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Keep Maryland Beautiful grants award $238,751 for 2025 conservation efforts

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BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Environmental Trust has approved 20 grants totaling $238,751 to be awarded for environmental education, community cleanup, tree planting, and beautification projects through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program. Presented annually since 1986, the grant program is managed by the Maryland Environmental Trust – a unit of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) – and administered on the department’s […]

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Crews to improve pavement on MD 152 in Harford County beginning this weekend

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FALLSTON, MD—Maryland State Highway Administration crews will begin a pavement patching project on approximately four miles of MD 152 (Mountain Road) between I-95 and US 1 (Belair Road) starting as early as Sunday night, March 23, 2025. The MD 152 pavement patching project is expected to be completed in late May, weather permitting. Contractor crews will work overnights Sundays through […]

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Governor Moore signs MOUs with first responder unions

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ANNAPOLIS, MD—In a show of support for first responders, Governor Wes Moore signed three memoranda of understanding (MOU) with labor unions representing firefighters and police officers in Maryland. The agreements, signed on March 13, 2025, guarantee benefits and reaffirm the state’s commitment to organized labor. The MOUs were signed with the BWI Airport Professional Firefighters-International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) […]

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Maryland State Police to step up St. Patrick’s Day DUI patrols

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BALTIMORE, MD—In anticipation of increased DUI risks, the Maryland State Police have announced increased patrols and enforcement efforts targeting aggressive, distracted, and impaired driving throughout the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Starting Friday, March 14th, and continuing through Monday, March 17th, troopers from all 23 barracks will be deployed in saturation patrols, focusing on roadways known for high rates of impaired […]

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Crews to begin pavement improvement projects in Fallston this month

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FALLSTON, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration will improve sections of asphalt pavement along MD 24 (Emmorton Road) and MD 152 (Fallston Road) in Harford County over the next two weeks. Both projects are expected to be completed by early summer, weather permitting. On Monday, March 10, crews will start work on a $261,000 project to patch sections of pavement along […]

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Crews to improve pavement on Route 40 in White Marsh next week

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WHITE MARSH, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration will begin patching sections of asphalt pavement along two miles of US 40 (Pulaski Highway) between Days Cove Road and the Harford County line at Little Gunpowder Falls in eastern Baltimore County next week. The work will begin on Monday, March 10, 2025. The patching project is expected to be completed in early […]

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Governor Moore announces additional support for Maryland’s federal workforce

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ANNAPOLIS, MD—Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced several additional actions his administration is taking to support federal workers impacted by recent layoffs and funding changes. Governor Moore announced expanded resource webpages, job fairs, and directives to facilitate public servant transitions to new careers in Maryland after convening a roundtable with federal workers, business and union leaders, and cabinet officials. “We […]

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