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Rare late-season freeze possible early Tuesday in Carroll Co.
A freeze watch is in effect for Carroll County overnight Monday into Tuesday, something known to happen this late in May only once in more than every 10 years. Temperatures are expected to drop to the lower 30s there early Tuesday, according to the...
Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, National Weather Service, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Baltimore Weather
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'Rain Tax' an excuse for government to take more control [Letter]
There has been much in the news following the end of the 2013 General Assembly session about Gov. Martin O'Malley's "Rain Tax." This law was actually passed in 2012, and at the time I called it the worst bill passed that year. It forces Maryland's...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Executive Branch, Annapolis, Environmental Issues, Government
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Councilwoman challenges city's stormwater fee plan
A city councilwoman is challenging Baltimore's plan to charge businesses some of the highest stormwater fees in the state — and divert some of the money that had gone to Chesapeake Bay cleanup to help fund property tax cuts. Councilwoman Mary...
Tags: Bill Henry, Finance, Taxation, Bernard C. Young, Robert W. Curran
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South Carroll athletic director among best in the state
Jim Horn, the athletic director at South Carroll High School, was to be honored April 27 by the Maryland State Athletic Directors Association as Athletic Director of the Year for District 1B. The association recognizes representatives from each of its 13...Tags: Francis Scott Key, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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Carroll County board challenged over Christian prayers
"In the name of my savior, I pray," is how one Carroll County commissioner concluded his prayer to open a recent meeting of the county's governing board. Now two county residents are asking a federal judge to end what they say is the board's regular...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Justice System, Laws, Local Government, Religious Conflicts
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Traffic: 4-vehicle collision closes all lanes on MD 924 in Harford
All lanes have been closed in both directions on MD 924 in Harford County due to a four-vehicle collision, one of three incidents affecting the close of Wednesday morning's rush hour, according to the state Department of Transportation. The 8:45 a.m....
Tags: Baltimore County, Maryland Transit Administration, Traffic, Harford County, Lombard Street
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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: Anthony G. Brown, Baltimore County, Regional Authority, Business Enterprises, Executive Branch
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Winter honey bee deaths devastate keepers, puzzle scientists
Something is killing the honey bees of Maryland. Close to 60 percent of the managed hives died last fall and over the winter — about twice the national average, according to the state bee inspector and local keepers. "I had a healthy hive that...
Tags: European Union, University of Maryland, College Park, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Agricultural Research and Technology, Environmental Issues
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Carroll County deputy in shock trauma after collision
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said a deputy was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma on Tuesday after his patrol car collided with another vehicle on Route 140 west of Westminster. Master Deputy Matthew Wilson, a five-year veteran of...
Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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Francis Scott Key coach holds wrestling close to his heart
As a high school head wrestling coach for 34 years and a high school and college wrestler before that, it isn't hard to pin down Bill Hyson when it comes to talking about the sport. "Wrestling is an unique ...sport," said Hyson, a coach and teacher at...
Tags: Schools, Baltimore County, High School Sports, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Setting new 'green' standards at Linton Springs Elementary School
It was Dirty Finger Club Day at Linton Springs Elementary School, near Eldersburg. Out in the vegetable garden — one of a dozen "outdoor classrooms" in the meadows, wetlands and woodlands of school's spacious grounds — Anna Letaw, a...
Tags: Schools, Conservation, Education, Wetlands, Elementary Schools
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Family looking for answers in disappearance of Revell Jeeter
waynesboro@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: This is the first of three days of coverage regarding missing persons in the Tri-State area. The Herald-Mail reached out to law enforcement agencies to obtain information about individuals reported missing. They include Revell Jeeter...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Annapolis
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