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The primary election for state and local candidates is fast approaching: the June 24 polling date is, as of today, less than a month away. This year, with eight wide-open state-level House and Senate seats and a vacancy on the County Council and for Howard's top seat of county executive, voters have a lot of decisions to make. - Military veterans have a knack for building successful businesses, professionals say, but they have more trouble than non-veterans attracting investors. That's a challenge now being tackled by a new crop of Maryland-based initiatives aimed at helping veteran entrepreneurs.
- No one one was injured when a three-alarm fire swept through an apartment building in Glen Burnie on Sunday afternoon, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.
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- U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski introduced legislation Thursday to reduce a backlog in veterans' claims and build a $120 million cybersecurity training facility at the Naval Academy.
- School will be over in a couple more weeks and students will be looking for some summer adventures. One of the best hidden adventures in our area is the West Arundel Swim Club. WASC opens its gates on Saturday, May 24 at noon to begin its 50th season of operation.
- Charles N. "Norm" Murphy, a retired CSX executive and inveterate collector of B&O memorabilia, died Monday of lymphoma at Howard County General Hospital. He was 87.
- Tom Chuckas, president and chief operating officer of the Maryland Jockey Club, said Saturday that he would like to see horse racing's Triple Crown events played out over two months, not five weeks.
- More than 300 awards were given to employees in 20 different categories at the annual Baltimore Federal Executive Board ceremony, from "outstanding supervisor" to "rookie of the year."
- Michele F. Green, a homemaker who had worked in a florist shop, died Monday of heart failure at her East Baltimore home. She was 55.
- University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh has made it his top priority to remake the college into a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship, pushing the strategy not just in the business school but in almost every corner.
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- Army officials are investigating a stabbing that occurred at a home on Fort George G. Meade Wednesday afternoon.
- 'House of Cards' has viewed Maryland with an eye to the bottom line and the state should take the same hard look at film production tax credits
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- Democrat Douglas F. Gansler sharpened his public attacks against rival Anthony G. Brown, saying during a radio interview Wednesday that his chief political opponent "did absolutely nothing" during his tenure as lieutenant governor and failed at the two main tasks he was given.
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- Maryland City Recreation Council's soccer and baseball are underway and the Council is grateful for the volunteer coaches who make these opportunities available to local youth. Dr. Arthur Benjamin, the "Mathmagician," speaks to area students and parents at Jessup Elementary School on April 24. Brock Bridge Elementary School is having a Joe Corbi's pizza fundraiser and items should be picked up April 24. Maryland City Volunteer Fire Department is having a Longaberger and Pandora bingo May 3.
- Maryland employers added 2,300 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged since February, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday.
- What began as an effort by parents in several close-knit Anne Arundel County communities to find a kidney match for 2-year old James Paglio has resulted in a donor among them coming forth.
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- Eight months after having his right leg amputated below the knee, volunteer firefighter William Fisher has returned to duty at the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company.
- Harford County Executive David Craig is proposing $734.9 million combined operating and capital budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, one that doesn't contain a tax increase and calls for a sharp reduction in capital spending and a minimal increase in spending for the local school system.
- The commander of the Army Military District of Washington has approved the findings of the court-martial last year of WikiLeaker Chelsea Manning.
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- Providing better transit options to local residents ought to be the goal of Howard County's controversial new regional transportation agency
- The American Rosie the Riveter Association exists to recognize and preserve the history and legacy of working women during World War II. Their membership was expanded beyond the iconic Rosies that worked in shipyards and plants to include all women who contributed to the war effort by joining the workforce. Two Laurel Rosies are active members of the group, Wilma Foster and Lorraine Miller.
- Dan McCall sells a lot of T-shirts, coffee cups and other gear that tweak the government, so his products parodying the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security were pretty typical fare. Until the cease-and-desist letters hit.
- If David Blake Melton had a tag line, he says, it would be "not your average Republican."
- A long wait for Laurel residents came to an end on Friday, March 28 with the opening of the first retailer at the Towne Centre at Laurel, a new retail area still under construction. The grand opening of Burlington Coat Factory Friday is a major milestone in the $130 million development at the site of the former Laurel Mall on Route 1.
- A collision on the outer loop of Interstate 695 in Woodlawn at Security Boulevard has closed two outer loop traffic lanes and the outer loop right shoulder at 9:07 a.m. on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.
- Maryland City Elementary School plans a Multi-Cultural Night March 27 to celebrate its diversity. Brock Bridge Elementary PTA hopes all students "get moving" and enjoy an evening at the Laurel Skating Rink March 31. Brock Bridge Elementary School invites the community to enjoy its Spring Book Fair, April 4 through 11. The book fair will be open during regular school hours and during the school's Spaghetti Dinner April 9. MESA (Math, Engineering and Science Achievement) students from Brock
- Convinced they can provide better bus service than the contractor they paid millions to each year, officials in Howard County plan to replace the middle-man, setting into motion a restructuring of a service that hundreds of central Marylanders rely on each day.
