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Baltimore Pride in a blender
Anyone who's been to Baltimore Pride -- or any Pride, really -- knows there is a lot to see. It takes a lot to make me raise my eyebrows, but I did on several occassions during the parade and block party in Mount Vernon on Saturday -- mostly with a...
Tags: Douglas F. Gansler, Mount Vernon, Government, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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Howard council passes gender identity law
Howard County has joined Montgomery County and Baltimore City as the third jurisdiction in the state to adopt a law prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and expression.
The Howard County Council's four Democrats voted in favor of...Tags: Ellicott City, Labor Legislation, Politics, Elections, Minority Groups
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Paul Ryan to address Maryland Republicans in Baltimore
The Baltimore SunRep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2012, is scheduled to speak in Baltimore on Thursday at the Maryland Republican Party's annual Red, White and Blue Dinner. Ryan, who chairs the House Budget Committee, is seen as a leading...Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Politics
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Alexander A. Kamantauskas, computer network engineer
Alexander A. Kamantauskas, a computer network engineer and Civil War buff who enjoyed giving highly detailed battlefield tours to family and friends, died May 15 of cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 45. "Alex knew something about everything, but...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Ellicott City, Howard Community College, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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City council approves 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for nonunion workers
holly.shok@herald-mail.comAfter several years of frozen wages, 135 full-time, nonunion city employees will receive a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment in the upcoming fiscal year thanks to a 3-1 vote Tuesday night by the Hagerstown City Council. The total cost of the COLA will...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Public Employees, Government, Career and Workplace
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Joseph E. Emerson, attorney
Joseph E. Emerson, a lawyer who was the former deputy county attorney for Frederick County, died Wednesday from cancer at his Frederick home. He was 77. The son of Capt. Alexander L. Emerson, who was known as the "man with the maul" as head of the...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Christianity, Frederick County (Maryland), Middletown, University of Baltimore
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June rainfall totals top 6 inches around the region
A trio of soaking rains in the past week has pushed rainfall totals above 6 inches across Central Maryland, nearly twice the normal monthly totals. At Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, 6.21 inches have fallen so far, with...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Prince George's County, Baltimore Weather, Weather, Weather Reports
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Minor derecho, tornado outbreak cap active week of weather
A lightning strike injured a Cecil County zookeeper, half-dollar-sized hail fell in several counties and tornado sightings sent people scurrying for shelter from Rockville to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Yet the worst...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Travel Alerts, St. Mary's County
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Storms packing confirmed tornado, heavy winds pass through Central Md.
Severe storms with a history of damaging winds and a confirmed tornado sighting moved through Maryland on Thursday afternoon, potentially the second outbreak of tornadoes in four days for the state. The Storm Prediction Center meanwhile confirmed that...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore Weather, National Weather Service, Air Transportation Delays, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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James M. Wilson Jr., 71
James Martin Wilson Jr., 71, of Mercersburg, Pa., formerly of Montgomery County, Md., passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown, Md. Born March 4, 1942 in Olney, Md., he was the son of the late James Martin Wilson Sr....
Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Petersburg (Petersburg, Virginia), St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Hagerstown dodges massive storm system
davem@herald-mail.comAlthough up to 4 inches of rain were forecast for Hagerstown, the city largely dodged a massive storm system rolling across the nation, ending up with just 0.62 inches of precipitation on Thursday. By 7:45 p.m., the city was declared in the clear....Tags: Worcester County, National Weather Service, Weather, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters
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City considering fee on shopping bags
Baltimore might impose a 10-cent fee on every plastic and paper bag distributed by merchants in the city — a move praised by environmentalists as a litter deterrent but decried by some businesses who say it would hurt them and their shoppers. City...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Washington, DC, Services and Shopping, Petroleum Industry, Bernard C. Young
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