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An Ode to the Orange Crush: Maryland’s (Now Official) Drink of Summer

On June 1, the citrusy refresher will formally become our state cocktail. But it has been, unofficially, for at least 40 years now—with Ocean City being the drink's epicenter, and in many ways, where it all began.

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Jesse Dortzbach Shares the Magic of Making a Good Cigar

Meet the proprietor of Dortzbach Cigars, a one-man operation that sells custom-made, hand-rolled stogies and offers classes in Baltimore County.

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Good Contrivance Farm is an Oasis for Visiting Writers—and the Man Who Runs It

How Ron Tanner turned a ramshackle property into a six-acre writers retreat in Historic Reisterstown.

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Prohibition in Baltimore and The Colorful Story of Undercover Agent Kitty Costello

From the start, the effort to drag Baltimore into compliance seemed doomed.

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Raise a Glass to Repeal Day With These Celebratory Beverages

Three sips to toast to the end of the Prohibition Era and ring in the roaring 2020s.

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Bootleg Bunch

During Prohibition, the still-going Joseph Kavanagh Company turned from coppersmithing to bootlegging.