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Montgomery County Community College held graduation ceremonies May 17
Montgomery County Community College held graduation ceremonies May 17 and 1,392 students graduated during the 45th commencement ceremony. Graduates are: Abington: Daniel Appel, Abigail Cook, Kevin Donnelly, Tarah Hollister, Emily Munn, Keith Prater,...Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Boyertown, Michael Gilmore, Grandy
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Century High ranked in state's top 20 in Newsweek survey
Century High School in Sykesville was one of 23 Maryland high schools — and the only school in Carroll County — to earn a spot on Newsweek magazine's annual ranking of "America's Best High Schools" The listing, released this week, placed...Tags: High Schools, Sykesville, Carroll County (Maryland), Schools
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Md. to launch program to stimulate lending to small businesses
Maryland small businesses gripe that they can't get loans from banks. Lenders complain of a dearth of borrowers. Is there any way to get these two together? The state is going to try, under legislation expected to be signed into law today. Maryland will...Tags: Science and Technology, Business Enterprises, Ellicott City, Technology, Small Businesses
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Law puts social studies back in the limelight
Social studies, a subject that had been demoted in Maryland schools in recent years, will regain some of its past educational stature under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
Under the legislation — one of hundreds of bills O'Malley...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Teaching and Learning, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Martin O'Malley
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Defining down 'rich' won't save Maryland's budget
Plastic surgery and Botox made 40 the new 30. In this month's special session of the General Assembly, Maryland's Democratic legislators made $100,000 the new $1 million. Unlike doctors and pharmaceuticals, however, members of the state's majority party...Tags: State Income Tax, Taxation, Howard County, Elections, Federal Income Tax
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Maryland ban on arsenic in chicken feed to spread?
Maryland is set to become the first state in the nation to outlaw chicken feed additives containing arsenic - but it won't be the last, if environmental activists have their way. Gov.Martin O'Malleyis scheduled to sign into law today legislation that...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Prince George's County, Food Industry, Livestock Farming
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O'Malley names panel to study gambling expansion
Gov. Martin O'Malley named an 11-member work group Monday night to study a possible expansion of gambling in Maryland and announced that if the group can reach consensus he would call a special session July 9 to vote on casino legislation. O'Malley...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Prince George's County, John Morton, Howard County, Republican Party
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One special session down, another to go?
State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being told on the last day of classes that he has to attend summer school. But the Montgomery County...
Tags: Michael E. Busch, Brian E Frosh, Washington, DC, Elections, Rushern Baker
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Gay Albright Cole, 60, of Cumberland, Md.
Gay Albright Cole, 60, of Cumberland, Md., crossed “the rainbow bridge” to rejoin family members and pets who are waiting there for her on Friday, May 18, 2012, at her home. Gay was born on Aug. 14, 1951, in Montgomery County, Md., the...
Tags: Allegany County, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Human Interest, Pets
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Delegate warns of 'black youth mobs'
A Baltimore County delegate said Wednesday that the governor should send in the Maryland State Police to control "roving mobs of black youths" at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, prompting a colleague to label the message "race-baiting." Del. Patrick L....
Tags: Elections, Berks County, Inner Harbor, Baltimore County, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)
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Special session fallout
They did what they had to do, and they went home. That's the best that can be said of the special session of the Maryland General Assembly that concluded today. The tax increases, spending cuts, fund transfers and other measures lawmakers approved in 21/2...
Tags: Michael E. Busch, Elections, Republican Party, Talk Shows (genre), Lifestyle and Leisure
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May 17, 2012
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