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Highway agency composting program makes the best of a bad situation
At this time of year, it is an unfortunate fact of nature that a deer in the headlights often becomes a highway casualty. What happens afterward is a story of renewal involving wood chips, horse manure and state workers, like Tyrone Henderson, with...
Tags: Baltimore County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Science and Technology, Wildlife, State Farm Insurance
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Special Olympians, police bring Torch Run through Carroll County
Officers representing the police agencies throughout Carroll County hit the streets of Sykesville, Taneytown, Manchester, Westminster and Mount Airy on Wednesday, taking part in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Relay for Special Olympics Maryland....
Tags: Howard County, Maryland State Police, Special Olympics, Towson, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Colleagues recall Dixon, 74, as a leader who made friends and allies to benefit his community
One day after his death, Richard Dixon, 74, was the subject of tributes and accolades sweeping across all of Carroll County — where he was born and raised, built a family and served his community as a school board member, state delegate and Maryland...
Tags: Health, Health and Safety at School, Morgan State University, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, NAACP
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37 companies -- and counting -- will compete in Invest Maryland Challenge startup competition
Maryland is throwing a business competition to encourage startups to take root in the state -- the event is called the Invest Maryland Challenge. The prizes total $300,000 in grants and business services. So far, the competition has attracted 37...Tags: Sales, Car Guides and Reviews, Startups, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Move over, Big Bird
A recent editorial states that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "gets all of $450 million" in federal funding, as if this amount were peanuts ("Big lies and Big Bird," Oct 8). But $450 million could hire 9,000 teachers at $50,000 per year. Surely,...Tags: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Eldersburg session kicks off Howard series of town meetings
Fifth District County Commissioner Doug Howard, who represents Sykesville and Eldersburg, will host a town meeting on Monday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m., at the South Carroll Senior Center, 5928 Mineral Hill Road, Eldersburg. The meeting will be the first in a... -
Saul Genendlis, city schools educator
Saul Genendlis, an advocate for special education and a retired Baltimore City schools principal and administrator, died of heart disease Sept. 25 at his Hampstead home. He was 84.
Known by his students as Mr. G., he was once the city's acting...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mickey Rooney, Judaism, Hialeah, Fort Meade (military base)
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Md. inmates learn life skills by helping retired racehorses
Edward Rybolt considers himself lucky to have received another chance. A heroin habit nearly destroyed his life, damaging his relationships with his family and driving him to a bank robbery attempt that netted him a 10-year prison sentence. Paroled after...
Tags: Bank Robbery, Heroin, Howard County, Graduation, Safety of Citizens
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Baltimore officer injured in motorcycle accident
A Baltimore City officer suffered a concussion Tuesday in a motorcycle accident on Interstate 795 in Owings Mills. The officer, a 10-year-veteran of the city motorcycle unit, was traveling to a training exercise in Sykesville. He lost control of the...Tags: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Head of the Class: Carroll student earn degrees and accolades
Carroll County students reaped rewards for their educational excellence with the following degrees, honors and awards: Hannah Sterling of Mount Airy recently earned a bachelor's degree from Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. She majored in biological and...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Education, Smithfield, Graduation
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Trombetta and Pimentel team up for three wins at Laurel Park
Trainer Mike Trombetta and jockey Julian Pimentel teamed up to win three races on Saturday's 11-race card at Laurel Park. The duo scored aboard first-time starter Field Pass ($9.40) in the opener, second-time starter Chelsea Road ($6) in the fifth and...Tags: Laurel Park, Super Bowl
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Prison gang leader pleads guilty after promising to defy government
A co-founder of the Dead Man Incorporated prison gang pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in the group's murder-for-hire and drug-dealing conspiracy — ensuring that the former Baltimorean serves a life sentence even as he promised followers in...
Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Carroll County (Maryland), Punishment, Gang Activity
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