Historic park now closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Due to a $50,000 budget cut, Historic London Town and Gardens has cut back its schedule and will be open to the public only five days a week.

In a press release dated Tuesday, the county historic park announced it will now be closed Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays. It was previously closed only on Mondays.

"It is unfortunate, we have been in a growth trajectory from the standpoint of being more accessible to the public a...

Published on 07/03/08

Though summer officially began less than two weeks ago, it seems it is half over with the Fourth of July just around the corner.

Meanwhile, the Pirates Cove Race Club continues to enjoy the warmer weather and longer days. It concluded an eight-week spring series and launched right into its summer series without a break. The summer series is also eight weeks and runs through July 31..

Light breeze, squalls with heavy wind and also ...

Published on 07/03/08

It might be hard to believe, but there is an outstanding yoga teacher, trained for years in India, no less, leading a yoga practice for about two dozen people once a week at Galesville Memorial Hall on Main Street in Galesville. The best part? He's doing it for just $5 per class as part of a "community yoga" experience.

The Galesville Memorial Hall is a small white building on Main Street, sandwiched between the post offic...

Published on 07/03/08

The Green Hornets 10-and-under tournament baseball team on Saturday defeated Crofton to capture the Cal Ripken District Championship.

Teammates Nicholas Ashbeck, Tyler Blohm, Stephen Boushell, Liam Connolly, Billy Godrick, Zack Gunning, David Harding, Blade Jones, Justin Reeves, Carter Sears, Jack Singleton and Ryan Yesner played an outstanding game.

Dave Harding is the head coach of the team, assisted by John Gunning, Gregg Sears...

Published on 07/03/08

Some trees will be saved in right-of-way

Paco and Pedro, the two resident burros at the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary, will soon have less shade to graze in after Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. cuts trees to protect its transmission lines.

It looks like BGE will stick to its chainsaws and remove most of the trees on its right-of-way used by the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary. But the company has agreed to leave some trees on an area sloping down to a stream, and to delay ...

Published on 07/01/08

Brian Consoli, 18, learned the hard way that telephone communication isn't always as direct as it should be.

When searching for an Eagle Project, Brian, of Edgewater, noticed that a retaining wall behind the Camp Letts dining hall was deteriorating and asked if he could rebuild the wall as his project. He thought he got the go-ahead squared away from the camp, so he began the months long process of writing and re-writing the paperwo...

Published on 06/30/08

Koslow spent nine years fighting for river

The man who has spent almost a decade battling to save the South River will step down from his post as riverkeeper this week.

Drew Koslow, who served as the South Riverkeeper for the last four of those years, will leave on July 1, the South River Federation announced in a letter via its Web site and e-mails to members last week.

It was a surprise," said Kincey Potter, the organization's president. "He has done a fant...

Published on 06/29/08

Trying to stop tree cutting in right-of-way

For years, the menagerie of animals at the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary roamed freely along the right-of-way where Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s transmission lines slice through south county, using trees there for vital shade.

But now the power company wants to cut all those trees down, shearing clear a 400-foot wide swath.

Sanctuary owner Sandy Carr is furious and scared. Over the years she has taken in everything from...

Published on 06/27/08

By MITCHELLE STEPHENSON

The summer solstice occurred last Friday at 7:59 p.m.

In the gardens of Historic London Town & Gardens, the celebration of the year's longest day began an hour earlier with music by local Celtic musicians, led by hammered-dulcimer artist Maggie Sansone, a Shady Side resident.

In ancient times, Celts celebrated the solstice with dancing and bonfires, some say in an attempt to increase the sun's energy. There weren't...

Published on 06/26/08

Katie Neighoff is a busy entrepreneur and the owner of a new business in Galesville, the "Sno Shak." At the Shak, she sells 24 regular and diet flavors of sno-balls.

For Katie, the business is a way to earn money for college. It might also turn out to be an applied business course for the 18-year-old business major.

Katie, who is a student at Anne Arundel Community College, came up with the idea for a sno-ball stand abou...

Published on 06/26/08