Garrett County

O'Malley names panel to study gambling expansion

2012-05-21 16:20:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley named an 11-member work group�Monday night�to study a possible expansion of gambling in Maryland and announced that if the group can reach consensus he would call a special session July 9 to vote on casino legislation. O'Malley...

Mary S. 'Molly' Jameson, aided homeless

2012-05-08 15:26:00

Mary S. "Molly" Jameson, who established and directed two outreach programs at St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church in Baltimore, died Sunday of breast cancer at her Lutherville home. She was 81. The daughter of a building contractor and an...

Assembly still hasn't passed a budget

2012-04-07 18:38:00

Pushing legislative brinkmanship to its limits, the General Assembly will go into the last scheduled day of its 90-day session Monday without an agreement on the one thing it must get done under Maryland's Constitution: pass a balanced budget. Most...

General Assembly increases flush tax, sends to O'Malley

2012-04-09 08:48:00

Maryland's House of Delegates just passed a bill that doubles the "flush tax" -- a fee on water use -- sending it to Gov. Martin O'Malleyfor his signature. Passing the bill was a key part of the governor's agenda this year. The bill increases the fee...

Flush fee hike, septic limits adopted

2012-04-09 09:55:00

The General Assembly gave final approval today to Gov.Martin O'Malley's two Chesapeake Bay priority bills - one doubling the so-called "flush fee" to help pay for bay restoration efforts, and the other limiting development using septic systems. By a vote...

Environmentalists praise assembly session

2012-04-10 17:38:15

While others found much to criticize about this year's General Assembly, environmental activists hailed it Tuesday as the most significant in decades for advancing long-running efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. In a year when lawmakers balked at...

Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock: Conservancy to host Art of Stewardship exhibit beginning April 19

2012-04-09 00:00:00

For the past three years, the Howard County Conservancy has served as host for a juried "Art of Stewardship" exhibit that commences in January with a call to artists and concludes in April with an awards reception and auction. This year, the show's theme,...

No income tax hike, no pension cost shift likely temporary as legislature fails to enact budget

2012-04-10 16:36:00

Legislators failed to approve a bill raising some state income tax rates by the time the Maryland General Assembly's regular session ended midnight Monday. While the failure of this and another budget plan involving a shift in teacher pension costs to...

Glenelg High grad Michael Morton's band gets shot at stardom in worldwide competition

2012-04-16 00:00:00

Michael Morton rocks. The Glenelg Class of 2009 graduate, who is currently studying art history and Spanish at the University of Maryland, is a member of the band Dreamboat Armada. Michael and his band have been chosen as Baltimore's entry in the Hard...

April Nor'easter stats: 2 inches of rain, 6 inches of snow in Md.

2012-04-24 09:57:00

The sun is out and skies are blue Tuesday, and that must mean the nor'easter that wetted the region this weekend has passed. The storm's precipitation was much-needed, though it didn't solve all of the state's drought problems in one fell swoop. The...

Clarksville: Help clean up our neck of the woods at the Spring Fling at Clarksville Elementary School April 28

2012-04-24 00:00:00

Jump into Spring by spring cleaning around your home or at other points in the county. Even a little time spent outdoors will help in sprucing up the environment and rejuvenating your spirits. Don't forget to take time for play after the work....

Rocky Gap casino license awarded

2012-04-26 17:38:00

Hoping to turn around the struggling resort, Maryland's slots location committee awarded a license Thursday for a casino at Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in Allegany County. The Video Lottery Facility Location Commission voted unanimously to issue...

A. Aubrey Bodine photographed their unusual shapes which were accentuated by the snow striping their sides, to make a picture taken in 1959 that won prizes in shows all over the world-Australia, France, South Africa, Brazil, Hong Kong, to name only a few of the places.

2012-05-02 15:16:13

Paul Roberts, right, scans handouts while listening to a Department of Natural Resources presentation Monday to the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission. The commission met at Hagerstown Community College. Roberts, a Garrett County, Md., resident, is a commission member.

2012-02-27 11:09:08

In worst-case scenarios, school closings result in the unemployment of teachers and staff members. Many communities are built around the schools which, if closed, could turn already dwindling neighborhoods into ghost towns.

2012-02-03 00:00:00