Antonio Fargas News

UMES Hotel restaurant management students Bryan Martin, right, Derrick Gibson, center and Mary Stewart hang decorations on the wall for the 13th annual University of Maryland Eastern Shore Gala on Saturday.

The comedic actor who portrayed a popular, jive-talking informant in the hit cop series, 'Starsky and Hutch,' takes the spotlight as master of ceremonies at Saturday's star-studded student scholarship benefit, the UMES Gala.

Local filmmaker Stan Armstrong specializes in making the invisible visible, mining history for little-known nuggets on subjects as varied as "Black Confederates: Forgotten Men in Gray" and "Invisible Las Vegas," which explores the history of historically black West Las Vegas.

A Since You Asked column published on Jan. 23 focused on the former Medford mascot, Huggy Bear, and included a question about whether Huggy actually had hugged President Ronald Reagan on a visit here.