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A driving tour of Maryland's byways offers beauty, history and more
The fall colors may have peaked, with more leaves clinging to turf than trees, but it's still not too late for an autumn auto tour. Last month, the Federal Highway Administration designated four Maryland routes as America's Byways, placing them among the...Tags: Interreligious Dialogue, Colleges and Universities, Natural Resources, Harriet Tubman, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Alexander Gray Jones, Somerset County lawyer
Alexander Gray "Sandy" Jones, a retired Somerset County lawyer who had been a civil rights activist, public school advocate and a longtime member of the board of visitors and governors at Washington College, died Saturday of multiple organ failure at...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Imperial and Royal Matters, Virginia Tech, Executive Branch, World War II (1939-1945)
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Union proposes cuts to keep mental health center open
A state employee labor union has proposed slimming down operations at the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center to save the Chestertown facility from being closed because of budget cuts. Gov. Martin O'Malley said he would review the proposal from...Tags: Unions, Martin O'Malley, Civil and Public Service, Government Debt, Employees
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Michael J. Pelczar, UM professor
Michael J. Pelczar Jr., a retired University of Maryland microbiology professor who later headed the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, died of a stroke Oct. 13 at his Kent Island farm. He was 93. Dr. Pelczar, the son of a real estate salesman...Tags: Colleges and Universities, World War II (1939-1945), Chesapeake Bay, Pikesville, Hospitals and Clinics
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Business players
Mary Henderson of Bedminster Township has joined the Doylestown office of RE/MAX 440. She comes to RE/MAX 440 after being affiliated with RE/MAX Associates for 10 years and RE/MAX Action for 12 years. She belongs to the Bucks County Board of Realtors. She...Tags: Employment, Colleges and Universities, Employers, Whitehall, City University of New York
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Franchot questions closing of Shore hospital
A proposal by Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration to shutter a state-run psychiatric hospital as a cost-saving measure has come under increased scrutiny, and a top fiscal officer questioned whether the closure should move forward. The Board of Public...Tags: Economic Policy, Martin O'Malley, Medical Services, Government Debt, Peter Franchot
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The best of bad choices
Opponents of the state's plan to close the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center in Chestertown have a point that the state has not yet provided sufficient details about how the 200 patients a year who rely on the facility will find adequate care...Tags: Medical Services, Illnesses, Health Insurance, Peter Franchot, Hospitals and Clinics
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Day Trip: Chestertown Historic House Tour
Where: Tour begins in Fountain Park, corner of High and Cross streets, in Chestertown
When: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
What: Chestertown, named one of the National Trust's 2007 Dozen Distinctive Destinations, hosts the 39th annual heritage house tour,... -
Incredible shrinking economy
Gov. Martin O'Malley learned last week why to hate economists. In the same week that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke declared the recession "very likely" over and less than a month after shrinking the state's general fund budget to three-year-old...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Martin O'Malley, Medical Services, William Donald Schaefer, Safety of Citizens
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A Blue Dog Democrat's view from the middle
Barely halfway through his first year in office, Rep. Frank Kratovil of Maryland is caught in the middle of the biggest legislative fight in recent memory: the national brawl over health care.
On one side are his party's leaders in Congress and President...Tags: Animal Science, Small Businesses, Parliament, Upper House, Spine
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Baltimore to share budget pain
Baltimore Sun reportersMayor Sheila Dixon said Wednesday that Baltimore residents might see a "change in services" and city workers will face furloughs and layoffs to close a $60 million spending gap opened by the most recent state aid cuts and slumping tax revenues. "We are...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Unions, Sheila Dixon, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch
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Christian Godwin
Christian "Chris" Godwin, a veteran newspaper copy editor who earned the sobriquet "Capt. Deadline" from newsroom colleagues during his more-than-30-year career, died Saturday of metastatic cancer at Hospice of Queen Anne's County in Centreville.
He...Tags: Employment, Colleges and Universities, Air and Space Accidents, Lima (Peru), FBI
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