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  • Pappas pulls out of race, backs Hogan

    Perry Hall attorney Mike Pappas withdrew his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination on Wednesday and threw his support to former Ehrlich administration official Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. The two men had several discussions in recent months and Pappas determined that Hogan, who announced an exploratory campaign for governor in September, [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:04pm EST

  • EPA gives Chesapeake Bay states its restoration expectations

    The Environmental Protection Agency gave Chesapeake Bay states its “rigorous expectations” for restoring the nation’s largest estuary, agency officials said Wednesday. In letters sent this week to the six states in the bay watershed, the federal agency said it detailed expectations needed to fulfill President Barack Obama’s executive order calling [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:51pm EST

  • Fed vows to hold rates at record-low level, signaling weak economy still needs government aid

    [...] But Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues warned that rising joblessness and tight credit for many people and companies could restrain the rebound in the months ahead. “Economic activity is likely to remain weak for a time,” they said. [...] Commercial banks’ prime lending rate, used to peg rates on home equity [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:47pm EST

  • Reminder:  Water Resources Advisory Committee Meeting is tomorrow morning…

    ...at 10 a.m. The Maryland Geological Survey (MGS) representatives will be at the meeting to give a thorough briefing. Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC) meetings are open to the public. The meeting will be held in the County Administration Building in LaPLata.  Ask for directions when you sign in. Related thread: [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:24pm EST

  • Who are the real constituents of Steny Hoyer?

    I would like to commend the Maryland Independent for printing the excellent article, “Campaign cash rolling in for Hoyer ‘10 race,” on Oct. 28. The article compares and contrasts the fundraising efforts of the three candidates who have filed to run for the 5th District congressional seat in Southern Maryland. Most [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:17pm EST

  • Most U.S. youths unfit to serve, data show

    U.S. military-age youth are increasingly unfit to serve — mostly because they’re in such lousy shape. According to the latest Pentagon figures, a full 35 percent, or more than one-third, of the roughly 31.2 million Americans aged 17 to 24 are unqualified for military service because of physical and medical issues. [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:05pm EST

  • Don’t gloss over true state of housing market

    In response to your article, “Sale in the news at summit” [Maryland Independent, Oct. 28], Steve Griessel of American Community Properties Trust, the developer of St Charles, was quoted as saying “the housing market collapse had been less severe in St. Charles than in Washington, D.C., or the nation as [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:25pm EST

  • Dedicated emergency services personnel

    Commissioner Wayne Cooper’s letter “Bringing calm to community” [Maryland Independent, Oct. 28] was intended to bring out the facts. He states that furloughs won’t reduce service. Hmmmm. If you have 10 people to cover 10 locations and you furlough two each day, only eight locations can be covered each day. As [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:23pm EST

  • County Commissioner Loses Son

    County commisioner, Kenney Dement’s son suffered a seizure at his place of employment in Callaway on Tuesday, Nov. 3. He had a history of siezures but unfortunately this one claimed his life. it was apporiximately six months ago that Mr. Dement lost his wife, too. [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:20pm EST

  • GOP success could pave way for Ehrlich run in 2010

    Tuesday’s “change” election, the second in as many years, could add fresh momentum to a heavyweight rematch in Maryland between Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley and his Republican predecessor, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., in 2010. Ehrlich had to be encouraged by the defeat of an incumbent Democratic governor in New Jersey and [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:15pm EST

  • Small Business Owners Lobby Capitol Hill, White House on Health Care

    By SHARMINA MANANDHAR More than 130 small business owners from around the nation, including three Marylanders, met with lawmakers and federal officials Tuesday to address the impact of increasing health insurance costs on their businesses and lives. [...] Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, at a White House event [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:11pm EST

  • Hot Questions for Election 2010

    Commentary by Ron Miller As you’re reading this, the first round of votes since the historic 2008 election have been cast, victories are being claimed, concession speeches given and opinions being offered about the outcomes and what they mean for the future. Maryland is now less than a year away [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:08pm EST

  • Why an addition to the courthouse?

    Charles County is building an addition to its courthouse in La Plata. Actually, to call it an addition is absurd, since it is bigger than the existing courthouse that has already had an addition that more than doubled its original size. [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:04pm EST

  • Video spurs probe request

    After watching dashboard camera footage of two officers shooting a Pisgah man last month, Charles County NAACP members are calling on federal authorities to investigate the killing, which the group called unwarranted at a Friday press conference. [...] “The NAACP feels the action of police led to the fatal shooting of Mr. [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:58pm EST

  • County disputes reforestation claim

    Bay group says data raise issues with connector An environmental group claims that Charles County leads the state’s 22 jurisdictions for the highest rate of forested land razed per new dwelling, according to statistics from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources 15-year Forest Conservation Act Review and the Maryland State Data [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:53pm EST

  • Highway officials counsel patience

    [...] Despite losing more than $2 billion between its fiscal 2008 and 2009 budgets for its six-year capital program, the department is moving forward on its current proposal for projects worth a total of $3.5 billion, including two in Charles County with combined price tags of more than $75 million. MDOT officials [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:49pm EST

  • President’s Corner

    President Commissioner Wayne Cooper discusses issues of the day in the President’s Corner. October 29, 2009 [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:38am EST

  • Life ‘Off The Grid’

    Mennonite and Amish farmers have been a valued community presence since they began arriving in Charles and St. Mary’s counties in 1939, eager to leave crowded communities in Pennsylvania where land prices were rising and acreage was growing scarce. In “History of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, 1634-1990,” Regina Combs Hammett wrote: [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:34am EST

  • Energy Dept. awards money for electric cars

    The federal government and some states are plugging into the future of electric cars with subsidies to develop charging stations. But their plans are generating opposition. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $2.4 billion in stimulus money in August to build electric vehicles and support them with charging stations. The goal [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:23am EST

  • HUD audits: $220M to go to at-risk agencies

    The government is sending millions of dollars in stimulus aid to communities and housing agencies that federal watchdogs have concluded are unable to spend it appropriately, increasing the risk that the money will be wasted. Since July, auditors working for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general have [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:21am EST

  • Sprawl From New Highway Would Wipe Out 1,550 Acres of Forests.

    Despite claims that a proposed highway in Southern Maryland would not increase suburban sprawl, a review of public records shows that the local government has already granted preliminary approval to 3,261 building lots in the area around the highway. [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:12am EST

  • Farmers growing electricity along with their crops

    [...] Unlike most small farms, their heat and electricity is entirely home grown. They produce electricity from solar panels when the sun shines, and a micro-hydro turbine when winter rains put water in the creek. Oak and fir cut from the farm fire a boiler that heats the cement floors of [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:09am EST

  • Spotlight on the Economy: Is There Life After Bankruptcy?

    By Steve Combs EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Combs is affiliated with First County Mortgage, LLC, an equal housing lender. The views expressed in this article are independent views of Steve Combs and not of TheBAYNET.com, First County Mortgage or its affiliated businesses. For a free consultation and a copy of a Consumer [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:51am EST

  • America’s Most Toxic Cities

    Poor air quality, lack of clean water and a high rate of superfund sites make these metros most contaminated.In Atlanta, Ga., you’ll find southern gentility, a world-class music scene—and 21,000 tons of environmental waste. In spite of its charms, the city’s combination of air pollution, contaminated land and atmospheric chemicals [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:48am EST

  • State panel to consider 2 soccer stadium projects in Baltimore

    A 7,000-seat venue for minor-league club and larger venue to attract D.C. UnitedThe Maryland Stadium Authority will study the potential for a 7,000-seat soccer stadium south of M&T Bank Stadium, a $30 million proposal by the city’s minor-league, outdoor soccer club that would help anchor a sports and entertainment district [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:42am EST

  • Waldorf man is called ‘hired killer’

    Calling a Waldorf man “essentially a hired killer,” an Anne Arundel County prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that Jerold R. Burks shot a pregnant Crofton hairdresser in the head last year to clear a $400 drug debt with her married boyfriend, who had wanted her to have an abortion. In his [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:39am EST

  • Open Thread - November 4, 2009

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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:00am EST
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