Olde Tyme Barber Shop Showcases Community Achievement

Brian Mears lines his walls with hundreds of photos of local athletes to let others know that, with a little hard work, they too can succeed.

You don’t need to talk to Olde Tyme Barber Shop owner Brian Mears to know how much he cares for his customers and the kids in Severna Park—it is apparent on the walls. The local barbershop, which begins its 16th year in business on Nov. 1, recently remodeled the store to include hundreds of photos featuring more than 300 local athletes. “There are over 300 pictures up there for every kind of sport imaginable,” Mears said. “Getting them up there was a big job because they all came in different sizes and frames. So we bought the frames from every Dollar Store in Anne Arundel County—we had to go to five or six stores to get them all.” Mears coached Green Hornets sports for 10 years, so he has worked with most of the kids that line his walls …

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