WILLIAMSPORT — The National Park Service said Monday it aims to make the western Maryland town of Williamsport a star attraction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, complete with a turn-of the-20th-century town square and boat rides ...

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Emeril Lagasse, who knows something about longevity in the food world, will dissect the secrets of success of historic restaurants on a new television show. Called “The Originals,” the show will begin airing in May on ...

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Baltimore’s Poe House and Museum may be in danger of closing if it doesn’t find a way to replace money that it has been receiving from the city. The museum, which received $80,000 annually from the city until last year, ...

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ANNAPOLIS  — The Johnson’s Building, a 158-year-old landmark pinning State Circle to Maryland Avenue, has sat vacant for nearly three years now, but the storefront is still giving window-shoppers an eyeful. Almost every inch of the glass is papered in ...

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McHENRY — Friends Store, at one time a gathering place for fur trappers and ginseng dealers, is once more becoming the centerpiece of the small Sang Run community, little by little. John Hinebaugh, owner of the store, a home and ...

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