Moving first, selling second
It may seem counterintuitive, but moving before you sell your house could be your best option. Here are the reasons why: Convenience. It’s terribly inconvenient to live in your home while it’s on the market. Not only do you...Read More »
MARYLAND SELLING SUCCESS STORY:
Mount Vernon condo sells in 10 days
When native New Yorker Rebekah Kennedy moved to Baltimore a little more than 20 years ago, she was immediately attracted to the beauty, convenience, and culture Charm City afforded her. “We lived on Mount Vernon Square right down...Read More »
27 July 2010
When native New Yorker Rebekah Kennedy moved to Baltimore a little more than 20 years ago, she was immediately attracted to the beauty, convenience, and culture Charm City afforded her.
“We lived on Mount Vernon Square right down...
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27 July 2010
Magical! That’s how Martha Clasby describes her pilgrimage from Baltimore to Chartres Cathedral in France. Clasby is among the thousands who have traveled to the
medieval town 50 miles outside of Paris to walk one of the oldest,...
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Strokes of genius
The oil paintings lighting up the walls of Irene Hebert’s apartment home are proof that an artist can be born at any age. Hebert hadn’t picked up a paintbrush before moving to Charlestown in 1990, where she enrolled in her first art class. Now, 20 years later, she can’t put one down. Every Friday morning, Hebert...Read More »
Newspaper celebrates 15 years as voice of Oak Crest
Since its inaugural issue appeared in 1995, Our Village Voice—the eight-page community newspaper of Oak Crest—has kept the pulse of the 87-acre community in Parkville. Now, as Oak Crest celebrates its 15th anniversary, the paper continues to serve as its voice. “For years, the paper has been a great creative outlet for writers who live here,”...Read More »
Fitness Hall of Fame inducts four
Growing up, Kitty Hughes was not the athletic type. In fact, you might say she did everything she could to avoid exercise altogether. “I was petrified of playing volleyball or climbing a rope,” says Hughes. “It just wasn’t my cup of tea.” Instead of gym class, Hughes opted for study hall. Now, the retired elementary school...Read More »
Be our guest
When was the last time you invited your neighbors over to dinner? If you’re Sally Pound and Mary Ann Ressler, the answer is all the time. In the last year, the duo has wined and dined more than 65 of their new neighbors through the Dining Ambassador Program they helped start at Charlestown. Meet and greet Each...Read More »
Selling in 20 days
Retired legal administrator Shirley Oaks had her heart set on moving to Charlestown, but she was nervous about selling her three-bedroom, two-bath condominium in a buyer’s market. Then she discovered her ace in the hole: Erickson Realty & Moving Services, a program established to help people sell their houses quickly and move easily. Before she...Read More »
Twist of fate
Four years after joining Oak Crest’s priority list, Joseph and Margaret Roach decided they were finally ready to trade in their oversized house and all of the backbreaking work that went with it for a maintenance-free apartment home at the popular Parkville retirement community. But things didn’t go exactly as planned. “We put our house up for sale in 2008,” says Mrs. Roach. “After four months, three showings, and no offers, we decided to take it off the market and gave up on the idea of moving. We just accepted that we would probably end up living in our house...Read More »
Animal attraction
There are dog people. There are cat people. Then there’s Ruth Pundt—a kindhearted woman with an affinity for all creatures great and small. “I just love animals!” says Pundt. That is precisely what got her into Zoomobile, a monthly program showcasing creatures from the Maryland Zoo on Channel 973 WOCV TV, Oak Crest’s in-house TV...Read More »
