The Board of County Commissioners for St. Marys County is pleased to announce that the County was recently notified by Maryland Governor Martin OMalleys office that $771,000 in Transportation Enhancement Program funding has been awarded to St. Marys County for the Three Notch Trail.
“Developing the Countys railroad right-of-way into a hiking, biking and equestrian trail will provide numerous recreational, tourism and transportation opportunities,” said Francis Jack Russell, President, Board of County Commissioners. “This award will assist the County with approximately 50% of the Phase V construction costs and help us promote the health and recreational benefits of walking, running, biking and other types of exercise.”
Next week, Chairman Civiletti and the Members of the Capital Punishment Commission will hold the first in a series of public hearings with regard to the status of capital punishment in the State of Maryland. Each hearing will address one specific topic with regard to capital punishment.
SMECO is ready to help local internet service providers get more juice in their systems by letting the Maryland Broadband Cooperative tap into the fiber optic system that the utility has set up in Southern Maryland.
“We are supporting the project and will be leasing some of our fiber capability to the network so they can use it for their customers,” SMECO President Joe Slater told ST. MARY’S TODAY.
The La Plata Barrack of the Maryland State Police (MSP) today released the following incident and arrest reports.
Much to the relief of recreational boaters, Congress passed a bill yesterday exempting them from new pollution standards intended for large, ocean-going vessels.
The Environmental Protection Agency was set to require more pollution controls later this year on all boats as the result of a court order. But boating advocates launched a coordinated effort to exclude small boats, arguing that the little guy was being caught up in onerous rules meant for the big guys.
An international group of 23 prominent doctors and public health researchers and officials is warning that cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer.
One of those who signed, Dr. Ronald Herberman, the head of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, went so far as to advise his own employees to limit cell phone use.
Several Phoenix residents are appealing a decision by the Baltimore County zoning board that would allow a couple to build a 120-foot windmill on their property.
Neighbors say the windmill that Barry and Urszuela Antonelli hope to construct on their 97-acre property on Cooper Road would be an eyesore and would decrease their property values.
‘‘If you can read this, thank a teacher!” is the message on a popular bumper sticker, but in light of the latest Maryland State Assessment test results the Charles County school system should print a new one.
Only 82 percent of Charles County’s students in Grades 3 through 8 passed this year’s reading test — in other words, 18 percent of the students in these grades cannot read well enough to be considered proficient by the state of Maryland.
In regards to the letter about the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs [‘‘Quit complaining. Go see a ballgame,” Maryland Independent, July 4], I thoroughly agree that everyone interested in baseball in Charles County should support the team. However that is difficult to do when one can only enjoy the entire game from selected seats.
We were so glad when the stadium opened that we made sure we attended the opening weekend games and some thereafter. When the statement was made from the article that ‘‘there is not a bad seat anywhere” obviously they have not sat everywhere.
Out of power and facing dim voter registration for the next election, members of Charles County’s Republican Party refused to be down in the mouth Thursday night as they held a reception for their congressional candidate and state party officials.
Gathering at the Southern Maryland Business Center in Waldorf, party members expressed hope that low poll numbers for Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) and U.S. Congress as well as the shrinking margin between the presidential candidates could spell a victory for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in Maryland this fall.
Charles County has received a $100,000 state grant that will push the Indian Head Rail Trail project into high gear.
The 13-mile nature trail will wind through the Mattawoman Creek watershed from White Plains to Indian Head. The grant funding was obtained from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority through the Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium, said Donna Dudley, the county’s chief of tourism.
Kenneth Bayes’s request to Comcast was routine. He was moving his family from Fairfax to a new townhouse in Haymarket and wanted to transfer his bundled television, Internet and phone services.
A specialist for customers moving to new homes took the order and said all systems were go and everything would be up and running the day after his move in April.
After five weeks, 20 calls, a day off work and three visits that ended without any idea why Bayes couldn’t get service, Comcast found the solution to this head-scratcher of a problem: The company hadn’t run cable lines to Bayes’s house.
The economy has continued slowing this summer across most of the nation as prices keep rising sharply, according to a report by the Federal Reserve, indicating that the squeeze that has made times tough for Americans throughout 2008 shows no sign of letting up.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) announced this week that he is setting up a task force to help the county coordinate a wide range of new programs aimed at reducing the county’s carbon footprint.
“We want to make sure Montgomery County becomes a leader,” he said at a news conference announcing the task force.
The Prince George’s County Planning Board voted against a 409-unit community in Rosaryville last week, raising questions about the proposed development’s impact on traffic and the environment and historic artifacts that might be on the site.
Water quality in Mill Creek and other tributaries to the Solomons harbor is diminishing, probably because of dense development and old septic systems, according to an annual report by the Chesapeake Biological Laboratories.
The report shows increases in chlorophyll concentrations in drought years, such as last year, said Wayne Boynton, a scientist with the laboratories, a branch of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
The Commission to Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs on Wednesday announced the release of its final report on southern Maryland’s transportation needs. The study identifies key transportation infrastructure investments that the commission believes will satisfy the region’s current and future requirements.
The key findings of the report reinforce the top priorities for southern Maryland as: the Waldorf Bypass, a second span for the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge, and expanded mass transit services with emphasis on the accelerated development of high capacity transit service in the MD 5 / U.S. 301 corridor.
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Free Pet First Aid and CPR Class - (Jul 27, 1:00 pm)
Rabies Clinic - (Jul 28, 8:00 pm)
Maryland Growth Forums - (Jul 31, 7:00 pm)
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