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Roads, bridges, transit projects announced with gas tax hike
The Baltimore SunThe gas tax increase Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law Thursday will pay for weekend MARC service between Baltimore and D.C., roads and bridges throughout the state and construction on the Red and Purple lines to begin as soon as 2015. The first...Tags: Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Prince George's County, Martin O'Malley, Purple Line (Maryland)
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Embattled police chief in Anne Arundel resigns
After less than a year on the job, Larry Tolliver is calling it quits as chief of the troubled Anne Arundel County Police Department. Tolliver, 67, said his resignation — or "return to retirement," as he called it — will take effect May 21....
Tags: Severna Park, Laura Neuman, Police Investigations, Harford County, Fires
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Tour of Guilford houses draws people from far and wide
Gardens were filled with tulips. Dogwood blossoms and tender new shoots were mulched. Windows glistened, tables glowed and chandeliers glittered in the April sun. Guilford homeowners were ready for the visitors who would come during the Guilford edition...
Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Howard County, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Timonium
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Catonsville's Manley to be special guest for college fundraising roast
The Community College of Baltimore County will roast one of college's pioneers during a special event 6-9 p.m., Saturday, May 4, in the Q Lounge on the school's Catonsville campus, 800 S. Rolling Road. Catonsville resident Jack Manley, one of the...
Tags: Wake Forest University, Community College of Baltimore County, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Maryland GOP elects new chairman
The Baltimore SunMaryland Republican Party interim chairman Diana Waterman fended off challenges and won election as head of the state GOP this past weekend, taking the reins as the party faces a shortened fundraising session for state lawmakers and challenges from...Tags: Alex X Mooney, Political Fundraising, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Paul Ryan
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Guilford neighborhood marks 100th anniversary
On sparkling spring days, Ann Goldman Giroux enjoys tending her garden, planting vegetables and nurturing the lush roses and rare azaleas that adorn her family's home in Guilford. Giroux, who typically plants 800 white tulips along the front walkway and...
Tags: Ogden Nash, Roland Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, T. Rowe Price, Annapolis
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Four teenagers killed in Kent Island car crash
Four young men, including a Kent Island firefighter, were killed in a head-on car crash on Kent Island Wednesday afternoon, the Queen Anne's County sheriff's office said. Firefighter medics who rushed to the scene recognized the fireman who was killed,...
Tags: United States Naval Academy, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Accidental Death, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Orlando Ridout V, architectural historian
Orlando Ridout V, a historian of early Maryland buildings who explored crawl spaces and attics for their social and architectural details, died of pancreatic cancer complications April 6 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The lifelong Annapolis resident...
Tags: University of Virginia, George Washington University, Crofton, Maryland Historical Trust, Arts
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Robey, Malone push for tougher cellphone bill
Maryland drivers might soon have to opt for a hands-free device if they want to talk on their phone while driving. After texting while driving was made a primary offense last year, legislation making the use of a cellphone while driving a primary...
Tags: Howard County
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Snakes in a state (and frogs, salamanders and turtles, too)
— The volunteers of the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project leave no log unrolled, no stone unturned in their quest to document the state's dirt dwellers. When the earth is moist after a soaking rain and the temperatures whisper spring,...
Tags: Conservation, Calvert County, Zoology, Biology, Science
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Traffic: Accidents slow commute in city, county
Accidents were bogging down the Thursday morning commute in the city and in Baltimore County, police said. In the city, northbound traffic on Martin Luther King Boulevard was being detoured onto West Fayette Street after an accident between Fayette and...
Tags: Howard County, Transportation Accidents, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Maryland Department of Transportation, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Police say body found along Kent Island shoreline is missing woman's
A woman's body found Saturday afternoon along the Kent Island shoreline has been identified as that of a local woman who had been missing for three weeks, the Maryland State Police said Sunday. Police said doctors at the Office of the Chief Medical...
Tags: Stevensville, Maryland State Police
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