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Doug has been a reporter since his year as editor-in-chief at the University of Delaware's student newspaper, The Review. He has worked as a reporter for The Virginian Pilot in Norfolk, Va., The Philadelphia Inquirer, The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., Forbes Magazine in New York and The Baltimore Sun, where he spent six years covering state and local government and politics. At The Sun he worked as an investigative reporter and his stories spurred the state criminal investigation into former Mayor Sheila Dixon. 

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A Singular Island: Poe and the Darkness

What does Edgar Allan Poe mean to you? On March 3, actor John Astin is scheduled to perform at the writer's grave at Westminster Church as a fundraiser for the Poe House. Here, writer Terin Miller gives a glimpse at Poe's influence in his life.

A Singular Island: Poe and the Darkness
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Pirates Storm Towson Library

To the delight of children—and to the terror of a few of the youngest—the Urban Pirates of Baltimore read swashbuckling stories of treasure and adventure.

Pirates Storm Towson Library