The Lusby Business Association knows how critical is is to the success or faliure of small business to buy local. They are on a mission to raise public awareness in Lusby on the importance and value of area residents to patronize local businesses in an effort to improvethe quality of life in Lusby and enhance its economic vitality, The goal of the campaign is to stabilize and strengthen Lusby's local economy by encouraging households, business, and organizationa to shift current spending to local businesses.
Make a commitment to your community. Buy local- it really does make a difference. Join with your neighbors in taking a stand for your community and the local economy by pledging to buy local
There are several reasons to shop local: Put Your Taxes to good use and keep money in the neighborhood, Support Community Groups, Get Better Service-Local businesses often hire local people who take the time to get to know their customers.Create More Local Jobs...Lets try to keep our children here, and encourage entrepreneurial growth.
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Calvert Animal Welfare League
Your invited to the Calvert Animal Welfare League's 16th annual Pet Walk at Annmarie Garden in Solomon's Maryland The event has become a tradition with many pet owners and animal lovers in general.This is a fabulous opportunity to find unique holiday gifts for your pets, or friends with pets.
The center has now been open for over 5 years, providing a facility for people to meet pets waiting for adoption. With the generous support of local businesses and the surrounding community, CAWL, has found forever homes for over 1,500 cats and dogs.
This is the biggest fund raiser of the year and is essential to CAWL's operation. There will be lots of activities for the family, lots of good food and lots of fellow animal lovers, and their pets to meet.
Some of the events that will be taking place are the Blessing of the Animals, Pet costume contest, raffles, prizes, Pet photo contest and much more.
The Calvert Animal Adoption & Education Center is open every Friday - Sunday, from 11am - 3pm for Adoptions/Open House.
The center is located at 1040 Prince Frederick Blvd in Prince Frederick, MD (across from the Maryland VEIP station).
We have a limited-intake facility that can house over 30 cats/kittens and up to 9 dogs, as well as additional animals in our network of foster homes.
Because we limit the number of pets in our care, we can dedicate ourselves to giving each one of them more time and attention, resulting in healthier, calmer animals.
Call 410-535-9300 or e-mail for directions or more information.
CAWL has set up a Behavior Help Center that provides educational materials (brochures, books, videos, DVDs) free of charge to anyone who needs help.
Please see the Dog & Cat Behavior Information link under the Related Links section for more information.
Call 410-535-9300 or e-mail for more information.
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Sport fishing at its best. Bunky's Charter boats in Solomons, Maryland this is a family-owned and operated business since 1989. They have 3 Charter boats Marchelle which is a 47' Custom Bay Built vessel, with walk around cabin and a large capacity. It's perfect for special occasions. The Red Osprey is a 42' Custom Bay Built vessel with plenty of fishing space with a maximum of 15 people. The Kathy C is a 40' Custom Bay Built vessel with a maximum of 13 passengers.
They also have all the bait, tackle, license, snacks and fuel to make your day on the water exactly what you were hoping for. Believe me this is great fun. They also have rental boats by the day or hour.
JOIN US ABOARD OUR HEAD BOAT!!!
(Fishing licenses are not required)
The Head Boat is a 5 hour fishing trip open to the public. Each individual purchases their own ticket at our Bait & Tackle Store and joins other individuals in a day of bottom fishing. The Head Boat will either anchor or drift for the bottom fish in the Chesapeake Bay or Patuxent River.
Please provide something to take home your catch. Ice and bait are not included, however, they are sold in Bunky's Bait and Tackle Shop.
You may bring your own fishing gear. Light fishing rods and bottom rigs are recommended with size 2, 4, or 6 hooks using 2 or 3 ounces of weight.
Schedule: (May through October)
Days: Thursday - Monday (We do not sail on Tuesdays or Wednesday)
Times: 7am - 12 noon & 3pm - 8pm
Monday: 7am - 12 noon (am trip only)
$40.00 per person. Sorry, price does not include rod or bait.
$5.00 rod rental available.
Head Boat is based upon availability and not guaranteed to sail. 10 people are needed to show for the boat to sail. Please call 24 hours prior to scheduled departure as the Head Boat may be booked for private charters.
The Head Boat is a 5 hour bottom fishing trip open to the public, Each person purchases their own ticket at Bunky's and joins others in a day of bottom fishing. Sometimes the head boat will drift and other times it will anchor in the Chesapeake Bay or Patuxent River. You can catch Croker, Spot, and White Perch these are the most commonly caught fish aboard the Head Boat. Make sure you bring a container to take home your catch. Ice and bait are not included.
FISHING LICENSES ARE NOT REQUIRED.
Open 7 Days a Week During the Fishing Season!
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Boat show hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Friday and Saturday
10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday
Seminars: 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. (Friday through Sunday)
The quaint island town of Solomons is nestled in Calvert County, Maryland, on the protected waters of the Patuxent River. Solomons is Trawler Fest’s original venue and is an ideal stop for snowbirds headed south for the winter. The expansive exhibitor area allows attendees to try new activities, mingle with exhibitors, and visit a variety of boats before enjoying cocktails under the setting sun at Calvert Marina.
Hotels…
The host hotel for Trawler Fest is Solomons’ Holiday Inn Select. There are several B&Bs located on the island as well. For more information, please go to:
Boat show hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Friday and Saturday
10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday
Seminars: 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. (Friday through Sunday)
The quaint island town of Solomons is nestled in Calvert County, Maryland, on the protected waters of the Patuxent River. Solomons is Trawler Fest’s original venue and is an ideal stop for snowbirds headed south for the winter. The expansive exhibitor area allows attendees to try new activities, mingle with exhibitors, and visit a variety of boats before enjoying cocktails under the setting sun at Calvert Marina.
Hotels…
The host hotel for Trawler Fest is Solomons’ Holiday Inn Select. There are several B&Bs located on the island as well. For more information, please go to:
The Marina And Coming By Boat…
Slip space has been reserved at Solomons’ Calvert Marina for exhibitor and three-day attendees only. When you register for the event, you may also reserve a slip. Please note that slips are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited, so we encourage you to register early. Slip arrangements must be made through Trawler Fest. For information about slip costs and arriving by boat, please go to:
Arriving By Car…
Parking for the boat show is available at Calvert Marina. Please look for directional signs as you enter the marina. If you are staying at the Holiday Inn Select or attending the seminars, parking is available at the hotel. A water taxi and shuttle service will provide transportation between the Holiday Inn Select and Calvert Marina.
Registration…
We encourage you to register early, as both slips and hotel rooms will fill to capacity. Also, you will save $$ on your Trawler Fest package by pre-registering via the Online registration or by calling the Trawler Fest office toll free at 888.487.2953.
Registration and cancellation policy
Registration must be received at least five days prior to each event in order for you to receive the advance registration discount. Registration can be canceled at any time up until 1200 of the Friday immediately before the event. When canceling, registration fees can be transferred to another Trawler Fest or refunded less a $50 booking fee.
THIS IS JUST GREAT FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO ENJOY. tHE ABOVE ARE PICTURES OF TRAWLERS ALL OVER, FROM MAINE TO FLORIDA.
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THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO VERA FREEMAN!
This information was taken from John Sherwood;" Maryland Vanishing Lives". Maryland has many unique restaurants that reflect the personalities, tastes, and idiosyncracies of their owners. But Vera's White Sands Marina and Restaurant in Lusby continued to survive in the boonies because of the owner's determination to keep it alive, even if it wasn't all that profitable.
Far off the beaten track, Vera's was a real lulu of a restaurant lurking at the dead end of a twisting back road called White Sands, off of Rt. 4 about 10 miles north of Solomons, in the most UniquewaterfrontinSouthernMaryland. Aloha, and welcome to a Polynesian fantasy in a South Seas setting, where frozen cocktails were served with swizzle sticks that pop open to form paper umbrellas. Unsuspecting boaters navigating historic St. Leonard Creek, off the Patuxent River, came upon a hillside of banana trees and felt as if they've slipped into some kind of Bermuda Triangle. The restaurant's thached roof had been replaced, but the interior had a reed ceiling held up by bamboo poles and was crowded with ornate chairs and tables, marble staturary, carved Polynesian figures, ponderous antiques, Oriental umbrellas hanging from the ceiling, curiousities, bric-a-brac, peacock feathers---and cozy nooks for romantic dining.
Vera Freeman, who did not discuss her age ("What's the point?" she asked). lived next door to her restaurant and marina in "Vera's Villa,"her own version of an all-white Taj Mahal with a swimming pool in the middle of her marble-floored living room.
Vera upstaged everythinbg when she matrialized nightly, as if in a vision, through the front door of the White Sands shortly before sunset. She had a vast wardrobe that changed with her moods. Picture her wearing a pink , diaphanous floor-length sari from India, jewelry, gold, and pearls hung from her beck, forehead, fingers, and wrists. Conjure up a platinum-haired version of Nora Desmond in the Hollywood classic Sunset Boulevard, star sweeping into her fabricated world of glamour and onto the center stage of her restaurant, where she was the indisputable star. Sometimes a huge brass gong was sounded upon her arrival. One of the bartenders, Buster or Carlos, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and leis, immediately poured a shallow glass of champagne as Vera glided inside and settled down on a vinyl leopaardskin barstool at the end of ther bar, across fromn thr grand piano. When the piano player striked up a Vera favorite, the outdated "Sheik or Araby," it was as if someone had waved a wand and commanded the evening to begin.
As mildly egocentric as all this sounds, Vera herself was an astute, serious businesswoman, fully aware that people came to see her and her exotic restaurant as well as for the cuisine, " I love being surrounded by all these beautiful objects d'art (labled "The Freeman Collection") that she had assembled during decades of compulsive shopping trips to exotic ports on formal cruise ships such as Cunard's QE,2,on which she was a regular.This trip to Never-Never Veraland started when she left her native Montana for Hollywood sometime befor World War !!. But instrad of finding fame and stardom as a chorus girl, she fell in love with the wealthy "Doc" Freeman, known then as the "Optornetrist to the stars."Eventually, they left Hollyswood for the cruising life abord large,crewed motoryachts---all of them named the "White Sands." During one of these cruises in the early 1940s they discovered, and fell in love with beautiful St.Leonard Creek. They bought hundreds of acres, filled in a shoreline with ons of white sand (all long sinced washed away),opened a private marina and clubhouse, and called it the White Sands Yacht Club.
For years it was a"must" stop along the follow-the-sun, cruising circuit of large motor yachts. But nearby Solomons,once nothing but a fishing village, was much closer to the Chesapeke Bay and had developed into a major pleasure boating center. The boat traffic slowed considerably, although Vera endured as a living legend. She used to say "It's true I travel from October to April",she said" but I don't know what I would do if I didn't have this restaurant to come back to in the spring. Oh, let's not talk about such unpleasant things, It's much too depressing. Let's just have another cocktail and have some more fun"
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Doctor Freeman and Vera set their sites on a creekside piece of property, above, in Southern Calvert County,which Vera reigned over, spending the next five decades transforming it into her own Shangri-la.
The new waterfront restaurant with boat slips and dockage
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I have been a full time Realtor with O'Brien Realty for 20 years,and a southern Maryland resident all of my life. My husband and I enjoy gardening,cooking,and golfing.
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