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Elk reintroduction in Western Maryland to be studied
Two organizations that promote big-game hunting have joined with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to study the viability of reintroducing elk to the western part of the state after more than a 200-year absence. The feasibility studies...Tags: Natural Resources, Nature, Energy Resources, David Allen, Natural Resource Industry
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Gas drilling study fee debated
A study of how or whether to allow a controversial drilling method for extracting natural gas in Western Maryland cannot be finished without funding, state officials told lawmakers Tuesday. O'Malley administration officials joined environmentalists in...Tags: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Senate panel approves income tax increase
Determined to avoid deep cuts to state spending, a Senate committee voted Thursday to approve an increase of roughly one-quarter of a percent in Maryland's income tax rate and to shift part of the state's teacher pension costs to the counties, though at a...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Dorchester County, Richard F. Colburn, George C. Edwards, Regional Authority
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Bald eagle killed in Western Maryland
Maryland Natural Resources Police is investigating the shooting death of a bald eagle that was found Friday in Allegany County near the Pennsylvania line. The mature eagle was found by a farm caretaker along the banks of Evitts Creek, just west of...Tags: Natural Resources, Nature, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Energy Resources
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Median wages in Md. fail to keep up with cost of basic needs, report says
A family of three in Baltimore County needs about $62,000 just to make ends meet, a new report shows. And, without government assistance, minimum wage barely gets them a quarter of the way there. In Baltimore City, that same family of an adult with a...Tags: Baltimore County, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Poverty, New York City
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Nov. 23: OMG! Gifts!
Gift guide 2011: 10 gifts with Baltimore flavor -------------------- Sloop Betty Vodka $31.99 Area liquor stores; see sloopbetty.com/location.html Can't have a holiday without a little holiday cheer. So stand out from the crowd by giving Sloop...Tags: American Visionary Art Museum, Hampden, Restaurants, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Holidays
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Flurries create icy roads during commute
Brief snow showers that fell Tuesday afternoon are creating slick roads in Baltimore and its surrounding counties, according the National Weather Service. Road temperatures at or below freezing in Baltimore County, Harford, Howard and Carroll counties...Tags: Baltimore County, Weather Reports, Reisterstown, Weather Warnings, Baltimore Weather
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Mary F. Guth
Mary F. Guth, a retired psychiatric social worker who enjoyed sailing, died Sept. 16 of complications from an intestinal infection at Northwest Hospital. She was 88.
The daughter of a house painter and a registered nurse, she was born Mary Frances...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Ellicott City, Employees, Towson University, Chesapeake Bay
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Breathing uneasily: Obama retreats on tightening smog standards
In a decision that outraged public health experts and environmentalists Friday, President Barack Obama announced that he had directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to do anything further to lower smog in the air until 2013 — after...Tags: Heart Disease, Baltimore County, Standards, Regional Authority, Asthma
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Chance of snow in pre-dawn hours
Baltimore may experience a wintry mix in the pre-dawn hours Friday, when a small band of precipitation moves over the city, according to National Weather Service forecasters.
A cold front moving in from the Midwest may cause rain to change into snow...Tags: Weather Reports, Baltimore Weather, Allegany County, Snow Storms
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O'Malley may have fight on his hands over tax hikes
Maryland's 430th General Assembly session, which convened Jan. 11, promises more than a few tough votes in the coming weeks, because Gov. Martin O'Malley's agenda may call for raising the state's sales or gas taxes. A tax increase would generate the...Tags: Baltimore County, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Regional Authority, Gays and Lesbians
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