On Monday, President Barrack Obama named Montgomery County’s own Tom Perez to be the next U.S. Secretary of Labor. In going over his qualifications, the President spoke glowingly about Tom Perez’s ability as a consensus builder and that he has worked with a wide variety of people including CEOs, labor leaders and at the county, […]
New Common Core Standards Coming to All Maryland Schools Next Year; “A Sea Change” for K-12 Education
Q. What is the Common Core? A. “A sea change” for education New standards known as the “Common Core” are coming to all Maryland schools next year, designed to ensure that future high school graduates are career and college ready. Whether the Common Core will succeed as intended is unknown, even as Harford County Public […]
Advocates for Juvenile Justice Reform Rally at Hearing for Bel Air Teenager Accused of Killing Father
Icy winds blasted a dozen women and teenaged girls standing outside the Harford County Circuit Courthouse in Bel Air Friday morning who wrestled with poster board signs as they called out to passing motorists, rewarded by the occasional honk of support. The group consisted of friends and supporters of Robert Richardson III, 17, a Bel […]
The Dreaded “C” Word…Cholesterol – Part Two
If you missed part one of The Dreaded “C” Word…Cholesterol, check it out here. In the news story I referred to, one of the doctors specifically mentioned eggs. That’s a topic that often is considered in relation to cholesterol. Many people avoid egg yolks because of the calorie content and the speculation that it holds […]
Do Harford County Public School Students Get Enough Time for Lunch? Teachers Union President Says “No”
Do students in Harford County Public Schools get enough time for lunch? No, says Ryan Burbey, president of the union representing county teachers, and he’s calling on the Board of Education to ensure a minimum 30-minute lunch period in all county schools. Burbey recently began circulating the following petition, posting it on the Harford County […]
Maryland Watch: How Far Can You See In Annapolis?
Recently the issue of transparency in the General Assembly has come up a lot. The biggest issue is the fact that the House of Delegates, with the permission from Attorney General Doug Gansler, have been holding behind closed doors hearings on the gun legislation. They argue that it doesn’t count because they didn’t invite a […]
Pleas for Increased Teacher Salaries, School Projects and Other Education Funding Dominate Harford Budget Hearing
At a hearing held Monday in Aberdeen, Harford County Executive David Craig asked for public input on the budget for next year and got an earful of pleas to increase education funding. Nearly 400 teachers, parents and students packed the Aberdeen High School auditorium for Craig’s only public hearing on the county budget for the […]
Maryland Watch: Frank Perdue’s Long Goodbye
It’s no secret that Maryland envrionmentalists hate the poultry industry in Maryland. They blame chicken farms up and down the Eastern Shore for polluting the Chesapeake Bay, all to make massive corporate profits for Frank Perdue’s family. A stinging loss for the environmentalists occured recently when the University of Maryland’s Environmental Law Clinic spent taxpayer […]
