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  • Man charged with stealing 100+ flat-screen TVs from Fort Belvoir

    A Fredericksburg man has been arrested on charges of stealing more than 100 flat-screen televisions from Fort Belvoir. Stephen Don Carter, 36, was charged in federal court in Alexandria with theft of government property. [...] Prosecutors said Carter was friends with Michael A. Cook, a stockroom manager of the Post Exchange [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:47pm EST

  • Southern MD Drug Dealer Sentenced to 220 Months in Prison

    U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Otis Renaldo Harris, 36 of Washington, D.C., and Jerry Carlos Bannister, 38 of Indian Head, Monday, Nov. 23, to 280 months in prison and 220 months in prison, respectively, followed by five years of supervised release each, for conspiracy to distribute and possess [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:42pm EST

  • Buy a Fresh, Real Maryland Christmas Tree

    Mention Christmas trees and the images quickly form: evergreens glistening with decorations and topped by an angel or star; family outings to select the “perfect tree.” This holiday season, why not start a new tradition by displaying a fresh, real Christmas tree grown by a Maryland farmer? “Maryland farmers work [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:53pm EST

  • Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers

    Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait — if you can get there. [...] Mike Howard, the businessman financing a project that reflects his lifetime fascination with the possibilities of [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:48pm EST

  • New olive planting method prompts Calif. oil boom

    An oil boom is under way in California’s agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward healthy fare have transformed a profession as old as civilization: olive production for the extra virgin market. Gnarly trees picked by hand are being supplanted. This year, California’s olive oil production will top 1 [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:42pm EST

  • PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA

    DECEMBER 7, 2009 CONSENT ITEM 4. FINAL PLAT A. GLENEAGLES, PARCEL E, XRS 08-0067, 6th & 8th e.d., 53.57 acres, 117 lots, single family, PUD Zone, located off Piney Church Road DISCUSSION ITEMS 5. PUBLIC MEETING A. INDIAN HEAD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PARK, STEP 2: GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PDZA 09-21 6. PRELIMINARY PLAN A. DAVID & SARA FOSTER, [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:25pm EST

  • Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

    2008 Annual Report [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:16pm EST

  • Economist: No ‘gangbusters’ holiday this year

    Survey: Region’s consumers more upbeat about economy The “shaky” economic recovery may have an effect on this year’s holiday sales, economists say. Several factors that were part of the recession, including fluctuating house prices and the dramatic increase in unemployment, add to the stress felt by consumers, said Robert A. Dye, a [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:51pm EST

  • Sewers at Capacity, Waste Poisons Waterways

    [...] One goal of the Clean Water Act of 1972 was to upgrade the nation’s sewer systems, many of them built more than a century ago, to handle growing populations and increasing runoff of rainwater and waste. During the 1970s and 1980s, Congress distributed more than $60 billion to cities to [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:39pm EST

  • Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government

    The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true. But that happy situation, aided by ultralow interest rates, may not last much longer. Treasury officials now face a trifecta of headaches: a mountain of new debt, a [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:34pm EST

  • Officials Kick Off Effort to Win 211 Hotline Funds

    Federal and state leaders are kicking off an effort to win funding for a statewide hotline to help connect Marylanders with health and human service needs. Sen. Barbara Mikulski has requested $800,000 to make the state’s 211 hotline pilot program permanent and is cosponsoring a bill that would provide dedicated [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:17pm EST

  • Teenage Suicide Prevention Program - Tuesday, Nov. 24 at Bowles Farms

    Dr. Kathleen V. Price will facilitate a discussion for folks who have been affected by teenage suicide. There have been 3 deaths of young men in the Seventh District in the past 22 months. This seems an unusually high number for a small geographic area. Dr. Price is the rector of [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:55am EST

  • Fundraiser adds spice to holidays

    [...] More than 20 chili recipes vied for top spot at the Saturday afternoon cook-off in La Plata, according to officer John Long of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. The event collected about $1,700 for Shop With a Cop, a program that gives kids from low-income families a chance to buy [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:23am EST

  • Tight budgets mean some prisoners go light on meals

    The inmates at Plainfield Correctional Facility east of Indianapolis can’t be accused of getting a free lunch. Or any lunch at all. At least on some days. The medium-security prison has eliminated lunch on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays — part of a pilot program that could go statewide. The Indiana Department [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:47am EST

  • DMVs hit by budget cuts

    Drivers are waiting in longer lines and paying higher fees for licenses and vehicle registrations as budget cuts force motor vehicle departments to close offices, furlough employees and scramble for revenue. The Department of Motor Vehicles is “not that service-oriented to begin with,” says Tom Crosby, spokesman for AAA Carolinas. “This [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:44am EST

  • Open Thread - November 23, 2009

    It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.  ~Albert Einstein [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:40am EST

  • Late payments on credit cards drop in 3rd quarter

    For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter. The delinquency rate on bank-issued cards like those bearing MasterCard and Visa logos fell to 1.1 percent for the June-to-September period, from a rate [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:36am EST

  • Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare

    Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday. When [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:34am EST

  • Support for legalizing marijuana grows rapidly around U.S.

    The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed dispensaries. Later in the month, the American Medical Association reversed a longtime position and urged the federal government to remove marijuana from Schedule [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:29am EST

  • 24th Annual Christmas Doll and Train Exhibit Begins Dec. 2

    The St. Clement’s Island Museum in Colton’s Point, will present the 24th annual Christmas Doll & Train Exhibit beginning Dec. 2 for a month-long exhibit featuring antique and collectible dolls and toys, and working miniature trains to delight children from one to 101. The theme of this year’s exhibit is [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:23am EST

  • Free H1N1 Vaccination Clinics Offered to Students

    The Department of Health and Charles County Public Schools are partnering to offer two free H1N1 vaccination clinics for school-aged children ages 3-19. H1N1 vaccination clinics will be held on Monday, Nov. 30, from 3 - 7 p.m., at Westlake High School in Waldorf, and 3-7 p.m., on Dec. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:21am EST

  • Denistry Taken to the Next Level: Dental Spa Opens in Calvert

    Everyone wants to go to the spa but not to the dentist,” muses Dr. Sharmin Meraj, owner of Meraj Dental Spa in Prince Frederick, Md. “People will cancel their appointment for a dental cleaning, but not for a massage,” she says. That light-bulb realization was what led her to create [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:19am EST

  • Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests

    Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands. For centuries, forests have provided lumber to build cities, pulp for paper mills and a [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:03am EST

  • No recovery in sight for region’s food charities

    In the midst of the busiest months for food pantries, many aren’t seeing or celebrating the end of the nation’s recession, wondering instead how to help so many without as much. “I don’t know what economic recovery people are talking about, because we’re seeing things get worse,” said Amy Ginsburg, executive [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:58am EST

  • Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring

    As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself. Employers already are squeezed by tight credit, rising health care costs, wary consumers and a higher minimum wage. Now, the surging jobless rate is imposing another cost. It’s forcing higher [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:55am EST

  • As lawmakers focus on divisive policy issues, Democrats’ health bills leave gaps for consumers

    For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don’t rate close to a perfect 10. The Democratic measures would leave 12 million or more eligible Americans uninsured. Many middle-class families who’d now be required to buy coverage would still find the premiums a stretch, even with government aid. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:51am EST

  • St. Mary’s River reported failing

    Water clarity and oxygen levels in the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland are at failing levels, a condition activists and scientists attribute mainly to development. Data collected by the St. Mary’s Watershed Association and other scientists show that between 2000 and 2008, water quality has decreased in streams that feed [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:47am EST

  • Courthouse News

    A publication of the Maryland Association of Counties [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:45pm EST

  • Local leaders say no to pay raises

    In this bad economy some people are voluntarily giving up pay raises. Both the Montgomery County Council and the Baltimore County Council were scheduled to get cost of living pay raises. All nine members of the Montgomery County council decided to forgo the pay raise. Council President Phil Andrews said [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:16pm EST

  • Courses offer knowledge on money management

    As it turns out, there is occasionally such a thing as a free lunch. And those who attended “Get Money Smart” seminars Saturday got to enjoy one, as well as attend up to four free presentations on subjects including “Free Money” and “Investing 101.” The courses, intended to help Southern [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:11am EST

  • Local doctor facing trial on wrongful death claim

    A jury heard testimony from expert witnesses and family members this week in a wrongful death civil case that accuses a local doctor of failing to properly diagnose a patient and provide health care in the ordinary standards, contributing to the death of the patient in 2007. [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:09am EST

  • Real estate suspect faces more charges

    A Leonardtown man jailed earlier this month on indictments from a grand jury probe of real estate transactions was served Friday, authorities report, with additional charges of theft, forgery and a firearms offense. [...] Detectives report that they are still seeking information on Brown’s business activities through entities including Graydon Sears LLC, [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:02am EST

  • Bohanan Calls Town Hall Meetings

    Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr. is inviting St. Mary’s County citizens to town hall meetings in Legislative District 29-B. Bohanan plans to focus the discussion on the state budget and other issues that will be considered in the upcoming 2010 Legislative Session. Delegate Bohanan is specifically looking for ideas on [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:54am EST

  • Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarships Available for CSM Students, Alums

    Students and recent alumni from the College of Southern Maryland are eligible to apply by January 13 for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program. Through this initiative the private foundation will award up to $30,000 annually per recipient to help students and recent alumni from community colleges and [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:52am EST

  • Let’s Say Thanks…

    ...In support of our troops [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:48am EST

  • Open Thread - November 22, 2009

    We have a choice every day - to act on yesterday’s good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow’s regrets.  ~Robert Brault [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:32am EST

  • LTE: Backers of connector missed point of meeting

    Charles County Commissioner Reuben B. Collins II (D-Waldorf) and Gene Davies attended the Cross-County Connector Forum at the College of Southern Maryland on Nov. 4. Mr. Collins was quoted [Southern Maryland Extra, Nov. 8] as saying that additional roads built by developers in the Billingsley Road corridor “would create even [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:03am EST

  • Panel proposes 7% raise for Charles board president

    Commissioners may get 10% County’s growth, more demanding job citedThe next Board of County Commissioners in Charles County could have bigger paychecks, despite a year in which county employees faced furloughs and cutbacks. The Charles Compensation Commission’s report recommended a nearly 7 percent increase in the 2011 salary for the [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:31am EST

  • In battle over mammograms, Md. leaders race to front lines

    When a government advisory panel put out new recommendations last week that said women under age 50 need not be screened for breast cancer, the calls began flowing to Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski’s office. Within days, the Maryland senator had responded with an amendment to the Senate’s pending health care [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:26am EST

  • Report finds wide disparities in gifted education

    [...] The federal government spent just $7.5 million last year on research and grants for the estimated 3 million gifted children in the U.S. Both the Bush and Obama administrations have tried to eliminate that money entirely, but Congress put it back into the budget each year. Gifted programs are typically paid [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:49pm EST

  • Huntingtown shuts Westlake out of state championship game

    Did the Huntingtown football team want to advance to its first-ever state tournament? Did it ever, and it dominated Westlake, the defending Class 3A state champions, in order to do so. Greg Goodwin scored four touchdowns as the host Hurricanes throttled Westlake 46-0 in the 3A South region title game Friday. Huntingtown [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:41pm EST

  • Public Hearing: Board of Appeals - Docket #1239

    THE BOARD OF APPEALS FOR CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND has been petitioned by the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco for a Variance to the side building restriction line for an addition to the Burch House, as provided in Article XXV, Section 297-416 of the Charles County Zoning Ordinance. The [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:33pm EST

  • Survey: U.S. workers set to seek new jobs in 2010

    Nearly two-thirds of U.S. workers intend to look for new jobs next year, according to a poll released on Thursday that could indicate workers’ frustration and discontent. Sixty percent of employees polled “intend to leave” their jobs and 21 percent said “Maybe, so I’m networking,” according to the survey by Right [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:25pm EST

  • Heavy rains deter planting of cover crops

    Maryland farmers encouraged to cut nutrient runoff into bay [...] It’s been a wet year for farmers, and that could spell trouble for the Chesapeake Bay. Schmidt and other Maryland farmers have been in a race with the weather lately - trying to get the last of their fall crops harvested and [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:19pm EST

  • Jobless Rate Up in 29 States, Hitting Records in 4 of Them

    California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October, the Labor Department said Friday. Joblessness rose in 29 states last month compared with 22 in September, the agency said in a monthly state breakdown. Michigan had the highest jobless rate at 15.1 percent, followed by Nevada at [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:17pm EST

  • Legislative Pileup Looms in the Senate

    When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was informed that the House had taken less than an hour to approve an unemployment bill that languished for a month in the Senate, his aides said he did not know whether to laugh or cry. It has been that kind of year in the [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:15pm EST

  • Expect tightening from the FHA

    For the past several years, the Federal Housing Administration has been the go-to financing resource for cash-strapped home buyers who can’t come up with a big down payment. It has zoomed from barely a 3 percent market share to nearly 30 percent of home-purchase loans. But now, wildly popular FHA-insured [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:12pm EST

  • Our Bay: Green concrete can help slow increase in bay’s nitrogen load

    The parking lots of Queen Anne’s County’s Bloomfield Farm will soon be modeling the latest in a series of efforts by the county to battle stormwater runoff pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Pervious concrete - the technology Queen Anne’s County will use in Bloomfield Farm’s parking lots - allows water to [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:09pm EST

  • EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells

    [...] For almost a decade, people who make their homes in this rural community in the Mason Valley 65 miles southeast of Reno have blamed that enormous abandoned mine for the high levels of uranium in their water wells. They say they have been met by a stone wall from state regulators, [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:03pm EST

  • Two State Police Troopers Injured in Chase

    WUSA—LANDOVER, Md. (AP)—Authorities say two Maryland State Police troopers have been injured in a crash on the outer loop of the Capital Beltway.  State police say the troopers were pursuing an erratic driver on Saturday in Prince George’s County, when the suspect swerved into the side of one patrol car, [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:59pm EST

  • Open Thread - November 21, 2009

    Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.  ~Robert Brault [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:48am EST

  • Community meetings planned in December

    The commissioners will conduct three meetings in December to accommodate citizens who are unable to meet with them during their regular business hours. Following a brief overview by the commissioners, members of the audience will have the opportunity to address their concerns in an informal atmosphere. Meetings will begin at 7 p.m. [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:42am EST

  • Facebook Photos Cause Woman to Lose Insurance

    A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave said she lost her insurance benefits after posting vacation photos on Facebook showing her at the beach, at a nightclub and at her birthday party. ( See one of the beach photos. ) According to CBC , Nathalie Blanchard, 29, has been on leave [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:14am EST

  • Md. agrees to 50-year lease of state portion of Baltimore port

    Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Friday an agreement to give the nation’s largest port operator control of the state-owned portion of the Port of Baltimore for the next 50 years in exchange for the company’s promise to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand and maintain the facility. The [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:10am EST

  • The playtime’s the thing

    A debate over the value of make-believe and other games in preschool classes is deepening as more states fund programs[...] “Play is problem-solving,” said Judy Apostolico-Buck, Arlington’s early childhood education coordinator. “It’s really critical life skills.” The debate among early childhood educators over whether precious school hours should be spent on [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:02am EST

  • The mortgage crisis deepens

    The mortgage crisis has worsened to the point that about one in every 10 prime borrowers in Maryland and nationwide - homeowners judged to be good credit risks - were behind on payments in September. The Mortgage Bankers Association, releasing those numbers Thursday, blamed unemployment, which is at a 26-year high [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:56am EST

  • Annapolis’ floating ‘wetland’ could help restore the bay

    Plants expected to absorb nutrients from the water Annapolis intends to test a floating island in a local lagoon that, if successful, could help clean the water in the Chesapeake Bay, according to Mayor Ellen O. Moyer. Moyer also announced an eco-friendly renovation of a city parking lot and the creation of [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:54am EST

  • State reports 11 more deaths from H1N1; total is now 30

    Maryland health officials reported 11 more swine flu deaths Friday, including three children - bringing the state’s total to 30 deaths and 787 hospitalizations from the H1N1 virus. The updated totals come from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s weekly report. Last week, officials began reporting statewide deaths in the [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:52am EST

  • Cell phone scammers seek bank information

    Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has warned Maryland residents to be on the lookout for new scams that are using cell phones to obtain sensitive personal bank information. There have there been many reports of scammers calling cell phones, according to the attorney general’s office, and culprits also have started [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:55pm EST

  • Can oysters save the bay?

    Politicians, advocates and watermen wrangle over best way to preserve industry and environmentThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources estimates the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population now is about 1 percent of its original size. Oysters filter excess nutrients and pollutants out of bay waters. Without that cleansing action, harmful algae blooms grow, [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:52pm EST

  • New census center will begin hiring

    Southern Marylanders seeking work can look to hundreds of federal jobs coming to La Plata — temporarily. The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday officially opened a local census office on the third floor of the Baldus Centre at 101 E. Charles St. The installation will require 600 to 700 workers, most [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:51pm EST

  • U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go to Waste

    In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and bridges. But there are growing concerns among American officials that Iraq [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:37pm EST

  • Drug resistant H1N1 found in U.S. and U.K.

    Epidemic experts say they are investigating the apparent spread of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus among four patients at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and five in a hospital in Wales. These clusters appear to be the first in which a virus resistant to the antiviral Tamiflu, a mainstay of [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:29pm EST

  • October unemployment at 7.3 percent in Maryland

    Employers added jobs in Maryland last month, but not enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising, the federal government said Friday morning. The U.S. Department of Labor estimated that Maryland businesses and agencies filled 1,500 new positions last month. Job creation has come in fits and starts this year, the [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:30pm EST

  • Three Teens Charged as Adults with Robbing Fast Food Delivery Man

    Charles County Sheriff Rex W. Coffey said the Agency’s robbery suppression plan played a major role in helping solve a citizen robbery that occurred last week in which a fast food delivery man was robbed at gunpoint by three teenagers. Although the victim was not injured, the teens pointed a [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:19pm EST

  • Severe Car Crash at McDaniel Rd and Middletown Rd

    FYI to those who travel in the area: From the Duck Hotline: “At least two Category 1 (very severe injury) and two subjects trapped. They’re requesting medevac now. Looks like it’ll be closed down for a while.” Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:01pm EST

  • Severe Car Crash at McDaniel Rd and Middletown Rd

    FYI to those who travel in the area: From the Duck Hotline: “At least two Category 1 (very severe injury) and two subjects trapped. They’re requesting medevac now. Looks like it’ll be closed down for a while.” Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Updated by Sammy at 5:42 pm - Related news reports: WJLA-TV [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:01pm EST

  • Commissioners divvy up committees

    The Charles County commissioners announced their new committee assignments Nov. 7. Charles County commissioners’ President F. Wayne Cooper (D) will serve on the Charles County Scholarship Fund, the Lower Potomac River Tributary Team, Civista Board of Trustees, Maryland Association of Counties Legislative Committee and MACo’s Past President Recognition Subcommittee. Cooper will [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:38pm EST

  • Wind energy forum blows into Southern Md.

    Turbines for home energy multiplying Southern Maryland had windmills hundreds of years ago. Now they’re coming back. A wind turbine went up this year in Swan Point for private residential power and another is ready to go in St. Mary’s County at a waterfront home in Valley Lee. St. John’s School in [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:35pm EST

  • County hears developer’s request on Waldorf project

    Economy spurs changes to make sales easier The Charles County commissioners heard testimony on proposed changes to the high-profile Waldorf Crossing development to accommodate developer concerns that the project as it was planned would be a tough sell during the recession. Among the changes included in the revised conditions is dividing the [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:29pm EST

  • From the Duck Hotline

    There’s an article in today’s Indy (link when available) regarding proposed salary increases for the board of commissioners.  The commissioners will submit legislation to increase their salaries – Cooper’s from $58,000 to $90,000! Among the committee which determined the proposed salary increases:  Leon Gough – Sam’s key campaign committee member and [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:58am EST

  • From the Duck Hotline

    There’s an article in today’s Indy regarding proposed salary increases for the board of commissioners.  The commissioners will submit legislation to increase their salaries – Cooper’s from $58,000 to $90,000! Among the committee which determined the proposed salary increases:  Leon Gough – Sam’s key campaign committee member and side-kick helping his [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:58am EST

  • County Commissioners’ Meeting Video…

    ...Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Please note: The first agenda item on the video is the Briefing: Compensation Commission’s Report/Recommendation [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:16am EST

  • Reminder: 7th Annual 3-Mile Walk to End Homelessness in Charles County is tomorrow

    Benefiting Safe Nights, a temporary homeless shelter for Charles County residents Saturday, November 21, 2009 Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. Walk begins at 9:00 a.m. La Plata Town Hall 305 Queen Anne Street La Plata, MD $20 per individual $15 per walker in teams of 5 or more [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:09am EST

  • Board of Public Works Approves $69.7 Million in Grants for Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay

    Grants Will Reduce Nutrient Pollution in the Bay and Improve Drinking Water The Maryland Board of Public Works approved $69.75 million in grants to reduce pollution and improve water quality by upgrading wastewater treatment plants and drinking water systems, along with restoring a stream ecosystem. The Board is composed of [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:52am EST

  • Final Report of the TDR/Land Preservation Work Group of the Task Force…

    ...On the Future for Growth and Development in Maryland: Part I [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:44am EST

  • BID NO. 10-03 - Painting Contractor

    The County Commissioners of Charles County are hereby requesting sealed bids from qualified painting contractors to provide interior and exterior painting services on an as needed basis for Charles County Department of Public Facilities. To receive consideration respondent’s principle place of business shall be within a 30 mile radius of [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:40am EST

  • U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record High

    The economy and the stock market may be recovering from their swoon, but more homeowners than ever are having trouble making their monthly mortgage payments, according to figures released Thursday. Nearly one in 10 homeowners with mortgages was at least one payment behind in the third quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:31am EST

  • Health care’s ‘public option’ would cover little of population

    A proposed government-run health insurance program, among the most divisive issues in the health care debate, would cover less than 1.5% of the population, new estimates show. The latest version of the “public option,” included in the 10-year, $848 billion health care bill headed toward an initial Senate vote Saturday, [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:28am EST

  • Housing bust halts growing suburbs

    The recession and housing collapse have halted four decades of double-digit growth for nearly half of the nation’s biggest rapidly expanding suburbs. Twenty-four of the 53 cities of 100,000 or more that grew by at least 10% every decade since 1970 lost population in the last two years. [...] Bedroom communities now must [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:24am EST

  • Workers’ hair tests nail 10 times more drug users

    Newer workplace drug tests using hair samples reveal 10 times as many job applicants and employees taking cocaine and methamphetamine than had been found in urine tests. Quest Diagnostics on Friday will release hair data for the first time that show that in the first half of 2009 cocaine was found [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:17am EST

  • Errors crop up in recovery data

    The federal Web site set up to provide the public with detailed information on how U.S. stimulus funds are being spent showed millions of dollars distributed to congressional districts that don’t exist. For Maryland, the data showed $28.6 million in 20 contracts in districts the state doesn’t have, up to the [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:04am EST

  • Cuts hit mental health, higher education

    Craig Winslow says he is unable to imagine the situation some parents of students at the John R. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents in Rockville now face. On Wednesday, the state Board of Public Works cut 24 beds and 21 positions at the state-run center for children with emotional [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:02am EST

  • Military wary of offshore wind energy development

    The O’Malley administration’s desire to build offshore wind turbines as part of its renewable energy program is running into an unlikely source of resistance: the military. The fear is that turbines placed in the Atlantic Ocean could disrupt flight and weapon test ranges, as well as erroneously appear on radar as [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:56am EST

  • Open Thread - November 20, 2009

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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:00am EST

  • The Capital - Our Say: It’s time to give serious thought to nonpartisan races

    Amid the nasty rhetoric that gripped the last city election was a call for nonpartisan ballots. It is an idea that deserves attention. The divisive nature of Annapolis politics and the dirty campaigning has given elections a bad name. Would the lack of party involvement help to eliminate that? Would voters [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:42pm EST

  • Moms Like Me: Shame is a poor side dish

    Nearly half of all American children will live in a home that receives food stamps at some point. That’s according to an incredible study in the November issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine that studied 30 years of data on the national food stamp program. I know there [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:34pm EST

  • 19 Reputed Latin Kings Gang Members Indicted

    Federal and local authorities conducted a series of raids Thursday morning, allegedly targeting the Latin Kings gang. While much of the media focus has been on the presence of the violent MS-13 gang, federal authorities charged Thursday that in the last two years the Latin Kings have become just as [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:24pm EST

  • Leading economic indicators signal slow growth

    A private forecast of economic activity over the next six months edged up less than expected in October, signaling slow, bumpy growth next year. The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators rose 0.3 percent last month. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had expected an 0.5 percent [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:59pm EST

  • Governor Martin O’Malley Applauds Expansion of Maryland Biotech Company

    Governor’s online economic update focuses on Emergent BioSolutions expansion, foreclosure prevention ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 19, 2009) – Governor Martin O’Malley released this week’s online economic update, where he focused on the expansion of Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland-based biopharmaceutical company, which will open a 60,000 square foot bioprocessing center in Each [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:12pm EST

  • Critical Fire Grants to Assist Local Fire Departments Reauthorized

    Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) applauded passage Nov. 18, of H.R. 3791, the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act. This legislation reauthorizes for another five years the FIRE and SAFER grant programs, which provide competitive grants to under-resourced fire departments and emergency units to help meet critical staffing, training and equipment needs.  [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:09pm EST

  • Charles County Government Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule

    The offices of Charles County Government and the Tri-County Animal Shelter in Hughesville, Md., will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27. Also, as part of the Charles County Government cost savings plan, the administrative offices of Charles County Government and the Tri-County Animal [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:03pm EST

  • Charles Sheriff’s Office Begins Holiday Patrols

    The shopping frenzy that begins the Friday after Thanksgiving — Black Friday — usually signals the start of the Christmas season but already commercials are airing and store displays have been revealed. In keeping with the season’s early start, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 1 activated its Holiday [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:58pm EST

  • Appeals committee upholds Westlake used ineligible player

    Westlake appeal denied by MPSSAA [...] On Tuesday, a Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association appeals committee upheld a Charles County Public Schools’ ruling on Monday that the Westlake football program used an ineligible player for four games during the regular season and must forfeit each of those contests. [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:53pm EST

  • Did anyone know today we’d have a Thunderstorm?

    I sure didn’t! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:16pm EST

  • ‘There’s that kids-to-kids connection’

    Bryantown mom gets her seven children involved in making sure kids in need have Christmas giftsWith seven children between the ages of 1 and 13, Patrick and Jill Hancock of Bryantown have a built-in team of helpers when it comes to the project at hand. Nathan, 13, Courtney, 12, Jordan, [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:49am EST

  • Incident and Arrest Reports

    The Charles County Sheriff’s Office today released the following incident and arrest report. [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:10am EST

  • New Technology Helps Calvert Students Learn

    Over the past two months, Calvert County Public Schools has installed nearly 200 SMART Boards in its classrooms. While these boards look like a fancier version of the whiteboards that teachers and students have traditionally written on with markers, they are, in fact, connected to a computer and digital projector. [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:08am EST

  • Household Hazardous Waste Collection December 5

    The Charles County Commissioners announce that the final household hazardous waste collection day for 2009 will be on Saturday, December 5 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Charles County Sanitary Landfill on Billingsley Road East between Piney Church Road and Route 5. Items accepted free of charge include pesticides, [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:01am EST

  • Planning Commission: Public Meeting on the proposed Indian Head Science and Technology Park Step 2

    Notice is hereby given that the Charles County Planning Commission will hold a Public Meeting on the proposed Indian Head Science and Technology Park Step 2: General Development Plan, PDZA #09-21 on December 7, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the County Commissioner’s Meeting Room located in the Charles County Government [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:56am EST
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