YES, I have heard rumors that Wayne Cooper was arrested – rather publicly.  I have even heard rumors as to why that might be, but I don’t have anything confirmed, sorry.
PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY RUMORS HERE – FACTS ONLY!
If you are a witness to his arrest.  Or have FIRST HAND knowledge of something, that [...]

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First, they banned texting and driving.  Now, they are banning hand-held cell phone conversations while driving.  What the heck are they doing?  Trying to make us pay attention to the ROAD?  How boring!  (Yes, that’s sarcasm.)
Md. lawmakers ban hand-held phones while driving
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press Writer
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland drivers will have to [...]

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Watermen Fight to Protect Oyster Harvesting Techniques
By JENNIFER HLAD
ANNAPOLIS (Jan. 20, 2010) – More than 150 watermen took a day off from the water Tuesday to protest a proposed oyster restoration plan and support a bill they say will help them hang on to their livelihood.
The bill would protect the watermen’s right to use certain [...]

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OMG, 60 R caught texting while driving
State law seen as effective deterrent despite initial doubts

by C. Benjamin Ford | Staff Writer
Del. Frank S. Turner feels vindicated.
Many skeptics had a field day when he sponsored a bill in the House of Delegates to ban texting while driving, he acknowledges. Logistically, it seemed like it would be [...]

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I was thoroughly unimpressed with the job that the state did cleaning our roads yesterday.  Route 6 was a disaster.  I wonder when the state will try this beet juice thing in our county.

By Robert Thomson,Washington Post Staff Writer
Maryland has introduced a new element into its snow-fighting plan: beet juice. Mix sugar beet [...]

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Fears of the Final Stretch at Pimlico
Preakness Stakes, Maryland’s biggest sporting even, faces uncertain future

By Liz Clark, Washington Post Staff Writer

BALTIMORE — With Rachel Alexandra bidding to become the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes since 1924 and long-shot Mine That Bird chasing the second jewel of an improbable Triple Crown, Saturday’s horse race [...]

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What schools are closed because of swine flu?
May 1, 2009 – 7:56pm

From WTOP:

WASHINGTON – The following schools are closed while officials investigate probable cases of swine flu:

Rockville High School in Rockville – The school will be closed until further notice.
Montpelier Elementary School in Laurel – The school will be closed for a minimum of [...]

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From WTOP.com
Six probable cases of swine flu in Maryland
WASHINGTON – There are six probable cases of swine flu in Maryland, state health officials say.Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says samples have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control for possible confirmation.
State officials expect to get results Thursday.
Three of the probable cases are in Anne [...]

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Fever and Rash? Maybe you have measles! Measles outbreak: http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=106&sid=1654199

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Bob Kur, WTOP.com
UNDATED – Some new crime statistics are out, and there is good and bad news about what is happening in local areas.
Virginia is the 14th safest state in the country, improving its position for a fourth consecutive year. The ranking is the best the state has had since 2001.
CQ Press, an independent publishing [...]

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Does Maryland have any say in this?

Michael Neibauer, Examiner Staff Writer
More than a third of Americans believe the best solution to D.C.’s lack of representation is to cede the District’s residential areas to Maryland, according to a new survey.
Only 20 percent of the 1,000 likely U.S. voters surveyed this weekend by Rasmussen Reports thought D.C. [...]

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I sent a note out to the Board of Education and to my daughter’s Principal as well as the Superintendent’s office about this asking them to step up flu prevention immediately.  I do NOT understand why people don’t take these things more seriously.  It’s sort of a, “that can’t happen to me” mentality.  There are [...]

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By Christian Davenport, Washington Post Staff Writer

The bill, its sponsor admits, has little chance of passing, and could be on uncertain legal ground if adopted. But Maryland Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr.’s intent wasn’t so much to create a law as to spark a debate on how the National Guard should be used in time [...]

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Md. schools stand to gain $1.1 billion from stimulus
Funds will arrive over two years, with some flexibility in spending
By Liz Bowie | liz.bowie@baltsun.com
8:21 PM EST, February 16, 2009
Maryland schools will get about $1.1 billion over the next two years from the federal stimulus package that President Barack Obama is scheduled to sign Tuesday, an amount [...]

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Did you know that you could get a tax credit of up to $500 for starting an oyster float?
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A task force recommends Maryland watermen should be taught how to raise oysters instead of having the state pay millions of dollars to plant oysters in the Chesapeake Bay that are later [...]

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