Category: Offbeat News

May 13, 2008

Columbia residents oppose cross at Interfaith Center

Filed under: Howard County, Columbia, Religion, Offbeat News - 13 May 2008

WBAL.com
Some residents of Columbia are objecting to plans by one of the town’s six interfaith centers to place a 16-foot cross on the exterior of a new building.

The cross would be visible at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, but …

May 4, 2008

Rickrolling flash mob at the Inner Harbor

Filed under: Baltimore City, Technology, Offbeat News - 04 May 2008

Baltimore Sun
They came. They bobbed - some awkwardly. They sang. “Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you.”

Then after three minutes and three seconds, the young fans of 1980s British …

April 30, 2008

Chickens come home to roost

Filed under: Anne Arundel County, Offbeat News - 30 Apr 2008

WJZ
Anne Arundel County police are trying to determine who owns the 18 chickens found in a homeowner’s yard in Glen Burnie.

The woman living in the 1600 block of Lorimer Road told police last week the chickens did not belong …

April 29, 2008

21 for non-alcoholic beer?

Filed under: Maryland Government, Flickr, Offbeat News - 29 Apr 2008

IMG_8363I was picking up a few things at the local Weis last night on the way home and as I snagged two of the last remaining bottles of …

February 19, 2008

Mandating that cars make noise?

Filed under: Business, Maryland Government, Technology, Offbeat News - 19 Feb 2008

I’ve previously posted here about the National Federation of the Blind picketing outside a Maryland Dept. of the Environment meeting last fall that was looking at adopting California emissions standards by 2011. The protesters were upset that hybrids were …

July 1, 2007

Bees swarm Baltimore city home

Filed under: News, Baltimore City, Offbeat News - 01 Jul 2007

A Baltimore City woman is dealing with the problem of hundreds of bees inside her home while 60,000 others try to get inside. The woman, who is allergic to bees and pregnant, is dealing with the issue because of …

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