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February 22, 2012, No comments

Editor’s note: There was much feedback to the article about residential permit parking in Canton. We have attached some of the more interesting comments below. Mark: I would like to …

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Letter to Editor: MOUs = Quality of Life

February 15, 2012, No comments

Editor, The Guide: The Fells Prospect Community Association is in full support of HB 392. This bill would require the liquor board to take the Memoran ...

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Parking: The new, old problem

February 15, 2012, 1 Comment

There was an unusually contentious community meeting Tuesday night, and the issue, as usual, was parking. In the last few years in the overly crowded ...

The news from 1987: new mayor, a new soccer facility

February 8, 2012, No comments

And make sure you get your VCR professionally cleaned for spring, hon There were news reports of increased rates of teen pregnancy, violent crime in t ...

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    Midterms and higher taxes
    January 18, 2012, 2 Comments

    I hate midterms. Not the exam kind, the legislative kind. I hated the other kind too, but that was a long time ago. Here we are in the second legislative ...

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    Protect this house from hunger
    January 12, 2012, No comments

    Hungry Marylanders miss 78 million meals a year. The Maryland Food Bank tries to reduce that number, and now that the holidays are over, and we’re into the next tax ...

  • Mary Helen Sprecher
    2012: The year to volunteer
    December 21, 2011, No comments

    Approaching the end of 2011, we get a strong sense of the calendar turning. It’s a great time for optimism, hope and the establishment of new beginnings. And accordingly, it’s ...

  • On dogs and delivering the mail
    December 7, 2011, 1 Comment

    Dogs are sweet and loving creatures, devoted to their families and mainly friendly. But they–or the subject of them–can divide a community pretty darned quickly. Dogs on leash, dogs off ...

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    The season for some ideas…
    November 30, 2011, No comments

    Some odds and ends for consideration: Holiday shoppers, cast off your chains! Do yourselves, your friends and your community a favor and shop local. Take a stroll along Eastern Avenue ...

  • watts
    Robocalls to cell phones?
    November 23, 2011, 1 Comment

    One of the beauties, to me, of having a cell phone is that I can decide who gets the number, not Ma Bell. I can give the number to friends ...

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