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50 years agoVice Admiral Sir William G. Tennant, an outstanding British war hero, is paying a courtesy visit to the United States. After a visit in Annapolis, the admiral will motor to Washington for a visit with President Truman. -- The Sun, Oct. 1, 1947.The Drilled-In Caisson Corp. was the only firm to bid to the State Roads Commission for subsurface explorations for the proposed Chesapeake Bay Bridge crossing between Sandy Point and Kent Island, for $274,100. -- The Sun, Oct. 22, 1947.

WASHINGTON - Sunbathers perched atop military firing targets in the Chesapeake Bay have prompted the Navy to push for tougher restrictions at the firing range, Pentagon officials said.The Hannibal Target area, 600 feet in radius off the St. Mary's County shoreline between Cedar Point and Point Lookout State Park, has been used since World War II by the Patuxent River Naval Air Warfare Center for testing with nonexplosive bombs.But trespassers have used the target - a buoy shaped like a billboard on its side and raised to a 30-degree angle - for climbing and sunbathing, said Steve Elinsky, a biologist for the Army Corps of Engineers.

Prospective homebuyers and renters who have questions about the area they are thinking of moving into may find the answers in Neighborhood I.D. from Advicon LLC in White Plains, in Charles County.Neighborhood I.D. reports contains demographic information for a one-mile radius surrounding the address customers are considering moving to. Reports can also be ordered by street intersection, ZIP code, town or city, census tract or county.The National Association of Realtors says, "It is unlawful for real estate professionals to encourage or discourage the purchase or rental of a home because of the racial, ethnic or religious dTC composition of a neighborhood.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A sign in the end zone said, "Today's Panthers victory dedicated to Cleveland."What a joke.If Baltimore had gotten the expansion team it deserved, the Browns might still be in Cleveland.If Baltimore had gotten the expansion team it deserved, its team might be 11-4 instead of 4-11.If Baltimore had gotten the expansion team it deserved, it might not be stuck with a debt-ridden, PSL-driven calamity of a franchise.This isn't sour grapes over the Ravens' 27-16 loss yesterday to the Carolina Panthers -- it's the same story every week, so why even get upset?

PERSISTENCE COUNTS. Just ask Del. Casper R. Taylor and state officials who worked nearly 15 years before finalizing a deal to build a signature golf course and conference center at Rocky Gap State Park east of Cumberland. It is a picturesque setting for a $54 million project that holds vast potential for jobs and economic development in that impoverished region.State participation, to the tune of $16 million, was necessary because no private company wanted to go it alone on a leisure-activity project in such an isolated setting.

25 Years Ago (Week of June 21-27, 1970)* An overflow crowd attending a concert by The Who at Merriweather Post Pavilion caused a massive traffic jam in the area. It was estimated that the crowd, which spilled over into Symphony Woods, numbered about 20,000. This was about 40 percent more than the capacity of the pavilion.* The Wilde Lake Board of Directors voted to fill a board vacancy with a teen-ager, so that the views of the younger members of the community would be represented.50 Years Ago (Week of June 24-30, 1945)

ASHBURN, Va. -- Jack Kent Cooke said yesterday he wants his Redskins to be the team of the entire Baltimore-Washington corridor, an expansive market he says can no longer support two National Football League franchises."

Bohager'sBohager's, 515 S. Eden St., (410) 563-7220. Bohager's has two things going for it before you ever get to the food: enough parking and a great deck out back. Inside, the restaurant is fashionably stark, but the open grill makes it too smoky for my taste. You'll love the results of that smoke, though: the succulent ribs, flavorful steaks and fat hamburgers with that good, smoky edge. Not all of our meal was as good -- thumbs down on the guacamole and a beer and Cheddar dip. And a salad with grilled tuna fillet was the worst of the lot; the tuna was ice cold and tasted fishy.

Gas station clears hurdleThe county Planning Board unanimously recommended a special exception for a gasoline station at the new Snowden Square shopping center on Snowden River Parkway.Two weeks ago, the board told the Rouse Co. to do its homework and provide more information on whether the proposed Crown station was needed. That proof is required for all special exception requests for gas stations.At issue was the lack of information about other gas stations within a 7 1/2 -mile radius -- the same area the company used to show demand for the station.

Gas station request sent back for workThe county Planning Board told the Rouse Co. to do its homework yesterday and refused to recommend a special exception for a gas station at the new Snowden Square shopping center on Snowden River Parkway."

It was one of those slightly disorienting, out-of-context scenes, a business breakfast held in a failed nightclub. Developers, lawyers and other be-suited downtown execs helped themselves to coffee and pastries at a bar still lined with top-shelf vodkas and whiskeys, then hovered around the dance floor waiting not for the DJ but the mayor. Sheila Dixon's talk at the Downtown Partnership breakfast on Thursday seemed a mismatch of message and setting. Not that it didn't feature the expected bizspeak - the word "maximize" figured prominently - or applause lines about focusing on road repairs and public transit that were tailored to a crowd dominated by commuting 9-to-5'ers.

A development boom that revitalized huge swaths of downtown Baltimore this decade slowed last year, with plans scaled back or delayed amid the recession and tightened credit markets. Vacancies increased 2 percent in downtown offices, and about 1,000 jobs were lost, the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore says in a report to be unveiled Thursday. Job losses are expected to continue mounting this year as layoffs continue in the financial services sector. But even as 2009 promises to be a tougher year, the State of Downtown Baltimore report makes the case that downtown is better positioned now than it was in the early 1990s to weather a recession and likely to fare better than some harder hit parts of the country.

Contracts Training Services On Demand Inc., based in Myersville, Frederick County, was awarded a General Services Administration schedule contract to provide federal agencies with training programs on a one-stop, no-compete basis. Openings Gay Street Food Emporium opened at 239 N. Gay St. with four franchises, Chix's Chicken, Hot Stuff Grill, Hot Stuff Pizza and Nap's Barbeque. The project involved restoration of three early 1850s units, including one with a cast-iron fa?ade, and was developed in conjunction with the Maryland Historic Trust.

IN THE WAKE of yesterday's diatribe about Washington's ridiculously generous ballpark financing deal, several readers were quick to point out that people who live near a certain glass house known as M&T Bank Stadium should think twice before throwing self-righteous stones. Maryland gave away the farm long before Washington even thought about its controversial Cropp subsidy plan, handing Art Modell and the transplanted Cleveland Browns such a sweet deal that Modell was eventually shamed into trading back millions in PSL revenues to calm public outrage.

The hunt for the dangerous gasoline additive MTBE, which is contaminating wells in the Upper Crossroads area of Fallston, is expanding in geographical extent, in testing techniques and in sources suspected as a cause of the problem. Some residents of the area are not satisfied with the progress of the state testing program and have hired private contractors to examine their wells. When Darrin Ryan of Fallston had his well tested privately for methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, he was alarmed by the findings.

The hunt for the dangerous gasoline additive MTBE, which is contaminating wells in the Upper Crossroads area of Fallston, is expanding in geographical extent, in testing techniques and in sources suspected as a cause of the problem. Some residents of the area are not satisfied with the progress of the state testing program and have hired private contractors to examine their wells. When Darrin Ryan of Fallston had his well tested privately for methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, he was alarmed by the findings.

The hunt for the dangerous gasoline additive MTBE, which is contaminating wells in the Upper Crossroads area of Fallston, is expanding in geographical extent, in testing techniques and in sources suspected as a cause of the problem. Some residents of the area are not satisfied with the progress of the state testing program and have hired private contractors to examine their wells. When Darrin Ryan of Fallston had his well tested privately for methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, he was alarmed by the findings.

AS EVERY AMERICAN male homeowner knows, the sweetest ritual of spring is firing up the weed-whacker and defoliating vast expanses of one's yard. Running a heavy, cumbersome power tool along an uneven sidewalk, sparks flying everywhere, dirt and gravel spraying dangerously into the eyes of passers-by, the machine's unearthly wail disturbing every neighbor within a two-block radius -- it just doesn't get any better than that. Sadly, women, as a general rule, don't appreciate the joys of weed-whacking.

WASHINGTON - Sunbathers perched atop military firing targets in the Chesapeake Bay have prompted the Navy to push for tougher restrictions at the firing range, Pentagon officials said.The Hannibal Target area, 600 feet in radius off the St. Mary's County shoreline between Cedar Point and Point Lookout State Park, has been used since World War II by the Patuxent River Naval Air Warfare Center for testing with nonexplosive bombs.But trespassers have used the target - a buoy shaped like a billboard on its side and raised to a 30-degree angle - for climbing and sunbathing, said Steve Elinsky, a biologist for the Army Corps of Engineers.

50 years agoVice Admiral Sir William G. Tennant, an outstanding British war hero, is paying a courtesy visit to the United States. After a visit in Annapolis, the admiral will motor to Washington for a visit with President Truman. -- The Sun, Oct. 1, 1947.The Drilled-In Caisson Corp. was the only firm to bid to the State Roads Commission for subsurface explorations for the proposed Chesapeake Bay Bridge crossing between Sandy Point and Kent Island, for $274,100. -- The Sun, Oct. 22, 1947.