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  Family, friends and colleagues gathered outside MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center on Friday to celebrate the life of longtime Emergency Department chairman Dr. Michael Pipkin....

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Stephanie Gilbert of Pasadena served six years as an Arabic linguist and was an Army intelligence officer in Afghanistan before being honorably discharged last year. The former staff serg...

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On a sunny, cold Saturday last February, my husband spent a hundred dollars and most of his morning driving to and from Washington to help me load up a huge bag of wheat. (There are cer...

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Mike Gimbel has been there. He is the former drug czar for Baltimore County, a recovering drug addict and marathon runner. Now Gimble, as director of St. Joseph Medical Center’s...

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The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant could soon significantly reduce its energy costs thanks to a newly completed array of solar panels at the Essex facility.  According to figu...

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Patch is running a contest over the next week in which readers nominate an environmental nonprofit and the winning organization will receive a $500 donation to an environmental charity. &...

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  The waders, gloves and tools of local volunteers are getting a workout this spring. Members of Clean Bread and Cheese Creek have been out in force almost every weekend lately,...

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In celebration of Earth Day, community residents, including about 18 volunteers from Clean Bread and Cheese Creek, swept through Stansbury Park, cleaning the grounds and around the pond.