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Five Maryland airport control towers to be closed next month
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to close five air traffic control towers in Maryland — among 149 nationwide — to comply with across-the-board budget cuts mandated by Congress, a move that could clog operations at BWI Marshall...
Tags: Electronics, Unemployment, Basketball, U.S. Congress, Science and Technology
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Seminar series attracts young champ who's hooked on fishing
Last summer, Anna Estremsky competed in the first-ever Youth Angler of the Year contest hosted by the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association. In the association's seasonal magazine, Tidelines, Anna was pictured with a 37-pound rockfish and the...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Somerville, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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A wind-win for Maryland and a beacon for the bay
After protesting at a nearby coal plant in 2008 and becoming discouraged with his own dependence on unsustainable energy, Charles County Commissioner Ken Robinson decided to build a wind generator on his coastal property and get off the grid. He became...Tags: Environmental Issues, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Renewable Energy, Greenpeace
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Madeline L. Healey, assistant to Md. first ladies
Madeline L. Healey, a homemaker who was an executive secretary to two Maryland first ladies, died of an intestinal blockage April 5 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The former Annapolis resident lived in Cockeysville and was 92. The daughter of Alva...
Tags: Regional Authority, Johns Hopkins University, Executive Branch, Timonium, Hospitals and Clinics
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O'Malley signs wind bill, other jobs measures
After his most successful legislative session in two terms, Gov. Martin O’Malley on Tuesday signed a long-sought bill to promote development of an offshore wind industry near Ocean City, among several other measures he hailed as job creators....
Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Michael E. Busch, Career and Workplace, Personal Weapon Control
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Sandy retired from list of hurricane names; replaced with Sara
Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the World Meteorological Organization's Atlantic hurricane season lists, joining memorable storms to hit Maryland like Irene, Isabel, Gloria and Agnes. Sara will replace it on a list that will next come into use...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, Weather Science, Weather
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Ocean City air show to go on without Blue Angels, Thunderbirds
The Navy's famed Blue Angels aerial demonstration squad has canceled the rest of its 2013 performances, including dates this summer in Ocean City, in San Diego, Navy officials announced earlier this week. "This is one of many steps the Navy is taking to...
Tags: Annapolis
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Trial begins for man whose wife was found buried in yard
Christine Jarrett had been there all along. From the night of Jan. 3, 1991, when the Elkridge woman purportedly left her family without saying goodbye, to the day years later when her husband filed divorce paperwork alleging abandonment, to the moment...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Abusive Behavior, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Md. groups rally as immigration deal nears
Immigration reform advocates are organizing thousands of Marylanders to attend a Capitol Hill rally on Wednesday to bring attention to negotiations in the Senate over immigration. The rally, conceived by CASA de Maryland's executive director, Gustavo...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Marco Rubio, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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O'Malley signs offshore wind bill
After his most successful legislative session in two terms, Gov. Martin O'Malley on Tuesday signed a long-sought bill to promote development of an offshore wind industry near Ocean City, among several other measures he hailed as job creators. Just...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Michael E. Busch, Career and Workplace, Personal Weapon Control
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Don't just talk about the weather
Last December, an American milestone passed virtually unnoticed. Forty years earlier, Harrison Schmitt became the 12th and last person to walk on the moon. Mr. Schmitt and the 11 men who preceded him — beginning with Neil Armstrong in 1969 —...Tags: Technology, Environmental Issues, Engineering, U.S. Congress, Science and Technology
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Iona M. Quillen
janeth@herald-mail.comIona Quillen was proud of her roots. She spent a lot of time researching and could trace the family tree beyond her growing-up years in West Virginia, back to the McDonalds in Ireland. She was an only child, but her parents adopted a male cousin after...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Tuberculosis, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Easter, Washington, DC
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