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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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Maryland Bill to Exonerate Those Accused of Witchcraft Gets a Hearing Next Week

Maryland—whose last witch trial was held in 1712—never saw witch hunts on the scale of Massachusetts, but early court cases around slander and witchcraft are a part of the state’s legal history.