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VOL. XXVIII, NO. 45 • NOVEMBER 5-12, 2020 • SALUTING THE CHESAPEAKE SINCE 1993

SUPPORTING MARYLAND’S FARMING VETERANS PAGE 11 BAY BULLETIN

Bay Dead Zone Smallest in Years, AMM Stormwater Runoff Project, Bald Eagle Rescue in Pasadena, Budweiser Truck Donations, AACo Artists Grants, Rotary Club Grants page 4

GARDENING: Season of the Witch Hazel page 16

CBM BAY WEEKLY Costume Contest Results! page 3

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Honor those who sacrificed for our country

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t’s not uncommon to have an Election Day and Veterans Day fall just over a week apart. After all, Election Day has been “the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November” since Congress passed a federal law in 1845.

This year it fell on Nov. 3. And Veterans Day is always observed on Nov. 11, signifying the end of World War I, in the 11th hour of Nov. 11, 1918.

But even if the scheduling of these two federal holidays had nothing to do with each other, their proximity seems poignant.

The challenges of this year have inspired a record number of Americans to engage in national decision-making. Anticipation has been building for months as Marylanders waited for a chance to make their voices heard at the polls.

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There is a lot at stake in 2020, including the path our nation will take in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

The virus has threatened our health, our everyday lives, and our economy. When the pandemic began, most of us had never experienced grocery shortages, stay-athome orders, or rationing of essential items like toilet paper. Most of us, that is, except for the small population of surviving Marylanders who lived through World War II. Last spring, social media posts circulated comparing today’s struggles to those faced by the Greatest Generation. We sewed masks for essential workers in 2020, like WWII families saved tin from their toothpaste tubes for war supplies.

Distilleries switched production from spirits to hand sanitizer in

2020, like WWII automobile factories switched to building tanks.

Looking to the sacrifices made long ago by our eldest neighbors felt reassuring—their generation came out stronger in the end.

There are 6,373 living World War II veterans left in Maryland in 2020, according to the National WWII Veterans Museum. That’s roughly 0.1 percent of the state’s population. Small as the group is, this should be the year we appreciate them more than ever. Our own pandemic sacrifices help us relate in some ways to much larger sacrifices made in the war effort—and those made by all American veterans in all wars.

The Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay is rich in military tradition, from Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Meade to the

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Congratulations to this Little Shop of Horrors-inspired costume worn

by Angie Thomas’ daughter, who wins an official Chesapeake Bay Media neck gaiter.

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1. WINNER: Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors: “Here is my daughter’s costume we made this year. Angie Thomas.”

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MOON AND TIDES.................. 17 MOVIEGOER.......................... 18 NEWS OF THE WEIRD.............. 19

2. Pirate twins: Eleanor and Ella age 13 and Toby, he is 3 (human years) from Dunkirk.

CLASSIFIED........................... 20 PUZZLES............................... 21

3. Jack Skellington: Sebastian Crumbley, age 7, from Huntingtown, as Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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HERE’S THE WINNER and runnersup of the CBM Bay Weekly 2020 Halloween costume contest. Many of you answered our call for photos of your costumes—from creepy to cute and everything in between! Our entrants delivered creative costumes all around, even if trick-or-treating was on the light side this year. We received photos of kids, tweens, teens and some four-legged trick-ortreaters. It was a tough competition!

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Homegrown by Heroes ............ 11 BAY PLANNER ....................... 14 CREATURE FEATURE............... 16 GARDENING FOR HEALTH....... 16

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— MEG WALBURN VIVIANO,

COSTUME CONTEST WINNER!

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In this issue of Bay Weekly, we salute American veterans—from highlighting events to mark the holiday in our Bay Planner to shedding light on programs that support soldiers after their service is finished.

We hope you’ll take this time after Election Day to focus on the veterans among us, from the 0.1 percent that served in World War II to the recent servicemen and women who made everyday sacrifices long before there was a pandemic. p

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In 2020 the Bay’s dead zone was smaller overall than it has been in years. Photo: Chesapeake Bay Program.

2020 CHESAPEAKE BAY DEAD ZONE NEAR HISTORIC LOWS

BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

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here is strikingly good news this year about the Bay’s oxygen-deficient “dead zone,” both in the Maryland and Virginia portions of the Bay. In Maryland, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reports the second-smallest dead zone seen since monitoring began in 1985. In Virginia, it was smaller than 80 percent of dead zones reported in the 35 previous years, according to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS).

The “dead zone” refers to anoxic (no oxygen) and hypoxic (little oxygen) areas in the water, which stem from nutrient-rich runoff, where marine life struggles to survive. This year’s dead zone started later and ended earlier than it has in the past several years.

Additionally, no anoxic areas were noted in the mainstem of the Bay this year.

In the June 2020 dead zone forecast, the Chesapeake Bay Program and its research partners predicted a slightly smaller than average dead zone this year due to reduced spring rainfall and thus, reduced runoff from the watershed. They were right, and the Bay did even better than the prediction thanks to the addition of unseasonably cool temperatures

In addition to this year’s favorable weather conditions, the Chesapeake Bay Program also credits the ongoing pollution reduction efforts in Delaware, Maryland, and neighboring states with continuing to reduce the size of the dead zone. in May and September.

In addition to this year’s favorable weather conditions, the Chesapeake Bay Program also credits the ongoing pollution reduction efforts in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. with continuing to reduce the size of the dead zone.

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“The amount of hypoxia is a key indicator of Bay health. After two years of extremely high flows and greater than average hypoxia, it is encouraging to see improved oxygen conditions in our bottom waters providing suitable habitat for fish, crabs and oysters. It is Maryland’s goal, along with our Chesapeake Bay Program partners, to reduce nutrients and sediments entering the Bay to levels that support good water quality for our iconic Bay species,” says Bruce Michael, DNR Director of Resource Assessment Service.

Strategies put in place to reduce nutrients and sediment in the Bay are working, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says now is not the time to let up.

In a statement, CBF Director of Science Beth McGee says, “We’re encouraging states to figure out new ways to reach pollution reduction goals, including adding more natural filters to the landscape such as trees, grass pastures, and wetlands. Doing so will increase the resiliency of the Bay and help it handle the influx of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution.”

CBF points out that the overall trend of improvement suggests the Bay is “responding to pollution reduction efforts by starting to help itself.”

A 2018 University of Maryland paper show that as the dead zone grows smaller, bio-chemical changes take place that leave less fuel for algae and oxygen-consuming bacteria.

ANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM’S STORMWATER PROJECT LEADS BY EXAMPLE

BY CHERYL COSTELLO

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hile the Chesapeake Bay as a whole sees a smaller-than-average dead zone this year, parts of the Severn River are still struggling with algae blooms and dead zones. River advocates say nutrient pollution at the top of the river is fueling the problem, and better prevention is needed.

Near the mouth of the Severn, the Annapolis Maritime Museum is well into a large-scale stormwater management project on Back Creek, to avoid just that kind of runoff. The Severn River Association is calling for more efforts like this one.

Recently, water monitors have seen a dip in clarity during weekly water tests of the Severn in Anne Arundel County.

Typically when the temperature drops, there are fewer algal blooms and dead zones.

“It’s a low-oxygen area. And that level has been known to suffocate crabs and fish,” explains Tom Guay, executive director of the Severn River Association.

“This year was really extensive.”

This year, Guay and his team charted these problematic conditions well into October. Guay says the top of the river, See STORMWATER on page 6

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neighborhoods in Severna Park and Millersville, are seeing the worst of it.

“Stormwater runoff is loaded up with nutrients which supposedly are good, right? But if you get too much of a good thing, it’s not,” he says of the pollution.

Down near the mouth of the Severn on Back Creek, a stormwater runoff prevention project aims to slow the flow of nutrients into the waterway.

Construction is underway at the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s (AMM) 12-acre Ellen O. Moyer Nature Park.

At the museum’s front entrance, rainwater would pour from the road onto the campus and eventually into the water—a constant struggle for AMM. “It was like shoveling snow during a snowstorm,” President and CEO Alice Estrada tells Bay Bulletin. “It just kept getting dirty.”

“Anytime we laid down mulch, the mulch would go into the Bay,” adds Education Director Sarah Krizek. “We just really couldn’t keep it clean because all this mud was just flowing off the road.

Thanks to a nearly-$2.5 million grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, this project will improve the entrance area off Edgewood Road.

“These pebbles are going to create a pool system,” Krizek points out to us.

“So when the water runs off the road it will go down these step pools and then eventually enter Back Creek.”

AMM hosts educational programs for 12,000 students every year, and now the kids will get a lesson after the project wraps up around the end of November.

“We’ll be able to take the kids that come out on our field trips here and

The project at Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Ellen O. Moyer Park will slow runoff to the Bay. Image: Cheryl Costello.

“We’re also creating these little ecosystems, too.

So these step pools will also hopefully have some critters we can explore.”

— SARAH KRIZEK, ANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM EDUCATION DIRECTOR

show them about the stormwater and how we’re treating it. And we’re also creating these little ecosystems, too.

So these step pools will also hopefully have some critters we can explore,” Krizek says.

Guay and his team at the Severn River Association hope others will take a lesson from AMM’s project too—even though it’s several miles away from what’s happening in the headwaters of the Severn.

“Everything is very local,” says Guay.

“The pollutant reduction that they might achieve in Back Creek is not going to help the top of the river. What we need is to take the same kinds of ideas that the museum is building there and put them all round the river.”

Note: As AMM’s inspiring stormwater project continues, the museum wants the public to know its walking trails are still open during construction.

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The rescued raptor appeared to have a wing injury and was transported to Frisky’s for treatment and evaluation.

INJURED BALD EAGLE RESCUED

BY BOAT ON PATAPSCO RIVER

BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

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n injured bald eagle is safe and being treated by wildlife rehabilita-

tors after it was rescued from the Patapsco River waterfront in Pasadena.

A concerned citizen in the area of Alpine Beach Road, near Hickory Point, saw a bald eagle being attacked by crows See EAGLE on page 8

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NRP Officer Mark Miller has brought several injured eagles to Frisky’s over the years.

Photo: Frisky’s/Facebook EAGLE from page 6

on October 24 and called Frisky’s Wildlife Sanctuary in Howard County. The caller noticed the eagle was unable to fly.

Frisky’s called the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) to rescue the raptor, and because it was in a residential waterfront area Officer Mark Miller responded by boat. NRP says that within minutes, Officer Miller and boat operator Corporal Bentley were

able to secure the eagle. It appeared to have a wing injury and was transported to Frisky’s for treatment and evaluation.

In a Facebook post, Frisky’s writes that Officer Miller has brought in several injured bald eagles over the years.

The current patient joined another bald eagle in treatment at the wildlife sanctuary. At last check, the eagle was making progress and continuing to be monitored.

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Budweiser Truck Collects Items for Those in Need

BY KRISTA PFUNDER

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nstead of delivering beer, a Budweiser truck is collecting food, clothes and toiletries to be donated to those in need

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in Anne Arundel and Howard counties through November 23.

Annapolis-based beer wholesaler The Katcef Brothers—affiliated with Anheuser-Busch InBev—has launched the Fill the BUDweiser Truck campaign to gather items to donate to local charitable groups.

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Right: (L-R) Gavin Buckley, Mayor of Annapolis, and Cassie Mabery, Director of Marketing for Katcef Brothers at a Fill the BUDweiser Truck event. Photo courtesy Katcef Brothers.

“We know the need for donations is still critical and even more so now as we approach the holidays,” says Cassie Mabery, director of marketing for Katcef Brothers. “We launched the Fill the BUDweiser Truck program to play our part.”

The company is partnering with Love Anne Arundel, a coalition of churches and organizations in the county, and the Community Action Council of Howard County, which combats poverty.

A Budweiser box truck will be parked near various retail locations, accepting donations of nonperishable food items, toiletries and new items of clothing, including socks and coats on specific days The truck will be parked at Dark Horse (985 Bay Ridge Rd.) in Annapolis on Saturday, Nov. 7; at Fishpaw’s Market Place (954 Ritchie Hwy.) in Arnold on Friday, Nov. 13 and at Bella’s Liquors (1376 Cape St. Claire Rd.) in Annapolis on Monday, Nov. 23.

Collection boxes will also be stationed at those locations when the truck is unavailable, as well as the following additional drop-off spots thru Nov. 23: Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits: 111 Hillsmere Dr., Annapolis.

Annapolis Smokehouse and Tavern: 107 Hillsmere Dr., Annapolis Market House: 25 Market Space, Annapolis.

Christo’s Discount Liquors: 7175 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., Glen Burnie.

Supporting the Arts through the Pandemic

BY JILLIAN AMODIO

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ith COVID-19 still affecting the daily lives and financial security of many Marylanders, government-funded relief has brought welcome assistance for many. Unfortunately, not everyone qualified for that financial assistance— like those who make their living creating art. That’s where the Anne Arundel County Arts Council stepped in.

Last month, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman and the Arts Council’s Executive Director April Nyman announced a grant for artists and art educators, providing $1 million in federal CARES Act funding.

“During trying times people turn to the arts for comfort,” said Nyman.

“Whether it’s listening to music or watching a film, the arts touch everyone in some way.”

The funds offered through this grant are critical in helping sustain area artists who have not qualified for other forms of relief. “Too many of our artists have lost income during this pandemic,” said Pittman. “These grants will help local artists survive the pandemic economy.”

For Allison Harbaugh, who owns Art Farm in Annapolis, these funds provide much-needed breathing room by helpSee ARTS on next page

Find fun this fall right in your backyard. Visit the link below for a list of currently open attractions and outdoor spaces in Calvert County.

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Above: Children create art at a workshop with Art Farm in Annapolis (above left). Actors with Building Better People Productions rehearse for a Zoom performance (above right). Both organizations are receiving grant money earmarked for artists and art-centric businesses.

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ing with basic operating costs. “When COVID initially hit,” Harbaugh says, “It was scary and we didn’t know what our future looked like.” She says this funding “could be the path we need to get through this rough patch of winter to be able to keep our business going.”

CJ Shiloh is the owner of Annapolis Music Therapy and executive director of The Musical Autist, a music therapy program for individuals of all ages and abilities on the autism spectrum. At the beginning of the pandemic, she and her staff had to quickly work out a plan for tele-health appointments that would

allow them to continue to serve their clients. Programs that were going to be implemented in a hospital setting had to be canceled. She hopes to be able to use the grant funds for scholarships for those who need financial help to pay for services.

For Lynne Streeter Childress, owner of theater company Building Better People Productions, the grant fills in the gap when schools and camps closed down. Childress offers programs to the community often focused on themes like empathy, kindness, and respect. “With this grant we would have some sort of stability to help us continue working to

provide theatre opportunities. It would replenish money needed to move forward with future shows that would in turn be able to provide us with opportunities to begin bringing in revenue again.”

The funds are supplied through the county’s allotment of the federal CARES Act and will be administered by the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County.

Grants are separated into two categories: $250,000 will go to support individual independent artists; and $750,000 will go to nonprofit art organizations and businesses that employ artists or performers in Anne Arundel County.

Allison Harbaugh, who owns Art Farm in Annapolis says this funding “could be the path we need to get through this rough patch of winter to be able to keep our business going.”

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ven though the annual Annapolis Rotary Club Crab Feast looked quite different this year, it still proved successful enough to again award grant money to various nonprofit organizations serving the local community.

In light of the pandemic, the club decided to expedite its grant process so that funds could be quickly distributed to address immediate needs.

The Rotary Club of Annapolis has awarded $35,000 in grants from the proceeds of its August fundraiser, Rotary Crabs To Go to the following organizations: Annapolis Police Foundation; Anne Arundel CASA; Anne Arundel County Food Bank; Assistance League of the Chesapeake; Backpack Buddies at Heritage Baptist Church; Charting Careers; Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating; Chrysalis House; Community Action Agency; Creating Communities; Friends of the Stanton Center Youth Program; Germantown Elementary School Backpack Buddy Program; Girls on the Run of the Greater Chesapeake; Langton Green, Inc.; LET’S GO Boys and Girls; The Light House; Maryland Therapeutic Riding; Rebuilding Together; Seeds 4 Success, Inc.; and Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR). p

HOMEGROWN

BY HEROES Supporting Maryland’s Farming Veterans B Y J U DY C O L B E RT

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HE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA has celebrated Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day) for more than a century and just as the name

has changed, so has our method of honoring and thanking those who serve us and their country.

One modern way is by frequenting the businesses run and operated by veterans, particularly since the unemployment rate for veterans has climbed to 13 percent since the start of the pandemic.

An easy way to support veterans is to buy products that are grown and produced by veteran farmers. The Homegrown by Heroes label lets you know that agricultural products were produced by U.S. military veterans, and it allows veterans to differentiate their farm and ranch products in the marketplace. The program certifies products from veterans of all military eras working as ranchers, farmers, and fishermen.

Homegrown by Heroes is the branding program of the Farmer Veteran Coalition, open to anyone who has verification of having served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Eligibility requires that the operation maintain a minimum of 50 percent veteran ownership and management control.

Jason Hand of Huntingtown served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years. After several tours in Italy, Spain and Kenya, he retired as a chief petty officer and took a civilian job with the federal government.

Hand and his wife, Amanda moved to Calvert County so they could buy a property large enough for her (as a former barrel racer and dressage competitor) to have horses yet close enough to commute to D.C. Now the couple runs a small batch swinery called MKONO Farm, raising KuneKune pigs, a hairless heritage breed that hails from New Zealand. Their products carry the Homegrown by Heroes label.

Jason says he was influenced by Swahili culture while in Kenya and he learned that the word “mkono” was Swahili for “hand.” The Hands sell hams, chops, sausages, fat and other items.

After trying to raise chickens, they decided to look into raising the KuneKune pigs after watching videos from a California veteran farmer.

“We did a little research,” says Jason, “and found some people in the area who had some. We tried three of them in January 2018, and were pleased with how awesome they are with children and the environment. They don’t need a lot of commercial stuff to eat, but they take longer to grow, about 14-16 months to get to full size rather than eight months.”

The couple learned about the labeling program about 18 months ago, but it started back in 2008. A group of farmers and military veterans and their relatives met to develop a program to help veterans return to being productive members of society. Mary Tillman, mother of Pat Tillman, the NFL player who left the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army and was killed while serving, was at that first meeting.

Under the guidance of Michael O’Gorman, the Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) was born, created to help veterans with farm loans and understanding the injuries and trauma that comes from combat. The Homegrown by Heroes campaign was launched to “give the farmer veterans recognition in the marketplace for their military service,” states the FVC. New farm bills were enacted in Congress that incorporated micro-loans and conservation programs.

Help with funding has been a key to the Hands’ success. Jason says the program has been particularly useful in networking and providing information about USDA funds.

They’ve also met other local farmers who are in the program. The Hands’ five children all spend time working and playing on the farm. While the oldest son has moved to Texas to pursue a career in welding, their eldest daughter wants to be a veterinarian and the other children seem to be interested in staying in the farm business.

“We use our natural environment,” says Jason, “to raise, grow, and harvest food that is as nature intended: healthy and delicious. The KuneKune pigs are known for how friendly they are and the absolutely amazing meat, dark red, beautiful marbling, and wonderful flavor. Our flavorful products are sustainably produced and free from hormones, antibiotics, GMOs, and other junk.” MKONO sells their USDA-processed, vacuum sealed, quick-frozen products by individual cuts or by the whole, half side, or custom cuts.

They also sell eggs, soaps made from lard, and coffee. They will have special order CO N T I N U E D O N N E X T PAG E

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cuts and holiday hams available soon (https://mkonofarm.com).

“Taking our farm-to-table stewardship seriously,” says Jason, “our animals are free to roam, socialize, and eat at their pleasure making them happier and thus creating a perfectly delicious harvest.”

Meeting other veterans and farmers is the highlight of the Homegrown by Heroes program for the Durbin family.

Tiffany and Todd Durbin own White Hall Farm in Dunkirk, a farm that was established in 1801 and recognized as a Bicentennial Farm, staying in the same family for more than 200 years.

“Homegrown by Heroes and the

Amanda and Jason Hand learned about the labeling program about 18 months ago, but it started back in 2008.

A group of farmers, military veterans and their relatives met to develop a program to help veterans return to being productive members of society.

Amanda and Jason Hand with their son Jadon. Photo by Lena McBean of Remsberg Inc, for Taking Stock / Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC).

Farmer Veteran Coalition has helped us immensely,” says Tiffany. “Through the Homegrown by Heroes labels on our products, we have been able to strike up conversations and meet wonderful people through our products.

Fellow military members, veterans and community members support our small farm specifically because of the label. I especially love reading the fellow farmer veteran stories. Seeing others in the same situation—building a farm from scratch or coming back home to take part in the family farm— has helped push us and keep us going.”

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patrons and new friends and family, all thanks to Homegrown by Heroes,” says Tiffany Durbin. “Just last week I received a lovely email from a new customer who was so excited to learn that Todd is a fellow veteran.”

The FVC resources for farmer veterans help them navigate all the government funding that may be available to them. “The FVC has a plethora of resources and helpful information for farmer veterans. For example, we were able to save financially being Coalition members this past spring on our starting seed supply,” says Tiffany Durbin.

“But more important, it is so reassuring to know that we have support, services and help available at just a phone call or e-mail away. The ability to connect with not just fellow farmers, but with fellow veterans who are farming

“Fellow military members, veterans and community members support our small farm specifically because of the label. Seeing others in the same situation— building a farm from scratch or coming back home to take part in the family farm— has helped push us and keep us going.”

Tiffany and Todd Durbin own White Hall Farm in Dunkirk, a farm that was established in 1801 and recognized as a Bicentennial Farm, staying in the same family for more than 200 years.

—TIFFANY DURBIN, WHITE HALL FARM

has been so valuable and comforting.”

The wood shop at White Hall Farm is used to create custom work such as wood mobiles, custom company signs and specially-designed furniture. They sell farm-fresh eggs from organic-fed hens and offer free Saturday local delivery. This month, sourdough bread, fall leaf pumpkin pie and other baked goods are on the menu.

“In the spring and summer we also offer flowers. In the future we hope to open a market in one of our historic barns to serve the community even more,” says Tiffany. Find them at https://whitehallfarmmarket.com.

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Pumpkin Composting Yes, those pumpkins are great fall decorations but come December many end up in the landfill. Give them a more dignified and useful demise. Annapolis Green is collecting those old jack-o’-lanterns in collection bins set up at Truxtun Park Partner and supporter Veteran Compost will take them off your hands and by spring offer their bounty to you in the form of compost. Details: www.annapolisgreen.com.

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Darnall’s Chance Gingerbread Contest November 7: Bird Walk at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

KIDS Sea Squirts Preschoolers discover dinosaurs thru music, stories and a takeaway craft; limited capacity. 10:15am, 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 3:15pm, 4:15pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free w/admission, RSVP: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com

PaxCon Reflections Join researchers from the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to explore the role that wetlands play in maintaining healthy watersheds in this free webinar. Noon-1pm, RSVP for link: www.paxcon.org.

The Golden Age of Annapolis

Colonial Period Furniture Lecture Join presenter, collector and Mount Vernon volunteer educator Tony Zecca for an overview of colonial period American furniture. 7pm, hosted by Historic Annapolis, $15 w/discounts, RSVP for link: www.annapolis.org.

The Big Read Join the Severna Park Library and Vivian Gist Spencer for a virtual discussion of the 2020 Anne Arundel County Big Read selection, Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. In essay, image, and poetry, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in contemporary society. 7-8pm, RSVP for link: https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com.

Join the Maryland Center for History and Culture’s free virtual program with its president and CEO Mark Letzer exploring the period leading up to the American Revolution that was of great wealth prosperity and sophistication in Maryland’s colonial capital; part of the Francis Scott Key from Home series. Noon-1pm, RSVP for link: www.mdhistory.org.

Music at Brian Boru Aaron Hawkins. 5:30-9:30pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: www.brianborupub.com.

Music at Killarney House Kurt Gibbons. 6-9pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: www.killarneyhousepub.com

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Last day to register for the annual gingerbread house contest at Darnall’s Chance. Does your edible creation stand up to the competition? You still have time to create and deliver your architectural masterpiece by Nov. 29.

Houses, RVs and castle creations on VIRTUAL display Dec. 9-18. Entry forms:http://www.pgparks.com/3059/ Gingerbread-Contest-Show.

Hiking Tour Learn about the 9,000 years of human history uncovered at nearly 70 archaeological sites in the park on this guided hike. 1-4pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $5, RSVP: www.jefpat.maryland.gov/pages/ visit-park/trails.

presentation on Facebook featuring presentations by guest historians, musicians, artists and storytellers.

1pm, PG Parks Nature Facebook page.

First Friday in Leonardtown Enjoy dinner at one of the many local restaurants, grab a drink from Social Coffeehouse or Antoinette’s Garden, explore Shepherd’s Old Field Market, shop at one of the many local shops and art galleries, and enjoy a sweet treat from Heritage Chocolates; the Old Jail Museum will be open for tours and the SoMar Drum Circle performs in the town square (7pm). Stop by the Port of Leonardtown winery for a tasting, a treat from DeutschMex & Noli’s Cannoli Bar and live music with Billy Yeager (5:30-8:30pm).

5-8pm, downtown Leonardtown: http://firstfridaysleonardtown.com/.

Music at Brian Boru Lauren & Rusty.

7-10pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: www.brianborupub.com.

Music by Anna Burgess 6-10pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: www.killarneyhousepub.com.

Music at Pirates Cove Richard Hayward in the dock bar.

6-10pm, Priates Cove Restaruant, Galesville: www.piratescovemd.com SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7

Bird Walk

Virtual American Indian Festival

Join avid birder and volunteer Brad Mann to learn skills for identifying birds by sight and sound on a guided hike. 7-10am, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $6 vehicle fee, RSVP: www.jugbay.org.

Discover the rich and diverse culture of Native Americans in this virtual

North Beach VFD Yard Sale

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8

Masks and social distancing req’d. 8am-noon, North Beach VFD: 410-231-1775.

Mansions and Merchants Take a walking tour along Maryland Avenue to visit places Frances Loockerman would have known from 1811 to 1857.10-11:30am, Hammond-Harwood House, $15 w/discounts, RSVP: www.hammondharwoodhouse.org.

SWEET POTATO FEST Local restaurants and caterers serve up samples of their sweet potato specialties.

Includes live music by John Luskey, demo from Richmond, Va., Chef Michael Stotler, Sweet Potato Walk & Dig (hands-on), kids’ activities, entry to the Sunday Farmer’s Market plus special guest farmers and vendors. Beer and wine from Greenspring Brewery and Friday’s Creek. Use discount code “BAYWKLYSAVE$” at check-out to receive $5 off. 11am-4pm, Honey’s Harvest Farm, Lothian, $24 w/discounts, RSVP: www.honeysharvest.com.

Free State Fly Fishers Join the monthly member-led virtual fly-tying session where a member will walk you through the steps to tie two to three different fly patterns.

Beginners and experienced tiers are welcome. 10am-noon, RSVP for Zoom link: rybeer@gmail.com.

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Textile Show & Tell Museum collections manager Joseph Sherren leads a virtual behind-thescenes tour of Montpelier’s textile storage, plus a glimpse of the women of Montpelier’s past thru antique textiles in the collection, plus tips to care for and preserve your own delicate textiles (ages 16+). 2-4pm, $13 w/ discounts, RSVP: https://bit.ly/3j1e3lj.

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Introduction to Calligraphy Join a virtual class to learn the basics of calligraphy with Charlotte Mauler Hayes of Shutterbug’s Creations; Supplies provided by the Severn Library and must be picked up at the library (ages 11+). 6-7:30pm, RSVP for link: http://bit.ly/Severn_Calli.

Magnificent Marsh Mammals Take an early evening walk to the beaver pond with resident otter expert Chuck Hatcher. 4-6pm, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $6 vehicle fee, RSVP: www.jugbay.org

Music by Peter Whitaker 6-9pm, Galway Bay, Annapolis: www.galwaybaymd.com.

Music by Stephen Henson 6-10pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: www.killarneyhousepub.com

Music by Eddie Rogers 6-10pm, Pirates Cove Dock Bar, Galesville: www.piratescovemd.com.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10

Devin Allen & DeRay Mckesson Honor the work of Baltimore artist Devin Allen in an online conversation with civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson; hosted by Enoch Pratt Free Library, part of the Hackerman Foundation Best & Next Series. 7-8pm, RSVP for link: http://bit.ly/Hackerman_Pratt.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11 ★ VETER ANS DAY ★

St. Mary’s County Veterans Day The community is invited to a virtual tribute to veterans featuring video messages, special highlights, musical presentations and patriotic readings.

10am, www.visitleonardtownmd.com or the Town of Leonardtown or St. Mary’s County Government Facebook pages.

House, Annapolis, $10, RSVP: www.hammondharwoodhouse.org.

Lothian Ruritan Citrus Sale

Galesville Veterans Day

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Last day for orders of navel oranges and red grapefruit to support the Lothian Ruritan Club scholarships and community programs. Orders can also be donated to the South County Assistance Network. Pick up Dec. 5 at Southern Middle School, Lothian. $21 for 2/5 bushel; $34 for 4/5 bushel: 410-867-0082 or 410-867-2487.

Honor our veterans for their unselfish, honorable and dedicated service to our country at this COVID-19 safe observance featuring video and displays. 11am, Galesville Memorial Hall: 703-328-6669.

Steve Forbert (ages 21+). 7:30pm, $30, RSVP: www.ramsheadonstage.com.

Music by Shawn Musselman 7-10pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: www.brianborupub.com.

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Music by Sky King 3-6pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: www.brianborupub.com.

Music by Timmie Metz 3-7pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: www.killarneyhousepub.com

Music by Kurt Gibbons 3-7pm, Pirates Cove Dock Bar, Galesville: www.piratescovemd.com.

Music by Sean Suttell 4-8pm, Galway Bay, Annapolis: www.galwaybaymd.com.

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Ceremony Celebrate those who serve or have served in the military at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery. 11am, Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, 1122 Sunrise Beach Rd., Crownsville: w w w. v e t e r a n s . m a r y l a n d . g o v / veterans-day-programs.

Jane Austen Tour Tour the house and compare the customs and social graces of the Loockerman family, who lived in the Hammond-Harwood House in the early 19th century, with those of characters in Jane Austen novels. 2-3pm, Hammond-Harwood

November 12: Gardens and Gardening in Early Annapolis at the William Paca House.

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Join Bethany McGlyn as she explores several 18th-century Annapolis gardens, their construction and design, and the stories of the enslaved and servant gardeners whose expertise maintained them. 7pm, hosted by Historic Annapolis, $15 w/discounts, RSVP for link: www.annapolis.org.

KIDS Sea Squirts

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Preschoolers discover dinosaurs thru music, stories and a takeaway craft; limited capacity. 10:15am, 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 3:15pm, 4:15pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free w/admission, RSVP: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com

Lower Case Blues (ages 21+). 7:30pm, $12, RSVP: www.ramsheadonstage.com.

PaxCon: Stream Restoration Join Solange Filoso, associate research professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and Erik Michelsen, acting deputy director of Anne Arundel County’s Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration to talk about stormwater and how local communities are working to restore their streams and meet regulatory requirements in this free webinar. Noon-1pm, RSVP for link: https://www.calvertparks.org/special/.

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Annapolis Lions Club Fruit Sale Order by Nov. 13 for Nov. 21 pickup: Choose from navel oranges, pink grapefruit, mandarin oranges or mixed trays. Pickup Nov. 21 at Navy Marine Corp Stadium (8:30-11am). $29 for 2 trays of naval, grapefruit or mixed; $38 for 3 trays; $27 for 10lbs mandarin oranges. Order at www. fruitsale.com using the Lion’s Club ID #1022574. p

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he neighborhood I live in has a community pier and I frequently go down there to watch the river wake up. After the weather gets cooler, I have the area to myself, except for the animals.

For several years, a family of otters would fish and play along the shore.

They would try to climb ladders, slide down the bank, play with the fish they caught and have wrestling matches in the water. The otters would disappear about half an hour after sunrise and when they were

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walk in the woods in late fall may greet you with an inconspicuous beauty known as witch hazel. Halloween is our annual reminder that the “witches” are out. Even in my own garden I didn’t notice my witch hazel blooming until I was underneath it and a light sweet lemony aroma wafted over me. I looked up and saw my native witch hazel in bloom with its yellow fringe-like blossoms against its bright yellowing leaves.

Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow up to 15 feet. It can be found in woods from Nova Scotia to Florida.

Witch hazel blooms for a few weeks in October and November. It seems to always be multi-stemmed with a reliable upright shape which makes it useful for a variety of settings in residential gardens. It is extremely long-lived, continually sending up new stems and can be maintained at any desired height between five and 14 feet

by removing the older taller stems. It is extremely adaptable, in that it can grow in deep shade or full sun, in deep organic soil, clay or thin rocky soil. It tolerates prolonged droughts or periodic inundation. Try to select a seedling that drops its leaves before flowering for maximum flowering impact.

Chinese witch hazels bloom in late winter or early spring.

Historically, witch hazel was used

by Native Americans for a multitude of ailments. They drank a leaf tea for colds and sore throats. They used it for bloody dysentery, cholera, cough, asthma and for bruises and sore muscles.

Today, you can find some form of witch hazel in every pharmacy; the distilled extract is used in ointments as an astringent for piles, toning skin, suppressing profuse menstrual flow, and eye ailments. Tannins in the leaves and bark are thought to be responsible for its astringent and hemostatic properties. It is used commercially

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Illustration by Franz Eugen Köhler via Wikipedia in preparations to treat hemorrhoids, skin irritations, minor pain and itching especially from insect bites. Preparation H and Tucks both contain witch hazel and are the commercial pharmaceutical product often recommended for hemorrhoids. It is the alcoholic tincture of the herb that is used this way and not witch hazel water.

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around I did my best to avoid them seeing me as they would disappear very quickly. If I moved too much or made a sound, one would grunt or make a barking sound and they would be gone. If they were suspicious, one would swim closer and do a periscope maneuver, elevating out of the water and then take off.

The North American river Otter has water repellent fur and long fish-finding whiskers. By using their long whiskers as sensors, feeding and traveling frequently takes place at night. Their main preference for food is fish but they also enjoy crayfish, frogs and salamanders. Their efficiency in finding that food allows them plenty of time for play. Otter slides can be found along popular parts of their habitat. Playing creates tight family units with occasional extended family members present. They have a large home range and will travel several miles in a day to look for new feeding grounds.

American river otters are considered pretty common and semi-protected. In Maryland, they can be trapped but requires a license and restrictions.

Otters are active throughout the year, even in winter. Winter may be the worst season for otters. Icing over of the creeks and rivers is very stressful and can be the cause of significant mortality. I have not seen an otter in the South River since the cold spell in 2015. I did find otter tracks in the snow on the iced river in 2018; pier bubblers keep areas around piers unfrozen and the tracks clearly went from one pier to the next.

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SPORTING LIFE

FISHFINDER: The rockfish bite in the Bay is at the autumn peak. Jigging is excellent in the mainstem on schools of medium-sized fish to 24 inches, feeding on clusters of baitfish under birds but often just cruising along. Larger fish can be found farther north toward the Patapsco but as a rule, they’re just anywhere you find them. Trolling is also producing as is fishing cut bait at the tributary mouths but this is the endgame for the year. The weather is going to get even harder. Recreational crabbing is in its last days, though DNR extended the season another day for females to the commercial fishery.

BY DENNIS DOYLE

Dakota Roosters and Wounded Vets I t was another beautiful fall morning in the heart of the American Midwest. The sun was bright, the skies clear, the mercury at 15 degrees with 40 mph winds blowing the previous day’s 18-inch snowfall into three- and four-foot drifts. Altogether a perfect opportunity for hunting wild ringneck pheasants.

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There were six of us spread out and being urged along by our mutual friend and hunt ramrod, Tom Schnieder.

We were following our three springer spaniels, pushing an unusual stretch of ground behind a friend’s farm. The usually flat landscape of South Dakota was broken around the farm by short, steep hills and checkered with THURSDAY

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growths of heavy brush, now mostly buried by the snow.

It’s not the usual terrain and I wondered why any pheasants would have sought out this area since the thick wide corn and soybean fields were their customary haunts this time of year. A gust of wind threatened my blaze orange hat and hinted that they were probably seeking shelter from the frigid winds.

There was another reason why this hunt would prove to be particularly memorable.

We had two special guests with us that year. Our ex-Marine, Tom, had invited some Army vets that served in Afghanistan and are a part of the Wounded Warriors Program to join us.

However, with the brutal weather, the tough walking, and unusually spooked pheasants, I wasn’t exactly sure we were doing them any favors.

The soldier hunting next to me, a young officer, had been wounded during his first command about two years prior from a large IED detonation. It had flipped and destroyed his Humvee and gave him a severe concussion along with some physical damage. He and his buddy never flagged as we hunted down one draw after another, taking a few shots at fleeing birds that were virtually supersonic as

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soon as they caught the gusting winds.

Then on the last drive, we outflanked a group of birds that had tried to hunker down and let us pass, a big mistake when you’ve got experienced dogs. Big roosters began flushing in panic, close, all around us in explosions of wings and bright feathers.

Gunfire erupted from our group and the birds finally began to fall. I helped the eager vet next to me put at least one downed cock-bird into his game pocket. Since everyone’s fingers were mostly numb, that was a challenging task. He blurted out how great a time he was having and how he was planning on doing the hunt again and soon.

That was reassuring to hear as at that moment with the wind, snow, and wild explosions of gunfire, I wasn’t sure we were providing the best environment for battle wound rehab.

Later, as we eventually packed into our 4x4 crew cab pickup and started the return to our hotel for a warm shower, fresh clothes, and dinner he confided a little more, “Last night I dreamed about shooting pheasants— all night long. It was the very first time since I got hurt that I didn’t have endless nightmares. You don’t know how great that is.” We were all a lucky bunch. p WEDNESDAY

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But their ordeal isn’t over just because they’ve asked for refugee status in England.

The two are taken to a ramshackle public housing development and shown a house with a broken door, bugs crawling over rotten pizza and lights that don’t work. They’re told they’re lucky by a clueless case worker, who hopes they’ll be “one of the good ones.”

Bol is aware of their tenuous position and obsessively tries to fit in with English culture. He changes his hairstyle, shops for clothes to look less “African” and learns sports chants at a local pub. He is determined to show those deciding his fate that he’s “a good one” so they’ll let him stay.

Rial, however, isn’t as eager to assimilate. She doesn’t like the clothes Bol brings home, she feels like an unwelcome stranger whenever she ventures outside, and she dreams of those she left behind. She begins to wonder if all this pain and horror was a mistake, if they should have sacrificed so much just to get to a country that clearly doesn’t want them.

But culture shock isn’t the only thing plaguing the Majurs: there’s something in their house. At night, the walls whisper. Bol takes it as a threat.

Rial believes it to be a warning. While Bol tears into the wall looking for their tormentors, Rial listens quietly to the words being spoken, her resolve crumbling like the plaster her husband is chipping away at. As the disturbances

A beautiful, chilling ghost story about the refugee experience, His House mingles genuine chills with a pointed story about shared trauma. shift from whispers to apparitions, Rial believes they’ve been marked by a witch, one that demands blood to be satisfied.

A beautiful, chilling ghost story about the refugee experience, His House mingles genuine chills with a pointed story about shared trauma. This is a movie where the ghosts are not random poltergeists in the walls, but weighted reminders of all the horrors left behind. Writer/director Remi Weekes crafts a carefully layered drama filled with striking images and the stark

truth of the immigrant story.

Weekes never makes any option for the characters appealing. In England, they’re harassed for their accents, told to go home or stop complaining, and followed in stores. In South Sudan, the inevitability of violent death drove them from their lives. They are, in many ways, still in the ocean after their boat capsized, struggling to breathe as life pulls them beneath the waves.

The film features superb cinematography from Jo Willems (See). Reality blurs with memories and supernatural elements—eyes appearing in walls, the ocean suddenly seeping around their feet. There’s a frightening beauty in nearly every frame, the world both terrible and wonderful all at once.

At the heart of His House are two powerful performances that speak to a couple reeling from loss and trauma, as well as steeped in years of love and commitment. Dirisu’s Bol is a man fraying at the edges. He’s convinced himself if he muscles through, assimilates fully, that the voices will stop and he’ll be accepted. It’s a portrait of a brittle man who has nothing but blind hope left. Mosaku’s Rial is his perfect opposite. She resents being made to grovel for scraps. Her quiet simmering resentment is what leads her to let the voices in. It’s a quiet, but deeply moving performance that is astounding to watch.

Though the witching season is over, the ghosts in His House aren’t here for scares. This is a movie about the things that haunt us all—things you can’t get rid of with an exorcism and a Ouija board.

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Nathan Garisto, 26, of Largo, Florida, was arrested on Oct. 19 on a domestic battery charge. The Smoking Gun reported that Garisto was “heavily intoxicated while engaged in a verbal argument with his girlfriend,” according to police. He refused to leave after his girlfriend asked him to, instead throwing “a pumpkin and all insides of the pumpkin at the subject.”

Garisto maintains he threw the pumpkin at the door, not at the girlfriend. He was released on bond and ordered to have no contact with the victim.

Sweet Love

Sugar Good, 49, who manages a Dunkin’ donuts store in Edmond, Oklahoma, knew a good man when she saw one ... every morning at 7:15 as he collected his sausage, egg and cheese croissant at her drive-thru. After a year of friendly commercial exchanges, The New York Times reported, Good finally got up the nerve to hand John Thompson, 45, her business card along with his food and coffee. Two years later, on Oct. 13, Good and Thompson tied the knot at the place that brought them together: the Dunkin’ drive-thru.

“We knew we wanted to share it with the Dunkin’ family,” Good said. She stood at her spot in the window and Thompson drove up in his red truck, where former pastor Colby Taylor was waiting for them. Taylor kept the ceremony short, as other customers were lined up behind Thompson, but at the end, Good came outside and Thompson got out of his truck for their first kiss as regulars, friends and family cheered them on. “Our story wasn’t glamour,” Good said, “but it was true romance.”

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In Littleton, New Hampshire, a Hillsborough County grand jury filed indictments against Lisa Landon, 33, in early October, the Union Leader reported.

Landon was scheduled in court for three different cases in November and December 2019, involving drug possession and stalking. To avoid going to jail, Landon impersonated a prosecutor, using the court’s electronic system to file fake documents dropping the charges against her. A state forensic officer noticed last November that the charges were dropped and wondered if a scheduled competency evaluation on Landon should proceed, which tipped off court officials. While she was at it, Landon allegedly filed an order on behalf of a relative to halt guardianship proceedings involving Landon’s child. She’s been charged with one count of false impersonation and six counts of falsifying physical evidence.

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Nightmares really do come true: On Oct. 24, as Leonard Shoulders, 33, waited at a bus stop in the Bronx, New York,

the sidewalk beneath him gave way and he dropped into a decrepit basement full of rats, Fox News reported. Bystanders alerted authorities, and Shoulders was rescued from the dark hole about 30 minutes later, with injuries including a broken arm, broken leg and scraped face.

New York’s Department of Buildings said the basement beneath the sidewalk was poorly maintained, and the building was closed until repairs can be made.

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Traffic slowed to a crawl and people got out of their cars on a busy roadway in Chongqing, China, on Oct. 17, hoping to collect banknotes that were raining down from the sky. As it turned out, the money wasn’t coming from heaven, but from an unnamed 29-year-old man who was tripping on methamphetamine in his 30-story-high apartment overlooking the street. As he showered passersby with money, police arrived and took him into custody, and he was receiving treatment, according to The Guardian.

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twist of fate, however, Marina Udgodskaya received 62% of the vote, compared to Loktev’s 34%, on Sept. 28. “I didn’t think people would actually vote for me,” Udgodskaya said, according to the BBC. But one village shopkeeper explained: “If we could have voted against all we would have done, but we had the option to vote for Marina, so we did. I think she’ll cope.

The whole village will help.” Loktev is sporting a stiff upper lip: “I’m not upset.

People voted for her, so let her do her job.”

A woman who would not leave a St. Petersburg, Florida, Mobil gas station was arrested for trespassing on Oct. 14, The Smoking Gun reported. But that’s not the weird part. Melinda Lynn Guerrero, 33, was also charged with providing a false name to law enforcement after she repeatedly said her name was “My butt just farted.” Officers were familiar with Guerrero from a series of arrests over several years, and her last name is tattooed on her back, so ... They noted she may have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The Continuing Crisis

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Sure, COVID-19 has been tough on human beings. But don’t discount the effect the virus has had on our aquatic friends. Take Mikko, a 3-foot-long grouper who lives at the Sea Life Helsinki Sea Lab ocean laboratory, where he had to be isolated because he kept eating his tankmates. When the aquarium closed because of the pandemic, Mikko appeared depressed, becoming “more still and distant than usual,” his caretakers told Live Science. “To cheer him up ... the caretakers and other staff had lunch and coffee breaks by his tank.” They also had a TV to keep him company, but on Oct. 12, Mikko got the ultimate pick-me-up: a 16th birthday party featuring a salmon “cake.” Aquarium representatives said he enjoyed the party.

Election Snafu

Nikolai Loktev, 58, the incumbent mayor of Povalikhino in Russia, asked the woman who cleans the city hall to add her name to the ballot as a formality, in order to comply with a regulation that elections must have two or more candidates. In a

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On Oct. 8, as an Advent Health worker checked visitors’ temperatures at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, she noticed a woman removing something from the stroller she was pushing and place it in the bushes outside the entrance to the park. The woman then proceeded through the checkpoint and into the park. The witness alerted authorities, who found a purse and, inside, a handgun. The woman, Marcia Temple of Georgia, returned to the spot and told the officer the purse was hers, but threw her 6-year-old son under the bus: “I had told my son to hold it for me and stand right here while I go get my brother. He put it down, and messed with the plants and I put them back, but I didn’t know he put it down and I didn’t know he left it over here.”

Unfortunately for Temple, security cameras captured her planting the purse in the bushes, ClickOrlando.com reported.

Orange County deputies said the firearm was fully loaded, and Temple did not have a concealed weapons permit for either Florida or Georgia. She was charged with carrying a concealed firearm.

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“He’s threatened to shoot me in the face numerous times,” Ferry told WFLA. “My wife can’t go out back and sunbathe because he will pull up a chair and take pictures of her.” The final straw came on Oct. 24, when Ferry hung lights on his side of their shared fence for a birthday party that evening. Nielsen called police, who asked Ferry to remove the lights.

But he called 911 again, telling the operator, “I’ve got a ton of ... weapons. I got ... hand grenades. I’ll blow them out of the ... ground.” Ferry can take comfort in the fact that it’s not personal: Nielsen assaulted another neighbor in 2016 for power washing while he was trying to watch the Olympics.

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References Available.

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HEALTH SERVICES CPR Training, New and recertifications for healthcare provider first aid and CPR, AED (Individual or group training). Carrie Duvall 410-474-4781.

French country oak dining table. Parquet top, pullout leaves, 2 armchairs. $975 obo. 410-414-3910.

Collection of Barbies from ‘80s and ‘90s. Collectors Christmas and Bob Mackie editions in original boxes. $4,000 obo for lot.

Call 410-268-4647.

Armoire, Louis XV, excellent condition. $3,000 obo.

Shady Side, 240-882-0001, aabunassar@jadbsi.com.

Loveseat & queen sofa plus four extra cushions, coffee & end table. No smoking or pets ever. $995 obo, 410-757-4133.

Chevy 454 complete engine, 30k miles. $2,200.

410-798-4747.

MARINE MARKET

Boat Slip for sale at the Drum Point Yacht Club.

Must have property in Drum Metal Patio Furniture Set, 3 years old, good condition. Point, MD. Call for more information 410 394-0226.

Includes table, 6 chairs— including 2 captains chairs. Commercial fishing $200. 301-627-2166 guide license for sale. $2,500. Call Bob: 301-855OLD ITEMS WANTED: 7279 or cell 240-210-4484.

Military, CIA, Lighters, Fountain Pens, Toys, Scouts, Kayak, 18’ x 26” approx. 45 Posters, Aviation, Knives, lbs. Luan natural hull, Okume etc. Call/Text Dan 202-841- top. Single hole, one-person.

3062. $1,800, 410-536-0436.

–T. Chambers’ 16’ Mckee Craft 2005 center console & trailer

1956 Whirlwind Boat 14’ fully restored with trailer.

Solid Mahogany. Originally $4,300, reduced to $2,300 obo. Can send pics. Call 301-758-0278.

Rybovich Outriggers. 36’ triple spreaders. Center rigger.

Very good condition. Call 301752-5523. $900 obo.

2007 Protatch aluminum pontoon, 5x10 marine plywood deck, trailer, two Minnkota marine trolling motors, livewell, bench seat plus two regular seats, canopy. Capacity 900 lbs. $6,900 cash. 301-503-0577.

Universal Atomic 4 – Fresh overhaul, new carburetor, etc. $2,500, trades accepted or will rebuild yours. 410-586-8255.

POWER BOATS

AUTO MARKET

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Help! Boat Came with house – we’re not boaters!

1972 24’ Yankee Sailboat.

Needs TLC. FREE must haul – Furnace Creek. 410-7665040.

14’ Carolina Skiff, 30/hp motor, Good condition. Set up for trotline. Price: $3500. Call Jim at 443-677-4249

2008 Nissan Altima 2.5SL. 4-door, 150K miles. New transmission & tires. Excellent condition, clean, smokefree. Loaded options. Gray. $6,250. 732-266-1251.

MARKETPLACE

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2008 19’ Trophy walkaround. Great condition, just extensively serviced. $15,000; 301-659-6676.

1984 31’ fishing or pleasure boat. 12’ beam, two 454s. All records, ready to sail. Slip available. $11,000 obo. 973-494-6958.

1985 Mainship 40’ – twin 454s rebuilt, 250 hours, great live-aboard. $9,000 obo. Boat is on land. 443-309-6667.

1985 26’ Wellcraft cabin cruiser. V-berth and aft cabin, galley and bath. Great little weekend boat. Asking $9,000. 202-262-4737.

1982 Catalina 25 poptop, fin keel. Well-kept.

Upgrades, sails, furler, tiller pilot, Tohatsu 9hp outboard, $3,999 obo. Located in Edgewater. 201-939-7055.

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SAILBOATS 1980 Hunter 27’, Tohatsu 9.5 outboard. Sails well but needs some work. Sleeps five. $2,000 firm. 443-6182594.

Coronado 25’ Sloop – Excellent sail-away condition. 9.9 Johnson.

New batteries, VHF, stereo, depth, all new cushions. $4,500 obo. 703-922-7076; 703-623-4294.

2005 185 Bayliner with trailer. 135hp, 4-cylinder Mercury engine. Good on gas, new tires on trailer, bimini. Excellent condition, low mileage. $8,500. 301351-7747.

1973 Bristol 32’ shoaldraft sloop – Gas Atomic 4, well equipped, dinghy.

Needs TLC. Great retirement project. $5,000 obo.

410-394-6658.

45’ BRUCE ROBERTS KETCH w/Pilothouse.

TOTAL REFIT completed 2014-2016. NEW Sails, Electronics, Solar added 2017. $95,000 OBO Southern Maryland 440-478-4020.

2003 Stingray 20’ cuddy cabin with trailer. Excellent condition. Good family boat. Ready to go in the water. $6,000; 443-5104170.

Sabre 28’ 1976 sloop: Excellent sail-away condition; diesel, new battery, VHF, stereo, depth-finder, new cushions. $7,500. Call 240-388-8006.

1986 Regal 25’ – 260 IO, 300 hours, V-berth, halfcabin, head, $1,950. Other marine equipment. 410437-1483.

‘67 Kaiser Evening Star – Draft 3’8”, 25’4” LOA 5000#, 10’ cockpit, fiberglass hull, mahogany cabin, bronze fittings, 9.9 Evinrude, transom lazarette, main & jib, 4 berths, extras, boat needs TLC. Rare. $2,000 obo. 410-268-5999.

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22' 2000 Tiara Pursuit cuddy cabin

1996 33' Sea Ray Model 330 Sundancer

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1998 Mercedes Benz SLK 230 Roadster

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4.2 Merc Bravo III outdrive with 135 hours. Stored under cover.

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a beautiful 1947 Chris-Craft 19' racer.

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The Inside Word How many two or more letter words can you make in 2

by Bill Sells

Kriss Kross

Trivia

Double Trouble

Movie Villains 1. Who plays the evil Nazi Dr Szell in Marathon Man?

minutes from the letters in: Katzenjammer (40 words)

(a) John Gielgud (b) Robert Shaw (c) Laurence Olivier

2. What game-show host plays the dastardly Killian in The Running Man?

Here’s a fun word from Germany circa 1820’s describing the ‘lamentation or wailing of cats.’ Why are cats lamenting and wailing? They’re not. It’s the person with a hangover from the night before who sounds like a howling cat in distress. In English we just say, ‘Oh, me. Ow!’

(a) Richard Dawson (b) Wink Martindale (c) Chuck Woolery

3. Who played Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? (a) Glenda Jackson (b) Louise Fletcher (c) Judy Dench

Scoring: 31 - 40 = Aloft; 26 - 30 = Ahead; 21 - 25 = Aweigh; 16 - 20 = Amidships; 11 - 15 = Aboard; 05 - 10 = Adrift; 01 - 05 = Aground

4. The soldier’s mother in the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate was played by who? (a) Katherine Hepburn (b) Angela Lansbury (c) Geraldine Page

5. Who played the nasty convict Cyrus Grissom in Con Air?

Sudoku

(a) John Malkovich (b) Ving Rhames (c) Steve Buscemi

Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all digits 1 to 9.

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CryptoQuip

Crossword Across

The CryptoQuip below is a quote in substitution code, where A could equal R, H could equal P, etc. One way to break the code is to look for repeated letters. E, T, A, O, N and I are the most often used letters. A single letter is usually A or I; OF, IS and IT are common 2-letter words; and THE and AND are common 3-letter words. Good luck!

6 Letter Words

8 Letter Words

9 Letter Words

10 Letter Words

Mug Cup Pot Pan

End Cease Horse Nag Marsh Bog Pain Ache Tack Nail

Beer Lager Corn Maize Monkey Ape Moose Deer Plate Dish Store Shop Story Tale

Boat Vessel Coat Jacket Free Gratis Keep Retain Kiss Smooch

7 Letter Words Arm Limb Egg Yoke Lady She Oil Lube Soda Pop Vast Big

11 Letter Words Chest Thorax Cigar Stogie Money Wealth

Cinema Magic

39 Rock’s ___ 1 Fancy tie Speedwagon 6 Impertinent 40 Chinese tea 11 Morning moisture 43 Uncredited actor 14 Lane of Man of Steel 45 Light purple 15 2006’s Snakes on a ___ 47 1967’s In the Heat 16 Hail, to Caesar of the Night star 17 Stallone action series, 52 Owen Wilson’s The ___ actor brother 19 River inlet 53 Cockeyed 20 Banana oil, e.g.

54 Greek cheese 21 Dog doc 55 Kind of jet 22 Squid’s squirt 56 Beaujolais, e.g.

23 Delicate 57 Food scrap 25 This, in Tijuana 59 Barbaric 27 1985 Lauren Hutton, 61 Clark’s Mogambo Jim Carrey comedy, ___ co-star Bitten 62 2011 Jason Bateman, 28 Sheltered, at sea Ryan Reynolds comedy 29 1964 Bette Davis 66 Comprehend crime drama 67 Brusque 32 Sprang 68 Small sample 34 Urges 69 Before, poetically 35 High craggy hill 70 Tobacco kilns 36 Work unit 71 Showbiz twin Mary-Kate or Ashley

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Down 1 Fruit drink 2 Half a dozen 3 1991 De Niro, Nolte thriller 4 Ballroom dance 5 Carnival sight 6 Meager 7 Priest’s robe 8 1986 James Woods historic drama 9 Old dagger 10 Recently (Abbr.)

11 1969 comedy, Those ___ Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies 12 Display 13 More vulnerable 18 Exploit 23 2010 Angelina Jolie action flick 24 Bread spread 26 Children’s game 27 Switch settings 30 Actress ___ Dawn Chong 31 Matinee hero 33 Send an electronic message

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37 Map abbr.

38 1990 Anjelica Huston, John Cusack crime drama, The ___ 40 1995 Alicia Silverstone comedy 41 Maori war dance 42 Maple genus 43 Psychic’s claim 44 Ripen 46 Unlawful 47 Desolate 48 Director Stone 49 Be generous 50 Engraves 51 ___ avis 57 Director Preminger 58 Actress Perlman 60 Golden rule word 63 Time zone 64 Colorado native 65 Cygnet’s mother

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solution on page 22

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REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIEDS

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Day Break Properties

Rebuilt from foundation up in 2008

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6770 Old Bayside Rd.

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11â &#x201E;2 blocks from the bay in beautiful Chesapeake Beach. 5BR, 3FBR, custom kitchen, baths and spacious master BR.

Crossword Solution Cinema Magic from page 21

5 + ( $

â &#x201E;2-Acre Lot - $90,000

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Kriss Kross Solution Double Trouble from page 21

Beautifully appointed 3-story Waterview Home.

from page 21

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Chesapeake Beach

Trivia Solution

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BROKER/OWNER

410.610.7955 (cell) craunjc@gmail.com

from page 21

5 $ 9 $ * (

Jeanne Craun

CryptoQuip Solution

1. C 2.. A 3. B 4. B 5. A

JC Solutions

OFFICE CONDO

Septic aproved. No HOA. No Covenants. Private but convenient to schools, shopping, churches.

Dares Beach Rd. near the end. $89,900.

Mid-Calvert Co. 6.06 wooded acre building site.

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JASON DEY 410-827-6163 301-938-1750

email ldgrasso@themarinaspecialists.com

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Prime Annapolis office condo for sale or lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Great location. 1,315 sf with handicap access, private courtyard. 4 offices, 2 restrooms, conference room, reception area, kitchenette. Priced to sell.

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Second home. Florida 55+ community in Royal Palm Beach. Spacious villa 3BR, Sudoku Solution from page 21 2BA, one-car garage. Diana Byrne Realtor: 561-7078561, Douglas Elliman, www. delraybeachrealestatepros. com.

On Sue Creek near Middle River on Chesapeake Bay, Mins. from I-95.

400+ covered high/dry storage racks. 250+ ft. of floating piers for worry-free docking. 3 fork lifts.

5.16 +/- acres zoned commercial Spacious office & retail store.

OFFICE SPACE

Blue Knob Resort, PA. Studio condo, sleeps 4.

Kitchen, bath, fireplace & balcony. Completely furnished. $26,900. Owner finance. No closing costs.

Not a time-share! Ski, swim, golf, tennis. 410-2677000.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

ALL STAR MARINE FOR SALE $5,500,000 Price Reduced: $4,700,000

Eastern Shore Getaway.

Updated, waterview Victorian has 3-4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Walk to beach, boat launch, crabbing & fishing.

Minutes to St. Michaels & Oxford ferry! $265,900.

Susan Lambert, Exit First Realty, 301-919-0452 or 301-352-8100: TA10176904

Building lot: 3.3 acres, Berkeley Springs, WVa. New septic in ground.

Great hunting! $39,000 obo.

410-437-0620, 410-2663119.

~ Chinese proverb

REAL ESTATE

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Window Cleaning

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Inside and outside, by hand. Residential specialists serving the local area full-time for 30 years. Locally owned and operated.

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UNDER CONTRACT IN 5 DAYS

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

WATERFRONT

INLAW SUITE

78+ ACRES

$899,900

$1,850,000

$799,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

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UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT

WATERFRONT

$2.4M

WATERFRONT

$479,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Stunning 3Br., 3Ba. with panoramic bay Edgewater: Bring your horses, 13+ acres w/ Southern Anne Arundel Co.: Beautiful acreage Southern Anne Arundel Co.: One of kind views. ss appliances, viking six burner stove, multiple fenced pastures, Custom designed with renovated all brick cape cod, ingound waterfront property. 3 separate parcels for silestone counter tops, chilled wine room, two story 84’X48’ barn with 10 adjustable pool, 2 tenant homes, 3 barns, 40’X60’ metal total 63 beautiful acres. Main house, guest wood floors, gas fireplace, private pier, 2010 stalls, riding trials. Home consists 3Br. 2.5ba., building with office, bath & drive in bays, house, seperate 8 acre parcel with recent addition by “Kube Architect”. Easy access to 2 car garage. Taxes under $1,000 year separate 6+ acre parcel. 45 minutes to D.C., perc., waterfront with 2 piers, barn, outbuildD.C. & Annapolis. MDAA450626 MDAA449278 25 minutes to Annapolis. MDAA447678 ings all located at entrance Rockhold Creek & Chesapeake Bay. 45 minutes to D.C metro area. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA434854

Southern Anne Arundel Co.: Located on 1/2 acre, pier with slips (Portion of pier & bulkhead recently replaced), boat ramp, 2 car detached garage, home needs work or torn down. MDAA446942.

NEW LISTING

UNDER CONTRACT

WATERFRONT

PIER WITH LIFT

$939,000

$899,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

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RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Shady Side: Shows like a model, 2,500+Sq.Ft., 3Br., 2.5Ba. with main level owners suite. Granite, hardwood flrs, ss appliances, gas fireplace, level yard with pier to accommodate large boat.

45 min. to D.C..

Will not last long.

MDAA443314

Southern Anne Arundel Co: Shows great with over 4,300 sq.ft., all brick exterior, 5Br’s, 5Ba., granite, center island, hwd. flrs, finished lower level, main lvl office, 2 fireplaces, 45 minutes to D.C, 25 minutes to Annapolis.

MDAA447420.

Deale: 5BR, 4FB, move-in condition, open floors plan, granite countertops, ss appliances, hwd. flrs. thru out, trex decking, oversize 1-car detached garage with workshop, walk to Deale Elementary school, a must see home. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA436748

Edgewater: 5BR, 2BA. move-in condition.

Hwd. flrs., all new ss appliances, new roof, renovated bath, new carpet, large fenced rear yard, great schools, easy access to D.C., Baltimore & Annapolis

JULIE BEAL 443-254-0531

Deale, 4br, 3ba, waterfront home with expansive views of the creek and bay, 1/3 acre riparian beauty. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA451072

UNDER CONTRACT IN 10 DAYS

WATERFRONT

$749,900

$699,900

Lothian: 5BR, 3BA located 1.57 acres. Shows like a model, Built in 2014, backs to farm land, 2 story family rm. w/gas fp., gourmet kitchen w/center island, breakfast rm. w/ views of pool & open farm land, main level BR & full bath, unfinished basement, 45 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to Annapolis. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA441106

REDUCED

2 ACRES

3,700+ SQ.FT

WATER PRIV. COMMUNITY

$609,900

$529,900

UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT

INGROUND POOL RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

UNDER CONTRACT

UNDER CONTRACT 4 DAYS

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

$384,900

JUST REDUCED

WATER PRIV.

$225,900

GLORIA TURNER

Southern Anne Arundel Co. 4BR 2BA located 443-822-7535 on 1+ acre of privacy with gorgeous views Shady Side, 3br., 1ba. Renovate or tear of the bay. Hardwood flrs., fireplace, living down to build your new home just minutes from room w/exposed beams, wall of glass. 5 mins the chesapeake bay. Sets on 1.58 Acre, lot to award-winning Herrington Harbour marina has exising well and septic tank. & resort. 50 mins to DC. schwartzrealty.com/mdaa443088 schwartzrealty.com/MDAA426804 Virtual tour: https://youtu.be/ccOwqnSq3AQ

$499,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

1520 Circle Dr., Annapolis, 21409 Churchton: 3BR, 2BA. 3BR 2BA located in sought after “Winchester Freshly painted & on Severn” community. Move in condition, hwd. brand new carpet throughout. flrs., 1 car garage, upgraded kitchen, minutes Brick patio & fenced rear yard. to downtown Annapolis, easy access to Rt.50 & Lg. shed 10x12 plus many community ameniRt.97. Comm. beach, pool, slips and more. ties including playground w/beach, schwartzrealty.com/MDAA425678 2 community piers, boat club ramp.

Virtual tour: https://youtu.be/QIewKxCwGe8 schwartzrealty.com/MDAA433814

WATERFRONT

UNDER CONTRACT 12 DAYS

UNDER CONTRACT 5 DAYS

UNDER CONTRACT

2+ ACRES

COMPLETE IN-LAW SUITE

WATER PRIV. COMMUNITY

JUST REDUCED

$750,000

$1,199,900

$299.900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Shady Side: Location, location, 180 degree waterfront on point of land. 250ft. pier w/12 deep water slips, water & sep. elec. meters, gorgeous views, small 2BR 1BA cottage needs work. Sold ‘as is’.

Great summer retreat.

Southern Anne Arundel Co.: 5BR, 3 1/2 BA, gorgeous home on 2.52 acres with 30’X40’ & 56’X24’ pole buildings, gourmet kitchen, 2 story family room, complete inlaw suite on main level with own entrance & driveway.

45 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to Annapolis. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA440852

Shady Side: 3Br., 2Ba. 1,800Sq.Ft., hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen with granite countertops, ss appliances, renovated owners bath, family room addition. Walk to comm. beach, pier, boat ramp & playground.

MDAA443748.

$289,500

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

JUST REDUCED

$624,900

$1,290,000

Dunkirk: 4BR, 3BA, 3,400 sq. ft. 3+ acres.

All brick colonial in Ferry Landing Woods. schwartzrealty.com/MDCA177760

Edgewater, 3BR, 1BA, hardwood flrs. handmade molding & that 1940s beach cottage charm.

1.92ac, (2 parcels), 169’ water frontage, 200’ pier: 9 slips w/elec., shed & freeze for bait. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA302386

CLYDE BUTLER 443-223-2743

JOHN TARPLEY 301-335-4225