On February 8, 2010 at approximately 2:23 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to the Walmart Department Store for the report of a shoplifter. Upon arrival the officers met with store security who advised that store employees had observed the below listed suspect take [...]
What to do on a flight when you have a really annoying passenger sitting next to you
1. Remove your laptop from your briefcase
2. Open the laptop slowly and carefully
3. Turn it on as well as the sound
4. Make sure that the passenger next to you is looking
5. Access the Internet
6. [...]
Line Up all the Toyotas you can find, and put them all in gear and steer them towrad the nearest snowbank. By the time the accelerators get unstuck and they run out of gas, you will have plowed a new tunnel for sure. [...] 
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Incident: Burglary
Date of Incident: 5 February 2010
Location: 8900 block of Bi-State Blvd., Delmar, MD
Suspect: Alexis Brittany Hamilton, 25, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 5 February 2010 at 1:47 PM, a deputy from the WCSO met with a resident in the 8900 [...]
LSYR
Monthly Meeting
The Lower Shore Young Republicans will be holding their monthly club meeting this Wednesday February 10th at the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce building, located at 144 East Main Street. The meeting will begin at 6:30 and last about an hour.
This month we hope [...]
 No, not here! Wisconsin! The news comes from Madison where the Wisconsin State Journal reports that union contracts are such that some bus drivers earn more than $100,000 per year in overtime.....Hmmmm.....meanwhile Mayor Josh Cohen keeps Transportation Director Danielle Matland on paid leave...at over $130k per year...
Read here:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/article [...] 
We're starting a new feature here at RedMaryland, where we ask Maryland Republican candidates and leaders ten questions about their races, ideology, politics, etc., and we run their answers. This feature is cleverly named: Ten Questions. First up.....Brian Murphy:
News Alert: Pa. Representative John Murtha diesThe alert message has just gone out... University of Maryland, Baltimore will be closed for the SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY on Tuesday, February 9th.
From what I hear, Baltimore City is a complete disaster. Check out this shot of Lancaster Street from earlier today, taken by my good friend Jay:
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Baltimore, Maryland - Wilkins McNair, age 52, formerly of Ellicott City, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and witness tampering in connection with a scheme to defraud a client of $950,000.
[...]The Governor's State of the State speech [last] week was filled with new laws he wants to pass and more programs he wants to create. This, he proclaimed, is what it takes to move Maryland "forward out of recession and into better times."
Many of us in the General Assembly disagree [...]
Joe,
Between clearing out driveways and the bad road conditions, today's show just didn't happen. Maybe I'll make it up with a show tomorrow, we'll see. Thanks for understanding.Over the last couple weeks I’ve ran a survey of who readers prefer to face Barbara Mikulski this fall. Here are the results of my very non-scientific poll.
Out of over 100 responses, Dr. Eric Wargotz had 49% of the vote (with 58 votes), with Jim Rutledge being his closest competitor. [...]
Baltimore, Maryland - Scott Daniel Wilson, age 55, of Highland, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to arson.
According to Wilson’s guilty plea and other court documents, on October 31, 2008, Wilson set fire to a house at 7202 Mink Hollow Road.
[...]Howard County police are investigating the death of a man struck by a train last night in Ellicott City. Detectives do not suspect foul play and believe the man may have been sleeping or passed out on the tracks when he was struck.
Investigators have identified the victim as a 41-year-old [...]
"We have met the enemy and he is us." -Pogo Possum
On January 24, 1995, President Bill Clinton delivered his State of the Union address to a Congress that looked radically different than the body of representatives that the President faced only one year earlier.
The Governor admitted in his State of the State address that Maryland is in quite a bad fiscal position, yet he bragged that the State still has a AAA bond rating. On the surface, this seems good. But the ability to borrow money means the ability to put more financial [...]
Baltimore County Delegate Pat McDonough believes the recent E-Verify resolution introduced into the County Council is weak and non-productive. The East-side Lawmaker claims the E-Verify proposal should be legislation or law, not a non-binding resolution. Moreover, McDonough says “The County needs an outright ban on contractors using illegals as employees.” [...]
On February 12, 2010, law enforcement officers from The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State and Westminster Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Friday, Febuary 12. The checkpoint, which is designed to reduce the number of impaired and intoxicated drivers on Carroll County roadways, will occur on Route 140 [...]
County tells residents to stay home, not drive, but tells employees to be at work at their normal time. [...] Nanticoke & Upper Ferry Rd.Smart, multicolor (mostly orange) calico cat with no collar found in Upper Ferry Road, Kensington Woods, Nanticoke Road area. Cat showed up outside a home in the area about 10 days ago and is being cared for temporarily while owner is located. Please leave contact info [...]
A Glass of Wine with our Entertainment
After a hard day at their office, factory or on the road, many Marylanders enjoy a glass of wine with their dancing girls or other entertainment. But sometimes it’s hard to find the right wine. Maryland law prescribes [...]
Most of us Americans have a deep and abiding respect and admiration for our country's fighting men who have served--and are serving--within the US Armed Forces. We appreciate their willingness to put themselves in harm's way for the preservation of our nation's liberty and independence. We honor their sacrifice. Indeed, [...]
City Code said you gotta have that white stuff gone within 6 hours of the end of the snowfall event.
Now that the temperature shot up and then back down below freezing if you haven’t you have a sidewalk of solid ice on your hands.
If you [...]
Ever since I've lived in southern Maryland, the mantra has been that our region and state are recession proof because of our proximity to Washington, D.C. The preponderance of government and military installations, and the constantly upward trend of government growth, was supposed to be our economic ace in the' [...]
The Maryland State Police Cold Case Unit with the support from forensic experts, a federal grant, and Anne Arundel County prosecutors, have solved a cold case which has led to the conviction and sentencing last week of an inmate found guilty of the murder of a fellow inmate nine years [...]
Jeffers Hill Elementary Teacher Faces Assault Charge
Howard County police have charged a fifth-grade teacher at Jeffers Hill Elementary School in Columbia with pushing a student in the classroom. Tracie Clay, 38, of Laurel, was charged with second-degree assault in an incident involving an 11-year-old girl.
[...]The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation stated this past October that the spiraling unemployment will triple the cost of unemployment insurance taxes for business in 2010. [...]
