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Havre de Grace mayor, council members take oaths for new terms
Havre de Grace City Councilmen Fred Cullum, John Correri and Randy Craig were sworn into their new council terms, and Mayor Wayne Dougherty was back at the helm for another term Monday night. After spending about an hour and half in closed session, the...
Tags: Havre de Grace, Property, Finance, Elections, Judges
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Oklahoma tornado hits home for Harford
The massive tornado that devastated suburban Oklahoma City on Monday was followed closely by many in Harford County, as it was around the nation. Krista Demcher, a Bel Air resident, who lived in Lawton, Okla., for five years while her husband was in the...
Tags: Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Hospitals and Clinics
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Obama's 'Katrina moment'
It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Executive Branch, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service
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Annapolis man to head FEMA grant program
President Barack Obama has named an Annapolis man to head the multibillion-dollar grant program through which the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments prepare for disasters. Brian Kamoie, 41, will oversee a vast portfolio of...
Tags: Government Aid, White House, Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, George Washington University
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Bel Air does well to reject floodplain development [Commentary]
The Bel Air Planning Commission's decision last week to deny permission for the construction of 48 townhouses on a portion of a property owned by St. Matthew Lutheran Church was a sound move that is likely to prevent a lot of unnecessary anger and...
Tags: Local Government, Wetlands, Judges, Justice System
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Bel Air Planning Commission rejects plan for 48 townhouses on St. Matthew site
The members of the Bel Air Planning Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to deny an application by local developer Mike Jones to build 48 townhouses on a portion of property owned by St. Matthew Lutheran Church. The town annexed the nearly 52-acre...
Tags: Endangered Species, Conservation, Wildlife
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Fallston Volunteer Fire Company to receive major federal grant
The Fallston Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company says it has been selected to receive a $278,711 federal grant that will be used to replace its firefighters' self-contained breathing apparatus. The fire company announced Sunday it had been notified by... -
Coastal quandary: rebuild or retreat?
Foremost on my mind as the days lengthen is where I might get my ocean "fix" once summer arrives. Sometimes I crave the New Jersey shore where I vacationed as a kid, other times the Maryland beaches since I lived there during summers in college. This...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Andrew Cuomo, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Executive Branch, Chris Christie
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Md. will receive $8.6 million more in Sandy aid
Maryland communities affected by Super Storm Sandy will receive $8.6 million in federal funding under an emergency spending measure approved by Congress last month. The money, which is in addition to the roughly $1.5 million in assistance the federal...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Snow Storms, Judges
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County secures FEMA money for flood plain
Baltimore County has secured $3.42 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency grant money to buy six properties in the Beaver Dam Run flood plain in Cockeysville for flood remediation purposes. Some of the affected property owners, however, have...
Tags: Todd Huff, Sales, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Floods, Business
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Baltimore County gets FEMA grant for Sandy damage
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will grant Baltimore County disaster aid to help pay for damage from Superstorm Sandy, officials announced Thursday. Under the grant program, the federal government will reimburse the county for expenses,...
Tags: Government Aid, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Baltimore County
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Walmart opponents push for Abingdon store expansion
Walmart opponents were back before the Harford County Council Tuesday night to once again make their case against the proposed new Bel Air store. They also tried to show why it makes more sense to expand the Abingdon Walmart store instead, despite...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Walmart, Maryland Transit Administration, Harford County
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