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By Brent Jones | January 31, 2008
At the end of a particularly spirited night, one in which nearly 90 percent of the more than 60 patrons packed inside the Southside Saloon would puff away hour after hour on cigarettes, owner Stuart Satosky would make it all of about two steps inside his South Baltimore home before the stench would hit his wife, who demanded the immediate removal of his smoke-filled clothes. "I'd have to put them in another room," said Satosky, a nonsmoker who has owned the bar in the 400 block of E. Fort Ave. for eight years.
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By Laura Smitherman and Kelly Brewington | April 11, 2007
Walk into the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis on a given night and the first thing you might notice -- before the lobbyists and legislators hobnobbing, waiters dashing between tables, or the old-world wooden bar -- is the smoke. But the smoke won't be getting in anyone's eyes after February 2008. Down the street from the Rams Head, where a sign in the front window reads "Where great minds meet," the Maryland General Assembly gave final approval this week to a statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
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By Laura Smitherman | March 27, 2007
Compromise needed for smoking bills Two days after the House of Delegates passed a statewide smoking ban in bars and restaurants, the Maryland Senate approved a similar measure yesterday - leaving negotiators to hash out differences over what kind of exemptions might be granted. "The gap is not that big between these bills," said Sen. Robert J. Garagiola, a Montgomery County Democrat and sponsor of the Senate measure. The two main sticking points are whether to exempt private clubs, and whether the state or local officials should decide when to issue hardship waivers to businesses that demonstrate the ban has harmed them financially.
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By Doug Donovan | October 19, 2006
HAGERSTOWN -- Mayor Martin O'Malley and Democratic Party leaders know they cannot beat Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in conservative strongholds like this Western Maryland city. But that hasn't stopped them from trying to energize Democrats in the state's conservative-leaning rural regions. "I'm here in Washington County because Western Maryland is very, very important to the outcome of this statewide race," O'Malley, a Democrat, said before a recent speech here. O'Malley's strategy for a statewide win in the governor's race is to make sure he does not lose rural regions as badly as party nominee Kathleen Kennedy Townsend did four years ago, while securing large victories in the heavily Democratic jurisdictions of Baltimore City and Montgomery and Prince George's counties.
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By JULIE SCHARPER | April 9, 2006
Nearly two years ago, Laura Allen drove her '95 Ford pickup from San Diego to Anne Arundel County, toting a small trailer and a big dream - opening in a restaurant near her son, a midshipman at the Naval Academy. Today, Allen operates a thriving Mexican restaurant in Severna Park. The secret to her success is not just her recipe for fish tacos and carne asada, it's the county, Allen said. "I don't know of any other place where I could have done it," said Allen, who opened Diego's Mexican Restaurant in November.
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By CONNOR ADAMS SHEETS | February 10, 2006
ST. LEONARD -- It was shaping up to be the rarest of energy projects: a proposed natural gas pipeline ready to be built through three Southern Maryland counties without serious opposition from either regulators or environmental groups. But that was before St. Leonard tree farmer George "Stovy" Brown and a group of his neighbors began asking questions about the pipeline's proposed route and its impact on the environment and farmland of Calvert County, across the border from Anne Arundel County.
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By PHILLIP MCGOWAN | October 16, 2005
Development over the past 20 years has done much to alter the face of Maryland, a reality that has prompted state researchers to weigh how the flooding risk has changed across the state. A recently released report by the Maryland Department of the Environment reveals that Anne Arundel County, one of several counties experiencing explosive growth, is among the jurisdictions most vulnerable to flooding disaster. According to research by MDE and Salisbury University, a 100-year flood could damage more than 7,000 buildings within the county - most of them residences - and cause nearly $1 billion in damage.
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By PHILLIP MCGOWAN | October 16, 2005
Development over the past 20 years has done much to alter the face of Maryland, a reality that has prompted state researchers to weigh how the flooding risk has changed across the state. A recently released report by the Maryland Department of the Environment reveals that Anne Arundel County, one of several counties experiencing explosive growth, is among the jurisdictions most vulnerable to flooding disaster. According to research by MDE and Salisbury University, a 100-year flood could damage more than 7,000 buildings within the county - most of them residences - and cause nearly $1 billion in damage.
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By Childs Walker | August 31, 2004
It's a common sight: church volunteers, school kids and homeless people pacing road medians, extending buckets and hands so that motorists stuck at red lights can donate money. In Anne Arundel County, where the practice is highly visible on major roads such as Ritchie Highway and West Street, some local officials say such soliciting is a safety hazard and a nuisance to drivers. So they're pushing to make Anne Arundel and Annapolis the latest jurisdictions to limit the practice. Five Maryland counties - Charles, Harford, Howard, Prince George's and Washington - have laws restricting solicitation on public roads.
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By Childs Walker | August 31, 2004
It's a common sight: church volunteers, school kids and homeless people pacing road medians, extending buckets and hands so that motorists stuck at red lights can donate money. However in Anne Arundel County, where the practice is highly visible on major roads such as Ritchie Highway and West Street, some local officials say such soliciting is a safety hazard and a nuisance to drivers. So they're pushing to make Anne Arundel and Annapolis the latest jurisdictions to limit the practice.