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Dennis McCoy, Baltimore City delegate, lobbyist, consensus builder, dies at 84
Dennis C. McCoy, who served in the House of Delegates for a dozen years and later a lobbyist known for his ability to bring groups together, died of blood cancer and other illnesses at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center on Oct. 31. He was 84.
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Flags line Dundalk Avenue for Veterans Day
If you walk or drive down Dundalk Avenue, you will see hundreds of American flags lining the grass. That is how the Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society has honored Veterans Day for the past nine years. “It’s just an emotional display,” said Historical Society member Joe Stadler, the backbone behind the operation. The tradition started in 2018, when the Historical Society asked on Facebook if anybody would like to contribute to purchasing American flags that would be placed along the road, Stadler said. The Historical Society received more than $2,000 and had more than 2,000 flags. Stadler said the flag display was inspired by the Path of Honor in Parkville. The Path of Honor was first created on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to remember each life lost on 9/11 by planting 2,977 American flags along Putty Hill Avenue. Stadler and his wife drive up Joppa Road several times a month. When he first saw those flags, they inspired him. “When you saw that, how could you not feel American?” Stadler said. “It’s like, we have to do something like that here. I thought Veterans Day was the perfect opportunity.” Since the first year the tradition started,
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Garden club donation adds 17 trees to Perry Hall’s Angel Park
PERRY HALL, Md. — A donation from a regional garden club organization has funded the planting of 17 new trees at Angel Park, completing a green perimeter around much of the community-built playground. The project was made possible by the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland District 3, local officials announced Monday. Baltimore County Councilman David […]
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