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Susan Coale of Arnold has been hired as a bereavement counselor with the Hospice of the Chesapeake Spiritual and Bereavement Care Center. Ms. Coale has been a volunteer for Hospice of the Chesapeake since 1987. Brian Luse has joined the Land Development department in McCrone's Annapolis office. He is working on the Enclave at Riedel Pond, an age-restricted residential development and Orchard road drainage improvements for Woodlawn Heights.

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Glen Burnie-based Chesapeake Real Estate Group LLC will market two properties it recently purchased to government contractors and distribution firms, company officials said last week. The company bought a 22-acre lot at 3545 Fairfeld Road in Baltimore city for $2.2 million from ConocoPhillips, and plans to build two or three buildings totaling 300,000 square feet for tenants who want to lease industrial office space.

Making the Cut for 'This Old House'

Little did David Baldwin and Jim Shepherd know that by diving into a Washington, D.C., Dumpster to come up with a single piece of 130-year-old window casing, they would end up meeting the god of woodworking. Yet on Thursday, there he was: Norm Abram - the flannel shirt- clad master carpenter of "This Old House" and "The New Yankee Workshop" - chatting about trim with Mr. Baldwin at American Cedar & Millwork in Millersville.

Mortgage Rates Dip Again

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for the fifth straight week as investors grew less worried about inflation threats. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that rates on 30- year, fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 6.15 percent last week. That was down from 6.21 percent the previous week and was the lowest level for a 30-year mortgage since late October.