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Elvis most certainly has not left the building. He is alive and well, his music and the era he represented radiating from The Lion’s Den Ice Cream Parlor, 508 Kidwell Ave., Centreville. A replica of a 1950s-era New York City ice cream parlor, owner Joseph Candella and his daughters, Audrey Candella and Stephanie Glowacki, have set their sights on being the place families can frequent for wholesome fun. Open since May 2018, local memorabilia on the walls gives the place an at-

In Cambridge, the grass around a large Victorian-style schoolhouse is neatly trimmed, although the building itself is boarded up and surrounded by a chain-link fence. But what might seem spooky and forgotten is a place that holds many beloved memories for generations of Cambridge children. The Dorchester County Board of Education bought the acre land in 1872 and built what was originally known as Academy School, but in 1902, workmen thawing frozen pipes accidentally caught th

Cream of Crab Soup Ingredients 2 or 3 Tbsp. butter 1/2 c. chopped onion (very fine) 2 c. milk 2 c. half and half 1 c. chicken broth dash of parsley salt and pepper pinch of mace 1 lb. crabmeat 2 tablespoons flour Instructions Saute onion in butter. Add flour; add milk. Add chicken broth and half and half, combine. Simmer a little. Stir briskly; add parsley, pepper, mace and crabmeat. Heat thoroughly. John and Marie Chance bought the country store in Tanyard in 1972 and served

Look! Over there! Across 50 West! It’s a taproom! It’s a movie theater! It’s…it’s…The ACME? In most Maryland counties, we can’t buy beer in a grocery store. But in the same space where customers once picked up yeasty treats at the bakery counter, Kent Islanders can now enjoy fresh hops and barley. Cult Classic Brewery and Taproom is housed where the grocery once was, just off U.S. Route 50. The retail pad was the perfect location, according to owners (and brothers) Jesse, 42

Just a few short generations ago, when life was slower, stopping to smell the roses was easier. The plantings brightening our homesteads and lawns weren’t t selected by landscaping companies but by millennia of traditional use by our foremothers and fathers. Take granny s rosebush for example. She enjoyed a wildly fragrant species, none of this knock-out business of late. She would have known that it’s incredibly valuable to have on hand. Truly; it takes about 10,000 pounds o

To call WACappella a musical group falls short. Officially considered a club by Washington College, it is more a tight-knit community, small with between 20 and 25 members, comprising students who share a passion for one thing singing. Having formed about 10 years ago, WACappella is a more recent addition to the offerings at the historic liberal arts college in Chestertown and likely one of the few to include beat-boxing. Alum Taylor Goss, who grew up in Denton and is now in

The first thing I heard from a customer after walking into Caldwell Shoe Repair Service at 15 West Street in Easton was, “The art of shoe repair is a lost art.” Since 1935, Caldwell Shoe Repair has been repairing everything from high heels to wingtips, and from purses to horse saddles. The shop was founded in 1935 by Charles Caldwell after he went to school for shoe repair in Bordentown, NJ. He operated the shop with his brother Stanley until their deaths in the late 1990s. T