NEWS
May 3, 2013
The glaringly evident lack of leadership in our state is so very obvious, it's disconcerting ("Spinning corruption," May 1). If Gov. Martin O'Malley would quit looking ahead at a possible run for the presidency, perhaps he and his cronies (one with curly white hair, the other with straight white hair) could have possibly averted the heinous situation at the Baltimore Detention Center. Our governor probably thought Javon White was a Raven! Patrick Lynch, Nottingham Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts
ENTERTAINMENT
By Wesley Case, The Baltimore Sun | May 1, 2013
There are many ways to describe Merriweather Post Pavilion 's M3 Rock Festival - passionate, sweaty, loud, over-the-top, sartorially questionable. Sometimes, it's even romantic. Just ask the Australian couple that got engaged while in attendance and returned the following year as part of the honeymoon. "We did a toast from the stage with a couple of the artists," said Brad Canfield, the festival's producer and general manager of Merriweather Post Pavilion . Now in its fifth year, the M3 Festival (which stands for May Merriweather Metal)
ENTERTAINMENT
By Amy Watts, for The Baltimore Sun | April 1, 2013
I'm filling in for your regular recapper, Janell. I'm usually on b's dance show beat, covering "Dancing with the Stars" and "So You Think You Can Dance. " This show is pairs of people doing things that are uncomfortable, so how different can it be? Seven teams remain, including one with a guy with MAGNIFICENT hair. Haters gonna hate, but that permed mullet takes some dedication, y'all. We're in Botswana and there is a very cute little kid bopping around. This area has a lot of wildlife and the racers all get to take time to see some elephants roaming around.
EXPLORE
By Diedre A. Ware | March 29, 2013
Editor's note: Freelance writer Diedre A. Ware grew up in Havre de Grace and graduated from Havre de Grace High School. Her recollections of what it was like growing up black in an era when children's dolls were white was published recently in Dolls magazine based in Iola, Wis., http://www.dollsmagazine.com . It is republished here with permission, along with photographs that ran with the Dolls magazine version. As a child, my dolls were by best friends. When I confided in them, I knew they would never tell.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Meagan O'Neill | October 8, 2012
This week's episode opened with Emily dreaming about her mother, who then morphed into Victoria. Talk about going from a pleasant dream to a nightmare. When Nolan tries to wake Emily from her nap she manages to strangle him in her sleep -- the list of this woman's skills just keeps on growing. This episode had nearly everyone conniving someone to get what they wanted. Emily used Daniel to help get Charlotte out of rehab, and then used Amanda to keep Charlotte from leaving the country with Victoria.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | September 9, 2012
Jacqueline M. "Jackie" Zajdel, a popular Canton cosmetologist who was a maestra of the shag, beehive, French twist and teased hair for decades, died Aug. 24 of cancer at Mercy Medical Center. The longtime Highlandtown resident was 67. Jacqueline Mary "Jackie" Zajdel was born in Baltimore and raised on Old North Point Road in Dundalk. She graduated in 1962 from Sparrows Point High School. "When she got out of high school, hairstyling was what she wanted to do, and she worked in a couple of shops in Dundalk," said her brother, Edwin "Zip" Zajdel, who lives in Joppa.