Category Archives: Essex / Middle River

Yoga Pants Not Banned at Eastern Tech

Posted on February 23, 2012 by atomictv

Students sounded their outrage on Twitter after the principal announced yoga pants were inappropriate for school. By Ron Snyder (Essex Patch, 2/22/2012) A misunderstanding over the school’s dress code led to outrage from many Eastern Technical High School students last … Continue reading →

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Fishing At Back River Near The Sewage Treatment Plant

Posted on February 23, 2012 by atomictv

This is what growing up in Essex and Dundalk in the 70s was like. Carp fishing in the summer, in the winter when Back River would freeze hillbillies would ride their pickups out on the ice and crash through to … Continue reading →

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Baltimore’s Auto Race History Goes Back More Than A Century

Posted on February 23, 2012 by atomictv

By Larry Jendras Jr. (PressBox, Issue 164, 8/2011) With the popularity of auto racing growing across the nation during recent years, newer fans may not realize the long history the sport has in Baltimore. The last speedway in the immediate … Continue reading →

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Jolly Four Park: Essex’s Secret African-American 1930s Nightclub

Posted on February 15, 2012 by atomictv

One of those Essex urban legends that my late mother Jackie Nickel was never able to verify concerned the existence of a secret African-American speakeasy/nightclub/picnic pavilion/swim club off of Back River Neck Road in Essex. There’s the remnants of a … Continue reading →

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