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Land conservation cuts eyed
Lawmakers are looking once again at diverting money used to spare Maryland's dwindling farmland and natural areas from development, environmentalists warn.
The Department of Legislative Services has recommended a 25 percent reduction in the $99.6 million...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources
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Carroll sponsors employee class with biblical overtones
Carroll County commissioners have asked county employees to attend a seminar on the Maryland Constitution led by a conservative Christian minister, sparking accusations that local officials are overstepping the boundary between church and state. David...Tags: Bible, Carroll County (Maryland), Executive Branch, Local Government, Justice System
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It's pretty to think so
It's not surprising that changes to the Harford County Charter suggested by a 15-member board appointed to review the county's de facto constitution would contain elements related to residential development policy. The charter review board formally...Tags: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Conservation, Republican Party, Arable Farming
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The envelope, please
Opening the envelope at an awards show is the suspenseful buildup to the announcement of a winner: best picture, top dog, most original costume or whatever. The only winners if the development envelope, Harford County's chief planning tool, is opened are...Tags: Natural Resources, Havre de Grace, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Harford charter board suggests new planning elements, publication requirements, council term limits
Harford County's land use plan should include a housing element and an agricultural element and all public notices from the county should be posted online in the future, a board reviewing the county charter has concluded. Those are two of the latest, and...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Natural Resources, Business, Government, Newspaper and Magazine
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County council hopes to battle obesity with task force
Harford County is fairly healthy, though more than 60 percent of its adults and children are classified as either overweight or obese, a rate that has tripled since 1996, according to the health department. Harford also ranks worse than the rest of the...Tags: Overweight, Diabetes, Symptoms, Harford County, Diseases and Illnesses
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Obama's half-measures won't do the job
Earlier this month, the president's jobs bill failed in the Senate. Now the White House intends to break up the bill and gin up sufficient Republican support to pass key pieces. "We will now work with Senator Reid to make sure that the individual...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Harry Reid, Employment, Wages and Pensions
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PlanMaryland: Land use plan will be gutted by rural lawmakers
In regard to your editorial, "Defenders of sprawl" (Oct. 31) you are living in a dream world if you believe that "majority of people support a rational discussion of how best to reform land use policies of the past." The majority who support...Tags: Natural Resources, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Local officials should quit whining about PlanMaryland
I'm disappointed by the whining of certain county officials during PlanMaryland discussions at the Maryland Association of Counties conference ("State land-use plan prompts objections," Aug. 20). As a fiscal conservative, I agree with most of...Tags: Natural Resources, Harford County, Maryland
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Some former Harford 'Black Box' employees choose not to return
Only a small percentage of employees who once occupied Harford County's "Black Box" in Bel Air will return to the building at 212 S. Bond St., even though it's been declared safe to use again.
The three-story building, called the Black Box because of its...Tags: Local Government, Employees, Courtland, Natural Resources, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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College Park students compete to build green house
At a small construction site tucked between an ice skating rink and an office building, students, professors and contractors sing along to country music as they put the finishing touches on two small houses joined in the middle by a manmade wetland....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Electronics, Wetlands, Decathlon, Water Restrictions
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Harford Parks and Rec unveils survey for public input
The Harford County Parks and Recreation Department released an online survey Thursday to gather citizen input for its next land use plan. The survey also asks for suggestions on new facilities and programs. In a press conference Thursday morning at...Tags: Local Government, Natural Resources
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