• ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has issued an executive order that’s intended to minimize potential flood damage in new and reconstructed state buildings.
The governor announced the order on Friday. The administration said it’s aimed at increasing Maryland’s long-term resiliency to storm-related flooding and sea level rise.
The order directs all state agencies to consider the risk of coastal flooding and sea level rise when they design capital budget projects. The state will also update guidelines to require new and rebuilt state structures to be at least 2 feet higher than the 100-year flood level.
• SYKESVILLE — The town of Sykesville is nearing a fundraising goal for a downtown memorial to military service members.
The Carroll County Times reported Friday that donations total about $8,000. The goal is $10,000.
A town committee is working with the local American Legion Post on the project’s design. It will include a “memory walk” paved with bricks. Some of the bricks will be engraved with the names of donors, war fighters and significant figures in the town’s history.
• ANNAPOLIS — The head of the Maryland attorney general’s civil rights office has announced he is retiring, a decision that comes in the aftermath of legal problems.
The attorney general’s office released a statement on Friday saying Carl Snowden plans to retire effective Jan. 8.
Snowden, a longtime Maryland civil rights leader, has a Jan. 7 court date on charges of violating his probation in a 2010 drunken driving case.
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Maryland News In Brief- 12/29/2012
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Problem resurfaces
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Mineral County commissioners keep ambulance authority bylaws
The Mineral County Commission voted down a proposed change to the county ambulance authority bylaws that would have allowed the ambulances to expand nonemergency transports.
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Family has strong ties to local YMCA
Vickie Murray Aman has been working at the Riverside YMCA for the past 44 years. She is the matriarch of a family who has had a longstanding relationship with the local Y.
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Fisherman comes in seventh place, pockets $16,000
A bad fourth day at the Walmart FLW bass tournament at Lake Eufaula on Sunday dropped former Frostburg resident J.T. Kenney from second to seventh place, though the Palm Bay, Fla., resident pocketed $16,000 for that finish.
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New septic system rules will tax county health department
New state laws on septic systems will require increased on-site work for Allegany County Health Department staff and could lead to an eventual increase in septic system inspection fees, department officials said last week.
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Heritage Days harmony
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Family has long connection to local YMCA Matriarch hopes to keep tradition in family
Vickie Murray Aman has been working at the Riverside YMCA for the past 44 years. She is the matriarch of a family who has had a longstanding relationship with the local Y.
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Upset at Pimlico
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County plans to regulate piercings and change rules for tattoo parlors
While Allegany County regulates tattoos, it does not currently regulate body piercings, but the county health department is planning to change that situation soon.
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The Big One: Preparing for major mid-America earthquake
It’s a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless. The Memphis airport — the country’s biggest air terminal for packages — goes off-line. Major oil and gas pipelines across Tennessee rupture, causing shortages in the Northeast.
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