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Restaurants expect strong summer season
Restaurateurs expect the summer tourism season to be better than the past few summers, Nation's Restaurant News is reporting.
Easing gas prices and growing consumer confidence bode well for travel and tourism, which should help restaurant sales, the...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Employment
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Bel Air town employees to get raises under new budget; light funded for Gateway and Boulton
Bel Air's town employees will get a 3 percent raise in July and residents of English Country Manor should soon get their long sought traffic light at Gateway Drive and Boulton Street under the 2013 town budget that received final approval from the Board...
Tags: Best Buy Company Inc., Property Tax, Finance, Movies, Budgets and Budgeting
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Martin, Glenn, Smith sworn in to seats on Havre de Grace City Council
Three newly elected members of the Havre de Grace City Council were sworn in during a brief ceremony as part of Monday night's council meeting. Harford County Circuit Court – and Havre de Grace resident – Judge Emory Plitt administered the...Tags: Finance, Elections, Havre de Grace
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It's official: Foose is the new superintendent
The Howard County Board of Education unanimously approved Renee Foose to be its new superintendent Thursday afternoon in Ellicott City. "It's official," said Board Chairwoman Sandra French, after she and Foose signed the four-year contract that will...
Tags: Baltimore County, Howard County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Music, Ellicott City
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Senate budget calls for transit fare increase
A provision of a Senate budget bill that passed Thursday would -- if accepted by the House -- require the Maryland Transit Administration to raise fares on its core services in Baltimore to keep pace with inflation. The clause in the annual budget...Tags: Maryland Transit Administration, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley, Government, Maryland Department of Transportation
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Five percent increase proposed for Havre de Grace water/sewer rates
Havre de Grace's Water and Sewer Commission is recommending that the city increase user rates by at least 5 percent to close the water and sewer fund's deficit. Garrett Lyttle, a citizen member of the commission and former city councilman, presented...Tags: Finance, Public Finance, Havre de Grace
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Harford council asked to raise bulk water rates
The average water customer's bill in Harford County could go up an average of 4 percent if a new wholesale water rate fee schedule is approved, water and sewer officials told members of the County Council Tuesday. Deputy Director of Public Works Joel...Tags: Water Supply
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Preserving Social Security will require sacrifice
While I agree with some of Max Richtman's commentary on Social Security ("Protect senior programs," Feb. 17), many of his observations are misleading. Certainly, most any poll will show that people do not want any benefit cuts, and I would bet that...Tags: Employees, Social Security
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Payroll tax deadline approaches — again
The latest news in Washington on the payroll tax cut is that there's not much news. To the surprise of no one, negotiators in Congress are exactly where they were last December when the tax break was extended two months — gridlocked.
So once again,...Tags: John A. Boehner, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, ABC (tv network), Tea Party Movement
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Franchot: Maryland can't keep borrowing and spending
Recently, The Sun challenged my decision to vote against a proposal to raise the State of Maryland's debt ceiling from $925 million to $1.075 billion in the upcoming fiscal year ("Franchot drifts right," Dec. 26). While I appreciate that others may not...Tags: Annapolis, Consumers, Primaries, Elections, Regional Authority
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Harford council narrowly passes water and sewer rate increases
Despite sharp disagreement among its members, the Harford County Council approved legislation increasing water and sewer user rates Tuesday evening. Council President Billy Boniface and Councilmen Jim McMahan and Joseph Woods voted against an amended...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Employees, Employees, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Baltimore bars prep for rush of Ravens fans
The Ravens have a game plan going into Sunday's matchup against the New England Patriots — and so do many Baltimore-area bars.
This week, bar owners have pre-ordered hundreds of extra pounds of chicken wings, rolled in more kegs of beer, and hooked...Tags: Media Industry, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Media Industry, New England Patriots
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