Labor Day, 2016-A Survivor’s Story
It’s the only U.S. holiday dedicated solely to workers. And since there’s no parade in my town, this should be
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Sparrows Point
Dock of the Bay: Waterside Dining on Miller’s Island
Is there a more delightful way to have lunch or dinner in the summer than to have it waterside? When
Read moreMaking It in Maryland: A lost art tackles lost industry and crafts
There are so many billions of bad snapshots taken by smart phones and dumb photographers that we forget what it was like barely 40 years ago and the century before that, when black-and-white photography on film and plate developed into a high art. That world also had many jobs and trades that are now long gone. We are transported again into those forgotten crafts with the new book of Aubrey Bodine’s old photographs called “Bodine’s Industry — the Dignity of Work.”
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‘Roots of Steel’ a gripping story of Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows Point
“You are a little harder when you come out of a steel mill than when you went in.” – Austin
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