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Dollars and scents
On the wave of unwanted publicity over unruly youths downtown, owners of businesses around the Inner Harbor were probably none too thrilled to have the smell of dead fish wafting through the air last weekend. Naturally, they brushed it off as having no...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Wildlife, Foods and Beverages, Seafood, Real Estate Buyers
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Letter: It's not about party affiliation
Editor: When was the last time you saw an elected official make a decision based solely on what is best for his or her constituents? It isn't something one sees often, especially in today's political atmosphere where only party affiliation matters,...Tags: Road Transportation, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Public Officials, Government, Waste Management Incorporated
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Study: Pollution trading could trim bay cleanup costs
Steep projected costs for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could be trimmed by billions of dollars, a new study suggests, by allowing polluters to buy "credits" for less-expensive reductions made by others.
The study, presented Thursday to the Chesapeake...Tags: Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis
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County residents suffer from city's water billing problems, too – times three
Thousands of Baltimore County residents have probably paid hundreds of dollars too much for their use of the city's public sewage system — and most are not even aware of it, county officials acknowledge. More than 200,000 county households get...Tags: Todd Huff, Budgets and Budgeting, Local Government, Baltimore County, Rentals
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APG officials tell council members Harford pulled out of incinerator deal
It was Harford County that pulled out of a waste disposal agreement with the Army, not the other way around, according to two county council members who met with Aberdeen Proving Ground officials Thursday morning. Councilmen Dion Guthrie and Joe Woods...Tags: Golf, Budgets and Budgeting, Waste Management and Pollution Control, The Pentagon, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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County executive calls trash debate 'waste of energy'
Passing the buck of waste disposal to another jurisdiction is the most cost-effective solution to Harford County's ongoing dilemma of where to put its trash, County Executive David Craig said Monday. Craig told editors of The Aegis during a meeting in...
Tags: Property, Companies and Corporations, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Barack Obama, Harford County
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A big job, indeed
Editor: The editorial published March 22, in The Aegis and The Record, "A big cleanup," pointed out that the federal money recently made available to places like Havre de Grace isn't nearly enough to clean up the Bay. We agree. But the piece might...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Pollution, Havre de Grace
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Volunteers plant 1,200 trees by Harford County landfill for Arbor Day
At 9 a.m. Friday, the large sod plot at Scarboro and Sandy Hook roads near the Harford Waste Disposal Center was nothing but brown grass. Less than two hours later, the field was covered with hundreds of new tree saplings in their protective plastic...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Forests, Fishing, Forestry and Timber, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Senate gives storm-water bill preliminary nod
A "sleeper" bill that would require Baltimore city and the state's nine largest counties to levy fees on property owners to pay for controlling storm-water pollution won preliminary Senate approval this evening, though whether it will pass in the General...Tags: Baltimore County
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Watershed moment?
The Harford County public and municipal elected officials in Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de Grace need to pay particularly close attention three bills on water and sewer issues that are scheduled for hearings before the Harford County Council this...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Conservation, Local Government, Water Supply, Aberdeen
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Harford council passes master plan 6 to 1; Joppa community plan written out
The Harford County Council passed the 2012 Master Plan by a vote of 6 to 1 Tuesday night, with Councilman Dion Guthrie voting against it because he felt the Joppa/Joppatowne community plan was being excluded. Guthrie had pushed for the entire wording...Tags: Elections
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Joppa trash facility draws more community anger
After Joppa and Joppatowne residents badgered county officials for several months to personally explain the waste transfer station proposed for their neighborhood, government leaders and Maryland Environmental Service representatives tried to justify...Tags: Gomez (music group), Traffic, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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