Runners, don your costumes and get ready for the inaugural Halloween Hustle 5K and Trick or Treat Trot for kids. The event will kickoff Oct. 28 at St. James Episcopal Church and Academy in Monkton, and will wind through scenic My Lady’s Manor roadways. Proceeds will benefit the construction of a playground in north Baltimore [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Trick or treat trot to raise playground funds
Friday, September 29th, 2006Sweet stats on treats
Friday, September 29th, 2006Few things resonate with children the way a full bag of candy and treats do after a busy evening of trick-or-treating. They count the pieces. They divide them into categories. They hoard their favorites and try to trade away the pieces they donÕt like. But in the end, it all ends up in the same [...]
PBS series spotlights local family’s tragedy
Friday, September 29th, 2006A Baltimore family’s experience in the wake of a tragic medical error is the focus of the first in a four-part series airing this month on PBS. “Remaking American Medicine É Health Care for the 21st Century” explores the healthcare quality crisis and the innovative solutions being undertaken by providers, patients and their families to [...]
Howard County Get Up & Go
Friday, September 29th, 2006The following listings contain events taking place in Howard County, Md. For more listings, including other events in the county and around the greater Baltimore area, click the link at the bottom of this page. Story times Note: Story times are free and require registration one week in advance unless noted. > B & O [...]
Get Up & Go
Friday, September 29th, 2006Story times Note: Story times are free and require registration one week in advance unless noted. > B & O Railroad Museum 901 Pratt St., Baltimore. Ages 2-5. Oct. 4 and 18, 10:30 a.m. Classic railroad children’s books. Train rides included with admission. Adults, $14; seniors, $12; children 2-12, $8; under 2 free. 410-752-2462; www.borail.org. [...]
Halloween is getting lots of knocks
Friday, September 29th, 2006I’ll never forget the last year I went trick-or-treating. I was in seventh grade, and my best friend and I made gnome costumes. The costumes were awesome, but not the trick-or-treating. We gnomes were a head or two taller than most of the ghosts and goblins running about. Suddenly the candy didn’t seem so sweet. [...]
What’s Up Doc?
Friday, September 29th, 2006Q My 2-month-old is gumming his hands and drooling a lot. Is it possible he could be teething already? Teething is a process that many parents come to fear. What few realize is that teething rarely causes all the symptoms it is blamed for. Normal infant development occurring at the same time is often the [...]
On The Move
Friday, September 29th, 2006It’s a sweltering July afternoon in Catonsville, and Caitlin Rasche and Elena Puig are racing around the sun-baked field of the stadium at The University of Maryland Baltimore County, taking part in an Olympics of sorts. Both girls are participating in a relay race, where one of the tasks they must perform includes putting on [...]
Playground safety
Friday, September 1st, 2006Safety is a priority for most parents, and the departments of recreation and parks in Baltimore and Howard counties want parents to know that playgrounds are checked regularly by certified crews. “We have a crew that’s dedicated for inspections and we inspect playground equipment every three weeks. If the crew finds something that needs fixing, [...]
Playing Around
Friday, September 1st, 2006Playgrounds are a great way for kids to burn off steam and there’s no better time of year to visit than September, when the afternoons are cooler and the kids have after-school ants in their pants. Whether you take a picnic lunch on a weekend or stop by for a half hour after school, there’s [...]