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The Maryland State Fair has been a late summer tradition since 1878, and locals affectionaly refer to it as "The 11 Best Days of Summer." Up to 500,000 people come out to the fairgrounds in Timonium for agriculture exhibitions and shows, carnival rides, concerts, thoroughbred horse racing and homegrown food. Thousands of 4-H and Future Farmers of America members compete in shows and demonstrations. Other contests include the Miss Maryland Agriculture competition, a chili championship and an animal costume contest. Must-see attractions include J Bar W Ranch Battle of the Beasts Rodeo, the Swifty Swine Racing and Swimming Pig Show and the Birthing Center. The fair regularly adds new attraction...
The Maryland State Fair has been a late summer tradition since 1878, and locals affectionaly refer to it as "The 11 Best Days of Summer." Up to 500,000 people come out to the fairgrounds in Timonium for agriculture exhibitions and shows, carnival rides, concerts, thoroughbred horse racing and homegrown food. Thousands of 4-H and Future Farmers of America members compete in shows and demonstrations. Other contests include the Miss Maryland Agriculture competition, a chili championship and an animal costume contest. Must-see attractions include J Bar W Ranch Battle of the Beasts Rodeo, the Swifty Swine Racing and Swimming Pig Show and the Birthing Center. The fair regularly adds new attractions, including Sudden Impact Paintball. National musical acts such as Sawyer Brown, Raven Simone, INXS and John Michael Montgomery have performed at Maryland State Fair concerts.
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Victoria Justice to perform at Maryland State Fair
Parents, prepare to be begged. Victoria Justice, aka Tori Vega on Nickelodeon's popular show "Victorious," will perform at this year's 131st Maryland State Fair. The singer-songwriter-actress will perform Aug. 31, a year after another teen-idol, Selena...
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Good afternoon, Baltimore: Thursday lunchtime lowdown
ON THE SITE... White Marsh Boscov's returns after four-year absence: Boscov's, a well-known regional retailer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2008, but will reopen at White Marsh Mall. Joppa man, 47, dies in motorcycle accident: A 47-...Tags: Accidental Death, White Marsh, Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland)
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John R. Regalbuto Sr., jockey
John R. Regalbuto Sr., a retired contractor who had been a jockey at Maryland racetracks, died of Alzheimer's disease April 11 at Stella Maris Hospice. The former Essex resident was 80.
Born in Vineland, N.J., he was raised on his family's small farm....Tags: Timonium, Home Improvement, Pimlico, Alzheimer's Disease, Labor Day
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Recipe Finder: Sesame chicken
Marjorie Cicala from Middle River was looking for baked Sesame Chicken recipe that was demonstrated by a poultry distribution company at the Maryland State Fair in the 1960s and that she and her brothers and sister all loved. She said that the recipe...
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Balto. Co. bill would ban some new 'panhandle lots'
Developers in some parts of northeastern Baltimore County would no longer be able to squeeze new properties onto existing lots without a new road, under a bill introduced by three County Council members Monday. The bill, set for a vote next month,...Tags: Timonium, Perry Hall, Tom Quirk, Todd Huff, Cathy Bevins
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Crab lovers: Can you get over the lump?
Remember the Maryland crab cake? It no longer exists. It has been replaced, in the hearts and appetites of Baltimore restaurant diners, by a thing called the jumbo lump crab cake.
Tastes change.
The crab cake once was a humble second-day meal,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Seasons Restaurant, Conservation, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Venezuela
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Frances Louise German
Frances Louise German, a homemaker and volunteer who enjoyed collecting antiques, died Monday of heart failure at Morningside House, an Ellicott City assisted-living facility.
The longtime Howard County resident was 91.
The daughter of a farm laborer...Tags: Timonium, Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Farms, Ellicott City
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Recipe Finder: Tomato Florentine soup
Sylvia Fox from Randallstown was looking for the recipe for the Tomato Florentine soup that she said is frequently available at the salad bar at the North Charles Street location of Eddie's of Roland Park. Since she lives some distance from the store, she...Tags: Ketchup, Salads, Soups, Tomatoes, Roland Park
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Agnes E. May, homemaker
Agnes E. May, a homemaker and volunteer, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 88.
A daughter of a Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. grocery store manager and a homemaker, Agnes Edith Ripple was born in...Tags: Govans, Timonium, Health, Breads, Roman Catholicism
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New Fillmore Silver Spring could hurt Baltimore's live music scene, promoters say
In Silver Spring, they've been waiting for it for a decade: a brand-new music venue smack in the middle of the arts district — a rock counterpart to the dignified AFI Silver Theatre and the brainy Discovery complex.
When the Fillmore Silver...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Olive Garden, Bruce Springsteen, AEG, Arts
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