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2 THE DAILY TIVES Thursday, November 15, 2001 DELMARVA tPk fi fss rsi VX 311 hi" -fl'-m 3tat3 (Sii I Hi All i Li x. tl ig Combination concert hall, restaurant and microbrewery slated to open Dec. 26 it i I As 1 i 1 -r; Ia 1 1 I 1 -im" Head on Nov. 6. The tavern will accommodate 116 people.

Muehlhauser also opened a Rams Head Tavern in Savage, about three years ago. The Annapolis venue opened in 1988 and is known as a premiere East Coast concert venue, featuring folk, blues, jazz, acoustic pop and rock groups. Its November schedule includes Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb. Muehlhauser said Annapolis will still be the main location for national concerts and Rehoboth will host more regional performers. Reach Roger Hillis at 302-227-9466 or rhillissmgpo.gannett.com.

include food, live music and more than 100 brands of beer, he also said. Some of the draft beers will be from Muehlhauser's Fordham Brewery. Debra McCabe of the Full Moon Saloon said in January that the business will reopen in Georgetown, about 25 miles away. Muehlhauser confirmed he first tried to buy the Frogg Pond bar and grill on South First Street. The Frogg Pond's Eileen Lauser said only, "We were on the market and now we are not." Rehoboth officials approved construction plans for Rams Photo by Scott NathanDelawart Coati PtM Architectural and historic renovation painter Milton Frank of Annapolis works at the former Full Moon Saloon restaurant in Rehoboth Beach.

AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK By Roger Hillis Delaware Coast Praaa REHOBOTH BEACH A downtown restaurant has moved to make way for one of Annapolis most popular attractions. The owner of the Rams Head Tavern a concert halL restaurant and microbrewery has purchased the Full Moon Saloon on 15 Wilmington Ave. and has scheduled a Dec. 26 opening. An official opening celebration will be held New Year's Eve, possibly featuring a national music act, said owner Bill Muehlhauser.

The year-round business will IK Fruitland police seek witnesses to stabbing SALISBURY COUNCIL APPROVES OPENING DOWNTOWN PLAZA. Salisbury City Council members voted to open the Downtown Plaza to vehicles Tuesday night, lifting a city ban imposed last spring on spending money for the project. Officials must vote on the ban one more time to clear the way for the opening, scheduled for Dec. 1. An attempt by council members Tuesday to set an $8,000 cap on city spending for the project failed.

Officials will test the open plaza idea for two years and evaluate the move in late 2003. SHORE UP! THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKETS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TODAY. Officials for the Shore Up! community agency will distribute food baskets to needy families for the Thanksgiving holiday today, group officials announced. The baskets, which include turkey, canned goods and other foods, will be given to 525 preregistered families at 10 a.m. at 315 Lake St.

in Salisbury For information, call 410-749-1142, Ext. 307. OC GROUP RAFFLING REDSKINS VS. BEARS TICKETS. The Ocean City Downtown Association is holding a raffle for tickets to the Dec.

23 Redskins-Giants NFL game in Washington. Tickets, which offer a $5 chance at the 48th yardline, lower-level seats, are available by calling 410-289-1413. A drawing will be held Dec. 12. TODAY MARKS GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT.

Today marks the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout Day an annual attempt to get smokers to give up cigarettes for at least a day Area health organizations are planning several acitivites and plan to give information brochures to smokers looking to quit. UMES DAY-CARE CENTER GETS $5K DONATION. Officials for the First Shore Federal bank in Fruitland gave a $5,000 contribution to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Child Development Center, campus officials announced. The donation will go to the center, which provides day care to children of low-income families. STATE BUYS DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO MARSHYH0PE CORRIDOR.

Maryland state officials spent $1.5 million to purchase development rights to 1,362 acres of land in Caroline and Dorchester counties, officials announced Wednesday. The purchases, which were made under the state's Rural Legacy Program, are centered along the Marshyhope River and tributaries near Federalsburg. Officials say securing development rights will allow them to preserve the land. HORSESHOE CRAB PRESENTATION TO BE HELD TONIGHT, David Smith of the U.S. Geological Survey will present the results of a horsehoe crab spawning survey tonight at 7 at the St.

Jones Reserve on Kitts Hummock Road. The survey was conducted this spring at the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, and tonight's meeting is sponsored by Friends of the St Jones Reserve. For information, call 302-739-3436. More News I Police Beat Page 11 Timaa Photo by Joey Ganhnr East Salisbury School fifth-grader Paige White watches her father, George, color a Thanksgiving picture Wednesday during his visit as part of American Education Week. Thousands of parents, grandparents and supporters from the community are expected to visit Wicomico County classrooms this week for an opportunity to see students and teachers in Day-care center challenge rejected By Daniel Valentine Dally TlmM Staff Writar SALISBURY Residents of the Robert Street neighborhood have lost another legal challenge to keep a new business from opening at the former Tiny Tot Day-Care Center.

County Circuit Court Judge D. William Simpson rejected a petition earlier this month by resident Shirley Short, who wants the 2.4-acre plot zoned By Kristen M. Schmidt Daily Tinwa Staff Writer FRUITLAND Police are looking for witnesses to help solve an attempted murder investigation. An anonymous caller told police a man had been stabbed Tuesday in the 200 block of Dulaney Avenue at about 6 p.m. Officers arrived to find the victim sitting on the curb with stab wounds to his lower back.

The victim gave little information to polLe, but said his assailants were riding in a black GMC Yukon with New York tags. The victim also said he did not know who stabbed him, but that the attacker was a black male. Cpl. Anthony Myers of the Fruitland Police Department said officers recovered evidence but not the knife. Investigators said they had good leads but need witnesses.

"I wish someone would come forward," Myers said. "If anyone has information, please contact us." Police said a large crowd was at the crime scene, but it scattered when officers arrived. They also said witnesses have been reluctant to talk. The victim was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury where he was treated for nonlife-threat-ening wounds. Call Fruitland police at 410-548-2804 or CrimeSolvers at 410-548-1776 with information.

Reach Kristen M. Schmidt at 410-749-7171, Ext. 232, or kschmidtsmgpo.gannett.com. i 7" it single copy I only for residential housing. Short asked Simpson to change an earlier court decision forcing the Salisbury City Council to change the zoning to commercial use at 1101 Roberts St Since the earlier court decision stands, the five council members must decide whether to zone the site for office space or as a general commercial site.

"The only thing now is for the council to decide," Short said Wednesday "The people around "It is like marrying the same woman twice. Only this time we know a lot more going in and are still in love." Mark Simon business owner The company also is among the dwindling number of independents that have survived competition from such chains as Barnes Nobles and Borders. "Our mission is simple," Simon said. "We're not a coffee shop. Atlantic is just great books, great selection, great prices and great service." The company has 17 stores in the U.S., including ones in Salisbury, Ocean City, Bethany Beach filed a lawsuit when council members rejected his request to change the zoning early this year.

Residents fear the zoning change and the potential for a problematic business would lower their property values. "It could be anything: a nightclub, a police station or even a strip mall," Short said. Reach Daniel Valentine 410-749-7171, Ext. 306, or dvakntinesmgpo.gannett.com. I I Former owners of discount book chain buy it back TZ here are just going to have to live with it." Tiny Tot Day-Care closed last year after several parents sued the, center for alleged child abuse.

Owner Thurman Moore has since tried to sell the center, which is being leased to the Fun-Shine Early Learning Center, another day-care business. Moore said a 1983 decision that changed zoning from commercial to residential has hurt his ability to sell the property He and Rehoboth Beach. This summer, Marvin Rounick, Deb Shop president and CEO, approached the Simons about buying back the chain. "It simply no longer made sense to pursue the dual strategy of owning apparel and books," he said. When Rounick outlined the deal, Simon simply said "yes," according to a news release.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed. "It is like marrying the same woman twice," Simon said. "Only this time we know a lot more going in and are still in lova" Simon and business partner Ross Laufgraben said they want to expand the business Into the Carolinas, Virginia Beach and the Internet, including Shopping portion It Wia Name: Address: Ulitdiueu. envelope. City, State, Zip: at By Nicole Venuto Special To Tttt Time SALISBURY One of the area's most popular book chains has been repurchased by its original owners.

In 1995, Martin Simon decided to retire and sell the Atlantic Book Management family business to the Deb Shops teen apparel company. Simon's son, Mark, stayed with the business as a vice president and chief operating officer. "When my father and I founded the company in 1976 we had a vision," Simon said. "There was nothing else like it. There still Isn't." Atlantic Book Shops and Atlantic Book Warehouses found a niche by offering customers books at discount prices.

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