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Havre de Grace ends the year in the black; water/sewer deficit worsens
The City of Havre de Grace finished its fiscal year June 30 "in sound financial shape," with a $3.1 million fund balance in its operating budget, according to Mayor Wayne Dougherty, despite a troublesome and worsening deficit in the city government's...Tags: Tropical Storms, Conservation, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Finance, Havre de Grace
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Board opts for Longfellow renovations over new Faulkner Ridge
The Board of Education Thursday opted to renovate Longfellow Elementary School in phases, with the students still in the building, rather than build a new school on the site of the Faulkner Ridge Center. Building a replacement school would cost more than...Tags: Elementary Schools, Renovation, Schools, Budgets and Budgeting
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Obama's full remarks
Below are President Barack Obama's full remarks as prepared for delivery at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday night. Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Cancer, National Government, White House, Family
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Schools' capital budget request up $30 million from this year
The cost of school construction is rising, the Board of Education was warned Thursday night, as Superintendent Renee Foose presented her $107.3 million capital budget request for fiscal year 2014, which means projects will cost more to build. "I want...Tags: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Renovation, Renee Foose, Schools
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Havre de Grace High supporters urged to keep up the pressure for a new school
Supporters of a new Havre de Grace High School kept up their efforts this week to involve the public and to lobby county and school officials in advance of Monday's school board meeting where new school projects are likely to be discussed by the board....
Tags: Students, High Schools, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Schools, Personal Service
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Federal workers propose waste-cutting ideas in White House contest
Federal workers are in the trenches daily, so they're likely to be the first to spot waste — and to come up with ways to save taxpayer dollars. That's the theory behind the Obama administration's Securing Americans Value and Efficiency (SAVE)...
Tags: Crofton, Social Security, Republican Party, NASA, White House
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A glimmer of hope on the deficit
If the Bowles-Simpson commission deficit reduction plan is dead, somebody evidently forgot to tell Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. Their proposal to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade fell one vote short of the majority needed to...Tags: The New York Times, Democratic Party, Personal Income, Paul Ryan, Des Moines Register
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What surplus?
You stumble upon some extra money lying around the house — some spare change behind the sofa cushions or the equivalent. You might be pleased with your unexpected good (albeit only modestly so) fortune, but you probably wouldn't be looking to...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Finance, Personal Income, Annapolis, Executive Branch
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Arundel school board considers capital budget plans
The Anne Arundel County school board on Wednesday took its first step in considering plans proposed by Superintendent Kevin Maxwell to address the district’s capital improvement and maintenance concerns. Maxwell presented his $240 million capital...Tags: Crofton, Severna Park, Parent Organizations, Budgets and Budgeting
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Van Hollen gains unexpected role in Obama campaign
Even as he campaigns for re-election to Congress, Rep. Chris Van Hollen has been tapped by the Obama campaign to help lead the Democratic rebuttal to Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan — a role that is taking him to battleground states...
Tags: Paul Ryan, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Government Health Care, 2012 Republican National Convention, Republican Party
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Government first, business second?
Sen. Ben Cardin and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake recently wrote an opinion piece in these pages regarding Baltimore's failing infrastructure. As Senator Cardin's opponent in the November election, I wanted to take this opportunity to address the real...Tags: Philosophy, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, National Government, Conservation, Media Industry
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Ignore distractions, focus on deficit
With Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri refusing to leave the race for the U.S. Senate seat, the distractions are guaranteed to keep coming ("Akin fights on, says he's 'standing on principle,'" Aug. 23). Despite his apologies and retraction, and despite...Tags: U.S. Senate, Abortion Issue, Paul Ryan, Executive Branch, Government Health Care
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