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HOPE program receives Access to Justice award The HOPE initiative, a program started by the administration of Gov. Martin O’Malley to preserve homeownership by helping prevent foreclosures, was...
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2013/05/15 16:17
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Ches. Beach council considers alternate utility r...
Chesapeake Beach council member Valerie Beaudin presented the town council Monday with an alternate water and sewer rate structure that would charge all users for exactly what they use. “Three...
2013/05/15 16:17
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St. Mary’s contracts for $31 million sewer plant ...
The St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission awarded last Thursday a $31.3 million construction contract to upgrade the largest sewage treatment plant in the county. As mandated by state law, 67...
2013/05/07 19:22
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Poolesville passes town budget with no property t...
The Poolesville Town Commission made it official Monday night that residents will not see an increase in their property tax rate. The commission unanimously approved a budget Monday night that did...
Jim Brown Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Maryland Department of the Environment
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2013/05/06 01:17
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Some Question MDE Finding On Contaminated Wells
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Some farmers are questioning findings by state environmental officials that sewage used as fertilizer is responsible for groundwater contamination in Wicomico County. An...
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2013/05/03 22:09
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How to minimize the environmental impact of your ...
Even if the weather hasn't quite come around yet, summer is almost here. For many people, that means it's almost time to head - very, very slowly, if you leave on a Friday - to the beach. For the...
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2013/05/03 18:22
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Army finds contaminants, not source, at Forest Gl...
Contaminants at the Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring continue to spread from an unknown source, according to new U.S. Army data released Thursday. Tetrachloroethylene, a substance commonly used for...
Army U.S. Environmental Protection Agency AECOM Fort Detrick United States Army
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2013/05/03 16:43
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Baltimore County executive has a plan for Sparrow...
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has a vision for Sparrows Point. Friday the county executive unveiled a plan to redevelop the 3,300 acre peninsula in Dundalk into a place for new...
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2013/05/03 16:17
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Commissioners approve Chesapeake Beach wastewater...
County commissioners approved an application submission to the Maryland Department of the Environment to proceed with a loan settlement to finance Calvert’s portion of the Enhanced Nutrient Removal...
Calvert Chesapeake Maryland Department of the Environment Washington D.C. Board of Public Works
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2013/05/03 15:17
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Carroll residents express concern about New Winds...
Daniel Ely rattled off his concerns about the possible effects an expansion of Lehigh Cement Company's New Windsor quarry could have on local waterways, nearby wells and its potential to increase...
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2013/05/01 18:40
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Decades of toxins found in well water
SEVERN, Md. (WMAR) - Residents in Severn are being forced to drink bottled water. Officials say there are hazardous materials in the drinking water determined to have come from a factory decades...
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Spring 2013 off to dry start in Baltimore
Despite damp weather to end the month, April 2013 was drier than normal, continuing a trend of below-average precipitation that has persisted since Hurricane Sandy's deluge last October. Through the...
BWI Marshall Airport Maryland Department of the Environment Garrett Baltimore
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2013/05/01 03:17
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Toxic waste in Severn wells investigated
Groundwater contamination from toxic waste dumped decades ago at a nearby factory in the Severn area has prompted widespread testing of residential wells and put eight homes on bottled water, state...
Maryland Department of the Environment St. Louis groundwater wells well
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2013/05/01 03:17
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Possible Plan For Contaminated Wells In Wicomico ...
SALISBURY, Md.- Late last year neighbors in the Morris Mill and Colbourne Woods communities found out they had the chemical TCE contaminating their well water. Some were forced to drink bottled water...
2013/04/30 21:38
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Critic may propose penny tax to cover rain tax ma...
WESTMINSTER, Md. - Never mind the 25 acres of rolling pasture land. A rain tax would cost the owner of this farm for every square foot of his driveway and for each of his three roofs. But Richard...
2013/04/30 00:38
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MDE to announce Wicomico groundwater response
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - Maryland environmental officials plan to brief residents on how they will respond to groundwater contamination in Wicomico County. A community meeting is scheduled Tuesday in...
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2013/04/25 04:22
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Incinerator would tower over historic Monocacy ba...
Visibility of 270-foot smokestack puts park on state group’s ‘endangered’ list’ by SherryGreenfield Staff Writer The Monocacy National Battlefield has again been identified as one of Maryland’s...
2013/04/24 04:23
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Recycling makes sense, money
Montgomery County launched its first major recycling initiative 20 years ago. Although fueled by a sense that diverting trash from the landfill had to be a good thing, critics were many. They were...
Maryland Department of the Environment Isiah Leggett
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2013/04/23 17:43
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Still Just a Bill?
During an action-packed 90-day session that ended April 8, the Maryland legislature passed more stringent gun-control legislation and a gas-tax hike, repealed the death penalty, established offshore...
Maryland legislature Maryland Department of the Environment General Assembly Chesapeake Bay Foundation UN Court
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2013/04/22 23:17
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State agency to compost food scraps
Talk about leading by example -- the Maryland Department of the Environment announced Monday that it would begin collecting food scraps at its Baltimore headquarters for composting. The Earth Day...
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