Lockhouse 49 volunteers prepare for visitors Oct 31, 2009
BIG SPRING Kenny and Barbara Clopper can only imagine what life was like along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in the 1800s. If walls could talk, you know there would be some interesting stories come out of these walls, said Barbara Clopper, who with her husband volunteers at Lockhouse 49 near Clear Spring. (The Herald-Mail Online)
GU Pays D.C. Firm Over $1 Million To Lobby for Boathouse Oct 1, 2009
But when the university acquired land outside the boathouse zone, within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, both the community and NPS objected. In 1998, the University and NPS reached an agreement concerning the trade of land within the boathouse zone for the historical park. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Medical Student Assaulted In Reported Hate Crime Sep 26, 2009
While walking along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal path by the 1100 block of 34th Street, the victim, who wished to remain anonymous, and his friend were approached by two unknown males of Middle Eastern descent in their 20s, as described by the MPD report. It stated that the suspects then asked both of them about their sexual orientation, and the victim replied that he was gay. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Woman rescued from fall after proposal Sep 8, 2009
U.S. Park Police and a Montgomery County fire and rescue team were called after a woman fell onto the rocks near the Billy Goat Trail in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Sunday afternoon. The fall reportedly occurred just minutes after the woman's fiance proposed to her. (AZCentral -- News)
PRUDEN: A lively tale revives a capital mystery Feb 27, 2009
One day in October 1964, 11 months after the assassination and just after the Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, was the assassin, Mary Meyer took a walk on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath just below Georgetown. A passerby on M Street Northwest heard a woman cry for help, and said he saw "a black man" standing over the crumpled body of a white woman. (Insight on the News)
