scenes that help, for a moment or two, brighten the lives of the ailing and healthy people who gaze upon them. The paintings are colorful, animated, ye...