Baltimore County upgrades emergency communications
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Environmental group rates Maryland counties on bay plans
BY: Associated Press Six of Maryland’s 23 counties received the top rating from an environmental coalition for their Chesapeake Bay restoration plans. The Clean Maryland Waters coalition announced Thursday that Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Dorchester and Montgomery counties submitted the strongest plans. Nine counties got the lowest ranking. They are Allegany, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Garrett, Somerset, [...] |
Baltimore city, county added to Maryland disaster list
BY: Associated Press Federal aid is being made available to support recovery efforts in Baltimore and Baltimore County following Hurricane Irene. The Maryland Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday that the city and county would be added to list of Maryland jurisdictions that were declared a disaster area for public assistance. The disaster [...] |
Baltimore County janitor wins $537K verdict
BY: Danielle Ulman A Baltimore County middle school janitor won a $537,000 verdict Wednesday after the woman injured her ankle in a fall into a trench in the electrical closet during a power outage at the school. The Baltimore City Circuit Court jury awarded Rachel Bell $151,000 for her medical bills, $62,000 for past lost wages and $324,000 [...] |
Frederick County board adding prayer to meetings
BY: Associated Press FREDERICK — The Frederick County Commissioners are adding an opening prayer to their public meetings. Board members voted 3-to-2 on Thursday to invite religious leaders to attend their meetings to invoke “divine guidance” for the commissioners and their deliberations. The religious leaders must be ordained and affiliated with a monotheistic religion with an established congregation [...] |
Analysis: Economic stress drops to 3-month low
BY: Associated Press Lower unemployment, bankruptcies and foreclosures in March reduced the nation’s economic stress to its lowest point this year, according to The Associated Press’ monthly analysis of conditions around the country. More than 85 percent of the nation’s 3,141 counties and every state but two — Louisiana and South Dakota — enjoyed better conditions in March [...] |
Frederick County commisioners drop their pensions
BY: Associated Press FREDERICK — The Frederick County Commissioners are quitting the county’s employee pension plan. The all-Republican board voted Thursday to eliminate pension eligibility for themselves and future commissioners. Board President Blaine Young says the change will save $40,000 per year. |
Prince George’s County elections judge told to remove personal ballot
BY: Associated Press A Prince George’s County elections judge was told not to keep his personal sample ballot on his clipboard as he worked at a polling place in the county. Alisha Alexander, the county’s elections administrator, said Tuesday the judge removed it once he was asked to do so, and he was not found to be promoting [...] |
Most local audits pass muster
BY: Capital News Service While the fiscal picture looks dreary for some local governments with deficits and missing audit reports, the annual review of financial reports by the Office of Legislative Audits found that most counties and municipalities were able to stay in the black and produce independent audits with no problems. The auditors looked at whether the counties, [...] |
Baltimore County jury awards $38K in suit against dentist
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Business News
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A woman checks her phone last month during a walk around the lake at Druid Hill Park. Photo taken by Vicky Gray of Baltimore.
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