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Fifth Grader’s Dance Moves Lands Peabody Scholarship

Dance class opens up a new world, opportunities for Chesapeake Terrace Elementary student.

Chesapeake Terrace Elementary principal Renee Johnson sums up the essence of providing a good education for the children of Edgemere this way: “We want them to understand that they have unlimited possibilities in their lives.” That's what 11-year-old Dakotah Price discovered when he and 49 other fifth graders participated in a one-week special dance program called “Ballroom Stars" earlier this school year. Funded by a $500 grant and brought to the school through the efforts of Chesapeake Terrace's gym teacher Troy Jones, Dakotah transformed his natural dancing ability into a potential lifelong career path through the unique program. Unlike most of the other boys who participated in the program, which Jones plans to repeat, Dakotah showed …

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Kim Remesch

1:46 pm on Tuesday, March 8, 2011

What a cool kid, and what a great story. Good job.   more ›

Overweight Trucks Ignore Posted Signs on Belclare Road

Local resident mounts a battle against overweight truck and speeding violations.

When Baltimore County officials recently told Mark Leisher there was nothing they could do to enforce the limit on the size of trucks constantly barreling down his street all hours of the day and night, Leisher said he felt like he had hit a brick wall. “Nobody wants to get involved,” says the 47-year-old resident of a house that sits on the corner of heavily traveled residential intersection of Belclare Road and McShane Way. Patch.com sat in front of Leisher’s house for about at hour mid-morning and documented numerous trucks violating the posted weight limits without consequence. Leisher moved to this neighborhood, close to the Dundalk Avenue and the Key Bridge ramp, 14 years ago in search of a better quality of life for him, his wife …

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Coveside Crabs Faces Challenges, Prepares for Upcoming Season

The owners of Coveside Crabs say they hope to make a modest living while maintaining crabs for future generations.

When special-education teacher Lee Carrion decided on a mid-life career change in 2005, she bought Coveside Crabs with local waterman Richard Young. She thought she’d have a chance to relax a little and enjoy a more stress-free lifestyle. “I thought I’d just be putting some crabs in a bag,” Carrion says, smiling across the kitchen table at her Young, her business and life partner. “I didn’t realize I’d be working about 15 hours a day, seven days a week.” Carrion, 50, who holds a degree in biology, admits she has always been a bit crab struck. In fact, it was her and the 54-year-old Young’s love for Chesapeake Bay crustaceans that spurred their decision to take on the labor-intensive job of catching and selling soft and hard-shell crabs to …

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Local Coffee Shop Struggles To Keep Doors Open

Worst economy in 50 years is taking its toll on a small business.

When Rebecca Knellinger opened the Village Coffee and Tea Company on Commerce Street in the renovated Dundalk Village Shopping Center,  she was fulfilling a lifelong dream. “I’ve been in the restaurant business since I was 16 years old, and I wanted to open a local place where people could feel like it was a link to home,” Knellinger said. First Three Months After pouring everything she had into buying the business in September 2009, 32-year-old Knellinger soon discovered there were also the matters of licensing, painting and signage that had to be addressed. “There were also repairs to be made, cosmetic changes – and I bought a nice TV for the shop,” she said. For the first three months, business was good as the community embraced the …

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