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Elkridge residents want redistricting to preserve their clout
Elkridge residents don't want the once-per-decade redrawing of County Council district lines to dilute their political influence, but some wonder if the interests of the county's oldest community are tied more closely to those of Ellicott City's in...Tags: Howard Johnson, Government, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Patapsco, Ellicott City
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Anne Arundel Board of Education adopts operating, capital budgets
In a lengthy and often emotional meeting, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education approved last week the fiscal year 2012 operating and capital budgets, realigned funds for additional classroom teachers, heard nearly two hours of public testimony and...Tags: Schools, Annapolis, Teaching and Learning, Elementary Schools, Finance
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Wizards still working to move up?
With a week left before the NBA draft, rumors continue to swirl about the Washington Wizards and their desire to move up to land Arizona forward Derrick Williams. Jonathan Givony of Draft Express has been reporting for weeks that the Wizards were among...Tags: NBA Draft, Basketball, National Basketball Association, JaVale McGee, Jonas Valanciunas
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Ruth M. Kirk, former state delegate, dies at 81
Baltimore Sun reporterRuth M. Kirk, a former state delegate who served West Baltimore for 28 years, has died, city officials said Friday evening. Kirk, 81, who was born in Baltimore, represented the 44th District from 1983 until this past January. Her seven terms ended when...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. Young
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GOP candidates court votes in blue Maryland
It's a long way from New Hampshire or Iowa, and Maryland's primary is 10 months away, but a growing number of Republicans are beginning to make pit stops in the Old Line State as the race for the GOP presidential nomination gets under way. In the past...Tags: Executive Branch, Sarah Palin, NBC (tv network), Paul Ryan, Republican Party
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Lisa J. Heiser, Hopkins vice dean for faculty development, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterLisa J. Heiser, vice dean for faculty development and equity at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an author, died Monday of leukemia at her Annapolis residence. She was 56. "She has left an indelible mark on Johns Hopkins and its...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Leukemia, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Occupations, Annapolis
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Mykola 'Mike' Koropeckyj, Army officer, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterMykola "Mike" Koropeckyj, a retired noncommissioned Army officer who later worked for the Social Security Administration, died June 5 of lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia. The Edmondson Heights resident was 70. The son of a Ukrainian...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Roman Catholicism, Ukraine, Gainesville, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Contests
Listings are accepted on a space-available basis. Events must be open to the public, and priority will be given to those in Howard County. Items typically appear two weeks prior to the date included in the listing if sent far enough in advance. Deadline...Tags: Howard County, Real Estate
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Volunteers
Listings are accepted on a space-available basis. Events must be open to the public, and priority will be given to those in Howard County. Items typically appear two weeks prior to the date included in the listing if sent far enough in advance. Deadline...Tags: Long Term Care, Howard County, Kidspeace, Ellicott City, Game Shows (genre)
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Would a horseshoe crab harvest ban save the red knot?
It is difficult not to be moved by the plight of the red knot, the small shorebird that migrates 9,300 miles annually from South America all the way to the Canadian Arctic, one of the longest such journeys of any bird on the planet. Their numbers have...Tags: Maryland, Credit and Debt, Nature, Conservation, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Man charged with trying to rob Claire’s boutique in Glenview
TribLocal - Glenview » NewsA man police say tried to rob a Claire’s boutique in Glenview has been charged with attempted armed robbery. Austin Pierce, 25, of Chicago was …... -
Attorney general backs challenges to gay marriage ban
Tribune reporterIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office has filed a notice in Cook County Circuit Court saying it will present arguments in support of two lawsuits that question the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban. The lawsuits, filed...Tags: Lisa Madigan, Justice System, Family, David Orr , Gays and Lesbians
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