Hitch

Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet - one-tenth the size of the average new American house - and sits in his Anne Arundel County yard. He and wife Renee can hitch it to a truck and take it with them wherever they go. "It's so cheap - that's what's so cool about this," said Cantori, 52, who envisions a surf-and-turf future, alternating between the house and a sailboat. "We bought the house for $19,000.

The sandwich's simple format offers unlimited options for culinary creativity. At Woody's Hitching Post - deep in Monkton's pastoral horse country - chef-owner David "Woody" Woodruff is busy exploring those options - to the great benefit of his customers. Woodruff opened his eponymous shop last summer, leaving behind a career in commercial real estate (he had restaurant experience from his younger days). It's a simple spot - bare-bones decor, handwritten signs advertising the menu, a handful of tables and an open, diner-style kitchen - but that keeps the focus on the food and on Woodruff's friendly personality.

The pink flamingo-shaped lights decorating the balcony rail of a mobile home in Florida signal the level of taste on display in “The Great American Trailer Park Musical.” This 2005 off-Broadway musical indulges in lowbrow satire, but the music and lyrics by David Nehls and book by Betsy Kelso are highly skillful in conveying  lowly material. If the production at the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre immediately gets into the show’s trashy spirit, it’s surely because four of the cast members (Maribeth Eckenrode, Kristen Zwobot, Karina Ferry and R. Brett Rohrer)

Skeletons, butterflies, frogs and even baby chickens bounced around the festive food court at the Mall in Columbia on Tuesday, as officials urged residents to celebrate Halloween despite Sandy's after-effects, and parents enthusiastically tried to comply. "It may be a little soggy and a little muddy," said Raquel Guillory, spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O'Malley. "But as long as there are no downed wires or trees in the way, we do hope the kids get out and do a little trick-or-treating.

On August 20, 2004; HAROLD WILLIAM HITCH. On Today, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends from 3:00 to 8:00 PM. On Thursday, Mr. Hitch will lie instate at Mt. Pleasant Ministries, 6000 Radecke Avenue where the family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11:00 AM with Services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

On June 19, 2007, GENEVA W. HITCH. On Monday friends may call on at the Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services, 5151 Balto Nat'l Pike, from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. On Tuesday, Mrs. Hitch will lie in-state at Barea Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1901 Madison Avenue for a wake from 7-9 p.m. On Wednesday, Mrs. Hitch will lie in-state at Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church, 18800 New Hampshire Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 11-11:30 a.m. with...

Suddenly on May 10, 2004, CYNTHIA "CINDY" A. HITCH (nee Hammerbacher), devoted mother of Thomas J. Wrzesinski, III and Melanie V. Hitch, loving daughter of Edward E. Hammerbacher, Sr. and the late Bernadine V. Hammerbacher, dear sister of Edward E., Jr., Robert J. and Kenneth D. Hammerbacher, daughter-in-law of Joan M. Wrzesinski. Also survived by many nieces and nephews A Catholic Prayer Service will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave. on Thursday 8 P.M. Visiting hours on Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment private.

On Friday, August 26, 2005, DORIS A. HITCH (90), of Catonsville, MD at her residence in Grasonville. Beloved mother of D. Audrey Hiebler (Andrew) of Catonsville, MD; grandmother of two, Tracey Lynn Dearborn (Jeffrey) of Severna Park, MD and Thomas Andrew Hiebler (Joanna) of Marriottsville, MD; great-grandmother of four, Taylor Victoria and Trevor Jeffrey Dearborn, Benjamin Thomas and Ryan Hiebler. She was predeceased by her husband Grover Hitch in 1984, and her brother Gerald C. Dean. Family and friends may visit from 5 to 8 P.M. on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 and 10 to 11 A.M. Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Chester, MD where services will be held at 11 A.M. on Wednesday.

One too many margaritas isn't hard to manage during Cinco de Mayo. So a number of organizations have teamed up to make sure no one in Baltimore gets behind the wheel with tequila breath that would break a breathalyzer. AAA Mid-Atlantic, the Maryland Department of Transportation and Yellow Cab created "Tipsy? Taxi!" to offer drunken revelers a way to get home without driving. From 4 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Sunday, anyone that calls a certain number to order a cab gets the ride free.

Will Smith finally got a chance to strut his romantic-comedy stuff this year in Hitch (Sony, $29). Smith plays a New York date doctor who guarantees men they can win the girl of their dreams in just three dates. More than holding his own opposite Smith is stand-up comic Kevin James (The King of Queens), who plays a shy accountant madly in love with a society heiress (Amber Valletta). Eva Mendes plays a tabloid columnist who ends up falling for Hitch. Conspicuously absent is audio commentary from director Andy Tennant, Smith and James -- it would have greatly improved the digital edition.

A thief made off with a trailer loaded with three riding mowers in Annapolis early Tuesday. The Superior trailer, which bore a Maryland license, was parked overnight on Thom Drive near Forest Drive. The owner discovered the loss early Tuesday. The suspect cut the lock from its hitch and left it in the roadway. The trailer carried a red Toro riding mower, a yellow Gravely riding mower, and a red Toro push mower. The owner told police he frequently leaves the trailer, secured with a lock, on the road at night at what is an apartment complex.

One too many margaritas isn't hard to manage during Cinco de Mayo. So a number of organizations have teamed up to make sure no one in Baltimore gets behind the wheel with tequila breath that would break a breathalyzer. AAA Mid-Atlantic, the Maryland Department of Transportation and Yellow Cab created "Tipsy? Taxi!" to offer drunken revelers a way to get home without driving. From 4 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Sunday, anyone that calls a certain number to order a cab gets the ride free.

Michael Owen has spent a lot of time around love - even as he began to lose his faith in it. As the artist behind the Baltimore Love Project, Owen has painted the image of hands forming the word "love" on 11 walls scattered throughout the city. In June 2010, when he and his wife, Shelley, separated (their formal divorce is pending), he almost quit the project. How could he keep painting this word when he barely believed in it? Instead, Owen, 29, threw himself at his work, finishing more murals than ever.

The 2011-12 school year in Harford County finally got off to a start Wednesday, despite 11 schools remaining closed because of power outages or road blockages left over fromHurricane Irene. All schools will be open Thursday morning, according to an announcement from the school system Wednesday afternoon. Parents are advised to continue to expect some variations in bus pick-up and drop-off times, as the school system works through new routes this year. In addition, those students living on streets that remain closed may still not have bus transportation available Thursday, the school system said in its announcement.

Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.   Running it back: Prized left-hander Zach Britton allowed four earned runs in five-plus innings Tuesday night and remained with just one victory since May 1 as the Orioles lost to the Cardinals , 6-2. ... Orioles manager Buck Showalter acknowledged that he has some concern about Vladimir Guerrero , who has struggled to drive in runs as the club's cleanup hitter.

The 27-foot sailboat was David Ward's new toy. He had bought it only hours earlier from a man in Middle River and on Sunday was sailing it, with four friends as crew, to its new berth in a Fells Point marina. Then things started to go wrong. The boat's tiller snapped in the choppy waters of the Chesapeake Bay, and Ward cut the engine while he replaced the broken part. But when he tried to restart the motor, the battery was almost flat — useless. Drifting near the Patapsco River about a mile north of Fort Howard, Ward pulled out his cellphone and dialed the number of a towing company, just as any motorist on firm ground might do. The man who got the call was Capt.

A state medical examiner's autopsy report yesterday confirmed that a 71-year-old Fort Washington man who was killed in an accident on I-95 in Savage Friday afternoon suffered a heart attack when a trailer hitch crashed through his windshield.Meanwhile, state police investigators reviewing the death of Richard Arthur Bauer, of the 9500 block of Potomac Drive, say that the 10-pound chunk of metal debris smashed through the victim's windshield after being struck by another vehicle.Mr. Bauer died when his southbound vehicle careened off the roadway, crossed the median and struck a vehicle in the northbound lane, said Mike McKelvin, a state police spokesman.

Eastern Shore farmers would like to donate thousands of bales of hay to feed starving livestock in the drought-ridden Florida Panhandle, but there's a legal hitch.The Maryland hayfields are registered in a federal conservation reserve program that pays farmers to take land out of production. They are required to plant a cover crop such as clover and grass that makes great hay, but they can't harvest the fields.Daniel Shortall, a vice president of the Maryland Farm Bureau, said the hay-lift initiative began Friday when his Centreville neighbor, Charles Jackson, "came to me and said, 'We have got to do something.

The pink flamingo-shaped lights decorating the balcony rail of a mobile home in Florida signal the level of taste on display in “The Great American Trailer Park Musical.” This 2005 off-Broadway musical indulges in lowbrow satire, but the music and lyrics by David Nehls and book by Betsy Kelso are highly skillful in conveying  lowly material. If the production at the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre immediately gets into the show’s trashy spirit, it’s surely because four of the cast members (Maribeth Eckenrode, Kristen Zwobot, Karina Ferry and R. Brett Rohrer)

Matched up against the NFL's top-ranked aerial attack, the Ravens' secondary proved it could compete. Except for a pair of long drives to end the second and fourth quarters, the unit clamped down on the Denver Broncos' high-octane passing game and played a vital role in the team's 31-17 victory at M&T Bank Stadium. In a showdown between the league's most prolific pass offense and stingiest pass defense, it was the latter that prevailed. "We're not as bad as what people thought," cornerback Fabian Washington said of a secondary that had been frequently cited as the defense's vulnerability in the preseason.