BUSINESS
By Marie Gullard and Marie Gullard,Special to The Sun | March 23, 2007
Over the river and through the woods is an apt description of the path that leads to the Hoffman house in Sparks, where tall trees are thick along winding two-lane roads, and an occasional log cabin or framed bungalow peeps from the hillsides. Four terriers bark out a welcome beyond the green iron gates of the property where a two-level home fits like a puzzle piece into the irregular grade of the land. "I live in a dog house," Donna Hoffman joked, plumping the pillows on her trundle bed in the home's second level, while her four "children" scamper about.
NEWS
By Sam Sessa and Sam Sessa,Sun reporter | September 21, 2005
While summer grilling season is ending, you still can find good hot dogs, although you might have to walk a little farther than your backyard to eat them. Here are some places to try: 1 W. Chestnut Hill Lane, Reisterstown The Dawg House Grill 1 W. Chestnut Hill Lane, Reisterstown 410-833-5178 Hours - - 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday The Dawg House, which opened this year, names its hot dogs after real dogs. Fret not, pet lovers -- they're 100 percent beef.
NEWS
September 28, 1994
Someone shot a Glen Burnie woman's husky twice early Sunday morning, county police said yesterday.The dog, named Bruce, was hit in the front and rear left legs and taken to an animal clinic for treatment, where he remained yesterday.Anna Mae Colman, 46, of the 300 block of Morris Hill Ave. told police that the incident happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. when Bruce was on a leash by his dog house outside.She said she heard her dog barking, then a few minutes later heard at least two popping sounds that she believed to be gunshots, police said.
NEWS
By DAN RODRICKS | November 3, 1993
Has it been noted anywhere that the big old sheet-metal horseshoes that stood outside three Baltimore-area Fair Lanes (nee Colt Lanes) have been dismantled?"
FEATURES
By Mary Corey and Mary Corey,Staff Writer | April 5, 1992
Melbourne Downing enjoys the dog days--the days of 0) judging dogs, that isMelbourne T. L. Downing spends his days counting the teeth of Dobermans.It's a professional hazard when you're a renowned dog judge who determines whether man's best friend will wind up in the winner's circle or the dog house."
NEWS
By Russ Mullaly | June 26, 1991
Do you ever think about some of Howard County's old landmarks that are no longer with us? Or perhaps look at a new housing development orindustrial park and wonder what used to be there? When you drive past something on a regular basis you tend to forget what was there before, because you grow accustomed to the changes.I was thinking about some old landmarks that have disappeared in the past 30 years thatI remember from when my family first lived here.Let's start with One-Spot, the dog-shaped building on U.S. 1 nearJessup that sold flea powder.