Entries categorized as ‘Outside Frederick’
I am soooo excited that the Brunswick Main Street organization is holding a spring auction again this year on Sunday, March 11. This auction is HOT. Last time I attended it, I scored a retro serving platter with a 50s/60s boomerang motif for only $1 and a framed early 20th century black and white photographic print of the VFW hall near my house for only $15. Steals and deals for bargain hunters of every income level will be available here.
Past items offered at the auction have included: cedar chests, furniture sets, collectible coins, jewelry of various vintages and price ranges, kitchenware and utensils, a new ventless fireplace, Civil War and military memorabilia, books, rare vintage photographs of Frederick County, artwork, and more. No one can guarantee which items will show up there next Sunday, but you can get a quick peek before the auction begins and stake out the stuff you love during the 12:00 noon preview.
Although this is a charity auction to foster Brunswick revitalization and beautification, it is also a truly professional auction with experienced auctioneers at the helm to keep things moving: John Rickard and Ed Trainor of Rickard’s Auctions. These kind gentlemen are donating their time and their professional services to help preserve and grow historic downtown Brunswick.
If you have items to donate, there is still time to get the goods over to the Brunswick Main Street organization. Donations of all types and vintages are welcome, and these donations are tax deductible.
Be sure to bring some cash and/or your checkbook with you to pay for items onsite. Please also bring a valid form of identification to be assigned your bidder number. Lunch options will be available onsite and the charming Emerald Garden restaurant is a few blocks away.
I’ll see you there!
Brunswick Main Street Auction details:
Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 2:00 PM (with a preview at 12 noon)
City Park Building
655 E. Potomac Street
Brunswick, Maryland 21716
Information line: 301-834-5591 or 301-834-7976
Sponsored by the Brunswick Main Street group:
http://www.brunswickmainstreet.org/index.html
RandomAnna
Categories: Charity · Outside Frederick · Shopping · Things To Do
Since I work in Montgomery County I spend a big chunk of my time there. I even lived in MoCo for about eight years. Luckily for me and other frequent MoCo visitors our neighbors to the south love to blog. Here are four MoCo blogs for you to peruse.
- The Western MoCo Observer
Montgomery County, Maryland is a pretty decent place to live. Like all places, it has its good points and bad. The intent of this blog is simply to offer praise for the good, and to shine a harsh light on the bad.
- The New MoCo Progressive
Montgomery County news that you won’t see in the mainstream media until after they’ve read it here, along with pointers to a few articles that you might have missed.
- Just Up The Pike
Columbia pike, not the one in Rockville - this is a blog about that no-man’s land straddling Montgomery and Prince George’s, and the daily struggles of one man who dares to walk the [county] line.
- Hello, MoCo: The Montgomery County Blog
“Montgomery County residents who want to discuss politics, gripe or debate the issues of the day have a new online forum.” -The Washington Post. This blog is currently on hiatus, but there is a extensive archives for your reading pleasure.
If you know of any MoCo (or other Maryland) blogs please share them in the comments.
~Guy~
Categories: Outside Frederick
This is off topic for FredNet, but I thought I would ask for a little help from my fellow Frederick’ites. A post from The Short Fat Kid (my other blog) has been nominated for the blog post of the year! The post is I miss mix tapes and it’s all about the lost art of making them.
The winner will receive:
- The Little Red Writing Book - A little book with short little chapters to help you grow as a writer and a blogger
- Moleskine Large Ruled Journal - To help you stay inspired when you’re not near your computer
- $50 iTunes Gift card - Everybody loves iTunes
- 12 Months free Web Hosting - From AMW Consulting
- 24 Months Domain Name Registration - Paid for by AMW Consulting
That is lots of nice swag! So please vote for my post, I miss mix tapes, by clicking here. Thanks for your support!
~Guy~
Categories: General · Outside Frederick
According to this nifty graphic from the Washington Post, Frederick is within the 50-mile fallout zone if there was a nuclear explosion in downtown DC.
The article this graphic is related to is about a new sales pitch real estate agents are using to sell rural housing.
Winchester and its neighbors along Interstate 81 in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley have much to recommend themselves to potential employers, including a low cost of living, access to a major highway and views of the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.
More recently, though, the area has been successfully trumpeting another attribute: It is just outside the “blast zone.”
Oh joy!
~Guy~
Categories: News · Outside Frederick · Weird
Here are some news tidbits from outside Frederick that I thought were interesting.
You can now moon someone in Maryland without fear of jail time. Whew, glad they cleared that up.
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday that, while not tasteful, mooning someone in Maryland is not illegal, according to The Washington Post.
The decision acquitted a Germantown man who bared his buttocks during a fight with his neighbor, reversing the earlier guilty of indecent exposure verdict of a district court judge.
CNET reports that Verizon’s version of Cable television is making its entrance into the Maryland entertainment market. It will be available in Howard County by April. Maybe it will creep down our way and break up the cable TV monopoly in Frederick.
According to WaPo housing values in Maryland are through the roof.
Housing values in many Maryland communities soared 67 percent over the past three years, the largest percentage increase in 25 years. In some suburbs near Washington and Baltimore, those values rose even more.
The article reports that “Frederick County had an increase of almost 71 percent in assessments…”
Alright, I lied there was a smidgen of Frederick news.
Categories: News · Outside Frederick
I came across this little story about My Name is Earl being set in Western Maryland.
Credit Gregory T. Garcia, creator and writer of “My Name is Earl,” with putting a lot of mountain Maryland into the NBC sitcom. Garcia, a 1992 graduate of Frostburg State University, recently had his lovably scruffy characters consider taking a bus to Hagerstown and catching up with someone near Cumberland, two of the biggest cities in the state’s Appalachian panhandle.
Frostburg State alumni may recognize the Crab Shack, where Darnell works, as a replica of the Diamond Lounge, a basement pub in downtown Frostburg, right down to the red-and-black felt wallpaper. And Frostburg State will be featured when the characters visit the school in an upcoming episode, Garcia told the Cumberland Times-News.
The show is obviously shot in California but fans have surmised it is set in Maryland. Garcia wouldn’t say which state is home to the show’s fictional Camden County, named for one of his two sons with Kim Ludke, another Frostburg State grad.
I spent many a night in the Diamond Lounge (A.K.A. Re-Pub) and man is that place a hole. The men’s rooms didn’t have urinals they had troughs that ran the length of the room. Those bad boys were in heavy use every Thursday night, which was dime draft night. Those were the days …
Categories: Outside Frederick · Things To Do
Check out this story from the Hagerstown Heral-Mail …
The torching of four townhouses in this rapidly growing western Maryland city highlights the spread of a radical environmental movement associated largely with the western United States.
The Earth Liberation Front, which claimed responsibility for the weekend fires, is growing through exposure via the Internet to its philosophy and methods, said Kelly Stoner, executive director of Stop Eco-Violence!, which monitors vandalism linked to environmental and animal-rights groups.
The fires set early Sunday at the Hager’s Crossing subdivision destroyed one nearly finished town house and damaged three others under construction, causing losses estimated at $225,000 to $235,000, according to developer The Rachuba Group, of Eldersburg. Rachuba and the project’s two builders, Ryan Homes and Patriot Homes, announced a $25,000 reward Tuesday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
That is just wrong. So what that they weren’t occupied you just burned someone’s new home down. They usually don’t build them until they have someone committed to them. That will just throw some families life into shambles and not do anything to the actual company. Do you think that Ryan is really hurt by a $235,000 hit?
I’m not to crazy about urban sprawl, but there are better ways to fight it. Elect environmentally friendly officials, start an organization, protest, start a blog for crying out loud, but don’t burn down someone’s house.
Rant is over, what do you think?
Categories: Crime · Outside Frederick
If you watched My Name is Earl last night then you probably noticed the reference to Hagerstown, Maryland. If you missed it, one of the characters was taking a bus to Hagerstown to look for a dog. I think I also caught a reference to Cumberland in the episode.
It turns out that the executive producer of the show, Greg Garcia, is a Frostburg State University (FSU) alumni (go Bobcats!) so he would be familiar with the area.
The show is great so if you haven’t seen it, check it out. Also, there was an article about Greg Garcia in the recent FSU Alumni Magazine (PDF).
Related Post: A Little More About Earl
Categories: Outside Frederick · Things To Do
Here is an interesting story from the Baltimore Sun about the technology that is being proposed to run the tolls on the ICC (reg req’d).
Imagine being able to drive smoothly through the Washington suburbs - bypassing all that Beltway traffic - for a price you might not even realize you’re paying.
If the Intercounty Connector is finally built, it will bring the future of electronic toll collecting to Maryland, allowing motorists to zip through “open-road tolling,” as the industry calls it, without stopping to hand over cash or make sure the green light goes off.
“The toll industry is in a state of major transformation,” said Peter Samuel, a Frederick resident and tolling expert who maintains a Web site that monitors tolling news. “I think the days of cash toll collection are numbered.”
The 18-mile ICC would go through Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, linking Interstate 270 to Interstate 95. The first segment is scheduled to open in four years, assuming it receives all necessary approvals.
I wouldn’t personally use the ICC, but I hope it will help with the hell that is 270 traffic. Also, here is a link to Peter Samuel’s toll site if you are interested.
Categories: Outside Frederick
September 30, 2005 · 1 Comment
Did you know that the Maryland Department of National Resources has a Maryland Fall Foliage Hotline? Well it does! Give it a call (1-800-LEAVES1) and get an update on the fall foliage status plus a bunch of stuff to do in Maryland.
Categories: Outside Frederick · Things To Do
