“Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so.” These words spoken by Hamlet in the Shakespeare play of the same name, are applicable hundreds of years later and brought to life in the novel, Cutting For Stone. This narrative begins with the extreme reactions of three main characters to the birth of twin […]
Archives for July 2011
New Johns Hopkins Program Comes to Aberdeen to Help Military Personnel Complete Degrees
From The Johns Hopkins University: Given the challenges of balancing work, family and school, it’s not surprising that over 30 percent of military personnel who return to college drop out in the first semester. Responding to this need, the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Division of Public Safety Leadership (DPSL) is bringing undergraduate and […]
Fire Crews Battle Three-Alarm House Fire in Jarrettsville
A Jarrettsville home was gutted by a three-alarm fire which broke out in the early morning hours Friday. The blaze was reported just before 1:45 a.m. at a home on the 3900 block of Norrisville Road in Jarrettsville, according to the state fire marshal’s office, when a passerby saw signs of a fire in the […]
Del. James: “For Many of Us, the Route 40 Corridor is All Just One Neighborhood and Should be Seen that Way by the State”
From the office of Del. Mary-Dulany James: Friends, As I am sure you know, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA), the body charged with constructing, managing, repairing and financing all tolling facilities around the State, recently proposed substantial toll increases. The MdTA was created in 1971 to construct, manage, operate and improve the State’s toll facilities, […]
Sharretts: “A Little Less Government Planning and a Little More of Citizens Building Solutions Might Do Us All Some Good”
From Cindy Sharretts of Aberdeen: Editor: Planning communities wisely is complicated, especially as the decision makers are rarely the same as those whose lives are affected. I wonder, though, if a little less government planning and a little more of citizens building solutions might do us all (and related County budgets) some good. I noticed […]
Senators Mikulski and Cardin Announce Nearly $6.5 Million for Emergency Preparedness at Maryland Hospitals
From the offices of Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Sen. Ben Cardin: Maryland’s Senators Applaud Grant That Will Help Save Lives, Provide Care During Major Crises U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced that Maryland will receive $6,466,757 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). […]
Rep. Harris: “The President’s Insistence on Taxing and Spending Our Way to Prosperity Doesn’t Work and Won’t Create Jobs”
From the office of Congressman Andy Harris: Today’s weak jobs report for June, along with a revision to the unemployment report from May which showed even worse figures than previously thought, indicates a stalled economy that has Maryland families, investors and businesses fearful of a possible double dip recession. With the national unemployment rate at […]
James Thornton and Ron Browning Appointed to Harford County Board of Education by Governor
James D. Thornton and Ronald Browning have been appointed to the Harford County Board of Education by Governor Martin O’Malley. Thornton, of Bel Air, is owner of Thorwood Real Estate. He is also Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Baltimore Museum of Art and Board Member of the New Harford Democratic Club. Browning […]
