FOOD & DRINK
These restaurants in Brandywine Hundred and Port Penn have closed their doors
The New Castle County restaurants Ulysses American Gastropub in Brandywine Hundred and the Augustine Inn Seafood and Chop House in Port Penn have closed their doors permanently. Ulysses, a restaurant in the Shoppes of Graylyn off Marsh Road, stopped operations earlier this month after about 13 years. The restaurant's website is no longer...
Sabedra pens song for childhood friend who died in fire
For 39 years Derek Sabedra had only memories of a beloved classmate who died tragically, but now the former Southern Maryland resident has something tangible after a song he wrote about her was recently recorded. Denise Evans was 16 years old when she died in a house fire, along with her 14-year-old brother Shawn, in Prince Frederick on Dec. 22, 1985. Luke Doran, 19, also perished in the accident, which started when a discarded cigarette was placed in a paper trash container. ...
Author discusses new Black folktale, history book
Caitlyn Hunter is interested in folktales and she discussed that fact along with her new book “Power in the Tongue” during a virtual lecture March 20 at Historic Sotterley. The discussion kicked off the Hollywood plantation museum’s annual People & Perspectives Series. “I grew up reading Greek mythology and dreaming of heroines and minotaurs and gorgons, but then my mother got me a book called ‘The People Who Could Fly,’”...
Working in the garden: Vision for Annmarie Garden unveiled
A popular venue for events in Solomons could take on a bit of different look over the next few years, according to a concept plan unveiled Tuesday during the weekly meeting of the Calvert County commissioners. Stacey Hann-Ruff, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center director, along with consultant Scott Scarfone of Mahan Rykiel Associates presented an update of the facility’s master plan process. Hann-Ruff, who was hired over 20 years...
Calvert Marine Museum celebrates Otter Mania
Calvert Marine Museum staff and guests celebrated two otters’ birthdays on Saturday at the annual Otter Mania event. Calvert County residents of all ages attended the March 23 event despite heavy rain, but the weather didn’t affect river otters Chessie Grace and Calvert’s celebration of their eighth birthday. The chilly rain was “otter weather,” museum employees said, perfect for the otters’ thick fur. ...
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