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Carroll County residents sue to end prayers to Christ at county commissioners meetings
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) — Two Carroll County residents are suing to stop prayers to Jesus Christ before meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The two residents say they filed suit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore claiming the sectarian...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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Maryland to raise minority business goal to 29 percent
Maryland plans to steer to minority and women-owned businesses 29 percent of the nearly $8 billion a year it spends on contracts, increasing a target that was already among the most aggressive in the nation, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said Monday. The new...
Tags: Regional Authority, Anthony G. Brown, Business, Business Enterprises, Government
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City's revamped pre-K showing promise
Before Lauren Preston opened the cover of the book "Spring" to read to her pre-kindergarten class at Mary Ann Winterling Elementary School, her students excitedly told her why, and showed her how, the season was underway. Daffodils — not just...
Tags: Baltimore County, Science and Technology, Early Learning, Barack Obama, Teaching and Learning
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Howard zoning request would bring chickens home to roost
Cathy Hudson knew the practice of raising chickens in her backyard made her part of a growing suburban trend, but when she learned Williams-Sonoma, purveyor of pricey kitchen gear, had started selling chicken coops — including a two-level cedar...
Tags: Dundalk, Real Estate, Baltimore County, Pets, Annapolis
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Prettyboy Reservoir Day on April 27 celebrates region's liquid asset
Since the 1930s, warm weather and sunshine is a signal for many in Carroll and Baltimore counties to venture outdoors for biking, hiking fishing and boating trips in the Gunpowder River and Prettyboy watershed in the Hereford area. Spring has arrived...
Tags: Water Supply, Earth Day, Natural Resources, Baltimore County, Water
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Westminster High's Doolan named Carroll County Teacher of the Year
Laura Doolan, an English teacher at Westminster High School, was named Carroll County 2013 Teacher of the Year during the Board of Education's employee recognition ceremony on Thursday. "Ms. Doolan is a champion of students, working tirelessly beyond...
Tags: Public Schools, University of Virginia, Schools, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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Food-scrap composting finds a home in Howard
Howard Hord considers himself a chef of sorts, but the food he works with is a little past its prime. Using moldy melon rinds, orange peels and other castoff fruit and vegetables from some Howard County kitchens, Hord is "cooking" the first batches of...
Tags: Fertilizer, Local Government, Ken Ulman, Carroll County (Virginia), Baltimore County
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Back Story: One March winter storm that didn't fizzle out
Unlike Wednesday's snowstorm that failed to materialize amid forecasters' dire predictions, the Blizzard of '93 roared into Maryland the weekend of March 13-14 with a wallop, dumping a foot of snow on Baltimore while raking the state with almost...
Tags: National Weather Service, Baltimore Weather, United States Naval Academy, William Donald Schaefer, St. Patrick's Day
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Warm air deflates likely last chance for winter weather
It was supposed to be both winter's last blast and Baltimore's first significant snowfall in two years, but stubbornly warm air took the "snow" out of Wednesday's snow day for many Marylanders. While weather forecasts had the region preparing for the...
Tags: Business, Oceans, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Washington, DC, Media Industry
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Bay Bridge reopens to passenger vehicles
High winds and an overturned tractor trailer closed the eastbound and westbound spans of the Bay Bridge for several hours Wednesday afternoon. It reopened to passenger vehicles in both directions just after 6 p.m. The accident happened at about 2 p.m.,...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland), Annapolis, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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MdTA's acting police chief gets permanent assignment
Michael Kundrat, a Carroll County native and 26-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department, has been named chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. Kundrat, 53, who has been acting MdTA chief for 18 months, was selected from a field of...
Tags: Harford County, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Port of Baltimore, Baltimore Police Department
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Progress at DJS
The independent watchdog agency that oversees Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services recently released a report showing the state made important progress last year toward improving conditions for youths held in its three largest juvenile detention...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Prisons, Juvenile Delinquency, Baltimore County, Crime, Law and Justice
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