REISTERSTOWN, Md. — Earthquakes may be unusual in Maryland, but emergency management officials are urging residents to know what to do when one happens. The Maryland Emergency Management Agency is asking residents to take part in the Great SouthEast ShakeOut ...

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REISTERSTOWN — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency to allow emergency responders to begin to prepare for flooding from heavy rains and damage from a hurricane. The governor spoke Thursday afternoon from the Maryland Emergency Management ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan has announced a new homeland security director and a new head of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. Hogan said Friday that Walter Landon will be the new director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security. ...

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency officials say their biggest concern is the possibility of power outages caused by the winter storm moving into the region. Agency spokesman Ed McDonough says no major incidents were reported as of Wednesday morning. There were ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is adding Carroll and Montgomery counties to those designated for disaster aid stemming from Superstorm Sandy. The additions on Monday make Baltimore County the only jurisdiction not eligible for partial reimbursement to state ...

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CRISFIELD — Maryland officials say they’re working to evacuate about 150 people from a development in Crisfield on the Eastern Shore. Ed McDonough, a spokesman for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, said police got the call shortly before 3 p.m. ...

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Marylanders should stay off the roads for the next 24 to 36 hours as potentially deadly Hurricane Sandy lurches toward the state, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday morning. Speaking from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency in Reisterstown, the governor said ...

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A Maryland Emergency Management Agency spokesman says heavy rains are causing scattered power outages and road closures. MEMA spokesman Ed McDonough says Talbot County has been hit the hardest with heavy rains leading to some road closures on Sunday. The ...

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Lisa Albin has been named director of church and public relations for Carroll Lutheran Village. ...

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Maryland’s power companies are restoring electricity more promptly than they expected to, said Maryland Public Service Commission Chairman Douglas R.M. Nazarian, almost a week after an unexpected storm put more than 1 million people in the dark.

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